Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.3.0 - Manual (Page 1306)

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Connecting cascaded FICON fabrics over FCIP
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NOTE
Merging two cascaded FICON fabrics may be disruptive to current I/O operations in both
fabrics, as it needs to disable and enable the switches in both fabrics. The merge process will
not make any configuration changes on the primary (production) fabric that are disruptive.
3. Configure FICON Emulation features, if applicable.
NOTE
Consult with a qualified support specialist before implementing the FICON Acceleration
feature.
The following procedures apply to configuring an IP connection between two Extension Switches or
Blades, then merging the fabrics to which they belong. Before fabrics are linked and merged, the
individual fabrics would appear as in
Figure 540 .
FIGURE 540 Switch display on Connectivity Map before fabric merge
After creating an IP link between sw31 and sw30, then merging the Test_FID_02 fabric is into the
FID_02_Fabric, the merged fabric will look similar to that shownin
Figure 542 .
FIGURE 541 Switch display on Connectivity Map when fabrics merged
Procedures in this section may refer to additional sections in this chapter or additional chapters in
this manual for more detailed information. This section assumes that the switches in the fabrics to
be merged have been configured for FICON operation using procedures under “Configuring a
switch for FICON operation”
Chapter 30, “FICON Environments” .
Planning the configuration
Create a drawing to summarize the following elements of your planned configuration.