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8. Connect the iSR6142 routers to the Fibre Channel switches:
a. If the Fibre Channel switch is from Brocade, then the switch port connected to the routers must have
its port ISL mode set to enable R_RDY mode, as shown in Figure 3-5.
NOTE:
Both the QRouter CLI and iSCSI/FC Router Manager have an option to choose the outbound port
(management, iSCSI1/GE1, or iSCSI2/GE2), packet count, and destination IP address. Pinging the
remote router’s IP addresses from the local router verifies that the router ports can communicate with
each other.
NOTE:
The Fibre Channel switches must be switches from the same manufacture and must be compatible.
The switch ports connected to the router may need to be set to E_Port (expansion port). The FCIP link
between the Fibre Channel switches becomes an ISL; consequently, the switches are merged (SANs).
For the ISL to function correctly, the switches must be in auto-domain ID mode, or have been assigned
different domain IDs. In addition, the zone names on the switches must be unique; the switches cannot
have identical zone names before connecting the routers.