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we are having 2 MP-7500 and 2 B-5000 on each site needed for mirror view replication....(hosts and storage connected to the 5000 on each site)
I am thinking of connecting clariion SP ports dadecated for replication directly to the backbone(7500) ; without pluging them to the B-5000 switch and then connecting the the 5000 to the 7500 with E and EX ports ...is it possible to do this ?
and what should we concern in this configuration
cuz we don't need to merge the fabrics between site.....
I am thinking of connecting clariion SP ports dadecated for replication directly to the backbone(7500) ; without pluging them to the B-5000 switch and then connecting the the 5000 to the 7500 with E and EX ports ...is it possible to do this ?
and what should we concern in this configuration
cuz we don't need to merge the fabrics between site.....
andreas.scht
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October 1st, 2009 08:00
I will prefer to connect your 5000 to the 7500 by EX ports on 7500. So your fabrics will not merge but still be seperated.
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Andreas
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October 2nd, 2009 00:00
But after i connect the 5000 to 7500 ..how do u brefer to connect the two 7500 routers to each other? by ve port or by vex
Thanks in advance
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October 2nd, 2009 01:00
we only have three 7500 for three sites. So I decided to connect them by VE ports to get one fabric. Our benefit is that our backbone is build as a ring where all three sites are connected to so if there is one link down FCIP will reroute it automatically.
But I´m not sure which connection options are supported by brocade for you (two sites each two 7500). Have a look at admin guide of your FOS. Possible I would build two fabrics for 7500 each site one together.
Could you tell a bit more about your backbone infrastructure?
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October 2nd, 2009 02:00
we only have 1 7500 for each site(we have 2 sites ..1)Main 2)DR
hosts connects to the 5000 switch and we still hane the 7500 not connected we need to use them for mirror view replication only
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but if we connected the the way of ex-e from 7500 to 5000 on each site an then connected the ve-ve from 7500-7500 ....would the fabrics in 5000's merge?
note : nothing is connected to 7500 ports except the ex port to the 5000
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