
406 SAN Multiprotocol Routing: An Introduction and Implementation
14.1 SAN fabric local FC-FC routing
Figure 14-1 shows the local Fibre Channel-Fibre Channel (FC-FC) routing
solution.
Figure 14-1 Local FC-FC routing between two SAN fabrics
In this case, a SAN16M-R is connected to different SAN fabrics using redundant
Fibre Channel connections. From each fabric’s switch point of view, the
connection to the router appears as a standard E_Port, while on the router, the
port is the R_Port. We can extend this configuration to span up to six SAN
fabrics, each connected with two Fibre Channel connections.
If you have multiple switches in your fabric, ...