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5. We now supply a Fabric ID, as shown in Figure 6-60. A default of 17 is
specified. A fabric ID is set on every EX_Port that connects to a unique fabric.
Because the router can be connected to multiple fabrics at the same time, it
needs a unique ID for each fabric. For example, if we connect port 15 to fabric
A and port 14 to fabric B, we need to choose a different fabric ID for ports 14
and 15. However, if both port 14 and 15 were connected to the same fabric,
the fabric ID needs to be set the same on both ports.
We are connecting a single port to one fabric, thus selecting the def ...