
162 SAN Multiprotocol Routing: An Introduction and Implementation
Because we do not want our fabrics to merge, we need to do an extra step at this
end of our link. We need to configure the port to a VEX_Port. If you wanted the
fabrics to merge across the FCIP link (usually not advisable but is possible if the
available bandwidth is large enough and the link is stable), skip the next step.
This way, when you enable the port, the fabrics merge, provided all the merge
criteria are met. We do not want our fabrics to merge, so we make the port a
VEX_Port.
Open a Telnet session and connect to the switch. Our M48 is named
IBM_M48_SJC.
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