Connecting IBM Flex System FC3171 SAN Switch to Brocade 300
This is a quick guide on how to connect FC3171, a 8Gb QLogic SAN switch within IBM Flex System chassis, to a Brocade 300 SAN switch. By enabling transparent mode (also known as NPIV/N-Port ID Virtualization/Pass-thru/Access Gateway) on FC3171 and configuring port mapping, the WWNs of blade-internal hosts (there are 3 hosts in our example) can be detected by the upstream SAN switch (e.g. Brocade 300) successfully as shown in the outputs of portshow Brocade Fabric OS command below: Before