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Brocade SilkWorm 3800 ISL setup

We have two Brocade switches and would like to put an ISL (not trunked) between them to for management purposes. The zones will be setup such that no data will be passed across this ISL... The reason for the unified fabric is that two blade enclosures with integrated Brocade switches are going to be added into the SAN. It is easier to manage one six switch fabric than two three switch fabrics...

When I connect the switches now, I get an amber light on one side (no_sync) and nothing on the other (no_light). Is there any special configuration needed to get the ISL up? Do I need a special cable? Are there special licensing requirements to active an ISL? These are actually an EMC DS-16B2 switches. It was my undertstanding that a "Full Fabric" license was only needed for multiple ISL's per switch...

Thanks!

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RyanB

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There is no zoning config on either switch, so I'm pretty sure that's not it. I manually changed the domain ID of "switch2" to "2". Should I have left it alone and let the switches sort out the domain ID's? I just verified the Fabric paramaters on each switch, and they match.

BB Credit: 16
R_A_TOV: 10000
E_D_TOV: 2000
Datafield Size: 2112
Core Switch PID Format: checked

As for leaving separate fabrics, that debate is still taking place. One consultatant is saying single, another is saying dual. It seems that the industry is treding towards a single fabric, core/edge infrastructure... Right now I'm just trying to get it setup as a single fabric so we can do some testing. In the end, it might be dual, but without testing it makes it harder to make an informed (semi) decision.

Thank you!

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Duncan Meyers