Trunking on Switches 2/32

[Daniel_218]

Hi, Masters:

I have 2 SW 2/32 and I need configure trunking on the switches; OK, THE SW1 is configured with zonning and domain id1 (and last brocade firm 4.4.0b), the SW2 is not zoning configured and domain id2 (and last brocade firm 4.4.0b); both sw are configured with PID Format 1 and them are link: sw1 p0 to sw2 p0, sw1 p1 to sw2 p1.

I NOT SEE IN SW1 AND SW2 THE PORTS NUMBERS IN A ORDER NORMALLY (P0,P1,P2,P3,P4,P5...).
¿¿WHY??

What is the PID FORMAT 1 or 0 ???

Thank Master

[Marco Hogeveen_1]

Hi Daniel,

PID should be 1 so that's OK.
Do you have the ISL license installed on your switches?

Marco

[Stephen Kebbell]

Hi Daniel,

you can't set the PID format to 0 on the 2/32 switches, so it should not be a factor.

I don't understand your problem. Have both switches merged to a single fabric or are they still segmented? (one switch should be "Principal" the other should be "Subordinate").
As Marco says, for setting up trunking you need the ISL Trunking license on both switches. Run a licenseshow command to see what licenses are installed. Can you post the output of switchshow from both switches? (please attach as a text file)?

Regards,
Stephen

[Daniel_218]

Yes, today, I have trunk license, I have change my PID Format to PID 1 and i think that my problem is now ok (see attach pid1).

(Yesterday I SEE ALL PORTS unnormally with the SW Config PID Format 2, the order was port 16 user port 0, port 17 user port 1,...see attach pid2rare)

Could you to verify this? ¿is o

[Daniel_218]

Yes, today, I have trunk license, I have change my PID Format to PID 1 and i think that my problem is now ok (see attach pid1).

(Yesterday I SEE ALL PORTS unnormally with the SW Config PID Format 2, the order was port 16 user port 0, port 17 user port 1,...see attach pid2)

Could you to verify this? ¿is o

[Stephen Kebbell]

Hi Daniel,

ah, PID Format 2 is new with Fabric OS 4.2.x. This is the Extended Edge PID format (as opposed to Core PID format of 1). The PID is used to identify ports in the SAN. The PID can affect how some hosts see its LUNs, and when changing the pid from 0 to 1 on older switches, some hosts couldn't see their storage any more and needed a reboot. PID format 2 seems to be a way around this. But as you are only using 2/32 switches it shouldn't matter to much to you. PID format 2 also changes the way port appear in the zoning setup, as you have noticed. I will have to read up a bit more on this myself :-)
But your config seems fine now, and your ISL trunking is up and running.

Regards,
Stephen