Connecting Fabric Interconnects together with FC

[Gert Leunis]

Hi,

Is it possible to link two Fabric Interconnects together with FC uplinks?

If I have two sites and I have a pair of Fabric Interconnects in site A and a pair in site B. Is it possible to connect FI-A of site A to FI-A in site B via an FC upllink port? Or should I use a Cisco MDS or Brocade switch to make the connection?

In each site we have a server with FC connections and they need access the storage on the other side. Is it possible if I place the FI in FC switching mode?

Kind regards,

Gert

[Robert Burns]

FI's are not meant to be connected back to back.  You should be using an intermediate MDS to do so.

Regards,

Robert

[Gert Leunis]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the answer. On each site there is only one server with FC connections, so it's a high cost to buy MDS switches only for that. Is it possible to connect them via FC or should we really buy some FC switches. It's only for 1 server per site...

Thanks in advance and regards,

Gert

[cchildre]

Are there enough ports available on the array to attach each FI to the array directly?

That would work for a small environment like this.