McDATA Sphereon 4500 - Manual (Page 157)

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Enterprise Fabric Mode 6-9
Optional Features
• If Enterprise Fabric Mode is enabled and the director or switch is
offline you can disable Switch Binding, but Enterprise Fabric
Mode will also disable.
• WWNs can be added to the Switch Membership List when Switch
Binding is enabled or disabled.
• WWNs can only be removed from the Switch Membership List if
any of the following are true:
— The switch is offline.
— Switch Binding is disabled.
— The switch or device with the WWN is not connected to the
switch.
— Switch Binding is not enabled for the same port type as
enabled for the Connection Policy in the Switch Binding State
Change dialog box. For example, a WWN for a switch attached
to an E_Port can be removed if Switch Binding Connection
Policy was enabled to Restrict F_Ports.
— The switch or device with the WWN is connected to a port that
is blocked.
— The switch or device with the WWN is not currently
connected to the director or switch (detached node).
• If the director or switch is online and Switch Binding is not
enabled, all nodes and switches attached to the switch are
automatically added to the Switch Membership List.
Zoning with Switch Binding Enabled
Note that SANtegrity has no effect on existing zoning configurations.
However, note that if a device WWN is in a specific zone, but the
WWN is not in the Switch Membership List, the device cannot log in
to the director or switch port and cannot connect to other devices in
the zone with Switch Binding enabled.
Enterprise Fabric Mode
Enterprise Fabric Mode is an option available on the Fabrics menu in
the EFC Manager application if the SANtegrity feature key is
installed. This option automatically enables the following features
and operating parameters that are necessary in multiswitch
Enterprise Fabric environments. Note that there are specific