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Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 29
Verifying the configuration ··································································································································· 31
Building a fabric ························································································································································· 32
Overview ········································································································································································· 32
Principal switch selection ······································································································································ 32
Domain ID assignment ·········································································································································· 33
FC address assignment ········································································································································· 34
Fabric building configuration task list ·························································································································· 34
Building a fabric statically ···································································································································· 35
Building a fabric dynamically ······························································································································ 35
Enabling or disabling the fabric configuration feature ······························································································ 36
Setting a fabric name ···················································································································································· 36
Setting the switch priority ·············································································································································· 36
Configuring the allowed domain ID list ······················································································································· 37
Configuring a domain ID for a switch ························································································································· 37
Binding the WWN of an N_Port to an FC address ··································································································· 38
Setting fabric timers ······················································································································································· 39
Setting fabric timers in system view ····················································································································· 39
Setting fabric timers in VSAN view ····················································································································· 39
Configuring fabric reconfiguration ······························································································································· 40
Configuring the auto fabric reconfiguration feature ·························································································· 40
Manually initiating the fabric reconfiguration ···································································································· 41
Configuring a VFC interface to reject incoming RCF requests ·················································································· 41
Enabling SNMP notifications ········································································································································ 41
Configuring RSCN aggregation ··································································································································· 42
RSCN ······································································································································································ 42
RSCN aggregation ················································································································································ 42
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 42
Configuring and obtaining FC4 information of nodes ······························································································ 43
Enabling SCSI-FCP information autodiscovery ··································································································· 43
Configuring the default FC4 information for a node ························································································· 44
Displaying and maintaining a fabric ··························································································································· 44
Fabric building configuration examples ······················································································································ 45
Static fabric building configuration example ····································································································· 45
Dynamic fabric building configuration example ································································································ 49
Configuring FC routing and forwarding ·················································································································· 55
Overview ········································································································································································· 55
Routing table and FIB table ·································································································································· 55
Direct routes ··························································································································································· 56
Static routes ···························································································································································· 57
FSPF routes ····························································································································································· 57
Configuring static FC routes ·········································································································································· 58
Configuration restrictions and guidelines ··········································································································· 58
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 58
Configuring FSPF ···························································································································································· 59
FSPF configuration task list ··································································································································· 59
Enabling FSPF ························································································································································ 59
Setting the shortest SPF calculation interval ········································································································ 60
Setting the minimum LSR arrival interval ············································································································· 60
Setting the minimum LSR refresh interval ············································································································ 60
Setting the FSPF cost for an interface ·················································································································· 61
Setting the hello interval for an interface ············································································································ 61
Setting the dead interval for an interface ··········································································································· 61
