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Setting the LSR retransmission interval for an interface ····················································································· 62
Disabling FSPF for an interface ···························································································································· 62
Configuring FSPF GR ············································································································································ 62
Displaying and maintaining FC routing and forwarding ·························································································· 63
FC routing configuration examples ······························································································································ 64
Static FC routing configuration example ············································································································ 64
FSPF configuration example ································································································································· 68
Configuring FC zones ················································································································································ 72
Overview ········································································································································································· 72
Zoning mode ·························································································································································· 72
Zone database······················································································································································· 72
Pairwise ·································································································································································· 75
Zone distribution in basic zoning mode ············································································································· 75
Zone distribution in enhanced zoning mode ····································································································· 77
Zone merge in basic zoning mode ····················································································································· 78
Zone merge in enhanced zoning mode·············································································································· 81
Access control ························································································································································ 81
FC zone configuration task list ····································································································································· 82
Configuring a zoning mode ········································································································································· 82
Configuring the Pairwise feature ·································································································································· 83
Configuring zone aliases ·············································································································································· 83
Configuring zones ·························································································································································· 84
Configuring zone sets ···················································································································································· 84
Configuring the default zone policy····························································································································· 85
Configuring the zone distribution and merge type ···································································································· 85
Configuring a merge control mode ······························································································································ 85
Enabling hard zoning ···················································································································································· 86
Overview ································································································································································ 86
Configuration restrictions and guidelines ··········································································································· 87
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 87
Activating a zone set and distributing it to the entire fabric ····················································································· 87
Triggering a complete distribution ······························································································································· 88
Renaming zone aliases, zones, and zone sets ··········································································································· 88
Copying zone aliases, zones, and zone sets ············································································································· 89
Deleting the zone database ·········································································································································· 89
Enabling SNMP notifications ········································································································································ 89
Displaying and maintaining FC zones ························································································································ 90
FC zone configuration example ··································································································································· 90
Network requirements ··········································································································································· 90
Requirements analysis ··········································································································································· 91
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 91
Verifying the configuration ··································································································································· 93
Configuring NPV ························································································································································ 95
Overview ········································································································································································· 95
Downlink interface and downlink ························································································································ 95
Uplink interface and uplink ·································································································································· 95
Downlink-to-uplink interface mappings ··············································································································· 96
Disruptive load balancing ···································································································································· 96
NPV configuration task list ············································································································································ 96
Configuring uplink interfaces and downlink interfaces ······························································································ 96
Configuring uplink interfaces ······························································································································· 97
Configuring downlink interfaces ·························································································································· 97
Configuring downlink-to-uplink interface mappings ··································································································· 97
