Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 290)

290 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode
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Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode
A fabric is said to be in Virtual Fabrics mode (VF mode) when the Virtual Fabrics feature is enabled.
Before you can use the Virtual Fabrics features, such as logical switch and logical fabric, you must
enable VF mode.
VF mode is enabled by default.
NOTE
When you enable VF mode, the control processors (CPs) are rebooted and all EX_Ports are disabled
after the reboot.
Use the following procedure to enable Virtual Fabrics mode:
1. Connect to the physical chassis and log in using an account with the chassis-role permission.
2. Use the fosConfig command to check whether VF mode is enabled:
fosconfig --show
3. Delete all Admin Domains, as described in “Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains
non-disruptively” on page 450.
4. Use the fosConfig command to enable VF mode:
fosconfig --enable vf
5. Enter y at the prompt.
Example
The following example checks whether VF mode is enabled or disabled and then enables it.
switch:admin> fosconfig --show
FC Routing service:
disabled
iSCSI service: Service not supported on this Platform
iSNS client service: Service not supported on this Platform
Virtual Fabric: disabled
Ethernet Switch Service: Service not supported on this Platform
switch:admin> fosconfig --enable vf
WARNING:
This is a disruptive operation that requires a reboot to take
effect.
All EX ports will be disabled upon reboot.
Would you like to continue [Y/N] y
VF has been enabled. Your system is being rebooted.
Disabling Virtual Fabrics mode
When you disable VF mode, the following occurs:
• The CPs are rebooted.
• If F_Port trunking is enabled on ports in the default switch, the F_Port trunking information is
deleted.
ATTENTION
If you want to use Admin Domains in a fabric, you must first disable VF mode.