Cisco Nexus 5000 Series - Enabling Fabric Binding

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring Fabric Binding
Configuring Fabric Binding
Configuring Fabric Binding
The fabric binding feature ensures ISLs are only enabled between specified switches in the fabric
binding configuration. Fabric binding is configured on a per-VSAN basis.
This section includes the following topics:
• Configuring Fabric Binding, page 1-3
• Enabling Fabric Binding, page 1-3
• About Switch WWN Lists, page 1-4
• Configuring Switch WWN List, page 1-4
• About Fabric Binding Activation and Deactivation, page 1-4
• Activating Fabric Binding, page 1-5
• Forcing Fabric Binding Activation, page 1-5
• Copying Fabric Binding Configurations, page 1-5
• Clearing the Fabric Binding Statistics, page 1-6
• Deleting the Fabric Binding Database, page 1-6
Configuring Fabric Binding
To configure fabric binding in each switch in the fabric, perform this task:
Step 1 Enable the fabric configuration feature.
Step 2 Configure a list of sWWNs and their corresponding domain IDs for devices that are allowed to access
the fabric.
Step 3 Activate the fabric binding database.
Step 4 Copy the fabric binding active database to the fabric binding configuration database.
Step 5 Save the fabric binding configuration.
Step 6 Verify the fabric binding configuration.
Enabling Fabric Binding
The fabric binding feature must be enabled in each switch in the fabric that participates in the fabric
binding. By default, this feature is disabled in Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches. The configuration and
verification commands for the fabric binding feature are only available when fabric binding is enabled
on a switch. When you disable this configuration, all related configurations are automatically discarded.
To enable fabric binding on any participating switch, perform this task:
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# configuration terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# fabric-binding enable
Enables fabric binding on that switch.
switch(config)# no fabric-binding enable
Disables (default) fabric binding on that switch.