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Activating a zone set and distributing it to the entire fabric ··················································································· 112

Triggering a complete distribution ····························································································································· 112

Renaming zone aliases, zones, and zone sets ········································································································· 113

Copying zone aliases, zones, and zone sets ··········································································································· 113

Deleting the zone database ········································································································································ 114

Enabling SNMP notifications ······································································································································ 114

Displaying and maintaining FC zones ······················································································································ 114

FC zone configuration example ································································································································· 115

Network requirements ········································································································································· 115

Requirements analysis ········································································································································· 116

Configuration procedure ···································································································································· 116

Verifying the configuration ································································································································· 117

Configuring NPV ····················································································································································· 120

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Downlink interface and downlink ······················································································································ 120

Uplink interface and uplink ································································································································ 121

Downlink-to-uplink interface mappings ············································································································· 121

Disruptive load balancing ·································································································································· 121

NPV configuration task list ·········································································································································· 121

Configuring uplink interfaces and downlink interfaces ···························································································· 122

Configuring uplink interfaces ····························································································································· 122

Configuring downlink interfaces ························································································································ 122

Configuring downlink-to-uplink interface mappings ································································································· 123

Initiating a disruptive load-balancing process ·········································································································· 123

Displaying and maintaining NPV ······························································································································· 123

NPV configuration examples ······································································································································ 124

NPV configuration example by using FC interfaces ························································································ 124

NPV configuration example by using VFC interfaces ····················································································· 127

Configuring FIP snooping ······································································································································· 132

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FIP snooping network diagram ·························································································································· 132

How FIP snooping works ···································································································································· 133

FIP snooping configuration task list ···························································································································· 134

Enabling FIP snooping ················································································································································· 134

Configuring the operating mode of an Ethernet interface ······················································································· 134

Configuring the FC-MAP value ··································································································································· 135

Displaying and maintaining FIP snooping ················································································································· 135

FIP snooping configuration example ·························································································································· 136

Network requirements ········································································································································· 136

Configuration procedure ···································································································································· 136

Verifying the configuration ································································································································· 138

Configuring FCS ······················································································································································ 140

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Starting a topology discovery ····································································································································· 142

Stopping a topology discovery ··································································································································· 143

Displaying and maintaining FCS ······························································································································· 143

FCS configuration example ········································································································································· 143

Network requirements ········································································································································· 143

Configuration procedure ···································································································································· 144

Verifying the configuration ································································································································· 144

Configuring FDMI ···················································································································································· 147

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