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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 an allowed domain ID list ························································································································ 37
Configuring a domain ID for a switch ························································································································· 38
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
Enabling the automatic reconfiguration feature ································································································· 40
Manually initiating a fabric reconfiguration ······································································································· 40
Configuring a VFC interface to reject incoming RCF requests ·················································································· 41
Enabling SNMP notifications ········································································································································ 41
Configuring RSCN aggregation ··································································································································· 41
RSCN ······································································································································································ 41
RSCN aggregation ················································································································································ 42
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 42
Configuring and obtaining FC4 information of nodes ······························································································ 42
Enabling SCSI-FCP information autodiscovery ··································································································· 43
Configuring the default FC4 information for a node ························································································· 43
Displaying and maintaining a fabric ··························································································································· 44
Fabric building configuration examples ······················································································································ 44
Static fabric building configuration example ····································································································· 44
Dynamic fabric building configuration example ································································································ 47
Configuring FC routing and forwarding ·················································································································· 52
Overview ········································································································································································· 52
Routing table and FIB table ·································································································································· 52
Direct routes ··························································································································································· 53
Static routes ···························································································································································· 54
FSPF routes ····························································································································································· 54
Configuring static FC routes ·········································································································································· 55
Configuration restrictions and guidelines ··········································································································· 55
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 56
Configuring FSPF ···························································································································································· 56
FSPF configuration task list ··································································································································· 56
Enabling FSPF ························································································································································ 56
Setting the shortest SPF calculation interval ········································································································ 57
Setting the minimum LSR arrival interval ············································································································· 57
Setting the minimum LSR refresh interval ············································································································ 57
Setting the FSPF cost for an interface ·················································································································· 58
Setting the hello interval for an interface ············································································································ 58
Setting the dead interval for an interface ··········································································································· 58
Setting the LSR retransmission interval for an interface ····················································································· 59
Disabling FSPF for an interface ···························································································································· 59
Configuring FSPF GR ············································································································································ 59
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