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Displaying and maintaining FC routing and forwarding ·························································································· 60

FC routing configuration examples ······························································································································ 61

Static FC routing configuration example ············································································································ 61

FSPF configuration example ································································································································· 66

Configuring FC zones ················································································································································ 70

Overview ········································································································································································· 70

Zoning mode ·························································································································································· 70

Zone database······················································································································································· 70

Pairwise ·································································································································································· 73

Zone distribution in basic zoning mode ············································································································· 73

Zone distribution in enhanced zoning mode ····································································································· 75

Zone merge in basic zoning mode ····················································································································· 76

Zone merge in enhanced zoning mode·············································································································· 78

Access control ························································································································································ 79

FC zone configuration task list ····································································································································· 79

Configuring a zoning mode ········································································································································· 80

Configuring the Pairwise feature ·································································································································· 81

Configuring zone aliases ·············································································································································· 81

Configuring zones ·························································································································································· 82

Configuring zone sets ···················································································································································· 82

Configuring the default zone policy····························································································································· 83

Setting the zone distribution and merge type ············································································································· 83

Setting a merge control mode ······································································································································ 83

Enabling hard zoning ···················································································································································· 84

Configuration restrictions and guidelines ··········································································································· 84

Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 85

Activating a zone set and distributing it to the entire fabric ····················································································· 85

Triggering a complete distribution ······························································································································· 86

Renaming zone aliases, zones, and zone sets ··········································································································· 86

Copying zone aliases, zones, and zone sets ············································································································· 87

Deleting the zone database ·········································································································································· 87

Enabling SNMP notifications ········································································································································ 87

Displaying and maintaining FC zones ························································································································ 88

FC zone configuration example ··································································································································· 88

Network requirements ··········································································································································· 88

Requirements analysis ··········································································································································· 89

Verifying the configuration ··································································································································· 91

Configuring NPV ························································································································································ 93

Downlink interface and downlink ························································································································ 93

Uplink interface and uplink ·································································································································· 94

Downlink-to-uplink interface mappings ··············································································································· 94

Disruptive load balancing ···································································································································· 94

NPV configuration task list ············································································································································ 94

Configuring uplink interfaces and downlink interfaces ······························································································ 95

Configuring uplink interfaces ······························································································································· 95

Configuring downlink interfaces ·························································································································· 95

Configuring downlink-to-uplink interface mappings ··································································································· 96

Initiating a disruptive load-balancing process ············································································································ 96

Displaying and maintaining NPV ································································································································· 96

NPV configuration examples ········································································································································ 97