Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise User Manual v10.3.X (53-1001357-01, November 2009)

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Deactivating high integrity fabrics

2. Select the fabric on which you want to activate HIF from the Fabric Name list.

The HIF status displays in the High Integrity Fabric field.

3. Click Activate.

For Pure Fabric OS fabrics, HIF activates the Switch Connection Control (SCC) policy, sets

Insistent Domain ID, and sets the Fabric Wide Consistency Policy (FWCP) for SCC in strict

mode.

For mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabrics:

• For Fabric OS switches, HIF activates the SCC policy, sets Insistent Domain ID, and sets the

FWCP for SCC in tolerant mode.

• For M-EOS switches, HIF activates Enterprise Fabric Mode, Fabric Binding, Switch Binding,

Insistent Domain ID, and RSCNs.

Deactivating high integrity fabrics

NOTE

Deactivating high integrity fabrics is not supported in a pure Fabric OS environment.

To deactivate a HIF, complete the following steps.

1. Select Configure > High Integrity Fabric.

The High Integrity Fabric dialog box displays.

2. Select the fabric on which you want to deactivate HIF from the Fabric Name list.

The HIF status displays in the High Integrity Fabric field.

3. Click Deactivate.

Deactivating HIF on a fabric does not deactivate the features on the individual switches, you

must disable them individually:

• For Fabric OS switches, disable the SCC policy, Insistent Domain ID, and the Fabric Wide

Consistency Policy for SCC in tolerant mode.

• For M-EOS switches, disable Fabric Binding, Switch Binding, Insistent Domain ID, and

RSCNs.