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

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Enabling Virtual Fabrics on a discovered device

ATTENTION

Enabling Virtual Fabrics is disruptive. You should disable the physical chassis before you enable

Virtual Fabrics.

ATTENTION

If the physical chassis is participating in a Fabric, the affected Fabric will be disrupted.

To enable Virtual Fabrics, complete the following steps.

1. Right-click the physical chassis in the topology and select Enable Virtual Fabric.

For a list of physical chassis that are Virtual Fabrics-capable, refer to “Virtual Fabric

requirements” on page 532.

2. Click OK on the warning message.

Note that all ports are placed in the default logical switch and any EX_ports are persistently

disabled.

Disabling Virtual Fabrics on a discovered device

To disable Virtual Fabrics, right-click the physical chassis in the Chassis group in the Product List

and select Disable Virtual Fabric.

ATTENTION

Disabling Virtual Fabrics causes the physical chassis to reboot.

ATTENTION

Disabling Virtual Fabrics deletes all logical switches and returns port management to the physical

chassis. If these logical switches are participating in a Fabric, all affected Fabrics will be disrupted.

Creating a logical switch or base switch

NOTE

Virtual Fabrics must be enabled on at least one physical chassis in your fabric.

You can optionally define the logical switch to be a base switch. Each chassis can have only one

base switch.

To create a logical switch, complete the following steps.

1. Select a switch with Virtual Fabrics enabled on the Product List or Connectivity Map and select

Configure > Logical Switches.

The Logical Switches dialog box displays.

2. Select the physical chassis from which you want to create a logical switch in the Chassis list.