Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.0.0 (53-1002148-02, June 2011)

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Creating a logical switch or base switch
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NOTE
Domain ID conflicts are detected before fabric ID conflicts. If you have both a domain ID conflict and
a fabric ID conflict, only the domain ID conflict is reported.
1. Connect to the physical chassis and log in using an account with the chassis-role permission.
2. Enter the following command to create a logical switch:
lscfg --create fabricID [ -base ] [ -force ]
In the command syntax, fabricID is the fabric ID that is to be associated with the logical switch.
Specify the -base option if the logical switch is to be a base switch.
Specify the -force option to execute the command without any user prompts or confirmation.
3. Set the context to the new logical switch.
setcontext fabricID
The fabricID parameter is the fabric ID of the logical switch you just created.
4. Disable the logical switch.
switchdisable
5. Configure the switch attributes, including assigning a unique domain ID.
configure
6. Enable the logical switch.
switchenable
7. Ass i g n p o r t s to the l o g i c a l switch, as described in “Adding and removing ports on a logical
switch” on page 232.
Example
The following example creates a logical switch with FID 4, and then assigns domain ID 14 to it.
sw0:FID128:admin> lscfg --create 4
About to create switch with fid=4. Please wait...
Logical Switch with FID (4) has been successfully created.
Logical Switch has been created with default configurations.
Please configure the Logical Switch with appropriate switch
and protocol settings before activating the Logical Switch.
sw0:FID128:admin> setcontext 4
switch_4:FID4:admin> switchdisable
switch_4:FID4:admin> configure
Configure...
Fabric parameters (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
Domain: (1..239) [1] 14
WWN Based persistent PID (yes, y, no, n): [no]
...
(output truncated)
WARNING: The domain ID will be changed. The port level zoning may be affected
switch_4:FID4:admin> switchenable