Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 19 Managing FLOGI, Name Server, FDMI, and RSCN Databases
Name Server Proxy
Figure 19-1 FLOGI Physical Interfaces
Name Server Proxy
The name server functionality maintains a database containing the attributes for all hosts and storage
devices in each VSAN. Name servers allow a database entry to be modified by a device that originally
registered the information.
The proxy feature is useful when you need to modify (update or delete) the contents of a database entry
that was previously registered by a different device.
This section includes the following topics:
• About Registering Name Server Proxies, page 19-2
• Registering Name Server Proxies, page 19-2
• About Rejecting Duplicate pWWNs, page 19-3
• Rejecting Duplicate pWWNs, page 19-3
• About Name Server Database Entries, page 19-3
• Viewing Name Server Database Entries, page 19-3
About Registering Name Server Proxies
All name server registration requests come from the same port whose parameter is registered or changed.
If it does not, then the request is rejected.
This authorization enables WWNs to register specific parameters for another node.
Registering Name Server Proxies
To register the name server proxy using Fabric Manager, perform this task:
Step 1 Expand a fabric, expand a VSAN, and then choose Advanced.
You see the VSAN advanced configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the NS Proxies tab.
You see the existing name server proxy for the selected VSAN as shown in Figure 19-2.