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 25 Configuring Fabric Binding
Configuring Fabric Binding
Configuring Fabric Binding
The fabric binding feature ensures ISLs are only enabled between specified switches in the fabric
binding configuration. Fabric binding is configured on a per-VSAN basis.
This section includes the following topics:
• Configuring Fabric Binding, page 25-3
• Enabling Fabric Binding, page 25-4
• About Switch WWN Lists, page 25-4
• Configuring Switch WWN List, page 25-4
• About Fabric Binding Activation and Deactivation, page 25-5
• Activating Fabric Binding, page 25-5
• Forcing Fabric Binding Activation, page 25-6
• Copying Fabric Binding Configurations, page 25-6
• Creating a Fabric Binding Configuration, page 25-7
• Deleting a Fabric Binding Configuration, page 25-7
• Copying Fabric Binding to the Configuration File, page 25-8
• Viewing EFMD Statistics, page 25-8
• Viewing Fabric Binding Violations, page 25-8
• Viewing Fabric Binding Active Database, page 25-8
• Saving Fabric Binding Configurations, page 25-9
• Clearing the Fabric Binding Statistics, page 25-9
• Deleting the Fabric Binding Database, page 25-10
Configuring Fabric Binding
To configure fabric binding in each switch in the fabric, perform this task:
Step 1 Enable the fabric configuration feature.
Step 2 Configure a list of sWWNs and their corresponding domain IDs for devices that are allowed to access
the fabric.
Step 3 Activate the fabric binding database.
Step 4 Copy the fabric binding active database to the fabric binding configuration database.
Step 5 Save the fabric binding configuration.
Step 6 Verify the fabric binding configuration.