edge switch 2/32 product manager user guide

edge switch 2/32 product manager user guide 6–13
Optional Features
Enterprise Fabric Mode
Enterprise Fabric Mode is an option available on the Fabrics menu in the HAFM
application if the SANtegrity feature key is installed. This option automatically
enables the following features and operating parameters that are necessary in
multiswitch Enterprise Fabric environments. Note that there are specific requirements
for disabling these parameters and features when the Director or Switch is offline or
online.
Fabric Binding
This is a SANtegrity feature enabled through the Fabrics menu in HAFM that allows
or prohibits Switches and Directors from merging with a selected fabric. Refer to
Enable/Disable and Online State Functions on page 6-7 for details on
enabling/disabling Fabric Binding with Enterprise Fabric Mode.
Switch Binding
This is a SANtegrity feature enabled through the Configure menu in the Product
Manager that allows or prohibits Switches and/or Directors from connecting to Switch
E_Ports, devices from connecting to F_Ports. Refer to Enable/Disable and Online
State Functions on page 6-11 for details on enabling/disabling Switch Binding with
Enterprise Fabric Mode enabled.
Rerouting Delay
Rerouting delay is a parameter in the Configure Switch Parameters dialog box,
available from the Configure menu in the Product Manager application.
Rerouting Delay ensures that frames are delivered through the fabric in order to their
destination. If there is a change to the fabric topology that creates a new path (for
example, a new Switch is added to the fabric), frames may be routed over this new
path if its hop count is less than a previous path with a minimum hop count. This may
result in frames being delivered to a destination out of order since frames sent over the
new, shorter path may arrive ahead of older frames still in route over the older path.
If Rerouting Delay is enabled, traffic ceases in the fabric for the time specified in the
E_D_TOV field of the Configure Fabric Parameters dialog box (Configure menu).
This delay enables frames sent on the old path to exit to their destination before new
frames begin traversing the new path.