Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

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Creating a logical switch or base switch
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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
where fabricID 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 218.
Example
The following example creates a logical switch with FID 4, 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
Please change passwords for switch default accounts now.
Use Control-C to exit or press 'Enter' key to proceed.
Password was not changed. Will prompt again at next login
until password is changed.
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