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

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Chapter 25 Configuring Fabric Binding
Configuring Fabric Binding
You see the Create Config Database dialog box as shown in Figure 25-2.
Figure 25-2 Create Config Database Dialog Box
Step 5 Select the switches that you want to add.
Step 6 Add the sWWN and domain ID of a switch to the configured database list.
You can add the sWWN and the domain ID of more than one switches to the configured database list.
Step 7 Click Create.
About Fabric Binding Activation and Deactivation
The fabric binding feature maintains a configuration database (config database) and an active database.
The config database is a read-write database that collects the configurations you perform. These
configurations are only enforced upon activation. This activation overwrites the active database with the
contents of the config database. The active database is read-only and is the database that checks each
switch that attempts to log in.
By default, the fabric binding feature is not activated. You cannot activate the fabric binding database on
the switch if entries existing in the config database conflict with the current state of the fabric. For
example, one of the already logged in switches may be denied login by the config database. You can
choose to forcefully override these situations.
Note After activation, any already logged in switch that violates the current active database will be logged out,
and all switches that were previously denied login because of fabric binding restrictions are reinitialized.
Activating Fabric Binding
To activate, deactivate, or to force fabric bind using Fabric Manager, perform this task:
Step 1 Expand a VSAN with fabric binding in the Logical Domains pane. Expand Fabric Binding.