FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000159-320, April 2005)

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Installation Tasks
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Installation Tasks
• Switch binding can be enabled or disabled when the switch is
either offline or online.
• If Enterprise Fabric Mode is enabled from the SAN management
application:
— Switch binding is automatically enabled.
— Switch binding cannot be disabled if the switch is online.
— Switch binding can be disabled if the switch is offline.
However, if switch binding is disabled, Enterprise Fabric
Mode is also disabled.
• WWNs can be added to the membership list when switch binding
is either enabled or disabled.
• WWNs can be removed from the membership list only if one or
more of the following are true:
— The switch is offline.
— Switch binding is disabled.
— The associated device is not connected to the switch.
— The associated device is connected to a blocked port.
— Switch binding is not enabled for the same port type as
enabled at the Switch Binding - Change State dialog box
(Connection Policy). For example, a WWN for a fabric switch
connected to an E_Port can be removed if switch binding is
enabled to restrict only F_Ports.
• If the switch is online and switch binding is not enabled, all
WWNs of devices attached to the switch are automatically added
to the membership list.
Zoning and Switch Binding
SANtegrity binding parameters have no effect on zoning
configurations. However, if a device WWN is in a specific zone, but
the WWN is not in the membership list, the device cannot log in to a
switch port and cannot connect to other devices in the zone with
switch binding enabled.
Enable or Disable
Switch Binding
Perform this procedure to configure (enable or disable) switch
binding: