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Enabling the Enterprise Fabric Mode

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Enabling the Enterprise Fabric Mode

Features and Parameters Enabled with Enterprise Fabric Mode

EFCM Basic User Manual
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The Enterprise Fabric Mode page provides the ability to enable and
disable the Enterprise Fabric Mode. The Enterprise Fabric Mode
automatically enables the features that FICON devices need to
participate in a fabric. These features are described in
Parameters Enabled with Enterprise Fabric Mode
Select Security > Enterprise Fabric Mode on the navigation panel. The

Enterprise Fabric Mode page

Enterprise Fabric Mode Page
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Using this page, you can enable or disable the Enterprise Fabric Mode
on the product. If the Enterprise Fabric Mode field displays Disabled,
selecting the Enable will enable the mode. If the field displays Enabled,
selecting the Disable button will disable the mode.
The function of Enterprise Fabric Mode depends on Fabric Binding
and Switch Binding features that are enabled by the SANtegrity
Binding licensed feature. To enable Enterprise Fabric Mode, the
SANtegrity Binding feature has to be installed on all the products in
the fabric.
The features that are automatically enabled when Enterprise Fabric
Mode is enabled are described in the following sections:
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Fabric Binding and the Enterprise Fabric Mode
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Switch Binding and the Enterprise Fabric Mode
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Rerouting Delay and the Enterprise Fabric Mode
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Domain RSCNs and the Enterprise Fabric Mode
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Insistent Domain Identification (ID) and the Enterprise Fabric Mode
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