Managing Cisco Fabricware; Fibre Channel Support - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

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Managing Cisco FabricWare

The Cisco FabricWare software running on the MDS 9020 Switch offers Fibre Channel switching
services that realize maximum performance. Cisco FabricWare provides networking features such as
zoning, advanced security, nondisruptive software upgrades, diagnostics, a CLI with syntax resembling
Cisco IOS, and standard interfaces for management applications.
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Fibre Channel Support

Cisco FabricWare supports autoconfigured Fibre Channel ports capable of up to 4-Gbps bandwidth.
Cisco FabricWare supports the following port types:
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Cisco FabricWare supports Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) as the standard path selection protocol used
by Fibre Channel fabrics. The FSPF feature is enabled by default on all Fibre Channel switches. Except
in configurations that require special consideration, you do not need to configure any FSPF services.
FSPF automatically calculates the best path between any two switches in a fabric.
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Fibre Channel Support, page D-1
Zone Configuration, page D-2
Security, page D-2
Events, page D-2
Managing Cisco FabricWare with Fabric Manager, page D-3
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