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Creating a logical fabric using XISLs
2. Physically connect ports in the base switches to form XISLs.
3. Enable all of the base switches. This forms the base fabric.
4. Configure the logical switches in each chassis:
5. Enable all logical switches by entering the switchenable command on each logical switch that
The fabricShow command displays all logical switches configured with the same fabric ID as the
local switch and all non-Virtual Fabrics switches connected through ISLs to these logical switches.
The switchShow command displays logical ports as E_Ports, with -1 for the slot and the user port
number for the slot port.
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c.
Create a base switch and assign it a fabric ID that will become the FID of the base fabric.
See
"Creating a logical switch or base switch"
base switch.
For the example shown in
d. Assign ports to the base switch, as described in
switch"
on page 230.
e. Repeat
step a
through
a. Connect to the physical chassis and log in using an account with the chassis-role
permission.
b. Create a logical switch and assign it a fabric ID for the logical fabric. This FID must be
different from the FID in the base fabric. See
page 227 for instructions.
For the example shown in
logical switch with FID 15.
c.
Assign ports to the logical switch, as described in
switch"
on page 230.
d. Physically connect devices and ISLs to these ports on the logical switch.
e. (Optional) Configure the logical switch to use XISLs, if it is not already XISL-capable. See
"Configuring a logical switch to use XISLs"
By default, newly created logical switches are configured to allow XISL use.
f.
Repeat
step a
through
using the same fabric ID whenever two switches need to be part of a single logical fabric.
you created in
step 4
(the base switches are already enabled).
The logical fabric is formed.
on page 227 for instructions on creating a
Figure
28, you would create a base switch with fabric ID 8.
step d
in all chassis that are to participate in the logical fabric.
"Creating a logical switch or base switch"
Figure
28, you would create a logical switch with FID 1 and a
on page 234 for instructions.
step e
in all chassis that are to participate in the logical fabric,
"Adding and moving ports on a logical
"Adding and moving ports on a logical
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