Enabling Virtual Fabrics Mode; Disabling Virtual Fabrics Mode - HP StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode

Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode

A fabric is said to be in Virtual Fabrics mode (VF mode) when the Virtual Fabrics feature is enabled.
Before you can use the Virtual Fabrics features, such as logical switch and logical fabric, you must
enable VF mode.
VF mode is enabled by default.
NOTE
When you enable VF mode, the control processors (CPs) are rebooted and all EX_Ports are disabled
after the reboot.
Use the following procedure to enable Virtual Fabrics mode:
1. Connect to the physical chassis and log in using an account with the chassis-role permission.
2. Use the fosConfig command to check whether VF mode is enabled:
3. Delete all Admin Domains, as described in
4. Use the fosConfig command to enable VF mode:
5. Enter y at the prompt.
Example
The following example checks whether VF mode is enabled or disabled and then enables it.

Disabling Virtual Fabrics mode

When you disable VF mode, the following occurs:
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ATTENTION
If you want to use Admin Domains in a fabric, you must first disable VF mode.
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fosconfig --show
non-disruptively" on page 450.
fosconfig --enable vf
switch:admin> fosconfig --show
FC Routing service:
iSCSI service:
iSNS client service:
Virtual Fabric:
Ethernet Switch Service:
switch:admin> fosconfig --enable vf
WARNING: This is a disruptive operation that requires a reboot to take
effect.
All EX ports will be disabled upon reboot.
Would you like to continue [Y/N] y
VF has been enabled. Your system is being rebooted.
The CPs are rebooted.
If F_Port trunking is enabled on ports in the default switch, the F_Port trunking information is
deleted.
"Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains
disabled
Service not supported on this Platform
Service not supported on this Platform
disabled
Service not supported on this Platform
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