Fabric Binding Activation And Deactivation; Activating Fabric Binding - Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring Fabric Binding

Fabric Binding Activation and Deactivation

Fabric binding maintains a configuration database (config database) and an active database. The config database
is a read-write database that collects the configurations that you perform. These configurations are only
enforced upon activation. This activation overwrites the active database with the contents of the config database.
The active database is read-only and is the database that checks each switch that attempts to log in.
By default, the fabric binding feature is not activated. You cannot activate the fabric binding database on the
switch if entries existing in the config database conflict with the current state of the fabric. For example, one
of the already logged in switches might be denied login by the config database. You can choose to forcefully
override these situations.
After activation, any already logged in switch that violates the current active database will be logged out,
Note
and all switches that were previously denied login because of fabric binding restrictions are reinitialized.

Activating Fabric Binding

You can activate the fabric binding feature.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. fabric-binding activate vsan vsan-id
3. no fabric-binding activate vsan vsan-id
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1 configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
Step 2
fabric-binding activate vsan vsan-id
Example:
switch(config)# fabric-binding activate vsan 25
Step 3 no fabric-binding activate vsan vsan-id
Example:
switch(config)# no fabric-binding activate vsan 25
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Configuring Fabric Binding
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Activates the fabric binding database for the
specified VSAN.
Deactivates the fabric binding database for the
specified VSAN.
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