Displaying and maintaining a fabric ··························································································································· 62

Fabric building configuration examples ······················································································································ 62

Static fabric building configuration example ····································································································· 62

Dynamic fabric building configuration example ································································································ 65

Configuring FC routing and forwarding ·················································································································· 70

Overview ········································································································································································· 70

Routing table and FIB table ·································································································································· 70

Direct routes ··························································································································································· 71

Static routes ···························································································································································· 72

FSPF routes ····························································································································································· 72

Configuring static FC routes ·········································································································································· 73

Configuration restrictions and guidelines ··········································································································· 73

Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 74

Configuring FSPF ···························································································································································· 74

FSPF configuration task list ··································································································································· 74

Enabling FSPF ························································································································································ 74

Configuring the shortest SPF calculation interval ······························································································· 75

Configuring the minimum LSR arrival interval ···································································································· 75

Configuring the minimum LSR refresh interval ···································································································· 75

Configuring the FSPF cost for an interface ········································································································· 76

Configuring the hello interval for an interface ··································································································· 76

Configuring the dead interval for an interface ·································································································· 77

Configuring the LSR retransmission interval for an interface ············································································ 77

Disabling FSPF for an interface ···························································································································· 77

Configuring FSPF GR ············································································································································ 78

Displaying and maintaining FC routing and forwarding ·························································································· 78

FC routing configuration examples ······························································································································ 79

Static FC routing configuration example by using FC interfaces ····································································· 79

Static FC routing configuration example by using VFC interfaces ··································································· 84

FSPF configuration example by using FC interfaces ·························································································· 89

FSPF configuration example by using VFC interfaces ······················································································· 93

Configuring FC zones ················································································································································ 97

Zoning mode ·························································································································································· 97

Zone database······················································································································································· 97

Pairwise ································································································································································ 100

Zone distribution in basic zoning mode ··········································································································· 100

Zone distribution in enhanced zoning mode ··································································································· 102

Zone merge in basic zoning mode ··················································································································· 103

Zone merge in enhanced zoning mode············································································································ 105

Access control ······················································································································································ 106

FC zone configuration task list ··································································································································· 106

Configuring a zoning mode ······································································································································· 107

Configuring the Pairwise feature ································································································································ 108

Configuring zone aliases ············································································································································ 108

Configuring zones ························································································································································ 109

Configuring zone sets ·················································································································································· 109

Configuring the default zone policy··························································································································· 110

Configuring the zone distribution and merge type ·································································································· 110

Configuring a merge control mode ···························································································································· 110

Enabling hard zoning ·················································································································································· 111

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