Creating A Persistent Fc Id; Deleting A Persistent Fc Id - Cisco DS-C9216I-K9 Configuration Manual

Chapter 26 Configuring Domain Parameters
To configure persistent FC IDs from the Device Manager, choose Domain Manager from the FC menu
and click the Persistent FCIDs tab. The Domain Manager dialog box, with the Persistent FCIDs tab
selected, displays persistent FC IDs for a single switch.
Configure the attributes for persistent FC IDs.
Before you can create persistent FC IDs, you must:
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If you connect to the switch from an AIX or HP-UX host, be sure to create the persistent FC ID in the
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VSAN that connects these hosts.
Persistent FC IDs with loop-attache devices (FL ports) need to remain connected to the same port in
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which they were configured.

Creating a Persistent FC ID

To create a new persistent FC ID, follow these steps:
Step 1 Click Create. You see the Create Domain Manager Persistent FCIDs dialog box.
Step 2 Enter the VSAN ID.
Step 3 Enter the WWN.
Enter the FC ID.
Step 4
Choose the mask. The mask is the number of FC IDs which are assigned either statically or dynamically
Step 5
for this WWN on this VSAN. Possible values are Single, meaning just one FCI ID is assigned, or Area,
meaning all of the FC IDs in the area that is specified are assigned.
Choose the assignment. The assignment is the type of persistency of this FC ID (static or dynamic).
Step 6
Click Create to create the persistent FC ID, or click Close to return to the Domain Manager without
Step 7
creating the FC ID.

Deleting a Persistent FC ID

To delete a persistent FC ID, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose the persistent FC ID you want to delete. This enables the Delete button.
Click Delete to delete the FC ID.
Step 2
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Configure a static domain ID in that VSAN
Ascertain that the static configured domain and the runtime domain are the same. You can verify this
using the show fcdomain command. For information about using the command line interface (CLI),
refer to the Cisco 9000 Family Configuration Guide.
Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Switch Configuration Guide
Configuring Persistent FC IDs
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