Configuring The Fabric Priority; Setting The Advertisment Interval - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Configuring the Fabric Priority

Configuring the Fabric Priority
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch advertises its priority. The priority is used by the CNAs in the fabric to
determine the best switch to connect to.
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
This example shows how to configure the global fabric priority:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# fcoe fcf-priority 42

Setting the Advertisment Interval

You can configure the interval for Fibre Channel fabric advertisment on the switch.
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
This example shows how to configure the advertisement interval for the fabric:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# fcoe fka-adv-period 42
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Command or Action
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# fcoe fcf-priority
fabric-priority
switch(config)# no fcoe fcf-priority
fabric-priority
Command or Action
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# fcoe fka-adv-period
inverval
switch(config)# no fcoe fka-adv-period
interval
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Configures the global fabric priority. The default
value is 128. The range is from 0 (higher) to 255
(lower).
(Optional)
Resets the global fabric priority to the default value
of 128.
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Configures the advertisement interval for the fabric.
The default value is 8 seconds. The range is from 4
to 60 seconds.
(Optional)
Resets the advertisement interval for the fabric to its
default value of 8 seconds.
Configuring FCoE
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