Chapter 13 Using The Cf Infrastructure; Cisco San-Os Features Using Cfs; Cfs Features - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

About CFS
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) provides a common infrastructure for automatic configuration
synchronization in the fabric. It provides the transport function as well as a rich set of common services
to the applications. CFS has the ability to discover CFS capable switches in the fabric and discovering
application capabilities in all CFS capable switches.
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Cisco SAN-OS Features Using CFS

The following Cisco SAN-OS features use the CFS infrastructure:
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CFS Features

CFS has the following features:
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
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Cisco SAN-OS Features Using CFS, page 13-2
CFS Features, page 13-2
CFS Protocol, page 13-3
CFS Distribution Scopes, page 13-3
CFS Distribution Modes, page 13-4
NTP (see the "NTP CFS Distribution" section on page
Dynamic Port VSAN Membership (see
Distributed Device Alias Services (see
IVR topology (see the "Database Merge Guidelines" section on page
SAN device virtualization (see the
TACACS+ and RADIUS (see the
User and administrator roles (see the
Port security (see the "Port Security Configuration Distribution" section on page
iSNS (see "Configuring iSNS Servers" section on page
Call Home (see the "Call Home Configuration Distribution" section on page
Syslog (see "System Message Logging Configuration" section on page
fctimer (see the "About fctimer Distribution" section on page
SCSI flow services (see the
Saving startup configurations in the fabric using the Fabric Startup Configuration Manager (FSCM)
(see the "Saving Startup Configurations in the Fabric" section on page
Allowed domain ID lists (see the
RSCN timer (see the "RSCN Timer Configuration Distribution Using CFS" section on page
iSLB (see the "About iSLB Configuration Distribution Using CFS" section on page
Peer-to-peer protocol with no client-server relationship at the CFS layer.
Three scopes of distribution.
Logical scope: The distribution occurs within the scope of a VSAN.
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Chapter 28, "Creating Dynamic
Chapter 31, "Distributing Device Alias
"Configuring SDV" section on page
"AAA Server Distribution" section on page
"Role-Based Authorization" section on page
"Configuring SCSI Flow Services" section on page
"About Allowed Domain ID Lists" section on page
Chapter 13 Using the CFS Infrastructure
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