Fabric Binding Overview; In This Chapter - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual
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Fabric Binding
In this chapter
Fabric binding overview
NOTE
In a pure Fabric OS environment, Fabric Binding is supported on Fabric OS 5.2 or later.
NOTE
In a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS environment, Fabric Binding in Interop Mode 2 or 3 is only
supported on Fabric OS 6.0 or later and M-EOS manageable switches and fabrics.
NOTE
To enable or disable Fabric Binding in a mixed fabric, at least one Fabric OS device and one M-EOS
device must be manageable.
NOTE
In a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS environment, you cannot disable Fabric Binding if High Integrity
Fabric is enabled. However, if High Integrity Fabric is disabled, you can disable Fabric Binding.
The fabric binding feature enables you to configure whether switches can merge with a selected
fabric. This provides security from accidental fabric merges and potential fabric disruption when
fabrics become segmented because they cannot merge.
For M-EOS devices, enabling Fabric Binding activates Fabric Binding and enables insistent
domain ID. Disabling Fabric Binding on M-EOS devices deactivates Fabric Binding.
For Fabric OS devices, enabling Fabric Binding activates Switch Connection Control (SCC) policy
and sets Fabric Wide Consistency Policy (FWCP) and insistent domain ID. Disabling Fabric Binding
on Fabric OS devices deletes SCC policy and sets FWCP to absent.
NOTE
In a pure Fabric OS fabric, enabling insistent domain ID is mandatory.
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Fabric binding overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
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Enabling fabric binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672
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Disabling fabric binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673
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Adding switches to the fabric binding membership list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673
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Adding detached devices to the fabric binding membership list . . . . . . . . 674
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Removing switches from fabric binding membership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674
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High integrity fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
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