Brocade Communications Systems WFT-2D User Manual page 735

2. Select the physical chassis from which you want to create a logical switch in the Chassis list.
3. Select one of the following in the Existing Logical Switches list:
4. Click New Switch.
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5. Click the Fabric tab and enter fabric-wide parameters.
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You can display all logical switches from all chassis by selecting the Show Logical Switches
from all Chassis check box.
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A physical chassis in the Discovered Logical Switches node
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A NewFabric logical switch template in the Discovered Logical Switches node
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The Undiscovered Logical Switches node
If you select a logical switch template, the fabric-wide settings for the logical switch are
obtained from the settings in the template.
If you select a physical chassis or the Undiscovered Logical Switches node, the fabric-wide
settings for the logical switch are the default settings.
The New Logical Switch dialog box displays.
New Logical Switch dialog box
a. Enter a fabric identifier in the Logical Fabric ID field.
This assigns the new logical switch to a logical fabric.
If the logical fabric does not exist, this creates a new logical fabric as well as assigning the
new logical switch.
b. Enter new values for the fabric-wide parameters or leave the parameters unchanged to
accept the current values.
Click the Help button for detailed information on each parameter.
c. (Optional) To configure the switch to use XISLs, select the Base Fabric for Transport check
box.
In the following cases, make sure the Base Fabric for Transport check box is cleared,
because XISL use is not supported:
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FICON logical fabrics, for switches running Fabric OS 7.0.1 or earlier
Configuring Virtual Fabrics
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