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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
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Chapter 19 Troubleshooting FC-SP, Port Security, and Fabric Binding
Fabric Binding Issues
Cannot Activate Fabric Binding
Symptom
Cannot activate fabric binding.
Verifying the Config Fabric Binding Database Using Fabric Manager
To verify the config fabric binding database using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1
Choose
Fabric
xx
> VSAN
xx
> Fabric Binding
and select the
Config Database
tab.
Step 2
Right-click on the conflicting entry and click
Delete Row
to remove this entry.
Step 3
Choose
Fabric
xx
> VSAN
xx
> Fabric Binding
and select the
Actions tab
Step 4
Select
activate
from the Action drop-down menu, and click
Apply Changes
to copy the configure
database to the active database and reactivate fabric binding.
Verifying the Config Fabric Binding Database Using the CLI
To verify the config fabric binding database using the CLI, follow these steps:
Step 1
Use the
show fabric-binding database active
command to view the active entries in the database.
Step 2
Use the
fabric-binding database copy
command to copy the active database to the configure database.
switch#
fabric-binding
database copy vsan 1
Step 3
Use the fabric
-binding database
command to remove an entry from the configure database.
switch(config)#
fabric-binding database vsan 3
switch(config-port-security)# no
swwn 20:00:00:0c:85:90:3e:80
Step 4
Use the fabric
-binding activate
command to copy the configure database to the active database and
reactivate fabric binding.
switch(config)# fabric-binding
activate vsan 1
Table 19-10
Cannot Activate Fabric Binding
Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution
Cannot activate fabric
binding.
Conflicting entries in the configure
database.
Remove the conflicting entries. See the
“Verifying the
Config Fabric Binding Database Using Fabric Manager”
section on page 19-18
or the
“Verifying the Config Fabric
Binding Database Using the CLI” section on page 19-18
.
