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CLI Commands
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config
Username Interfaces Role
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johndoe_1223 Web,CLI Administrator
ewsOperator Web Operator
Operator Web,CLI Operator
config.security.fabricBinding
Fabric Binding functionality, provided by the SANtegrity Binding
feature, allows you to bind the switch or director to specified fabrics
so that it can communicate only with those fabrics. With Fabric
Binding enabled, the product can communicate only with fabrics that
are included in the Fabric Binding Membership List (FBML).
Using Fabric Binding, you can allow specific switches to attach to
specific fabrics in the SAN. This provides security from accidental
fabric merges and potential fabric disruption when fabrics become
segmented because they cannot merge.
Fabric Binding
Commands
The config.security.fabricBinding commands function in a different
way from most CLI commands, which are single action commands
that take effect immediately. Most of the Fabric Binding commands
affect a temporary copy of an FBML in the work area, which is called
the Pending FBML. When this temporary copy, the pending list, is
activated to the fabric, it is called the Active FBML.
ATTENTION! One factor to consider, when using CLI commands to view
and configure Fabric Binding settings, is that the SANpilot
®
interface can
change Fabric Binding status and FBMLs, if it is used at the same time as the
CLI.
Because not all the verification of the Pending FBML can occur on the
temporary copy in the work area, it is possible, however unlikely, that
the copy of the list encounters no errors until the list is activated to
the fabric.
NOTE:
A Sphereon 4300 Switch cannot participate in a fabric, unless the
Fabric Capable feature is enabled. For more information, see the McDATA
Sphereon 4300 Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000171).
Fabric Binding
Membership
Terminology
Two types of FBMLs are configured using the CLI: