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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring Domain Parameters
FC IDs
Configuring Persistent FC IDs
To configure persistent FC IDs, perform this task:
About Unique Area FC IDs for HBAs
Note
Only read this section if the Host Bus Adapter (HBA) port and the storage port are connected to the same
switch.
Some HBA ports require a different area ID than for the storage ports when they are both connected to
the same switch. For example, if the storage port FC ID is 0x6f7704, the area for this port is 77. In this
case, the HBA port’s area can be anything other than 77. The HBA port’s FC ID must be manually
configured to be different from the storage port’s FC ID.
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches facilitate this requirement with the FC ID persistence feature. You can
use this feature to preassign an FC ID with a different area to either the storage port or the HBA port.
Configuring Unique Area FC IDs for an HBA
The following task uses an example configuration with a switch domain of 111(6f hex). The server
connects to the switch over FCoE. The HBA port connects to interface vfc20/1 and the storage port
connects to interface fc2/3 on the same switch.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
switch#
configuration terminal
switch(config)#
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)#
fcdomain fcid database
switch(config-fcid-db)#
Enters FC ID database configuration submode.
Step 3
switch(config-fcid-db)#
vsan
vsan-id
wwn
33:e8:00:05:30:00:16:df fcid
fcid
Configures a device WWN
(33:e8:00:05:30:00:16:df) with the FC ID
0x070128 in the specified VSAN.
Note
To avoid assigning a duplicate FC ID, use
the
show fcdomain address-allocation
vsan
command to display the FC IDs in
use.
switch(config-fcid-db)#
vsan
vsan-id
wwn
11:22:11:22:33:44:33:44 fcid
fcid
dynamic
Configures a device WWN
(11:22:11:22:33:44:33:44) with the FC ID
0x070123 in the specified VSAN in dynamic
mode.
switch(config-fcid-db)#
vsan
vsan-id
wwn
11:22:11:22:33:44:33:44 fcid
fcid
area
Configures a device WWN
(11:22:11:22:33:44:33:44) with the FC IDs
0x070100 through 0x701FF in the specified
VSAN.
Note
To secure the entire area for this
fcdomain, assign 00 as the last two
characters of the FC ID.