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FC-FC Routing Service Management
Devices that support Fibre Channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541
Fibre Channel routing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .542
Guidelines for setting up Fibre Channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543
Connecting edge fabrics to a backbone fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .544
Configuring routing domain IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546
Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547
Terminology for Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .548
Virtual Fabrics requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .548
FICON best practices for Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .550
Configuring Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552
Enabling Virtual Fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553
Disabling Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553
Creating a logical switch or base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553
Finding the physical chassis for a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . .556
Finding the logical switch from a physical chassis . . . . . . . . .556
Assigning ports to a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .557
Removing ports from a logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558
Deleting a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .559
Configuring fabric-wide parameters for a logical fabric. . . . . .560
Applying logical fabric settings to all associated
logical switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .561
Moving a logical switch to a different fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .562
Changing a logical switch to a base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .563
Encryption Center features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .566
Encryption user privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567
Smart card usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .568
Using authentication cards with a card reader . . . . . . . . . . . .568
Registering authentication cards from a card reader . . . . . . .569
Registering authentication cards from the database . . . . . . . 571
Deregistering an authentication card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .572
Setting a quorum for authentication cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .572
Using system cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .573
Enabling or disabling the system card requirement . . . . . . . .574
Registering system cards from a card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Deregistering system cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .575
Using smart cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .575
Tracking smart cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .575
Editing smart cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578
Network connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .579