HP StorageWorks 2.32 Edge Switch - Manual (Page 82)

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The Fabric Properties dialog box appears ( Figure 45 ).
Figure 45 Fabric Properties dialog box
The nickname is the only fabric property that can be changed. Assigning a nickname to a fabric is
optional. However you cannot revert to having no nickname after one has been assigned. You can
change the nickname if you choose, but you cannot leave the Nickname box blank after assigning
a nickname.
Configuring Enterprise Fabric Mode
Enterprise Fabric Mode option automatically enables features and operating parameters in
multiswitch enterprise fabric environments. Enabling Enterprise Fabric Mode forces each switch in
the fabric to enforce the following security-related features:
• Fabric binding—Allows or prohibits switches from merging with a selected fabric.
• Switch binding—Allows or prohibits switches from connecting to switch E_Ports and F_Ports.
• Rerouting delay—Ensures that frames are delivered through the fabric in order to their
destination, even if a shorter, new path is created. Frames sent over the new, shorter path are
delayed to arrive after older frames still in route over the older path.
• Domain register state change notifications (RSCNs)—Indicates a switch entered or left
the fabric. Notifications occur fabric-wide and do not have zoning constraints.
• Insistent domain ID—Sets the domain ID as the active domain identification when the fabric
initializes. If insistent domain ID is enabled, the switch isolates itself from the fabric if the
preferred domain ID is not the switch’s domain ID.
Enabling and disabling Enterprise Fabric Mode
To enable or disable Enterprise Fabric Mode for a fabric:
1. Select Configure > Enterprise Fabric Mode from the HAFM menu bar.