HP StorageWorks 2.12 Edge Switch - Manual (Page 185)

Optional Features
185 Edge Switch Element Manager User Guide
Enterprise Fabric Mode
Enterprise Fabric Mode is an option available on the Fabrics menu of HAFM if
the SANtegrity Binding feature key is installed. This option automatically enables
the following features and operating parameters that are necessary in multiswitch
Enterprise Fabric environments. Note that there are specific requirements for
disabling these parameters and features when the director or switch is offline or
online.
Features and Parameters Enabled
The following features and parameters are enabled by the Enterprise Fabric
Mode option:
■ Fabric Binding
This is a SANtegrity Binding feature enabled through the Fabrics menu in
HAFM that allows or prohibits switches and directors from merging with a
selected fabric. See “
Enable/Disable and Online State Functions ” on page 179
for details on enabling/disabling Fabric Binding with Enterprise Fabric Mode
enabled.
■ Switch Binding
This is a SANtegrity Binding feature enabled through the Configure menu in
the Element Manager that allows or prohibits switches and/or directors from
connecting to switch E_Ports, and prohibits devices from connecting to
F_Ports. See “
Enable/Disable Switch Binding ” on page 181 for details on
enabling/disabling Switch Binding with Enterprise Fabric Mode enabled.
■ Rerouting Delay
This is a parameter in the Configure Switch Parameters dialog box, available
from the Configure menu in the Element Manager.
Rerouting Delay ensures that frames are delivered through the fabric in order
to their destination. If there is a change to the fabric topology that creates a
new path (for example, a new switch is added to the fabric), frames may be
routed over this new path if its hop count is less than a previous path with a
minimum hop count. This may result in frames being delivered to a
destination out of order because frames sent over the new, shorter path may
arrive ahead of older frames still in route over the older path.