Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 260)

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Account management and Virtual Fabrics
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Account management and Virtual Fabrics
When user accounts are created, they are assigned a list of logical fabrics to which they can log in
and a home logical fabric (home FID). When you connect to a physical chassis, the home FID
defines the logical switch to which you are logged in by default. You can change to a different
logical switch context, as described in
“Changing the context to a different logical fabric” on
page 233.
When you are logged in to a logical switch, the system prompt changes to display the FID of that
switch. The following are example prompts for when you are logged in to the default logical switch
(FID = 128) and a user-defined logical switch (with FID = 15):
switch:FID128:admin>
switch:FID15:admin>
See “Managing User Accounts” on page 83 for information about creating user accounts and
assigning FIDs to user accounts.
Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics
Virtual Fabrics is supported on the following platforms:
• Brocade 5100
• Brocade 5300
• Brocade VA-40FC, in Native mode only
• Brocade DCX
• Brocade DCX-4S
Some restrictions apply to the ports, depending on the port type and blade type. The following
sections explain these restrictions.
Supported port configurations in the Brocade 5100, 5300, and
VA-40FC
There are no restrictions on the ports in the Brocade 5100, 5300, and VA-40FC; however, the
following rules apply:
• Any port can belong to any logical switch (including the base and default logical switches), with
the exception that F_Ports cannot belong to the base switch.
• The default logical switch can use XISLs.
• The default logical switch can also be a base logical switch.