Fcs Characteristics; Fcs Name Specification - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

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information is not known to both of them. FCS operations can be done only on those switches that are

visible in the VSAN. M2 can send FCS requests only for VSAN 2 even though S3 is also a part of

Application 1

FCS Characteristics

FCSs have the following characteristics:

FCS Name Specification

You can specify if the unique name verification is for the entire fabric (globally) or only for locally

(default) registered platforms.

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FCSs in a VSAN Environment

(port VSAN=2)

(port VSAN=1)

Support network management including the following:

N port management application can query and obtain information about fabric elements.

SNMP manager can use the FCS management information base (MIB) to start discovery and

obtain information about the fabric topology.

Support TE ports in addition to the standard F and E ports.

Can maintain a group of nodes with a logical name and management address when a platform

registers with it. FCSs maintain a backup of all registrations in secondary storage and update it with

every change. When a restart or switchover happens, FCSs retrieve the secondary storage

information and rebuild its database.

SNMP manager can query FCSs for all IEs, ports, and platforms in the fabric.

Application 2

Configuring Fabric Configuration Servers

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