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Activating a zone set and distributing it to the entire fabric ···················································································112
Triggering a complete distribution ·····························································································································112
Renaming zone aliases, zones, and zone sets·········································································································113
Copying zone aliases, zones, and zone sets ···········································································································113
Deleting the zone database········································································································································114
Enabling SNMP notifications ······································································································································114
Displaying and maintaining FC zones ······················································································································114
FC zone configuration example ·································································································································115
Network requirements·········································································································································115
Requirements analysis·········································································································································116
Configuration procedure ····································································································································116
Verifying the configuration·································································································································117
Configuring NPV····················································································································································· 120
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Downlink interface and downlink······················································································································120
Uplink interface and uplink ································································································································121
Downlink-to-uplink interface mappings ·············································································································121
Disruptive load balancing ··································································································································121
NPV configuration task list ··········································································································································121
Configuring uplink interfaces and downlink interfaces····························································································122
Configuring uplink interfaces ·····························································································································122
Configuring downlink interfaces························································································································122
Configuring downlink-to-uplink interface mappings·································································································123
Initiating a disruptive load-balancing process ··········································································································123
Displaying and maintaining NPV·······························································································································123
NPV configuration examples ······································································································································124
NPV configuration example by using FC interfaces························································································124
NPV configuration example by using VFC interfaces ·····················································································127
Configuring FIP snooping······································································································································· 132
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FIP snooping network diagram ··························································································································132
How FIP snooping works ····································································································································133
FIP snooping configuration task list····························································································································134
Enabling FIP snooping·················································································································································134
Configuring the operating mode of an Ethernet interface·······················································································134
Configuring the FC-MAP value ···································································································································135
Displaying and maintaining FIP snooping·················································································································135
FIP snooping configuration example··························································································································136
Network requirements·········································································································································136
Configuration procedure ····································································································································136
Verifying the configuration·································································································································138
Configuring FCS······················································································································································ 140
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Starting a topology discovery·····································································································································142
Stopping a topology discovery···································································································································143
Displaying and maintaining FCS ·······························································································································143
FCS configuration example·········································································································································143
Network requirements·········································································································································143
Configuration procedure ····································································································································144
Verifying the configuration·································································································································144
Configuring FDMI···················································································································································· 147
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