Activating Fabric Binding

The fabric binding feature must be enabled in each switch in the fabric that participate in the fabric binding. By default, this feature is disabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.

To activate fabric binding, follow these steps:

  1. From Device Manager, select Fabric Binding from the FICON menu.

    The Fabric Binding dialog is displayed.

  2. Ensure that the Actions tab is enabled.
  3. Click in the Actions column for the VSAN(s) for which you want to activate fabric binding.
  4. Select Activate or Force Activate.
  5. Click Apply to activate the fabric binding, or click Close to close the dialog without activating fabric binding for the selected VSAN(s).