Table 38-1 Fabric Binding and Port Security Comparison
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Fabric Binding
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Port Security
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Uses a set of sWWNs and a persistent domain
ID.
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Uses pWWNs and nWWNs or fWWNs and
sWWNs.
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Binds the fabric at the switch level.
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Binds devices at the interface level.
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Authorizes only the configured sWWN stored in
the fabric binding database to participate in the
fabric.
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Allows a preconfigured set of Fibre Channel
devices to logically connect to a SAN ports. The
switch port, identified by a WWN or interface
number, connects to a Fibre Channel device (a host
or another switch), also identified by a WWN. By
binding these two devices, you lock these two ports
into a group (or list).
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Requires activation on a per VSAN basis.
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Requires activation on a per VSAN basis.
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Allows specific user-defined switches that are
allowed to connect to the fabric, regardless of the
physical port to which the peer switch is
connected.
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Allows specific user-defined physical ports to
which another device can connect.
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Does not learn about switches that are logging in.
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Learns about switches or devices that are logging in
if learning mode is enabled.
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Cannot be distributed by CFS and must be
configured manually on each switch in the
fabric.
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Can be distributed by CFS.
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