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advantage of CLI options to assign these values dynamically. The remainder of this process
dynamically allocates WWNNs and WWPNs.
The
auto-bind
keyword:
• Assigns a unique WWNN to the initiator.
• Creates a virtual port (that maps to the initiator) for all possible (actual & potential) physical
FC gateway port and assigns a WWPN to each virtual port.
Example
7. (Optional) Enter the
fc srp initiator
command with
• the GUID of the host
• the GUID extension
• the
description
keyword
to assign an easily-recognizable identifier to the initiator.
Example
Topspin-90# configure terminal
Topspin-90(config)# fc srp initiator 00:05:ad:00:00:01:29:5c
00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 auto-bind
Topspin-90(config)# fc srp initiator 00:05:ad:00:00:01:29:c5
00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 description Bender