Name Server; Bulk Notification Sent From The Name Server - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Managing FLOGI, Name Server, FDMI, and RSCN Databases
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Total number of flogi = 10.
Displays the FLOGI Database by VSAN
switch# show flogi database vsan 1
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INTERFACE
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Total number of flogi = 10.
Displays the FLOGI Database by FC ID
switch# show flogi database fcid 0xef02e2
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INTERFACE
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Total number of flogi = 1.
For more information, see the
Monitoring" section in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide.

Name Server

The name server functionality maintains a database containing the attributes for all hosts and storage devices
in each VSAN. Name servers allow a database entry to be modified by a device that originally registered the
information.
The proxy feature is useful when you want to modify (update or delete) the contents of a database entry that
was previously registered by a different device.
This section includes the following topics:

Bulk Notification Sent from the Name Server

In order to improve the performance of the Fibre Channel protocols on the Cisco MDS 9000 switch, the name
server optimizes the remote entry change notifications by sending multiple notifications in one MTS payload.
1 0xa002e0 21:00:00:20:37:36:0b:4d
1 0xa002dc 21:00:00:20:37:5a:5b:27
1 0xa002da 21:00:00:20:37:18:6f:90
1 0xa002d9 21:00:00:20:37:5b:cf:b9
1 0xa002d6 21:00:00:20:37:46:78:97
VSAN FCID
1 0xef02ef 22:00:00:20:37:18:17:d2
1 0xef02e8 22:00:00:20:37:38:a7:c1
1 0xef02e4 22:00:00:20:37:6b:d7:18
1 0xef02e2 22:00:00:20:37:18:d2:45
1 0xef02e1 22:00:00:20:37:39:90:6a
1 0xef02e0 22:00:00:20:37:36:0b:4d
1 0xef02dc 22:00:00:20:37:5a:5b:27
1 0xef02da 22:00:00:20:37:18:6f:90
1 0xef02d9 22:00:00:20:37:5b:cf:b9
1 0xef02d6 22:00:00:20:37:46:78:97
VSAN FCID
1 0xef02e2 22:00:00:20:37:18:d2:45
Default Company ID List, on page 307
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Fabric Configuration Guide, Release 8.x
PORT NAME
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PORT NAME
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Name Server
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NODE NAME
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