Fabric Manager Users Guide, Version 6.1, Revision A - QLogic

3–Fabric Manager Configuration
Configuring the QLogic Fabric Manager
The Common section allows for the definition of parameters which will apply to all
QLogic Fabric Manager instances. In a typical configuration file, the majority of
parameters are defined in the Common section and the Fm sections will only define
a few instance specific parameters. If needed, any parameter set in the Common
section may be overridden for a given FM Instance by also defining it in the Fm
section.
The embedded Fabric Manager only supports a single FM instance. Only the first
Fm section in the qlogic_fm.xml file will be used by the embedded Fabric
Manager, any additional Fm sections will be ignored.
The Common and each Fm sections have a similar layout. They each contain the
following subsections:
The Applications, DeviceGroups and VirtualFabrics sections are used
to configure vFabrics. This will be covered in greater detail in Section 4.
The Shared section allows for definition of parameters which will apply to all
managers (Sm, Fe, Pm, and Bm). This section typically defines logging and
redundancy options. If needed, any parameter set in the Shared section may be
overridden for a given manager by also defining it in the Sm, Fe, Pm and/or Bm
sections.
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