Specifications

DS300f G2 Series User Manual
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vIewInG fIbre channel loGGeD-In DevIceS (clu)
To view a list of logged-in devices:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Fibre Channel Ports and press Enter.
3. Highlight the port you want and press Enter.
4. Highlight Logged In Devices and press Enter.
If a Fibre Channel switch is attached, it also appears in this list.
makInG fIbre channel Port SettInGS (clu)
To make Fibre Channel port settings:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Fibre Channel Ports and press Enter.
3. Highlight the port you want and press Enter.
4. Highlight Fibre Channel Port Settings and press Enter.
5. Highlight the following parameters and press the spacebar to toggle though the choices:
•
ConguredLinkSpeed–8Gb/s,4Gb/s,2Gb/s,orAutomaticselection
• ConguredTopology–NL-Port(ArbitratedLoop),N-Port(PointtoPoint)orAutomaticselection
6. Highlight Hard ALPA and press the backspace key to erase the current value, then type the new value.
The range is 0 to 255. 255 disables this feature.
7. Press Control-A to save your settings.
The table below shows the type of attached topology you achieve based on your connection type and the
conguredtopologyyouchoose:
Fibre Channel Attached Topology
ConguredTopology
Connection Type N-Port NL-Port
Switch
FabricDirect PublicLoop
Direct Point-to-Point PrivateLoop
Example 1: If you connect the ASUS DS300f G2 to a Fibre Channel switch and choose NL-Port topology, you
create a Public Loop attached topology.
Example 2: If you have a Point to Point attached topology, you made a direct connection (no switch) and chose
N-port topology.
Note
In some cases, HBA settings to N-Port only work if connected to the switch. Refer to your HBA
manual for more information.
vIewInG fIbre channel Port StatIStIcS (clu)
To view Fibre Channel port statistics:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Fibre Channel Ports and press Enter.
Highlight the port you want and press Enter.
3. Highlight Fibre Channel Port Statistics and press Enter.
vIewInG SfP InformatIon (clu)
To view information about the SFPs (small form-factor pluggable transceivers):
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Fibre Channel Ports and press Enter.
3. Highlight the port you want and press Enter.
4. Highlight Fibre Channel Port SFP and press Enter.
The screen displays information about the SFP transceiver. There are no user settings on this screen.