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Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 67
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Setting persistently disabled ports
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Setting persistently disabled ports
Ports used on an FCIP tunnel must be persistently disabled before you can configure FCIP tunnels.
You must change their state from persistently enabled to persistently disabled. Once the FCIP
tunnels have been fully configured on both ends of the tunnel, you can persistently enable the
ports.
1. Enter the portCfgShow command to view ports that are persistently disabled.
2. Enter the portCfgPersistentDisable command to disable any ports that you will use in the FCIP
tunnel configuration.
Configuring VEX_Ports
If you are going to use a VEX_Port in your tunnel configuration, use the portCfgVEXPort command to
configure the port as a VEX_Port. Remember that a VEX_Port must be paired with a VE_Port.
VEX_Ports cannot communicate with other VEX_Ports.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the portCfgVEXPort command to configure a port to a VEX_Port. T
portCfgVEXPort [slot/]portnumber [ge0|ge1] [-a 1|2] [-f fabricid] [-r ratov] [-e edtov]
[-d domainid] [-p 1|2|3] [-t 1|2]
Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for full details on portCmd
--ping
command syntax.
The following example configures a port as a VEX_Port for slot number 8 in port number 18,
enables admin, and specifies fabric ID 2 and preferred domain ID 220:
switch:admin> portcfgvexport 8/18 -a 1 -f 2 -d 220
Creating IP interfaces and routes
The IP network connection between two FR4-18i blades is configured by defining IP interfaces for
origin and destination virtual ports, and then defining one or more IP routes to connect them.
1. Define the IP interface of each virtual port, using the portCfg command. You can define up to
eight IP interfaces per GbE port.
portCfg ipif [slot/]ge0|ge1 create src_ipaddr mtu_size
Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for full details on portCmd
--ping
command syntax.
By default, the virtual ports will automatically become VE_Ports.
2. Define IP routes on a GbE port. After defining the IP interface of the remote switch, you can
define destination routes on an interface. You can specify a maximum of 32 routes per GbE
port using the following command:
portCfg iproute [slot/]ge0|ge1 create dest_ipaddr gateway_router [metric]