Users Guide

CONFIGURATION mode
feature fc
Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
To configure a Fibre Channel interface, follow these steps.
1 Configure an FC interface.
CONFIGURATION mode
interface fibrechannel slot/port
The range of the slot (stack-unit) numbers is from 0 to 11. The range of the port numbers is from 0 to
47.
NOTE: You can install an FC module only in expansion slot 0.
2 Configure the speed of an FC port.
INTERFACE FIBRE_CHANNEL mode
speed {auto | 2G | 4G | 8G}
The valid values are: 2, 4 Gbps or 8 Gbps or autosensing.
The default is an FC port autosenses the speed of a peer FC port.
3 Enable the Fibre Channel port.
INTERFACE FIBRE_CHANNEL mode
no shutdown
Displaying Fibre Channel Information
To display information on switch-wide and interface-specific Fibre Channel operation, use the following
commands.
Examples of the show commands follow this table.
Command Description
show interfaces
fibrechannel
Displays the configuration of an FC interface.
clear counters
fibrechannel slot/
port
Clears the statistics (counters) the show interfaces fibrechannel command
output displays for a specified FC port.
show fc switch Displays the switch configuration for Fibre Channel capability.
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