Users Guide

Parameters
count <1–10> Enter the number of key request to send. The range is from 1 to 10.
Defaults
timeout is 5
count is 4
Command Modes INTERFACE FIBRE_CHANNEL
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
E9.1.1 Introduced on the S5000.
interface brechannel
Congure a Fibre Channel (FC) interface on the switch.
S5000
Syntax
interface fibrechannel slot/port
Parameters
slot/port For slot, enter the stack-unit number assigned to the switch. The range of slot
(stack-unit) numbers is from 0 to 11. The range of port numbers is from 0 to 47.
NOTE: In release 9.0.(1.3), an FC module can be installed only in expansion
slot 0 (ports 0 to 11) on an S5000 switch.
Defaults By default, a Fibre Channel port is shut down, congured to operate at autosensing speed in N port mode,
and to receive Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF) attributes, such as MAC address, FIP priority, and FC
keepalive values, from the principal fabric switch.
By default, the stack-unit number of a standalone S5000 switch is 0.
FC ports are congured by default to operate in N port mode to connect to an F port on an FC switch in a
fabric.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage Information
You can congure a Fibre Channel port to operate at 2G, 4G, or 8G FC speed.
By default, Fibre Channel interfaces are disabled (shutdown). When you bring up a Fibre Channel port (no
shutdown), the Fibre Channel link with a fabric is brought up and the port logs in to a peer switch in the
fabric.
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Fibre Channel Interface Commands