HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

128 Switch configuration and management
Enabling and disabling switches and ports
You can use Fabric Manager to quickly enable or disable a port, a switch, or multiple ports and switches
across multiple fabrics.
NOTE: A disabled port on an FC router is both disabled and stopped. An enabled FC router port is both
enabled and started.
To enable or disable elements:
1. Log in to the switches necessary to disable or enable the elements. You cannot enable or disable a port
or switch until you log in to that switch. If you are not logged in to the appropriate switches, Fabric
Manager prompts you to do so. See ”Setting the log level” on page 231 for additional information.
2. Right-click the switch, port, or switch-port group that you want to disable from the SAN Elements tab
and select Disable/Enable > Disable or Disable/Enable > Enable from the context menu.
NOTE: The status of the switch determines whether the menu item (disable or enable) is available. For
example, a disabled switch can only be enabled. However, if you are using telnet, the enable and
disable commands are executable, regardless of the switch status.
Configuring ports
Use the Ports tab of the Advanced Web Tools Switch Admin module (Figure 69) to perform the basic port
configuration procedures. From the Ports tab, you can:
• Configure port type and speed
• Assign a name to a port
• Disable a port over reboots
• Enable or disable a port
For more information on the Ports tab and performing these tasks, see the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x
Advanced Web Tools administrator guide.
To configure ports, right-click a port in the SAN Elements tab and select Port Configuration from the context
menu.