Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

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Ports
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Setting port names
Perform the following steps to specify a port name. For enterprise-class directors, specify the slot
number where the blade is installed.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the portName command.
Example of naming port 0.
ecp:admin> portname 1/0 trunk1
Port identification by slot and port number
The port number is a number assigned to an external port to give it a unique identifier in a switch.
TABLE 2 Port numbering schemes for the Brocade 48000, Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class
platforms
Port blades Numbering scheme
FC2-16
FC4-16
FC8-16
Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to top.
FC4-32
FC8-32
Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to top on the left set of ports and 16 through
31 from bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FC4-48
FC8-48
Ports are numbered from 0 through 23 from bottom to top on the left set of ports and 24 through
47 from bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FC10-6 Ports are numbered from 0 through 5 from bottom to top.
FC4-16IP Fibre Channel ports are numbered from 0 through 7 from bottom to top. There are also 8 GbE
ports (numbered ge0 – ge7, from bottom to top). Going from bottom to top, the 8 FC ports appear
on the bottom, followed by the 8 GbE ports at the top.
FA4-18 Fibre Channel ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to top. There are also 2 GbE
ports (numbered A0 - A1, from top to bottom) that are for Storage Application manageability
purposes; you cannot address these ports using the CLI.
FR4-18i Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to top. There are also 2 GbE ports
(numbered ge0-ge1, from bottom to top). Going from bottom to top, the 2 GbE ports appear on
the bottom of the blade followed by 16 FC ports.
FS8-18 Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to top. There are also 2 GbE ports
(numbered ge0-ge1, from top to bottom). Going from top to bottom, the 2 GbE ports appear on
the top of the blade followed by 16 FC ports.
FCOE10-24 Ports are numbered 0 through 11 from bottom to top on the left set of ports and 12 through 24
from bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FX8-24 In the first grouping, there are Fibre Channel ports numbered 0 through 5 from bottom to top on
the left set of ports and 6 through 11 from bottom to top on the right set of ports. In the second
grouping, there are two 10 GbE ports numbered xge0 and xge1 on the left set of ports and two
GbE ports numbered ge4 and ge5 on the right side. In the third grouping, the GbE ports are
numbered ge0 through ge3 on the left set of ports and ge6 through ge9 on the right set of ports.