Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual v6.2.0 (53-1001186-01, April 2009)

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Allow XISL Use An extended interswitch link (XISL) is an interswitch link (ISL) that connects
the logical switch to the base switch and carries traffic for multiple logical
fabrics. This feature is supported only on Virtual Fabric-aware platforms
under the following conditions: Virtual Fabrics must be enabled on the switch,
and the switch cannot be a base switch. In addition, on the Brocade DCX or
DCX-4S the switch cannot be a default switch, include interchassis link (ICL)
ports or GigE ports, or be in interop mode. This feature is enabled by default
(yes=enabled). On the Brocade 5100 or 5300 default switch, the feature is
disabled by default (no=disabled).
Disable FID Check If fabric ID (FID) check is disabled, the fabric ignores the Fabric Identifier
conflict with the neighboring switch during fabric formation. By default, FID
check is enabled. If the fabric detects a FID conflict, it disables the E_Port
with a "Fabric ID conflict" message. This parameter is configurable only if the
switch is Virtual Fabric-aware and Virtual Fabric is enabled on the switch.
Enable Area limit The 256 area limit allows the partition to be configured for 8-bit addressing
rather than the default 10-bit addressing. Each port in this partition is given a
unique area represented by the middle 8 bits of the PID. Valid values are:
0 No limit is imposed on the area. This is the default value. The partition is
configured for l10-bit addressing and supports up to 1800 ports
1 The unique area assignments begin at zero regardless of where the port
is physically located. This allows FICON users to make use of high port
count port blades with port indexes greater than 256. However, this
mode is not compatible with domain-index zoning.
2 The unique area assignments are based on the port index. This mode
does not allow FICON users to make use of ports with an index greater
than 256 (high ports of a high port count blade), but this mode is
compatible with domain-index zoning. This parameter is configurable
only if the switch is Virtual Fabric-aware and Virtual Fabric is enabled on
the switch.
R_A_TOV The resource allocation time out value specified in milliseconds. This variable
works with the variable E_D_TOV to determine switch actions when presented
with an error condition.
Allocated circuit resources with detected errors are not released until the
time value has expired. If the condition is resolved prior to the time out, the
internal time-out clock resets and waits for the next error condition.
E_D_TOV Error detect time out value specified in milliseconds. This timer is used to flag
a potential error condition when an expected response is not received within
the set time limit. If the time for an expected response exceeds the set value,
then an error condition occurs.
WAN_TOV Wide area network time out value specified in milliseconds. This timer is the
maximum frame time out value for a WAN, if any, interconnecting the Fibre
Channel islands.
MAX_HOPS Maximum hops is an integer that denotes the upper limit on the number of
hops a frame might have to traverse to reach any destination port from any
source port across the fabric.