FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000159-320, April 2005)

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Installation Tasks
Figure 2-8 Configure Panel (Ports Page)
a. For each port to be configured, type a port name of 24
alphanumeric characters or less in the associated Name field.
The port name should characterize the device to which the
port is attached.
b. Click a check box in the Blocked column to block or unblock a
port (default is unblocked). A check mark in the box indicates
a port is blocked. Blocking a port prevents the attached device
or fabric switch from communicating. A blocked port
continuously transmits the offline sequence (OLS).
c. Click the check box in the FA N column to enable or disable the
fabric address notification (FAN) feature (default is enabled).
A check mark in the box indicates FAN is enabled. When the
feature is enabled, the port transmits FAN frames after loop
initialization to verify that FC-AL devices are still logged in. It
is recommended this option be enabled for ports configured
for loop operation.
d. Select from the drop-down list in the Type column to configure
the port type. Available selections are:
• Fabric port (F_Port).
•Expansion port (E_Port).