FW 08.01.00 McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000159-330, November 2005)

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Installation Tasks
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Installation Tasks
• Open Fabric 1.0 - Select this option (default) for managing
heterogeneous fabrics and if the product is fabric-attached
to McDATA directors or switches and other open-fabric
compliant switches.
NOTE: With Open Fabric 1.0 enabled, the default zone set is disabled.
3. Click Activate to save the information and close the dialog box.
4. Set the product online. Refer to Set Online State for instructions.
Configure Ports
To configure Fibre Channel ports:
1. Select Ports from the Configure menu at any view. The Configure
Ports dialog box displays (Figure 2-31).
Figure 2-31 Configure Ports Dialog Box
a. For each port to be configured, type a port name of 24
alphanumeric characters or less in the Name field. The port
name should characterize the device to which the port is
attached.
b. The switch provides a port buffer pool of 150 receive
BB_Credits. Each port can be assigned between two and 12
credits, provided the total credits allocated to all ports does
not exceed 150. The default value is 12 credits for the first four
ports (0 through 3), and five credits for the remaining ports.
Type the desired value in the RX BB_Credit column.