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

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McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
Installation Tasks
c. Click the check box in the LIN Alerts column to enable or
disable link incident (LIN) alerts (default is enabled). A check
mark indicates alerts are enabled. When enabled and a port
incident occurs, an alert indicator (yellow triangle) displays at
the Hardware View and a message is sent to e-mail recipients.
d. Click the check box in the FA N column to enable or disable the
fabric address notification feature (default is enabled). A check
mark indicates FAN is enabled. When enabled, an FL_Port
transmits FAN frames after loop initialization to verify FC-AL
devices are still logged in.
e. 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), generic port (G_Port), generic mixed
port (GX_Port), and fabric mixed port (FX_Port).
f. Select from the drop-down list in the Speed column to
configure the port transmission rate. Available selections are
auto-negotiate between speeds (Negotiate), 1.0625 Gbps
operation (1 Gb/sec), and 2.1250 Gbps operation (2 Gb/sec).
g. The NPIV feature must be installed to allow multiple Fibre
Channel addresses to be assigned to an N_Port. Refer to Install
PFE Keys (Optional) for instructions. Type the desired value
(1 through 256) in the NPIV Login Limit column.
h. Click the check box in the Port Binding column to enable or
disable the feature (default is disabled). A check mark
indicates binding is enabled and the port can connect only to a
device with a WWN listed in the Bound WWN column.
i. Type the WWN or nickname of the device attached to the port
in the Bound WWN column.
• If port binding is enabled and a WWN or nickname
appears in the Bound WWN column, only the specified
device can connect.
• If port binding is enabled but no WWN or nickname
appears in the Bound WWN column, no device can connect.
• If port binding is disabled, any device can connect.
2. Click Activate to save the information and close the dialog box.