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
1. Set all or a subset of user-specified ports offline. Refer to Set
Online State or Block or Unblock a Port for instructions.
2. Select Ports and RX BB_Credit from the Configure menu at any
view. The RX BB_Credit View displays.
3. Perform one of the following:
— To set all offline ports to default values, click Default.
— To set an offline port to a user-specified value, type the desired
value in the RX BB_Credit column.
4. Click OK to save and activate changes.
5. Set all or user-specified ports online. Refer to Set Online State (all)
or Block or Unblock a Port (specified ports) for instructions.
Configure Port NPIV
NPIV allows multiple (up to 256) Fibre Channel addresses to be
assigned to a node (N_Port). The NPIV feature must be installed.
Refer to Install PFE Keys (Optional) for instructions. Perform this
procedure to configure ports for NPIV connectivity.
1. Select Ports and NPIV from the Configure menu at any view. The
NPIV View displays.
2. Click Enable to activate product NPIV operation.
3. To set a port to a user-specified value, type the desired value
(1 through 256) in the Login column.
4. Click OK to save and activate changes.
Configure SNMP
Perform this procedure to configure names, write authorizations,
addresses, and user datagram protocol (UDP) port numbers for
SNMP trap message recipients. To configure recipient workstations:
1. Select SNMP from the Configure menu at any view. The SNMP
View displays (Figure 2-10).
a. Click Enable to activate the installed SNMP agent.
b. Select the appropriate Fibre Alliance management information
base (FA MIB) from the FA MIB Version drop-down list. Valid
selections are FA MIB Version 3.0 or FA MIB Version 3.1.