HP StorageWorks XPath OS 7.4.X Command Reference Guide (AA-RVHCC-TE, September 2005)

XPath OS 7.4.x command reference guide 173
Configures a port to support long-distance links.
Synopsis
portcfglongdistance port [distanceLevel]
Availability
admin
Description
Use this command to display or set the Fibre Channel port long-distance level. This command allows you
to allocate enough full-size frames buffers on a particular port to support a long-distance link up to
300 km.
Operands
This command has the following required operand:
This command has the following optional operand:
Examples
To display the distance level for the configured port 7:
To set the distance level to L0 for port 7:
portCfgLongDistance
port Specifies the port.
distanceLevel Specifies the distance level. The value of distanceLevel can be one
of the following:
L0 Specifies that the port be a regular switch port. The switch-wide
BB_Credit setting is used at these ports.
LE Supports distances up to 10 km at both 1-Gb/s and 2-Gb/s
speeds.
L0.5 Supports distances up to 25 km at both 1-Gb/s and 2-Gb/s
speeds.
LS Supports distances up to 300 km at both 1-Gb/s and 2-Gb/s
speeds.
switch:admin> portcfglongdistance 7
port 7 distance level is L0.5
switch:admin> portcfglongdistance 7 L0
Distance level is set to L0 on port 7