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McDATA Sphereon 4400 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
Installation Tasks
d. Select an option from the drop-down list in the Port Type
column to configure the port type. The available options are
fabric port (F), expansion port (E), generic port (G), generic
mixed port (GX), and fabric mixed port (FX).
e. Select an option from the drop-down list in the Speed (Gb/s)
column to configure the port transmission rate. The available
options are auto-negotiate between speeds (Negotiate), 1.0625
gigabit per second (Gbps) operation (1 Gb/sec), 2.1250 Gbps
operation (2 Gb/sec), and 4.2500 Gbps operation (4 Gb/sec).
2. Click OK to save and activate changes.
Configure Port
BB_Credit
Follow the procedure in this section to configure a port to receive
BB_Credit.
The switch provides a port buffer pool of 150 receive BB_Credits.
Each port can be assigned between two and 120 credits, provided the
total credits allocated to all ports does not exceed 150. The default
value is six credits per port.
To configure ports to receive BB_Credit, use the following steps:
1. Set all or a subset of user-specified ports offline. Refer to Setting
Online State or Blocking or Unblocking a Port for instructions.
2. Select Ports and RX BB_Credit from the Configure menu at any
view. The RX BB_Credit View appears.
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 ports online. Refer to Setting Online State (all) or Blocking or
Unblocking 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 Installing PFE Keys (Optional) for instructions.
To configure port NPIV, use the following steps: