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Intrepid® 6140 Director Installation and Service Manual

Installation Tasks

f. At the NPIV field, check (enable) or uncheck (disable) N_Port

identifier virtualization. NPIV allows multiple (up to 256)

Fibre Channel addresses to be assigned to a node (N_Port).

3. Click Activate to save the information and close the dialog box.

4. Set the director online (Setting the Director Online or Offline on

page 4-36).

Configure Fabric Parameters

Perform this procedure to configure fabric operating parameters.

1. Set the director offline (SettingtheDirectorOnlineorOfflineon

page 4-36).

2. Select Operating Parameters and Fabric Parameters from the

Configure menu at any view. The Configure Fabric Parameters

dialog box displays (Figure 2-29).

Figure 2-29 Configure Fabric Parameters Dialog Box

a. At the R_A_TOV field, type a value between 10 through 1200

tenths of a second (one through 120 seconds).

NOTE: If the switch is attached to a fabric element, the switch and

element must be setto thesame R_A_TOV value. If thevalues are not

identical, the E_Port connection to the element segments and the

switch cannot communicate with the fabric. In addition, the

R_A_TOV value must be greater than the E_D_TOV value.