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Monitoring and Managing the Switch

• Port Binding: Click this check box to place check mark in the box

and enable WWN binding for the port. When enabled, only a

specific device can communicate through the port. This device is

specified by the WWN or nickname entered into the Bound WWN

field (either the Attached WWN or WWN options). With the check

box cleared, any device can communicate through the port even if

a WWN or nickname is specified in the Bound WWN field.

• Attached WWN: Click the radio button and, if a device is logged

into the port, the device's WWN will display in the field. The

device with this WWN or nickname will have exclusive

communication privileges to the port if WWN Binding is enabled.

NOTE: If you click this radio button to bind the port to a logged-in

device and there are no devices logged in, the port is essentially bound to

a WWN of “0.” This prevents any device from logging in until this button

is re-enabled to bind the WWN of a logged-in device or until you

explicitly bind the WWN of a device by clicking the WWN radio button

and entering a WWN or nickname (see the following). Changes only take

effect when you click the Activate button.

• WWN: Click the radio button and enter a world wide name

(WWN) in the proper format (xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx) or a

nickname configured through the Product or EFC Manager

applications. The device with this WWN or nickname will have

exclusive communication privileges through the port if WWN

Binding is enabled.

Note the following:

— If you do not enter valid WWN or nickname in this field, but

the Port Binding check box is checked (enabled), then no

devices can communicate over the port.

— If you enter a WWN or nickname in this field and do not place

a check in the Port Binding check box, the WWN or nickname

will be stored, and all devices can communicate over the port.

• Activate: Click this button to activate settings in this dialog box.

Warning and error message display:

• If one or more of the nodes logged into a port does not match the

WWN or nickname configured in the field by the WWN radio

button, a warning dialog box displays after you activate the

configuration. This warning box displays a list of all nodes that

will be logged off if you continue. If you click Continue on the