Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise User Manual v10.3.X (53-1001357-01, November 2009)

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Merging two cascaded FICON fabrics
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11. Perform the appropriate following action based on whether the connection is a long distance
connection or not:
• If it is not a long distance connection, click Next to view the Configure merge screen.
Proceed to step 12.
• If it is a long distance connection, expand the fabrics under Selected Fabrics to the switch
port level.
a. Select the E_ports used for the connection on the local switch and on the remote
switch, and click the right arrow.
The selected E_ports are moved to Selected Ports.
If there is no E_port in the selected fabrics, a warning message displays.
f. Specify the Cable length between switch ports.
The default value is 50 km, and the range is 10 to 500 km.
g. Select ARBs or IDLEs to configure the Fibre Channel Primitive Signal Fill Words.
For Fabric OS version 6.1.0b or earlier, the setting is always ARBs. You cannot change
to IDLEs.
For Fabric OS version 6.1.0c or later, the default setting is IDLEs, however, you can
change it to ARBs.
h. Click Next.
The Configure merge screen is displayed.
12. Read and review the information on the Configure merge screen. If you understand and agree,
click Next to confirm the information.
A Summary screen is displayed.
13. Read the information, and click Finish to dismiss the wizard.