FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA SANpilot User Manual (620-000160-230, April 2005)

Task 25: Configure the Switch from the SANpilot Interface (Optional)

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2. At the Operations panel, select the Configure option at the left side

of the panel. The Configure panel opens with the Ports page

displayed.

3. At the Configure panel, click the Switch tab, then click the

Fabric Parameters tab. The Switch page displays with the Fabric

Parameters tab selected (Figure 2-93).

Figure 2-93 Configure Panel (Director Page with Fabric Parameters Tab)

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

tenths of a second (one through 120 seconds). Ten seconds

(100) is the recommended value.

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

element must be set to the same R_A_TOV value. If the values 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.

b. At the E_D_TOV field, type a value between 2 through 600

tenths of a second (0.2 through 60 seconds). Two seconds

(20) is the recommended value.