Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) Manual

ATTENTION
During EX_Port configuration, the port is automatically disabled, and then re-enabled when the changes
are applied. Be sure that you do not physically connect a port to a remote fabric before configuring it as
an EX_Port; otherwise, the two fabrics merge and you lose the benefit of Fibre Channel Routing.
You can enable or disable multiple ports at one time. Use Shift + click and Ctrl + click to select multiple
ports in the table, and then click one of the enable or disable tasks in the task bar.
You can select multiple ports in the table, but you can select only one port at a time in the tree.
Configuring an EX_Port
NOTE
With Fabric OS v7.0.1, Web Tools supports interoperability between a Fabric OS fabric and a Brocade
Network OS fabric through an FC router. You can select this interoperability mode in the FC Port
Configuration wizard. From Fabric OS v7.2.0 and later, EX_Ports can be configured on ICL ports (only
in the base switch) as well.
To configure an EX_Port, perform the following steps.
1. Select Configure > FCR.
2. Select the EX_Ports tab.
3. Click New in the task bar to configure one or more EX_Ports.
This launches the port configuration wizard, which guides you through the port configuration process.
You must specify the Fabric ID and, if configuring an FC port, the speed and long distance mode.
You can select any unique fabric ID as long as it is consistent for all EX_Ports that connect to the
same edge fabric.
Editing the configuration of an EX_Port
To edit the configuration of an EX_Port, perform the following steps.
1. Select Configure > FCR.
2. Select the EX_Ports tab.
3. Select a port to configure, by clicking the row.
4. Click Edit Configuration in the task bar. This launches the port configuration wizard, which guides
you through the port configuration process. The current configuration values are displayed in the
wizard steps.
NOTE
If you decide to configure a disabled port, the wizard provides the Enable Port after configuration
check box. If you select this check box, the disabled port is automatically enabled after configuration.
If you leave this box cleared, the port remains in the same state after configuration.
Configuring an EX_Port
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