Deployment Guide

Switches that support WWN-based persistent PID on Web Tools (Continued)TABLE 8
Platform VF Default switch Logical
switch
Area mode FICON mode
Brocade 5100
Brocade 5300
Brocade VA-40FC
Brocade 6510
Brocade 6520
Brocade 7800
Brocade 7840
Enabled Yes Yes Default-8 bit
dynamic
Configurable
Brocade 300
Brocade 5100
Brocade 5300
Brocade VA-40FC
Brocade 6510
Brocade 6520
Brocade 7800
Brocade 7840
Disabled N/A N/A Default-8bit
dynamic
Configurable
Configuring fabric settings
To configure the fabric settings, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in Opening the Switch Administration window
on page 52
2. Click Show Advanced Mode.
3. Select the Configure tab.
4. Select the Fabric subtab.
5. Make the fabric parameter configuration changes.
6. Click Apply.
7. Enable the switch as described in Enabling and disabling a switch on page 58.
Fabric settings
Configure the following fabric settings on the Fabric subtab of the Configure tab:
Fabric settingsTABLE 9
BB Credit The buffer-to-buffer credit is the number of buffers available to attached devices for frame
receipt. The default BB Credit is 16. The range of valid values is from 1 through 27.
R_A_TOV Resource allocation timeout value (in milliseconds). This variable works with the E_D_TOV
to determine switch actions when presented with an error condition. The default is 10000.
The possible range is (2*E_D_TOV) -120000. Values must be multiples of 1000.
Configuring fabric settings
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