Reference Guide

10-bit addressing (mode 0)........................................................................................................................................................................................................................70
256-area addressing (mode 1 and mode 2).................................................................................................................................................................................... 70
WWN-based PID assignment....................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
Ports...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
Port Types............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 73
Director port blades........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 73
Setting port names..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................74
Port identification by slot and port number.......................................................................................................................................................................................75
Port identification by port area ID...........................................................................................................................................................................................................75
Port identification by index..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................75
Dynamic Portname.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................75
Configuring a device-switch connection ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 81
Swapping port area IDs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 81
Enabling a port..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................82
Disabling a port.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................82
Port decommissioning.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................83
Setting port speeds........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 83
Setting all ports on a switch to the same speed............................................................................................................................................................................ 84
Setting port speed for a port octet.........................................................................................................................................................................................................84
Setting maximum auto-negotiated port speed..............................................................................................................................................................................86
Decoding fdmiShow command output..............................................................................................................................................................................................86
Blade terminology and compatibility.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 87
CP blades.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................88
Core blades.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................89
Port and application blade compatibility............................................................................................................................................................................................ 89
Enabling and disabling blades............................................................................................................................................................................................................................89
Enabling blades................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 89
Disabling blades...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................90
Blade swapping..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................90
How blades are swapped..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................91
Swapping blades..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................94
Disabling switches.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................95
Power management.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................95
Powering off a port blade or core blade.............................................................................................................................................................................................95
Powering on a port blade or core blade............................................................................................................................................................................................. 96
Equipment status.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96
Checking switch operation......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 96
Verifying High Availability features (Backbones and Directors only).................................................................................................................................96
Verifying fabric connectivity....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 97
Verifying device connectivity.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................97
Audit log configuration............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................97
Verifying host syslog prior to configuring the audit log.............................................................................................................................................................98
Configuring an audit log for specific event classes......................................................................................................................................................................99
Configuring remote syslog servers.......................................................................................................................................................................................................99
Hostname support for syslogAdmin command..........................................................................................................................................................................100
Duplicate PWWN handling during device login.......................................................................................................................................................................................101
Setting 0, First login precedence............................................................................................................................................................................................................101
Setting 1, Second login precedence...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 101
Setting 2, Mixed precedence.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 102
Setting the behavior for handling duplicate PWWNs................................................................................................................................................................102
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