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7. Enter the portCfgShow command to view ports that are persistently disabled.
FC ports on the Brocade 7800 and 7840 switches and FX8-24 blades are configured as persistently disabled by default to
avoid inadvertent fabric merges when installing a new FC router.
switch:admin> portcfgshow 7/10
Area Number: 74
Speed Level: AUTO
Trunk Port OFF
Long Distance OFF
VC Link Init OFF
Locked L_Port OFF
Locked G_Port OFF
Disabled E_Port OFF
ISL R_RDY Mode OFF
RSCN Suppressed OFF
Persistent Disable OFF
NPIV capability ON
EX Port ON
Mirror Port ON
FC Fastwrite ON
8. After identifying such ports, enter the portCfgPersistentEnable command to enable the port, and then the portCfgShow
command to verify the port is enabled.
switch:admin> portcfgpersistentenable 7/10
switch:admin> portcfgshow 7/10
Area Number: 74
Speed Level: AUTO
Trunk Port OFF
Long Distance OFF
VC Link Init OFF
Locked L_Port OFF
Locked G_Port OFF
Disabled E_Port OFF
ISL R_RDY Mode OFF
RSCN Suppressed OFF
Persistent Disable OFF
NPIV capability ON
EX Port ON
Mirror Port ON
FC Fastwrite ON
9. Enter either the portCfgEXPort or portShow command to verify that each port is configured correctly.
switch:admin> portcfgexport 7/10
Port 7/10 info
Admin: enabled
State: OK
Pid format: Not Applicable
Operate mode: Brocade Native
Edge Fabric ID: 30
Preferred Domain ID: 160
Front WWN: 50:06:06:9e:20:38:6e:1e
Fabric Parameters: Auto Negotiate
R_A_TOV: Not Applicable
E_D_TOV: Not Applicable
Authentication Type: None
DH Group: N/A
Hash Algorithm: N/A
Edge fabric's primary wwn: N/A
Edge fabric's version stamp: N/A
switch:admin_06> portshow 7/10
portName:
portHealth: OFFLINE
Authentication: None
EX_Port Mode: Enabled
Fabric ID: 30
Front Phantom: state = Not OK Pref Dom ID: 160
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