Administrator Guide

Remove Ports from an Fibre Channel Fault Domain
To repurpose front-end Fibre Channel ports, remove the ports from the fault domain.
About this task
● If the front-end ports are configured for virtual port mode, the storage system must be running Storage Center 7.5.1 or later
to remove all ports from a fault domain.
● If the front-end ports are configured for virtual port mode, but the storage system is running a version of Storage Center
earlier than Storage Center 7.5.1, an error occurs if the port being removed is the last port in the fault domain.
● If front-end ports are configured for legacy mode, all the ports in a fault domain can be removed from a storage system
running any supported version Storage Center.
NOTE: You cannot remove the last port in the fault domain for an SCv2000 Series or SCv3000 Series system.
Steps
1. If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, expand Fault Domains, then expand Fibre Channel and select the fault domain.
4. If you are using an SCv2000 Series or SCv3000 Series storage system, click Edit Settings, clear the check boxes of the
ports to remove from the fault domain, and click OK.
Otherwise, perform the following steps to remove ports from a fault domain:
a. Click Edit Settings.
b. In the Ports area, click Remove Ports from Fault Domain.
c. In the Remove Ports from Fault Domain dialog box, select the ports to remove from the fault domain.
d. Click OK to remove the selected ports from the fault domain.
e. Click OK to close the Edit Fault Domain Settings dialog box.
Delete a Fibre Channel Fault Domain
Delete a Fibre Channel fault domain if all ports have been removed and it is no longer needed.
About this task
● If the front-end ports were configured for virtual port mode, the storage system must be running Storage Center 7.5.1 or
later to remove a fault domain.
● If the front-end ports were configured for legacy mode, a fault domain can be removed from a storage system running any
supported version Storage Center.
NOTE: You cannot delete fault domains on SCv2000 Series or SCv3000 Series storage systems.
Steps
1. If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, expand Fault Domains, expand Fibre Channel, and select the fault domain to delete.
The Fault Domain view is displayed.
4. Click Delete.
The Delete Fault Domain dialog box opens.
5. Click OK.
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