Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.2.0 (53-1001194-01, April 2009)

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Chapter
5
Managing Your Ports
In this chapter
•Port management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
•Configuring FC ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
•Assigning a name to a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
•Enabling and disabling a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
•Persistent enabling and disabling ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
•Enabling and disabling NPIV ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
•Port activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
•Port swapping index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Port management overview
This chapter describes how to manage FC and gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports. See “Viewing EX_Ports”
on page 165 for information on how to view and configure EX_Ports.
The Port Administration window is refreshed automatically every two minutes and is refreshed
immediately when you make any port changes through Web Tools.
To manage ports, you must be logged in with the role of switchadmin, admin, basicswitchadmin,
operator, or fabricadmin. If you are logged in with a user, securityadmin, or zoneadmin role, you
can only view the port information.
Opening the Port Administration window
• Click Port Admin in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.
The window opens in Basic Mode (see Figure 41 on page 80). See “Switch View” on page 28
for information about accessible ports.