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

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Port configuration
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FIGURE 83 Access Gateway Device display
Port configuration
You can configure the port types (N_Port, F_Port) on each individual port on an Access Gateway
enabled switch. When you configure ports, you can specify a global configuration policy using the
Port Configuration Policy button. By default, Advanced is selected and sets the initial defaults for
port types, groups, and the F_Port-to-N_Port mappings. When the policy is Automatic, the port type
assignments and mappings are configured automatically based on device and switch connections
and internal load-balancing and grouping; user controls are disabled.
When you configure ports, perform the tasks in the following order:
• Configure N_Ports, if necessary.
Use the Edit Configuration button to configure a port.
• Configure N_Port groups.
• Configure F_Port-to-N_Port mappings.
You can set up primary and secondary mappings. The secondary mapping is the N_Port to
which an F_Port is mapped when the primary N_Port mapping goes offline.
Creating port groups
You can group a number of N_Ports (and its mapped F_Ports) together to connect to multiple
independent fabrics or to create performance optimized ports. To group a number of ports, you
must create a new port group and assign desired N_Ports to it. The N_Port grouping option is
enabled by default, and all N_Ports are members of a default port group 0 (pg0). Access Gateway
prevents failover of F_Ports across N_Port groups.