Access Gateway Administrator's Guide (53-1001760-01, June 2010)

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Port Grouping policy

Deleting an N_Port from a port group

Before deleting an N_Port, all F_Ports mapped to that N_Port should be remapped before that

N_Port is deleted from a port group.

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2. Enter the ag --pgdel command with the appropriate operands to delete an N_Port from a

specific port group. In the following example, N_Port 13 is removed from port group 3.

switch:admin> ag --pgdel 3 13

N_Port[s] are deleted from port group 3

3. Enter the command ag --pgshow to verify the N_Port was deleted from the specified port

group.

switch:admin> ag --pgshow

PG_ID PG_Name PG_Mode N_Ports F_Ports

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0 pg0 lb,mfnm 1;3 10;11

2 SecondFabric - 0;2 4;5;6

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Removing a port group

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2. Enter the ag --pgremove command with appropriate operands to remove a port group. In the

following example, port group 3 us removed.

switch:admin> ag --pgremove 3

Port Group 3 has been removed successfully

Renaming a port group

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2. Enter the ag --pgrename command with appropriate operands to rename port group. In the

following example, port group pgid 2 is renamed to MyEvenFabric.

switch:admin> ag --pgrename 2 MyEvenFabric

Port Group 2 has been renamed as MyEvenFabric successfully

Disabling the Port Grouping policy

The Port Grouping (PG) policy is enabled by default for Access Gateway. To disable this policy, use

the following steps.

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2. Enter the ag --policydisable command.

switch:admin> ag --policydisable pg.