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

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Port Grouping policy
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automapbalance on N_Port Online Event: Disabled
automapbalance on F_Port Offline Event: Enabled
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Considerations when modifying automatic login balancing
Consider the following when disabling automatic login balancing:
• Be aware that modifying the APC policy default setting using the agautomapbalance command
may yield to uneven distribution of F_Ports to N_Ports. In such cases you may want to consider
a manual login distribution that forces a rebalancing of F_Ports to N_Ports.
• To control automatic rebalancing to avoid disruptions when the Port Grouping policy is
enabled, refer to “Rebalancing F_Ports” on page 37.
Enabling Managed Fabric Name Monitoring mode
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ag --pgsetmodes command with appropriate operands to enable MFNM mode. In
the following example, MFNM mode is enabled for port group 3.
switch:admin> ag --pgsetmodes 3 "mfnm"
Managed Fabric Name Monitoring mode has been enabled for Port Group 3
Disabling Managed Fabric Name Monitoring mode
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ag --pgdelmodes command with appropriate operands to disable MFNM mode. In
the following example, MFNM mode is disabled for port group 3.
switch:admin> ag --pgdelmodes 3 "mfnm"
Managed Fabric Name Monitoring mode has been disabled for Port Group 3
switch:admin> ag --pgshow
PG_ID PG_Name PG_Mode N_Ports F_Ports
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0 pg0 lb,mfnm 0;2 4;5;6
3 FirstFabric lb 1;3 10;11
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Displaying the current fabric name monitoring timeout value
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ag --pgfnmtov command.
switch:admin> ag --pgfnmtov
Fabric Name Monitoring TOV: 120 seconds