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

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FIGURE 11 Failback behavior
Enabling and disabling Failback on an N_Port
Use the following steps to enable or disable Failback on N_Ports.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ag
--failbackshow n_portnumber command to display the failover setting.
switch:admin> ag --failbackshow 13
Failback on N_Port 13 is not supported
3. Use the following commands to enable or disable Failback:
• Enter the ag --failbackenable n_portnumber command to enable failback.
switch:admin> ag --failbackenable 13
Failback policy is enabled for port 13
• Enter the ag --failbackdisable n_portnumber command to disable failback.
switch:admin> ag --failbackdisable 13
Failback policy is disabled for port 13
F_A2
Hosts
Access Gateway
Edge Switch
Fabric
(Switch_A)
F_4
F_3
F_2
F_1
N_1
F_A1
N_3
F_B1
Host_1
Host_2
Host_3
Host_4
F_5
Host_5
F_6
Host_6
F_7
Host_7
F_8
Host_8
Edge Switch
(Switch_B)
N_4
F_B2
N_2
Legend
Physical connection
Mapped online
Failover route online
Original mapped route
(offline)
Example 3