Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-10000610-02, June 2008)

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Port configuration
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Port swapping
If a port malfunctions, or if you want to connect to different devices without having to re-wire your
infrastructure, you can move traffic from one port to another port (swap ports) without changing
the I/O Configuration Data Set (IOCDS) on the mainframe computer.
Fabric Manager launches the Web Tools Port Management module to swap the ports. Web Tools
automatically disables the ports prior to the swap and then re-enables them afterwards.
Use the following procedure to swap the area IDs of a pair of ports. To undo a port swap, run the
following procedure again on the same two ports.
Fabric Manager identifies swapped ports with “[swapped]” in the Area ID/Port Index column in the
FC Ports tab and in other tables where the Area ID/Port Index is displayed.
Swapping ports
1. Right-click a port to be swapped in the Information panel FC Ports tab and click Port Swap from
the context menu.
Web Tools launches and displays the Port Swap dialog box in the Port Management module, as
shown in Figure 103. See the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide for additional instructions.
FIGURE 103 Swapping ports using Web Tools