Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 10 Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
• For virtual Fibre Channel interfaces, BB_credits are not used.
Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
This section describes how to configure Fibre Channel interfaces, and includes the following topics:
• Configuring a Fibre Channel Interface, page 10-8
• Setting the Interface Administrative State, page 10-9
• Configuring Interface Modes, page 10-9
• Configuring the Interface Description, page 10-9
• Configuring Administrative Speeds, page 10-10
• Configuring SD Port Frame Encapsulation, page 10-10
• Configuring Receive Data Field Size, page 10-11
• Understanding Bit Error Thresholds, page 10-11
• Configuring Buffer-to-Buffer Credits, page 10-12
Configuring a Fibre Channel Interface
You can configure native Fibre Channel interfaces using Fabric Manager by expanding Switches >
Interfaces > FC Physical from the Physical Attributes pane.
Figure 10-2 shows an example of the Information pane for Fibre Channel Interfaces.
Figure 10-2 Native Fibre Channel Interface Configuration
You can configure virtual Fibre Channel interfaces using Fabric Manager by expanding Switches >
Interfaces > Ethernet > FCoE > Virtual FC Interfaces from the Physical Attributes pane.
Figure 10-3 shows an example of the Information pane for virtual Fibre Channel Interfaces.