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
Figure 10-3 Virtual Fibre Channel Interface Configuration
Setting the Interface Administrative State
To disable or enable an interface using Fabric Manager, perform this task:
Step 1 In the Physical Attributes pane, expand Switches > Interfaces, and then choose FC Physical. For a
virtual Fibre Channel Interface, expand Switches > Interfaces > Ethernet > FCoE > Virtual FC
Interfaces.
You see the interface configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the General tab.
Step 3 Click Status Admin.
You see a drop-down box with a choice of up or down.
Step 4 Set the status to down (disable) or up (enable).
Step 5 Click Apply Changes.
Configuring Interface Modes
To configure the interface mode using Fabric Manager, perform this task:
Step 1 In the Physical Attributes pane, expand Switches > Interfaces, and then choose FC Physical. For a
virtual Fibre Channel Interface, expand Switches > Interfaces > Ethernet > FCoE > Virtual FC
Interfaces.
You see the interface configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the General tab.
Step 3 Click Mode Admin. Choose the desired mode from the pull-down list.
Step 4 Click Apply Changes icon.
Configuring the Interface Description
Interface descriptions should help you identify the traffic or use for that interface. The interface
description can be any alphanumeric string.