Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.0 (53-1002152-01, March 2012)

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Chapter
6
Managing Ports
In this chapter
•Port management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
•Configuring FC ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
•Assigning a name to a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
•Port beaconing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
•Enabling and disabling a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
•Persistent enabling and disabling ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
•Configuring NPIV ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
•Port activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
•Port swapping index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
•Configuring BB credits on an F_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
•Configuring ALPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
•Configuring Port Octet Speed Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
•Configuring CSCTL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
•Inband Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Port management overview
This chapter describes how to manage FC and gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports. Refer to “Viewing
EX_Ports” on page 148 for information on how to view and configure EX_Ports.
The Port Administration window is refreshed automatically every sixty seconds and is refreshed
immediately when you make any port changes through Web Tools.
To manage ports, you must be logged in with the role of switchadmin, admin, basicswitchadmin,
operator, or fabric admin. If you are logged in with a user, securityadmin, or zoneadmin role, you
can only view the port information.
For information about creating unique user account roles, refer to “User-defined accounts” on
page 175.
Opening the Port Administration window
To open the Port Administration window, click Port Admin in the Switch View window. The window
displays in Basic Mode. Refer to “Switch View” on page 23 for information about accessible ports.
The Port Administration window displays information about the ports on the switch. Click Show
Advanced Mode in the upper-right corner of the window to see more port management options.