FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Intrepid 6064 Director Installation and Service Manual (620-000108-920, April 2005)

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Task 11: Configure the Director at the SANpilot Interface
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Installation Tasks
This value designates the fabric principal switch. The
principal switch is assigned a priority of 1 and controls the
allocation and distribution of domain IDs for all fabric
elements (including itself).
Principal is the highest priority setting, Default is the next
highest, and Never Principal is the lowest priority setting. The
setting Never Principal means the switch is incapable of
becoming a principal switch. If all switches are set to Principal
or Default, the switch with the highest priority and the lowest
world wide name (WWN) becomes the principal switch.
At least one switch in a fabric must be set as Principal or
Default. If all switches are set to Never Principal, all interswitch
links (ISLs) segment.
f. Select from the Interop Mode drop-down list to set the switch
operating mode. This setting only affects the mode used to
manage the director or switch; it does not affect port
operation. Available selections are:
• McDATA Fabric 1.0 - Select this option if the director is
fabric-attached only to other McDATA directors or
switches operating in McDATA fabric mode.
• Open Fabric 1.0 - Select this option (default) for managing
heterogeneous fabrics and if the director is fabric-attached
to McDATA directors or switches and open-fabric
compliant switches produced by other original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs).
4. Click Activate to save and activate the changes. The message Your
changes to the fabric parameters configuration have been
successfully activated appears.
5. Set the director online.
a. At the Configure panel, select the Operations option at the left
side of the panel. The Operations panel opens and the Switch
page displays with the Beacon tab selected
b. Click the Online State tab, then click Set Online. The message
Your operations changes have been successfully activated
appears.