FW 08.01.00 McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000159-330, November 2005)

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McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
Installation Tasks
b. Type a product nickname name of 24 alphanumeric characters
or less in the Nickname field. The nickname appears instead of
the WWN in Element Manager application views.
c. Type a description of 255 alphanumeric characters or less in
the Description field.
d. Type the physical location or 255 alphanumeric characters or
less in the Location field.
e. Type the name of a contact person (255 alphanumeric
characters or less) in the Contact field.
2. Click Activate to save the information and close the dialog box.
Configure Product
Parameters
Perform this procedure to configure product operating parameters.
1. Set the product offline. Refer to Set Online State for instructions.
2. Select Operating Parameters and Switch Parameters from the
Configure menu at any view. The Configure Switch Parameters
dialog box displays (Figure 2-29).
Figure 2-29 Configure Switch Parameters Dialog Box
a. At the Preferred Domain ID field, type a value between 1
through 31. This value uniquely identifies each fabric element.
NOTE: An ISL between fabric elements with identical domain IDs
segments and prevents communication.