Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-10000196-01-HP, November 2006)

Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide 18-3
Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP
Editing the Current Port Connectivity Configuration
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Some cells for the SilkWorm 24000 and 48000 switches are disabled.
• For SilkWorm 24000 switches, disabled cells are those with 7E in the Area ID column or 10/14
in the Port column.
• For SilkWorm 48000 switches, disabled cells are those with FE or FF in the Area ID column or
10/30 in the Port column.
Figure 18-1 Editing the Port Connectivity Configuration
2. You can use the Edit FICON CUP Port Connectivity Configuration dialog to:
• Block a port
- To block a port, click the checkbox in the Block column corresponding to that port.
- To block all ports, click the Block All checkbox.
• Prohibit a port
- To prohibit all ports from communicating with one another, click the Prohibit All
checkbox.
- To prohibit a port from communicating with all other ports, click the checkbox in the
Prohibit column corresponding to that port. All the affected ports then display the ( )
icon automatically in the matrix.
- To allow a port to communicate with all other ports, uncheck the checkbox in the Prohibit
column corresponding to that port.
- To allow or prohibit communication between specific ports, click the cells in the matrix. If
you click one of the ( ) icons, the corresponding prohibit checkbox is unchecked
automatically.