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Chapter 5: Management with the CLU
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Making Fibre Channel Port Settings
To make Fibre Channel port settings:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Management and press
Enter.
2. Highlight Fibre Channel Ports and press Enter.
3. Highlight the port you want and press Enter.
4. Highlight Fibre Channel Port Settings and press Enter.
5. Highlight the following parameters and press the spacebar to toggle though
the choices:
• Configured Link Speed – 8 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s, 2 Gb/s, or Automatic
selection
• Configured Topology – NL-Port (Arbitrated Loop), N-Port (Point to
Point) or Automatic selection
6. Highlight Hard ALPA and press the backspace key to erase the current
value, then type the new value.
The range is 0 to 255. 255 disables this feature.
7. Press Control-A to save your settings.
The table below shows the type of attached topology you achieve based on your
connection type and the configured topology you choose:
Example 1: If you connect the VTrak to a Fibre Channel switch and choose
NL-Port topology, you create a Public Loop attached topology.
Example 2: If you have a Point to Point attached topology, you made a direct
connection (no switch) and chose N-port topology.
Fibre Channel Attached Topology
Configured Topology
Connection Type N-Port NL-Port
Switch Fabric Direct Public Loop
Direct Point-to-Point Private Loop
Note
In some cases, HBA settings to N-Port only work if connected to
the switch. Refer to your HBA manual for more information.