User`s guide

7 – Setting Up Connections
Binding Target Devices Attached to the HBA Port Using the Fibre Channel Port
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The Fibre Channel Port Configuration dialog box is shown in figure 7-19.
Figure 7-19. Fibre Channel Port Configuration Dialog Box
2. Select the Bind check box if you want to configure the port and bind it to the
target ID that you have selected in the ID drop-down box. If you do not want to
configure the port, clear the check box. If you clear the check box, the
corresponding port will be unconfigured. (In Solaris SPARC, unconfigured
entries are saved in persistent storage. In Windows 2000/Windows
Server 2003, unconfigured entries are not saved in persistent storage.)
If target persistent binding information was saved in persistent storage and the
machine is restarted, the driver reads the information saved in persistent
storage during start up. SANsurfer FC HBA Manager then reads this information
from the driver and sets the target IDs accordingly.
If no persistent binding information was saved in persistent storage, the driver
assigns target IDs at start up; then SANsurfer FC HBA Manager reports the
target IDs assigned by the driver.
3. Select an ID from the ID drop-down box.
In Solaris SPARC and Red Hat/SuSE Linux, target IDs can be assigned to
configured ports. Valid target ID values are in the range 0–254 (Red Hat/SuSE
Linux) or 0–255 (Solaris SPARC). The IDs are validated before they are saved.
Duplicate target IDs are not allowed.
When you set a target ID for a visible path in Red Hat/SuSE Linux, the same
target ID is set for both hidden and configured paths. When you set a target ID
for a visible path in Solaris SPARC, the same target ID is not set for both hidden
and configured paths.