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Galaxy G3G12 / G3G16 - Installation and Hardware Reference Manual
172 Section 5 Management with CLU
5.10 Managing Fibre Channel Connections
The Fibre Channel Management option appears only with Galaxy3G Fibre Channel models. Fibre Channel
Management includes the following functions:
• Viewing Node Information
• Viewing Fibre Channel Logged-in Devices
• Making Fibre Channel Port Settings
• Viewing SFP Information
• Viewing Fibre Channel Port Statistics
• Viewing Fibre Channel Initiators
• Adding a Fibre Channel Initiator
Viewing Node Information
These functions affect both Galaxy3G Fibre Channel ports.
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Fibre Channel Node and press Enter.
Node information appears. There are no user settings on this screen.
Viewing Fibre Channel Logged-in Devices
To view a list of logged-in devices:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Fibre Channel Ports and press Enter.
3. Highlight Fibre Channel Port 1 or Port 2 and press Enter.
4. Highlight Logged In Devices and press Enter.
If a Fibre Channel switch is attached, it will also appear in this list.
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 Fibre Channel Port 1 or Port 2 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 – 1 Gb/s, 2 Gb/s, 4 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 Ctrl-A to save your settings.
The table below shows the type of attached topology you will achieve based on your connection type and
the configured topology you select: