3Com 4500 - Specifying the Fabric Port of a Switch

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Task Remarks
Fabric
Setting a Unit ID for a Switch Optional
Assigning a Unit Name to a Switch Optional
Assigning an XRN Fabric Name to a Switch Optional
Setting the XRN Fabric Authentication Mode Optional
Specifying the Fabric Port of a Switch
You can specify the fabric port of a switch in either system view or Ethernet interface view.
Configurations in system view
Follow these steps to specify a fabric port:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Specify the fabric port of a
switch
fabric-port interface-type
interface-number enable
Required
Not specified by default
Configurations in Ethernet interface view
Follow these steps to specify a fabric port:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter Ethernet interface view
interface interface-type
interface-number
—
Specify the current port as the
fabric port of a switch
port link-type xrn-fabric
Required
No port is specified as the
fabric port by default.