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HP StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

HP StoreFabric SN6500B
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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 7
53-1002745-02
Chapter 3 Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks
Port Identifiers (PIDs) and PID binding overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Core PID addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Fixed addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
10-bit addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
256-area addressing mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
WWN-based PID assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Port Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Backbone port blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Configuring two Ethernet ports on one CP8 blade . . . . . . . . . .85
Setting port names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Port identification by slot and port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Port identification by port area ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Port identification by index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Configuring a device-switch connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Swapping port area IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Port activation and deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Port decommissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Setting port modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Setting port speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Setting all ports on a switch to the same speed . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Setting port speed for a port octet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Blade terminology and compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
CP blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Core blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Port and application blade compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
FX8-24 compatibility notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Enabling and disabling blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Enabling blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Disabling blades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Blade swapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
How blades are swapped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Swapping blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Enabling and disabling switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Powering off a port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Powering on a port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Equipment status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Checking switch operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Verifying High Availability features (Backbones only) . . . . . . .103
Verifying fabric connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Verifying device connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Track and control switch changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Enabling the track changes feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Displaying the status of the track changes feature. . . . . . . . .105
Viewing the switch status policy threshold values. . . . . . . . . .105
Setting the switch status policy threshold values . . . . . . . . . .106

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