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a05m0368

Port

8Gb

3592

EH8

Figure 62: Drive canister LEDs (EH8 Fibre Channel)

Table 139: Drive canister LEDs.

1 Drive power 4 Information

2 Drive status 5 Port 0 Fibre

Channel activity

3 Library communication 6 Port 1 Fibre

Channel activity

Setting customer options

Refer to the “Virtual Operator panel menu trees” on page 88 for a depiction of the flow of these menus

and menu selections.

1. If the operator Options menu is not displayed, press Change Mode

, then select Operator Mode.

2. From the operator Options menu, select Services.

3. To set Port 0 Fibre Channel options, select Fibre Options, then Set Port 0.

4. From the Fibre Options menu, select Set Speed. This option denes the Fibre Channel data rate. It is

determined by the speed of the attached bre hardware, such as the switches and hubs. Select the

Auto-Negotiate option, unless the customer requests a hard setting of 1 Gb, 2 Gb, 4 Gb, 8 Gb, or 16

Gb (60F only). Select Yes under the Save Data menu to save the option.

5. From the Fibre Options menu, select Set Topology for Port 0, then select L->N Negotiate unless the

customer requests one of the other settings. If the drive is attached to an external switch, set the

topology to L->N Negotiate.

Note: L-Port is used for an arbitrated loop (public or private) and N-Port is used when you are

connecting to a fabric in point-to-point protocol. For a 60F, the only option is the N-Port.

Select Yes under the Save Data menu to save the option.

6. From the Fibre Options menu selection, select Set Hard Address or Use Soft Address.

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IBM TS1160 User Manual

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