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Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions Creating a Storage Partition
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Usethefollowingstepstoconfiguretheportaddressingfortheexporting
controllerandanyadditionalF‐QIPsusedforSCSIdriveconnectivityin
thepartition.
1. FromtheRoboticPathVisibilityorDrivePathVisibilityscreen,click
Next.TheExportingF‐QIPConfigurationscreendisplays.
Notes:  AnF‐QIPoraRIMcanbetheexportingcontrollerforupto
eightpartitions;aRIM2canbetheexportingcontrollerforup
to16partitions.Ifitisconfiguredasthecontrollerfor
multiplepartitions,aconfirmationscreendisplaystowarn
youthatanychangesyoumakeapply
toallpartitions
associatedwiththeexportingcontroller.
 IfthepartitionusesmultipleF‐QIPsandyoualready
configuredtheexportingF‐QIP,theF‐QIPConfiguration
screendisplaysinsteadoftheE xportingF‐QIPConfiguration
screen.
2. SelectoneofthefollowingcombinationsfortheAddressandFibre
Mode:
 Use Soft Address andFabric.
 Use Soft Address andAuto-negotiate.
 Use Loop IDandLoop.TheLoopIDmustbebetween0and125.
 Use Loop ID andAuto-negotiate.TheLoopIDmustbebetween0and
125.
Note: IfyouselectLoopastheFibreMode,theFibreChannelswitchto
whichtheRIMisconnectedmayoverrideyoursettings.
Figure 132 The Exporting F-QIP Configuration
screen for robotics.
Figure 133 The F-QIP Configuration screen for
SCSI drives connected to another F-QIP.