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Activating and deactivating fibre channel ports, Enabling a fibre channel port, Disabling a fibre channel port – Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide v4.1.1 User Manual

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attributes (desire-distance, fill-word, isl-r_rdy, long-distance, speed, trunk-enable, and vc-link-
init
commands).

show running-config interface FibreChannel - A privileged EXEC mode command that displays

Fibre Channel port configuration information.

show interface FibreChannel - A privileged EXEC mode command that displays hardware counters

that monitor activity and status of a Fibre Channel port.

Activating and deactivating Fibre Channel ports

When VCS mode is enabled and an FCoE license is installed, all FC ports are activated by default.
When enabling a switch for Access Gateway Mode, all FC ports are re-enabled as N_Ports.

Prerequisites for activating and deactivating Fibre Channel ports

An FCoE license must be installed on Brocade VDX 6730 and 6720 switches to allow Fibre Channel
port activation. Brocade VCS Fabric mode must be enabled. Once the FCoE license is installed, all
Fibre Channel ports are activated by default.

Access Gateway is a feature available only on VDX 6720 switches. When activated, all Fibre Channel
ports are re-enabled as N_Ports.

Refer to the Network OS Software Licensing Guide for details about installing the FCoE license.

Enabling a Fibre Channel port

1. In privileged EXEC mode, enter the configure terminal command to enter global configuration

mode.

2. Enter the interface FibreChannel rbridge-id/slot/port command for the Fibre Channel port you want

to enable.

A configuration submode prompt appears.

3. Enter the no shutdown command.

The following example enables port 1 on RBridge 8.

switch# configure terminal

Entering configuration mode terminal

switch(config)# rbridge-id 8

switch(config-rbridge-id-8)# interface FibreChannel 8/0/1

switch(config-FibreChannel-8/0/1)# no shutdown

Disabling a Fibre Channel port

1. In privileged EXEC mode, enter the configure terminal command to enter the global configuration

mode.

2. Enter the interface FibreChannel rbridge-id/slot/port command for the Fibre Channel port you want

to disable.

A configuration submode prompt appears.

3. Enter theshutdown command.

The following example disables port 1 on routing bridge 8.

switch# configure terminal

Entering configuration mode terminal

switch(config)# interface FibreChannel 8/0/1

switch(conf-FibreChannel-8/0/1)# shutdown

Activating and deactivating Fibre Channel ports

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