Persistently enabling and disabling ports, See the procedure, Persistently – HP StorageWorks 2.128 SAN Director Switch User Manual
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The command format is:
ficoncupset modereg [bitname] 0 | 1
The following example sets the mode register bit HCP to off:
The following example sets the mode register bit ACP to on:
Persistently enabling and disabling ports
When fmsmode is enabled, you cannot use the
portCfgPersistentEnable
and
portCfgPersistentDisable
commands to persistently enable and disable ports. Instead, use this
procedure:
1.
Issue the following command to display the mode register bit settings:
ficoncupshow modereg
2.
Verify that the ASM bit is set on (1).
3.
If the ASM bit is set off (0), issue the following command to set it on:
ficoncupset modereg asm 1
4.
Use the
portEnable
and
portDisable
commands to enable and disable ports as necessary.
The ports remain enabled or disabled after a switch reboot.
In the following example, the ASM bit is set to on, and then the port at slot 1, port 1 is enabled
persistently:
where:
bitname
Specifies one of the mode register bits described in
0
Specifies that the bit is off.
1
Specifies that the bit is on.
switch:admin> ficoncupset modereg HCP 0
Mode register bit HCP has been set to 0.
switch:admin> ficoncupset modereg ACP 1
Mode register bit ACP has been set to 1.
switch:admin> ficoncupshow modereg
POSC UAM ASM DCAM ACP HCP
------------------------------
1 0
0
0 1
1
switch:admin> ficoncupset modereg ASM 1
Mode register bit ASM has been set to 1.
switch:admin> portenable 1/1