HP StorageWorks 2.140 Director Switch - Manual (Page 144)

Configuring the Director
142 Director Element Manager User Guide
Configuring Port Addresses (FICON Management Style)
This procedure applies only to a director that is using FICON Management Style.
Use this procedure to create and activate port address configurations in the
Configure Address - “Active” dialog box (see
Figure 41 on page 144.)
Parameters
■ Addr—This read-only field lists the port’s address. Each port in the switch
has a corresponding port address which equals the physical port number plus
four. Therefore, the address for port 0 is 4 (0+4).
■ Port Name—This user-defined name is assigned to the address. Up to 24
alphanumeric characters are allowed, including spaces, hyphens, and
underscores.
■ Blocked—If the box is checked, the port is blocked. Blocked ports
continuously transmit offline sequences (OLS), but cannot communicate to an
attached device. If the box is not checked, the port is unblocked.
■ Port connection array—This yellow area of the dialog box is a matrix of
port addresses that is used to configure connections between port addresses.
All port addresses for the director are listed along the top and left side of the
matrix. To allow or prohibit connections between two addresses, click the cell
at the intersection of a vertical and horizontal row of cells. Right-click the
intersecting cell to display a menu of attributes.
Note: For the Director 2/140, port addresses 84–87 contain Xs. These refer to the
internal ports 128–131, which cannot have external fiber cable connections.
The default state of a cell is an empty cell (square), which represents an
allowed connection. The symbol for a prohibited connection is shown in
Figure 40 . Click a cell to add the prohibited symbol and prohibit connection
to that cell. To remove the prohibit symbol, click the cell again.
Figure 40: Prohibited Port connection symbol