HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software - Manual (Page 80)

Port change operation
Use the RCU Operation tab to change the port mode. Clicking Port in the Switch Display box
changes the tree to the Port tree and changes the list to the Port list. Use the Port tree and Port list
to change the port type.
Figure 42 Changing port types
1. Click Port in the Switch Display box to change the tree to the Port tree and change the list to
the Port list.
2. Click a port or a port type from the Port tree. Only the selected port or port type is displayed
in the Port list.
3. Click the ports in the Port list.
4. Right-click, and select a port type.
For the port change operation, there is no separate pane. The list keeps displaying the Port list.
NOTE:
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Before changing the operation type of a Fibre Channel port from Target or RCU Target to
Initiator, disconnect the port from the host, delete all affected XP Continuous Access pairs,
delete all paths from the port (if RCU target) to the MCU, and remove all channel paths to the
port.
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Before changing the operation type of a Fibre Channel port from Initiator to Target or RCU
Target, delete all affected XP Continuous Access pairs, delete all paths to the RCU from the
initiator port, and delete the RCU from the MCU.
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Before changing the operation mode of a serial port from LCP to RCP, remove all channel
paths to the specified port.
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Before changing the port mode from RCP to LCP, delete all affected XP Continuous Access
pairs, delete all paths to the RCU from that RCP, and delete the RCU from the MCU.
Limit the number of hosts connected to an RCU target port to 128 or fewer. If more than 128 hosts
are connected to an ordinary target, some hosts might be disconnected after changing the type
from Target to RCU Target. For performance reasons, avoid using the same FC card for XP
Continuous Access and host connect.
80 Performing XP Continuous Access configuration operations