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Parameters, Figure 49 prohibited port connection symbol, 49 prohibited port connection symbol – HP StorageWorks 2.140 Director Switch User Manual

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Configuring the director

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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 50

on page 129.)

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 off line

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 49

. Click a cell to add the prohibit symbol

and prohibit connection to that cell. To remove the prohibit symbol, click the cell again.

Figure 49

Prohibited Port connection symbol

Move your mouse pointer over the squares in the array to display the corresponding address.

Right-click the array to display the following menu options:
Prohibit row—Prohibits connection between all addresses in a row. In effect, this prohibits

connection between a specific address and all other port addresses.

Allow row—Allows connection for all port addresses on a row that are currently prohibited.

This allows connection between a port with a specific address and other allowed ports.

Prohibit all—Prohibits connection between all port addresses. In this state, ports in the switch

cannot connect with any other port address.

Allow all—This allows a dynamic connection through all port addresses from which

connection is currently prohibited. The allowed attribute has the lowest precedence and does

not override any other attribute.

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