Dell Compellent Series 30 - Manual (Page 46)

40 Storage Center System Setup Guide
Setting Up the Storage Center
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To validate Virtual Port Mode FC port changes
After all Fibre Channel Fault Domain and Virtual Port changes have been applied, the
configuration is automatically validated. If the valid at on is successful, the confirmation
dialog shown in Figure 20 on page 27 appears.
• If there are no warnings, click Continue to proceed with setup by going to Step 13:
Generate SSL Certificate on page 43 .
• If there are warnings, click Configure Local Ports to modify the configuration and
correct any issues that cause warnings. Refer to
Configure Virtual Port Mode Local
Ports – FC on page 36 .
Configure Virtual Port Mode Local Ports – iSCSI
1 Click the iSCSI tab to select the iSCSI display.
Figure 37. Configure Ports (iSCSI)
2 Use the the dropdown menus and buttons to open dialogs that enable you to edit fault
domains and Virtual Ports, or to reset the defaults if you do not want to keep you edits.
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To use dropdown menus
• Purpose: Allows you to set the purpose for a port. Valid values for port purpose vary by
transport type and by operational mode.
Port Purpose Transport Type Virtual Port Operational Mode
Unknown FC and iSCSI Port purpose is not yet defined, or the port is
unused.
Front End FC and iSCSI Port is connected to servers and is used for the
server IO path.