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147). the capability, Login – EXFO RTU 310-310G IP Services Test Head User Manual

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Port Tabs

Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application

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Interface Setup (Fibre Channel)

Login

The capability to log in is available only if a successful link has been
established with Framed Layer 2.

Enable: Allows, when the Enable check box is selected, to either
generate a login process when clicking on the Login button, or to
accept a remote Login command.

Advertised BB_Credit: Advertised BB_Credit is the number of frame
buffers that a local port has available to receive frames from another
port. Advertised BB_Credit is advertised to the remote port through the
login process. Choices are from 1 to 65535. The default setting is 10.

Discovered Topology: Indicates the discovered FC topology which
can be :

Fabric: N_Ports interconnected to a Fabric switching network.

Point-to-Point: link between two N_Ports.

“ - ” : When login is disabled.

Fabric Status: Indicates the status of the Fabric switching network. The
status is not available when the topology is Point-to-Point. Possible
status are:

Logged-in: The login process has completed successfully.

Failed: The login process has not been able to complete the login
process or an error has been detected. However, traffic can still be
transmitted.

In Progress: The login process is running (not completed yet).

Logged-out: The system has not logged in yet, has received a valid
Logout command from the remote port, or the Login check box has
been cleared.