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Vess R2000 Series Product Manual

Promise Technologies

Port information includes:

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To make Fibre Channel port settings:

1. Click the

Device

tab.

2. Click the

FC Management

icon.

3. Click the

Port

tab.

4. Click the FC port you want to access and click the

Settings

button.

5. Make these changes as required:

• Choose a configured link speed from the drop-down menu.

The choices are Auto (default), 2 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s, and 8 Gb/s.

• Choose a topology from the drop-down menu.
• Enter a Hard ALPA in the field provided.

Enter 255 to disable Hard ALPA.

6. Click the

Save

button.

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The table below shows the type of attached topology you achieve based on your connection type and the

configured topology you select.

Example 1: If you connect the Vess R2600 to an FC switch and choose NL-Port topology, you create a Public

Loop attached topology.

Example 2: If you have a Point-to-Point attached topology, you made a direct connection (no FC switch) and

selected N-port topology.

FC Port ID - FC port number

State - Link status

Topology Attached

WWNN - World Wide Node Name

Fabric WWPN

Current Speed

Configured Link Speed

Hard ALPA

Location - Controller ID number

Identifier - (hexadecimal)

Alias WWPN -

WWPN - Worldwide Port Name

Fabric WWNN

Link Type

Configured Topology