Cisco Systems DSC9148D8G48PK9 Configuring TL Ports, Manually Inserting Entries into the ALPA Cache, Clearing the ALPA Cache

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide
OL-29284-01, Release 6.x
Chapter 2 Configuring Interfaces
Configuring Interfaces
Detailed Steps
To configure switch port attributes, follow these steps:
Configuring TL Ports
Private loops require setting the interface mode to TL.
Use the switchport mode command to configure a TL port. See the “Configuring Interface Modes”
section on page 2-22.
Manually Inserting Entries into the ALPA Cache
Detailed Steps
To manually insert entries into the ALPA cache, follow these steps:
Clearing the ALPA Cache
The clear tlport alpa-cache command clears the entire content of the ALPA cache.
Command Purpose
Step 1 switch# config t Enters configuration mode.
Step 2 switch(config)# no system default
switchport shutdown
switch(config)#
Configures the default setting for administrative state of an
interface as Up. (The factory default setting is Down).
Tip This command is applicable only to interfaces for
which no user configuration exists for the
administrative state.
switch(config)# system default
switchport shutdown
switch(config)#
Configures the default setting for administrative state of an
interface as Down. This is the factory default setting.
Tip This command is applicable only to interfaces for
which no user configuration exists for the
administrative state.
switch(config)# system default
switchport trunk mode auto
switch(config)#
Configures the default setting for administrative trunk mode
state of an interface as Auto.
Note The default setting is trunk mode on.
Command Purpose
Step 1 switch# config t Enters configuration mode.
Step 2 switch(config)# tlport alpa-cache interface
fc1/2 pwwn 22:00:00:20:37:46:09:bd alpa 0x02
Configures manual entries into the ALPA cache.
Step 3 switch(config)# tlport alpa-cache interface
fc1/3 pwwn 22:00:00:20:37:46:09:bd
Removes this entry from the ALPA cache.