Changingthe port mode results in the existing port configuration being deleted and replaced by a new logical
port.Any objects associated with that port configuration, such as VLANs and VSANS, are removed. There
isno restrictionon the number of times the port mode can be changed for a unified port.
Port Types
Theport type defines the type of traffic carried over a unified port connection.
Allof the port typeslisted are configurable on both the fixed and expansion module, including server ports,
whichare not configurable on the 6100series fabric interconnect expansion module, but are configurable on
the6200 seriesfabric interconnect expansion module.
Bydefault, unified portschanged to Ethernetport mode areset to uplinkEthernet port type.unified ports
changedto Fibre Channel port mode are set to the Fibre Channel uplink port type. Fibre Channel ports cannot
beunconfigured.
Changingthe port type does not require a reboot.
Whenthe port mode is set to Ethernet,you can configure the following port types:
• Server ports
• Ethernet uplink ports
• Ethernet port channel members
• FCoE ports
• Appliance ports
• Appliance port channel members
• SPANdestination ports
• SPANsource ports
ForSPAN source ports, configure one of the port types and then configure the port as
SPANsource.
Note
Whenthe port mode is set to FibreChannel, you can configure the following port types:
• Fibre Channel uplink ports
• Fibre Channel port channel members
• Fibre Channel storage ports
• SPANdestination ports
• SPANsource ports
ForSPAN source ports, configure one of the port types and then configure the port as
SPANsource.
Note
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