Before You Begin
TheFibre Channel switching mode must be set to Switching for these ports to be valid. The storage ports
cannotfunction in end-host mode.
Procedure
Step 1 Inthe Navigation pane, clickthe Equipment tab.
Step 2 Onthe Equipment tab, expand Equipment >Fabric Interconnects >Fabric_Interconnect_Name.
Step 3 Expandthe Expansion Module node.
Step 4 Clickone or more of theports under theUplink FC Portsnode.
Step 5 Right-clickthe selected port orports andchoose Configureas FC Storage Port.
Step 6 Ifthe CiscoUCS Manager GUI displaysa confirmation dialog box, clickYes.
Step 7 ClickOK.
Theport or ports are configured as FC storage ports, removed from the list of uplink FC ports, and added to
theStorage FC Ports node.
Restoring an Uplink Fibre Channel PortThistask describes only one method of restoring an FC storage port to function as an uplink FC port. You
canalso reconfigure FC storageports fromthe General tab for theport.
Procedure
Step 1 Inthe Navigation pane, clickthe Equipment tab.
Step 2 Onthe Equipment tab, expand Equipment >Fabric Interconnects >Fabric_Interconnect_Name.
Step 3 Expandthe Expansion Module node.
Step 4 Clickone or more of theports under theStorage FC Ports node.
Step 5 Right-clickthe selected port orports andchoose Configureas FC Uplink Port.
Step 6 Ifthe CiscoUCS Manager GUI displaysa confirmation dialog box, clickYes.
Step 7 ClickOK.
Theport or ports are configured as uplink FC ports, removed from the list of FC storage ports, and added to
theUplink FC Ports node.
Default ZoningZoningallows you to set up access control between hosts and storage devices. When a zone is configured or
theconfiguration is updated, this information is propagated to all the other switches in the fabric.
InCisco UCS, the zoning configuration is inherited from an upstream switch. You cannot configure zoning
orview information about your zoning configuration through Cisco UCS Manager. The only configurable
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