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Figure 3-5

Operating the Fibre Bridge

Making Configuration Changes

Reconfigure the Fibre Channel Address

Use the Fibre Channel Configuration menu to change from the hard address mode to the soft address mode.

The Fibre Bridge default setting is hard addressing, where the address is preset to 71 (0x82). Use this procedure when an additional bridge is installed in a system or to resolve a Fibre Channel device ID conflict.

1.

From the Configuration menu (Figure 3-4 on page 3-10),select option

 

 

 

2, Fibre Channel Configuration.

 

 

2.

To toggle between hard addressing and soft addressing, select option

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3.

To choose a new address, select option 2 and enter a new address from

 

 

 

the table in Figure 3-6 on page 3-12.

 

 

The “Change ALPA Value” option is not available when the soft address mode has been selected.

Fibre Channel Configuration Menu

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