Diagnostics

d.At the Hardware View for the switch, select Operating Parameters from the Configure menu on the navigation control panel. The Configure Operating Parameters dialog box displays.

e.Type the customer-determined preferred domain ID value, then click Activate.

f.Repeat steps d and e at the Hardware View for the switch attached to the segmented E-Port (second switch). Use a different preferred domain ID value.

g.Set both switches online ("Set Online State" on page 3-37).

Did the domain ID change solve the problem and did both switches join through the ISL to form a fabric?

NO YES

↓The switches, associated ISL, and multi-switch fabric appear operational.

Contact the next level of support.

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The switch E_Port segmented because two switches have incompatible zoning configurations. An identical zone name is recognized in the active zone set for both switches, but the zones contain different members.

a.Work with the system administrator to determine the desired zone name change for the one of the affected switches.Zone names must conform to the following rules:

•The name must be 64 characters or fewer in length.

•The first character must be a letter (a through z), upper or lower case.

•Other characters are alphanumeric (a through z or 0 through 9), dollar sign ($), hyphen (-), caret (^), or underscore (_).