Set Config command

Description Sets switch, port, port threshold alarm, security, and zoning configuration parameters. The changes you make with this command are not retained when you reset or power cycle the switch unless you save them using the Config Save command. Refer to the Config command.

Authority Admin session and a Config Edit session

Syntax set config

port [port_number] ports [port_number] security

switch threshold zoning

Operands port [port_number]

Initiates an edit session in which to change configuration parameters for the port number given by [port_number]. If you omit [port_number], the system begins with port 0 and proceeds in order through the last port. For each parameter, enter a new value or press Enter to accept the current value shown in brackets. Press q to end the configuration for one port, or qq to end the configuration for all ports. Table 44 describes the port parameters.

Table 44 Set Config port parameters

Parameter

Description

 

 

AdminState

Port administrative state:

 

Online — activates and prepares the port to send data. This is the

 

default.

 

Offline — prevents the port from receiving signal and accepting a

 

device login

 

Diagnostics — prepares the port for testing and prevents the port

 

from accepting a device login

 

Down — disables the port by removing power from the port lasers

 

 

LinkSpeed

Transmission speed:

 

Internal ports: 2-Gbps

 

External ports: Auto, 1-Gbps, 2-Gbps, 4-Gbps

 

 

PortType

Internal ports: FL

 

External ports: GL, G, FL, F

 

 

SymbolicPortName

Descriptive name for the port. The name can be up to 32 characters

 

excluding #, semicolon (;), and comma (,). The default is Port n, where n

 

is the port number.

 

 

ALFairness

Arbitration loop fairness. Enables (True) or disables (False) the switch’s

 

priority to arbitrate on the loop. The default is False.

 

 

DeviceScanEnabled

Enables (True) or disables (False) the scanning of the connected device

 

for FC-4 descriptor information during login. The default is True.

 

 

ForceOfflineRSCN

Enables (False) or disables (True) the immediate transmission of RSCN

 

messages when communication between a port and a device is

 

interrupted. If enabled, the RSCN message is delayed for 200 ms for

 

locally attached devices and 400 ms for devices connected through

 

other switches. The default is False.

 

 

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