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Installation Tasks 2-15
Installation Tasks
c. Click the check box in the FAN column to enable or disable the
fabric address notification (FAN) feature (defaul t is en a ble d ).
A check mark indicates FAN is enable d. When enabled, an
FL_Port transmits FAN frames after loop initialization to
verify FC-AL devices are still logged in.
d. Select from the drop-down list in the Type column to configure
the port type. Available selections are fabric port (F_Port),
expansion port (E_Port), generic port (G_Port), generic mixed
port (GX_Port), and fabric mixed port (FX_Port).
e. Select from the drop-down list in the Speed column to
configure the port transmission rate. Available selections are
auto-negotiate between speeds (Negotiate), 1.0625 gigabit per
second (Gbps) operation (1 Gb/sec), and 2.1250 Gbps
operation (2 Gb/sec).
2. Click OK to save and activate changes.
Configure Port
BB_Credit With the full-fabric PFE key enabled, the switch provides a port
buffer pool of 144 receive BB_Credits. Each port can be assigned
between two and 12 credits, provided the total credits allocated to all
ports does not exceed 144. The defau lt val ue is f iv e cr ed its pe r po rt or
12 credits per port with the fu ll-fabric PFE key enabled. Perf orm this
procedure to configure port receive BB_Credit:
1. Set all or a subset of user-specified p orts offline. Refer to Set
Online State or Block or Unblock a Port for instructions.
2. Selec t Ports and RX BB_Credit from the Configure menu at any
view. The RX BB_Credit View displays.
3. Perform one of the following:
To set all offline port s to default values, click Default.
To set an offline port to a user-specified value, type the desired
value in the RX BB_Credit column.
4. Click OK to save and activate changes.
5. Set all or user-specified ports online. Refer to Set Online State (all)
or Block or Unblock a Port (specified ports) for instructions .