
13 – Command Reference Set Config Port
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Table 13-14.  Port Configuration Parameters (Continued)
Parameter | Description  | |
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PortType  | Port types:  | |
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  | The Donor port type disables the port and makes the buffer  | |
  | credits available to other ports. Refer to the ExtCredit port  | |
  | configuration parameter.  | |
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.  | ||
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DeviceScanEnabled  | Enables (True) or disables (False) the scanning of the con-  | |
  | nected device for   | |
  | The default is True.  | |
ForceOfflineRSCN  | Enables (False) or disables (True) the immediate transmis-  | |
  | sion of RSCN messages when communication between a  | |
  | port and a device is interrupted. If enabled, the RSCN mes-  | |
  | sage is delayed for 200 ms for locally attached devices and  | |
  | 400 ms for devices connected through other switches. The  | |
  | default is False. This parameter is ignored if IOStreamGuard  | |
  | is enabled.  | |
ARB_FF | Send ARB_FF (True) instead of IDLEs (False) on the loop. | |
  | The default is False.  | |
InteropCredit  | Interoperability credit. The number of   | |
  | per port. 0 means the default is unchanged. Default  | |
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  | Changing interoperability credits is necessary only for  | |
  | E_Ports that are connected to   | |
  | switches. Contact your authorized maintenance provider for  | |
  | assistance in using this feature.  | |
ExtCredit  | Extended credits. The number of port buffer credits that this  | |
  | port can acquire from donor ports. The default is 0.  | |
FANEnable  | Fabric address notification. Enables (True) or disables  | |
  | (False) the communication of the FL_Port address, port  | |
  | name, and node name to the   | |
  | is True.  | |
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