B – Command Line Interface

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Set Config Command

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table B-7. Set Config Port Parameters (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parameter

Description

 

 

 

 

ALFairness

Arbitration loop fairness. Enables (True)

 

 

 

or disables (False) the switch’s priority

 

 

 

to arbitrate on the loop.

 

ARB_FF

Use ARB_FF instead of idles on loop

 

 

 

FCAL option

 

InteropCredit

Interoperability credit. The number of

 

 

 

buffer-to-buffer credits per port. 0

 

 

 

means the default (12) is unchanged.

 

ExtCredit

Extended credits. The number of port

 

 

 

buffer credits that this port can acquire

 

 

 

from donor ports.

 

FANEnable

Fabric address notification. Enables

 

 

 

(True) or disables (False) the

 

 

 

communication of the FL_Port address,

 

 

 

port name, and node name to the

 

 

 

logged-in NL_Port.

 

LCFEnable

Link control frame preference, R_CTL =

 

 

 

0xC

 

MFSEnable

Multi-Frame Sequence bundling

 

MFS_TOV

MFS limit for camp on

 

MSEnable

Management Server enable on this port

 

NoClose

Don't close unless another device

 

 

 

arbitrates

 

I/O Stream Guard

Enables or disables the suppression of

 

 

 

RSCN messages

 

VIEnable

Enable VI preference routing

 

CheckAlps

Close before sending frames to new

 

 

 

target

 

 

 

 

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Q-Logic 59021-05 manual Command Line Interface Set Config Command

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