HP 8/8 Access Gateway Administrator's Guide (53-1001760-01, June 2010) - Page 54
Adding an N_Port to a port group, Fabric-1, Storage, Array-1
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3 Port Grouping policy F_Port1 F_Port2 F_Port3 F_Port4 F_Port5 F_Port6 F_Port7 F_Port8 N_Port1 N_Port2 AG N_Port3 N_Port4 PG1 Fabric-1 Fabric-2 Storage Array-1 Storage Array-2 PG2 FIGURE 8 Port grouping behavior When a dual redundant fabric configuration is used, F_Ports connected to a switch in AG mode can access the same target devices from both of the fabrics. In this case, you must group the N_Ports connected to the redundant fabric into a single port group. It is recommended to have paths fail over to the redundant fabric when the primary fabric goes down. Refer to Figure 9. F_Port1 F_Port2 F_Port3 F_Port4 N_Port1 AG N_Port2 PG1 Fabric-1 Fabric-2 Storage Array FIGURE 9 Port group 1 (pg1) setup Adding an N_Port to a port group 1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role. 2. Enter the ag --pgadd command with the appropriate operands to add an N_Port to a specific port group. In the following example N_Port 14 is added to port group 3. Note that if you add more than one N_Ports, you must separate them with a semicolon. switch:admin> ag --pgadd 3 14 N_Port[s] are added to the port group 3 34 Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 53-1001760-01