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Configuring additional F_Ports

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Configuring additional F_Ports 4 Configuring additional F_Ports By default, only the internal ports of Brocade Access Gateway are configured as F_Ports. All external ports are configured (locked) as N_Ports. The internal ports connect hosts in the bladed server and external ports connect to the fabric. To connect an additional FCP initiator to an external port, reconfigure an N_Port as an F_Port as follows: 1. Remap any F_Ports on the N_Port that is being converted. See "Adding F_Ports" on page 4-5. 2. Unlock N_Port mode to change the port type to an F_Port. See "Unlocking N_Port mode" on page 4-10. 3. Map the newly configured F_Port to an N_Port. See "Adding F_Ports" on page 4-5. 4. Connect the HBA, host, or other FCP initiator to the F_Port. Note A switch in Access Gateway mode must have at least one port configured as an N_Port. Therefore the maximum number of F_Ports that could be mapped to an N_Port is the number of ports on the switch minus 1. Figure 4-1 shows a diagram of a host connected to an external F_Port of Brocade Access Gateway. Note that the newly configured F_Port was mapped to an N_Port. Figure 4-1 Example of adding an external F_Port (F9) Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 4-9 Publication Number: 53-1000430-01

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Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide
4-9
Publication Number: 53-1000430-01
Configuring additional F_Ports
4
Configuring additional F_Ports
By default, only the internal ports of Brocade Access Gateway are configured as F_Ports. All external
ports are configured (locked) as N_Ports. The internal ports connect hosts in the bladed server and
external ports connect to the fabric. To connect an additional FCP initiator to an external port,
reconfigure an N_Port as an F_Port as follows:
1.
Remap any F_Ports on the N_Port that is being converted. See
“Adding F_Ports”
on page 4-5.
2.
Unlock N_Port mode to change the port type to an F_Port. See
“Unlocking N_Port mode”
on
page 4-10.
3.
Map the newly configured F_Port to an N_Port. See
“Adding F_Ports”
on page 4-5.
4.
Connect the HBA, host, or other FCP initiator to the F_Port.
Figure 4-1
shows a diagram of a host connected to an external F_Port of Brocade Access Gateway. Note
that the newly configured F_Port was mapped to an N_Port.
Figure 4-1
Example of adding an external F_Port (F9)
Note
A switch in Access Gateway mode must have at least one port configured as an N_Port.
Therefore the maximum number of F_Ports that could be mapped to an N_Port is the
number of ports on the switch minus 1.