HP StorageWorks 8/80 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2 administrator guide (5697-0 - Page 16

Displaying monitor counters 418 Clearing monitor counters 420 Saving and restoring monitor configurations 421 Performance data collection 422 19Administering extended fabrics 423 Licensing for Extended Fabrics 423 Extended Fibre Channel over distance 423 Distance levels for extended Inter-Switch Links 423 Buffer-to-Buffer credits 423 FC switch port buffer credit requirements for long-distance calculations 425 Determining how many ports can be used for long distance 425 Example: Consider the HP StorageWorks 8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switches, which have a single 24-port port group and a total of 676 buffer credits for that port group 426 Displaying the remaining buffers in a port group 426 Buffer credit recovery 429 Fabric considerations for buffer credit management 430 Configuring F_Port buffer credits 430 Configuring ports to support long distance 430 Enabling long distance when connecting to Time-Division Multiplexing devices 431 Extended Fabrics device limitations 432 Configuring an extended ISL 432 20Administering ISL trunking 435 ISL Trunking overview 435 Standard trunking criteria 436 Fabric considerations for ISL trunking 436 Initializing trunking on ports 437 Disabling and re-enabling ports 437 Lossless Dynamic load sharing on trunk ports 437 Configuring lossless dynamic load sharing on trunk ports 438 Lossless dynamic load sharing in Virtual Fabrics 438 Example: How DLS affects other Logical Switches in the fabric 438 Performance monitoring 438 Adding a monitor to an F_Port master port 439 Displaying port throughput performance information for all ports on the switch 439 ISL Trunking 440 Enabling or disabling ISL Trunking on a port 440 Enabling or disabling ISL Trunking for all ports on a switch 440 Setting port speeds 440 Setting the same speed for all ports on the switch 442 Displaying trunking information 443 Trunking over extended fabrics 443 Trunking distances 443 F_Port masterless trunking 444 F_Port trunking considerations 445 Setting up F_Port trunking 448 Assigning a Trunk Area 449 Enabling F_Port trunking 450 Enabling the DCC policy on a Trunk Area 452 Disabling F_Port trunking 452 F_Port Trunking monitoring 452 Configuration management for trunk areas 453 Example: How Trunk Area assignment affect the port Domain,Index 453 Trunking for switches in Access Gateway mode 453 F_Port Trunking in Virtual Fabrics 453 F_Port authentication 454 Configuring E_Port authentication in Virtual Fabrics 454 16