10-bit addressing (mode 0)
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
70
256-area addressing (mode 1 and mode 2)
....................................................................................................................................................................................
70
WWN-based PID assignment
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................
71
Ports
...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
73
Port Types
............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
73
Director port blades
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
73
Setting port names
..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
74
Port identification by slot and port number
.......................................................................................................................................................................................
75
Port identification by port area ID
...........................................................................................................................................................................................................
75
Port identification by index
..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
75
Dynamic Portname
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
75
Configuring a device-switch connection
............................................................................................................................................................................................
81
Swapping port area IDs
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
81
Enabling a port
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
82
Disabling a port
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
82
Port decommissioning
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
83
Setting port speeds
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
83
Setting all ports on a switch to the same speed
............................................................................................................................................................................
84
Setting port speed for a port octet
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................
84
Setting maximum auto-negotiated port speed
..............................................................................................................................................................................
86
Decoding fdmiShow command output
..............................................................................................................................................................................................
86
Blade terminology and compatibility
..............................................................................................................................................................................................................
87
CP blades
.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
88
Core blades
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
89
Port and application blade compatibility
............................................................................................................................................................................................
89
Enabling and disabling blades
............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
89
Enabling blades
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
89
Disabling blades
...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
90
Blade swapping
..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
90
How blades are swapped
..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
91
Swapping blades
..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
94
Disabling switches
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
95
Power management
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
95
Powering off a port blade or core blade
.............................................................................................................................................................................................
95
Powering on a port blade or core blade
.............................................................................................................................................................................................
96
Equipment status
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
96
Checking switch operation
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
96
Verifying High Availability features (Backbones and Directors only)
.................................................................................................................................
96
Verifying fabric connectivity
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................
97
Verifying device connectivity
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................
97
Audit log configuration
............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
97
Verifying host syslog prior to configuring the audit log
.............................................................................................................................................................
98
Configuring an audit log for specific event classes
......................................................................................................................................................................
99
Configuring remote syslog servers
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................
99
Hostname support for syslogAdmin command
..........................................................................................................................................................................
100
Duplicate PWWN handling during device login
.......................................................................................................................................................................................
101
Setting 0, First login precedence
............................................................................................................................................................................................................
101
Setting 1, Second login precedence
......................................................................................................................................................................................................
101
Setting 2, Mixed precedence
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................
102
Setting the behavior for handling duplicate PWWNs
................................................................................................................................................................
102
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