HP 8/40 Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.2.0 (53-1001194-01, April 2 - Page 199
Port configuration, Creating port groups
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Port configuration 12 FIGURE 83 Access Gateway Device display Port configuration You can configure the port types (N_Port, F_Port) on each individual port on an Access Gateway enabled switch. When you configure ports, you can specify a global configuration policy using the Port Configuration Policy button. By default, Advanced is selected and sets the initial defaults for port types, groups, and the F_Port-to-N_Port mappings. When the policy is Automatic, the port type assignments and mappings are configured automatically based on device and switch connections and internal load-balancing and grouping; user controls are disabled. When you configure ports, perform the tasks in the following order: • Configure N_Ports, if necessary. Use the Edit Configuration button to configure a port. • Configure N_Port groups. • Configure F_Port-to-N_Port mappings. You can set up primary and secondary mappings. The secondary mapping is the N_Port to which an F_Port is mapped when the primary N_Port mapping goes offline. Creating port groups You can group a number of N_Ports (and its mapped F_Ports) together to connect to multiple independent fabrics or to create performance optimized ports. To group a number of ports, you must create a new port group and assign desired N_Ports to it. The N_Port grouping option is enabled by default, and all N_Ports are members of a default port group 0 (pg0). Access Gateway prevents failover of F_Ports across N_Port groups. Web Tools Administrator's Guide 173 53-1001194-01