HP Surestore 64 - Director Switch User Manual page 35

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Operating Mode
The director must be offline before you change operating modes.
Select this option to displays the Configure Operating Mode dialog box. Use this dialog
box to configure the appropriate interoperability mode to work with the multiswitch
fabric. Refer to Configure Operating Mode on page 107 for instructions.
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Operating Parameters
Select this option to display the Configure Operating Parameters dialog box for setting
Fibre Channel operating parameters. In this dialog box, you can set buffer-to-buffer
credit (BB_Credit) from 1 to 60. You can also set the resource allocation-time-out value
(R_A_TOV) and error-detect-time-out value (E_D_TOV) in tenth-of-a-second
increments. In addition, you can configure fabric operating parameters, such as
preferred domain ID from 1 to 31 and director priority level as principal, default, or
never principal. Refer to Configure Operating Parameters on page 110 for more
information on configuring these parameters for the director.
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Ports
Select this option to display the Configure Ports dialog box.
For each port you can provide a name, block or unblock operation, configure extended
distance buffering for 10 to 100km, enable LIN alerts for each port, define a type (G, F,
and E), and enable port binding.
Note Ports are automatically configured as G_Ports if no device is connected,
F_Ports if a device is connected, and E_Ports if a director is connected.
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Management Server
Select this option to display the Configure Open Systems Management Server dialog
box, depending on which feature (if any) is enabled for the director. Use this to
configure an open systems inband management program to function with the director.
To use these procedures, you must have enabled the Open Systems Management
Server through the Configure Feature Key dialog box.
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