Port Names And Port Mapping - Cisco MDS 9000 series Command Reference Manual

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Port Names and Port Mapping

The Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem has a different port naming convention from the
Cisco MDS 9000 Family. It has eight external ports and they are labeled ext1 through ext8. It has 16
internal ports and they are labeled bay1 through bay16.
Table 1-5
HP c-Class BladeSystem.
Table 1-5
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port
fc1/1
fc1/2
fc1/3
fc1/4
fc1/5
fc1/6
fc1/7
fc1/8
fc1/9
fc1/10
fc1/11
fc1/12
fc1/13
fc1/14
fc1/15
fc1/16
fc1/17
fc1/18
fc1/19
fc1/20
fc1/21
fc1/22
fc1/23
fc1/24
The Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter has a different port naming convention from the Cisco
MDS 9000 Family. There are six external ports and they are labeled ext0 and ext15 through ext19. There
are 14 internal ports and they are labeled bay1 through bay14.
the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches and the Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter switches.
OL-8413-07, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
shows the port mapping between the Cisco MDS 9000 Family and the Cisco Fabric Switch for
Port Mapping Between the Cisco MDS 9000 Family and the Cisco Fabric Switch for HP
c-Class BladeSystem
Cisco Fabric Switch for HP
c-Class BladeSystem Port
ext8
bay6
bay13
bay5
ext7
bay14
bay15
bay7
bay4
ext1
bay3
bay11
bay12
ext2
bay2
bay1
bay10
ext3
bay9
ext 4
bay16
bay8
ext6
ext5
Navigating Through CLI Commands
Port Group
PortGroup 1
PortGroup 2
PortGroup 3
PortGroup 4
PortGroup 5
PortGroup 6
Table 1-6 shows the port mapping between
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
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