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Chapter 3, Getting Started with Xgig TraceControl
Add links by right-clicking the chassis and choosing
dragging the ports on a blade to the link on that blade, from the
renamed by right-clicking on the link and selecting
Important: It is not required to create wide links (more than one port-pair in a link) unless
you need to aggregate ports into a single address, such as for wide-port SAS.
Other context menu options are available for link manipulation in the
Create one link per blade
Select a chassis with SAS ports from the New Domain area, and right click this option. Ports from
the same blade that span more than one link are moved to occupy a single link
To move a port-pair on a blade to a different link, drag-and-drop the SAS port-pair to the desired
link.
Create one link with all ports
This option is available when the FC or GE ports in the same chassis are similar to each other, for
example, they are all 1G GE.
Port Viewing and Selection
The dialog box displays an icon for each port, arranged as they physically exist within the Xgig
chassis. To select a port, click the port. Ports are always selected in pairs, so the port and remaining
port of the port-pair are selected. Click ports again to remove them from the domain.
Selected ports have a blue background; unselected ports have a white background. Note that you
must also have the appropriate license purchased to use a port for a specific protocol. See
"Licensing for Xgig Multi-Function Blades" on page
The icons change as the selection, availability, and type of each port changes. Ports are shown
individually but have the same status for each port in a port-pair. See
TTL Selection" on page 40
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Add Link
Rename Link
for information on the display of port icons.
Domains, Links, and Sync Groups
. Ports can be added to a link by
area. Links can be
New Domain
.
New Domain
44.
"Chassis, Blade, Port, and
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area.