Isl Trunking Groups; Logical Internal Ports Of The 4Gb San Switch - HP Brocade 4Gb SAN Installation Manual

Ports 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are the 4Gb SAN Switch's logical internal ports that connect
to the eight server bays in the enclosure via the enclosure signal backplane. Server bay 1 is
connected to Switch Port 0, Server bay 2 is connected to Switch port 1, and so forth. See
Table 3.
Table 3

Logical internal ports of the 4Gb SAN Switch

Server bay
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
The rear side of the 4Gb SAN Switch connects to the HP p-Class BladeSystem I/O Blade
(hereafter referred to as the Interconnect switch) to access the signal backplane for completion
of a FC link connection to each server bay. Blowers inside the Interconnect switch push forced
air for cooling through the 4Gb SAN Switch to exhaust at the rear of the enclosure.
NOTE: You can find a complete descriptions along with locations and interpretations of the
4GB SAN Switch LEDs in

ISL trunking groups

If your 4Gb SAN Switch is licensed for interswitch link (ISL) trunking, use the trunking groups
available on the switch.
The FC ports are numbered from right to left, and are part of the same ISL trunking group. The
trunking group consists of the four ports shown in
Switch port
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
"Interpreting LED
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem installation guide
activity" on page 38.
Figure 1.
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