Considerations For Enabling Or Disabling A Port; Persistent Enabling And Disabling Ports - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.
2. Select the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.
3. From the tree on the left, select the switch or slot that contains the port you want to enable or
4. From the table, select one or more ports.
5. Click either the Enable or Disable button.
6. Optional: If you are accessing a Brocade 7800 switch, you can set the media type for the GE0
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Considerations for enabling or disabling a port?

You should understand the following limitations and conditions when enabling or disabling a port:
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Persistent enabling and disabling ports

Use the following procedure to enable or disable an FC port so that it remains enabled or disabled
across switch restarts.
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disable.
NOTE
Use Shift+click and Ctrl+click to select multiple ports. You can select multiple ports from the
table. You cannot select multiple ports from the tree.
NOTE
If the button is gray (unavailable), the port is already in the enabled or disabled state. For
example, if the Enable button is unavailable, the port is already enabled.
If you select multiple ports in both enabled and disabled states, both buttons are active. When
you click either button, the action is applied to all selected ports.
and GE1 GigE ports to either copper or optical.
a. Select the GigE Ports tab.
b. Select either the GE0 or GE1 port.
c. Select either Copper or Optical from the Media Type selection list.
Click Yes in the confirmation window.
On FR4-18i and FC4-16IP port blades, all ports are disabled by default. You can disable and
re-enable them as needed.
If a port is not licensed you cannot enable it until you install the appropriate license, such as a
Ports on Demand or N_Port ID Virtualization license (refer to
more information). The Licensed field located in the General tab in the Port Administration
window indicates whether a port is licensed.
If you disable a principal ISL port (an ISL port that is designated by the fabric to be a part of the
path to communicate with the principal switch), the fabric automatically reconfigures.
If you disable a port that was connected to a device, that device is no longer accessible from
the fabric. For more information, refer to Fabric OS Administrator's Guide.

Persistent enabling and disabling ports

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