Enabling And Disabling Npiv Ports - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

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Enabling and disabling NPIV ports

NOTE
Ports cannot be persistently enabled or disabled when FMS is enabled.
1. Select 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.
4. From the table, select one or more ports.
5. Click Persistent Enable or Persistent Disable.
6. Optional: If you are accessing a Brocade 7800 switch, you can set the media type for the GE0
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Enabling and disabling NPIV ports

The NPIV license must be installed on a switch before NPIV functionality can be enabled on any
port. For detailed information about understanding and configuring NPIV ports, refer to the Fabric
OS Administrator's Guide. With Web Tools, you can only enable or disable the NPIV functionality on
a port.
NOTE
NPIV feature cannot be disabled when Access Gateway mode is enabled.
Perform the following procedure to enable or disable NPIV ports.
1. Select a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.
2. Select the FC Ports tab.
3. From the tree on the left, select the logical port you want to enable or disable.
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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
Persistent Enable or Disable is not supported in FMS mode.
NOTE
If the button is gray (unavailable), the port is already in that state or FMS mode is enabled on
the switch 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.
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