HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base User Manual page 228

Use the following procedure to swap the port area IDs of two physical switch ports. In order to swap port
area IDs, the port swap feature must be enabled, and both switch ports must be disabled. The swapped
area IDs for the two ports remain persistent across reboots, power cycles, and failovers.
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enable the port swap feature:
portswapenable
3. For the 4/8 SAN Switch, 4/16 SAN Switch, SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch
2/32, Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem, and SAN Switch 4/32, issue the
following commands:
portdisable port1
portdisable port2
For the Core Switch 2/64, SAN Director 2/128, and 4/256 SAN Director, issue the following
commands:
portdisable slot/port1
portdisable slot/port2
4. For the 4/8 SAN Switch, 4/16 SAN Switch, SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch
2/32, Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem, and SAN Switch 4/32, issue the
following command:
portswap port1 port2
For the Core Switch 2/64, SAN Director 2/128, and 4/256 SAN Director, issue the following
command:
portswap slot1/port1 slot2/port2
5. Verify that the port area IDs have been swapped:
portswapshow
A table is shows the physical port numbers and the logical area IDs for any swapped ports.
6. Disable the port swap feature:
portswapdisable
228 Configuring the PID format