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N_Port configurations

You must have the role of securityadmin, admin, or user to configure ports in Access Gateway (AG)
mode, The AG port connected to the Enterprise fabric must be configured as an N_Port.
By default, on embedded switches, only the internal ports of Access Gateway are configured as
F_Ports. All external ports are configured (locked) as N_Ports. On standalone switches with AG
support, a preset number of ports are locked as N_ports and the rest of the ports operate as
standard F_ports. Although some ports are locked as N_ports, these ports can be converted to
F_ports. For example,
with the switch in AG mode. To convert a N_port to an F_port the port must first be unlocked and
then mapped to an available N_port. It is highly recommended that all F_ports mapped to the
N_port first be remapped to other N_ports before that port is converted into F_port. Also note that
if APC mode is enabled, the port conversion is done automatically and no user intervention is
required. For more information on which ports are mapped by default, see
FIGURE 5
NOTE
A switch in Access Gateway mode must have at least one port configured as an N_Port. Therefore,
the maximum number of F_Ports that can be mapped to an N_Port is the number of ports on the
switch minus one.
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Figure 5 shows a host connected to external ports of an Embedded Switch
Example of adding an external F_Port (F9) on an embedded switch
N_Port configurations
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