Enabling And Disabling Failover On An External Port (N_Port) - Dell PowerEdge M420 Administrator's Manual

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Failover
Example 1
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FIGURE 5

Enabling and disabling Failover on an external port (N_Port)

Use the following steps to enable or disable failover policy on an external port.
1. Connect to the FC SAN Module and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ag
3. Enter the ag
4. Enter the ag
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FC SAN Module
F_1
F_2
N_1
F_3
N_2
F_4
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N_3
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Example 1 and 2 Failover behavior
failovershow n_portnumber command to display the failover setting.
--
switch:admin> ag --failovershow 13
Failover on N_Port 13 is not supported
failoverenable n_portnumber command to enable failover.
--
switch:admin> ag --failoverenable 13
Failover policy is enabled for port 13
failoverdisable n_portnumber command to disable failover.
--
switch:admin> ag --failoverdisable 13
Failover policy is disabled for port 13
Example 2
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Fabric
Edge Switch
(Switch_A)
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F_A1
NPIV
enabled
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F_A2
NPIV
enabled
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Edge Switch
(Switch_B)
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NPIV
enabled
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F_B2
NPIV
enabled
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Dell 8/4Gbps FC SAN Module Administrator's Guide
FC SAN Module
Fabric
F_1
Edge Switch
(Switch_A)
F_2
F_A1
N_1
NPIV
enabled
F_3
F_A2
N_2
NPIV
enabled
F_4
Edge Switch
(Switch_B)
F_5 F_B1
N_3
NPIV
enabled
F_6 F_B2
N_4
NPIV
enabled
F_7
F_8
Legend
Physical connection
Mapped online
Failover route online
Original mapped route
(offline)
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