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

FIGURE 6

Enabling and disabling Failback on an external port (N_Port)

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