Disabling Bandwidth Fairness - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 22 Configuring Generation 2 Switches and Modules
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To enable bandwidth fairness on a single 48-port or 24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching module
using Device Manager, follow these steps:
Right-click a module and select Configure.
Step 1
You see the Module dialog box as shown in
Figure 22-11
Click the enable radio button to enable bandwidth fairness.
Step 2
Click Apply to save the changes.
Step 3

Disabling Bandwidth Fairness

If you disable bandwidth fairness, up to a 20 percent increase in internal bandwidth allocation is possible
Note
for each port group; however, bandwidth fairness is not guaranteed when there is a mix of shared and
full-rate ports in the same port group.
To disable bandwidth fairness on multiple 48-port or 24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channnel switching modules
using Device Manager, follow these steps:
Choose Physical > Modules.
Step 1
You see the Module dialog box as shown in
Select disable from the BandwidthFairnessConfig drop-down list for each module for which you want
Step 2
to disable bandwidth fairness.
Click Apply to save the changes.
Step 3
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Module Dialog Box
Configuring Generation 2 Module Interface Shared Resources
Figure 22-11.
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