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4. (Optional) Set up ISL or EX_Port trunking. For information on trunking setup, refer to
5. Enter the portEnable command to enable the ports that you disabled in
6. Physically attach ISLs from the Fibre Channel router to the edge fabric.
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8. After identifying such ports, enter the portCfgPersistentEnable command to enable the port,
9. Enter either the portCfgEXPort or portShow command to verify that each port is configured
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switch:admin> portenable 7/10
Enter the portCfgShow command to view ports that are persistently disabled.
FC ports on the Brocade 7800 switches and FX8-24 blades are configured as persistently
disabled by default, to avoid inadvertent fabric merges when installing a new FC router.
switch:admin> portcfgshow 7/10
Area Number:
Speed Level:
Trunk Port
Long Distance
VC Link Init
Locked L_Port
Locked G_Port
Disabled E_Port
ISL R_RDY Mode
RSCN Suppressed
Persistent Disable
NPIV capability
EX Port
Mirror Port
FC Fastwrite
and then the portCfgShow command to verify the port is enabled.
switch:admin> portcfgpersistentenable 7/10
switch:admin> portcfgshow 7/10
Area Number:
Speed Level:
Trunk Port
Long Distance
VC Link Init
Locked L_Port
Locked G_Port
Disabled E_Port
ISL R_RDY Mode
RSCN Suppressed
Persistent Disable
NPIV capability
EX Port
Mirror Port
FC Fastwrite
correctly.
switch:admin> portcfgexport 7/10
Port
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