Configuring Fabric Settings - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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System configuration parameters
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Platform
DCX/DCX-4S
DCX 8510-4
DCX 8510-8
Brocade 5100
Brocade 5300
Brocade VA-40FC
Brocade 6510
Brocade 6520
Brocade 300
Brocade 5100
Brocade 5300
Brocade VA-40FC
Brocade 6510
Brocade 6520
Brocade 7800

Configuring fabric settings

To configure the fabric settings, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in
2. Click Show Advanced Mode.
3. Select the Configure tab.
4. Select the Fabric subtab.
5. Make the fabric parameter configuration changes.
6. Click Apply.
7.
Fabric settings
Configure the following fabric settings on the Fabric subtab of the Configure tab:
BB Credit
R_A_TOV
E_D_TOV
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VF
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled
window" on page 31.
Enable the switch as described in
The buffer-to-buffer credit is the number of buffers available to attached devices for frame
receipt. The default BB Credit is 16. The range of valid values is from 1 through 27.
Resource allocation timeout value (in milliseconds). This variable works with the E_D_TOV
to determine switch actions when presented with an error condition. The default is 10000.
The possible range is (2*E_D_TOV) –120000. Values must be multiples of 1000.
Error detect timeout value (in milliseconds). This timer is used to flag a potential error
condition when an expected response is not received within the set time. The valid range
is 1000 - (R_A_TOV/2)
Default switch Logical switch
Yes, if dynamic
area addressing
is enabled in the
Yes
default switch.
Yes Yes
N/A N/A
"Enabling and disabling a switch"
Area mode FICON mode
0 If 8-bit dynamic
mode is
enabled, FMS is
not supported
1 Can be set
2 Not supported
Default-8 bit Configurable
dynamic
Default-8bit Configurable
dynamic
"Opening the Switch Administration
on page 35.
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