EXFO Power Blazer 88200NGE, User Manual

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Test Setup - Test Configurator, Timer, and System
208
88000 Series
Fibre Channel
Login
After a link is established, it is possible to login to the Fibre Channel
Network to send and receive data between a local and remote fibre
channel port.

Enable
check box when selected (default) allows pressing the
Login
button to start the login process.

Advertised BB_Credit
is the number of frame buffers the local port has
available to receive frames from the remote port: 1 to 65535 (default is
10
).
Advertised BB_Credit
is advertised to the remote port through the
Login process. Changing the Advertised BB_Credit requires to
manually re-send a login using the
Login
button.

Login/Re-Login button allows the initiation of the Login process with
the selected
Advertised BB_Credit
. Available when the
Login
-
Enable check box is selected. The Login button initiates a log-in when
not logged-in while the
Re-Login
re-initiates a log-in after changing the
BB_Credit and/or WWN when already logged-in. The capability to login
is available only with Framed Layer 2 (FC-2) when a successful link has
been established. There are two Login processes supported by Fibre
Channel:
Port Login
(PLOGI) and
Fabric Login
(FLOGI).
It is possible to skip the Login procedure and use the BB_Credit value.
This is called
Implicit Login
and is only applicable for
Point-to-Point
topology. For Point-to-Point topology using implicit login, you must
manually configure the
Available BB_Credit
value for the remote port.

Discovered Topology indicates the discovered topology.
Fabric
: Ports are interconnected to a fabric switching network.
A Fabric and Port login are required, and the BB_Credit value is set
based on the buffer capacity of the fabric switch.
Point To Point : Direct link between two ports.