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director product manager user guide
Product Manager Overview
you can also set the director data speed (Director 2/64 only) and set the director
operating mode to S/390 or Open Systems modes. The director must be offline to
configure director speed, preferred domain ID, and operating mode.
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Fabric Operating Parameters—Choose this option to display the Configure
Fabric Parameters dialog box for setting fabric operating parameters. In this
dialog box, you can set buffer-to-buffer credit (BB_Credit) from 1 to 60 (default is
16) and the resource allocation time-out value (R_A_TOV) and error detect
time-out value (E_D_TOV) in tenth-of-a-second increments. In addition, you can
set the switch priority level (Principal, Default, or Never Principal) and the
interoperability modes between Homogeneous, and Open Fabric 1.0. Refer to
“
Configuring Fabric Operating Parameters
” on
page 3–6
for more information on
configuring these parameters for the director. The director must be offline to
configure any fabric operating parameter.
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Switch Binding—This submenu provides two options: Change State and Edit
Membership List. Choosing Change State displays the Switch Binding State
Change dialog box where you can activate Switch Binding according to a specific
connection policy (Restrict E_Ports, Restrict F_Ports, or All Ports). Edit
Membership List allows you to create a list of switches and devices that you
want to allow exclusively to attach to director ports. Switch Binding is an
optional feature that requires the SANtegrity Feature key. The feature can be
installed through the Configure Feature Key dialog box. For details, refer to
“
SANtegrity Features
” on
page 6–6
.
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Ports—Choose this option to display the Configure Ports dialog box. This dialog
has different functions in S/390 versus open systems mode.
In S/390 mode, use the dialog box to enable extended distance buffering for 10 to
100km, link incident (LIN) alerts, and port binding for each port.
In open systems mode, for each port you can provide a name, block or unblock
operation, configure extended distance buffering for 10 to 100km, enable LIN
alerts for each port, define a type (G, F, and E), and enable port binding.
NOTE: Ports are automatically configured as G_Ports if no device is connected, F_Ports if
a device is connected, and E_Ports if a director is connected.
In both modes, you can enable the rerouting delay feature and for the
Director 2/64, you can set the director data speed.
NOTE: Your director model and firmware may not allow variable data speeds.
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Addresses—S/390 mode only. Choose from two suboptions for active and stored
addresses.
