McDATA Sphereon 4500, User Manual

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McDATA® Sphereon™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manager User Manual
Configuring the Switch
director or switch is offline. Disabling Domain RSCNs also disables
Enterprise Fabric Mode.
Configure Fabric Parameters
Use the procedures in this section to configure the following Fibre
Channel operating parameters using the Configure Fabric Parameters
dialog box. The operating parameters are stored in NV-RAM on the
switch.
1. The switch must be offline to change parameters in this dialog
box. If it is not and you activate values in this dialog box, a dialog
box displays prompting you to set the unit offline.
CAUTION
!
Setting the switch offline terminates all Fibre Channel connections.
To set the unit offline:
a. Select Set Online State from the Maintenance menu on the menu
bar along the top of the Product Manager window.
b. When the Set Online State dialog box displays, click Set Offline.
c. When the warning box displays asking you to confirm the
offline state, click OK.
2. Select Fabric Parameters from the Operating Parameters submenu
(Configure menu tab).
3. The Configure Fabric Parameters dialog box displays.