Vess R2000 SERIES, Product Manual

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Vess R2000 Series Product Manual Promise Technologies
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To make Fibre Channel port settings:
1. Click the Device tab.
2. Click the FC Management icon.
3. Click the Port tab.
4. Click the FC port you want to access and click the Settings button.
5. Make these changes as required:
• Choose a configured link speed from the drop-down menu.
The choices are Auto (default), 2 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s, and 8 Gb/s.
• Choose a topology from the drop-down menu.
• Enter a Hard ALPA in the field provided.
Enter 255 to disable Hard ALPA.
6. Click the Save button.
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The table below shows the type of attached topology you achieve based on your connection type and the
configured topology you select.
Example 1: If you connect the Vess R2600 to an FC switch and choose NL-Port topology, you create a Public
Loop attached topology.
Example 2: If you have a Point-to-Point attached topology, you made a direct connection (no FC switch) and
selected N-port topology.
• FC Port ID - FC port number
• State - Link status
• Topology Attached
• WWNN - World Wide Node Name
• Fabric WWPN
• Current Speed
• Configured Link Speed
• Hard ALPA
• Location - Controller ID number
• Identifier - (hexadecimal)
• Alias WWPN -
• WWPN - Worldwide Port Name
• Fabric WWNN
• Link Type
• Configured Topology