Purpose
Command or Action
•
ethernet
—
Specifies an Ethernet port.
•
fc
—
Specifies a Fibre Channel (FC) port.
Changing unified ports on an expansion module
(GEM) requires that you power cycle the GEM
card. You do not have to reboot the entire switch
for changes to take effect.
Note
Copies the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
switch(config-slot) #
copy
running-config startup-config
Step 4
Reboots the switch.
switch(config-slot) #
reload
Step 5
Identifies the slot on the switch.
switch(config) #
slot slot number
Step 6
Removes the unified port.
switch(config-slot) #
no port port
number type fc
Step 7
This example shows how to configure a unified port on a Cisco N55-M16UP expansion module:
switch#
configure terminal
switch(config)#
slot 2
switch(config-slot)#
port 1-16 type fc
switch(config-slot)#
copy running-config startup-config
switch(config-slot)#
poweroff module 2
switch(config-slot)#
no poweroff module 2
Configuring the Interface Description
Interface descriptions should help you identify the traffic or use for that interface. The interface description
can be any alphanumeric string.
To configure a description for an interface, perform this task:
Procedure
Purpose
Command or Action
Enters configuration mode.
switch#
configuration terminal
Step 1
Selects a Fibre Channel interface and enters
interface configuration mode.
switch(config)#
interface
{
fc
slot
/
port
}|{
vfc vfc-id
}
Step 2
If this is a QSFP+ GEM, the
slot
/
port
syntax is
slot
/
QSFP-module
/
port
.
Note
Configures the description of the interface. The
string can be up to 80 characters long.
switch(config-if)#
switchport description
cisco-HBA2
Step 3
Clears the description of the interface.
switch(config-if)#
no switchport
description
Step 4
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Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces