Installing and Configuring the Director
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Director 2/64 Installation Guide
Connecting the Director to a Fabric
To attach the director to a multi-switch fabric, connect the director to an E_Port of
another director or switch. The E_Port to E_Port connection is referred to as an
ISL.
Use these steps to fabric-attach the director and create an ISL:
1. Verify that the director is defined via HAFM. See “
2. Verify that the preferred domain ID for the director is unique and does not
conflict with the ID of another director or switch participating in the fabric. To
change the domain ID, see “
” on page 91.
3. Verify that the R_A_TOV and E_D_TOV values for the director are identical
to the values for all directors and edge switches participating in the fabric.
4. Route a multi-mode or single-mode fiber-optic cable (depending on the ISL
distance between directors) between customer-specified E_Ports of both
directors.
5. At the HAFM application physical map, right-click the director product icon,
then choose Element Manager from the pop-up menu.
6. If required, click the Hardware tab. The Hardware View displays.
7. Double-click the graphical port connector used for the fabric ISL. The Port
Properties dialog box displays, as shown in
Figure 60: Port Properties dialog box