What is F port in SAN switch?
The fabric port (F_port) is a fabric switch port used to connect an N_port to a switch in a fiber channel topology. It uses a fiber channel point-to-point (FC-P2P) topology – a structure connecting two fiber channel devices.
How do I enable port on Brocade SAN switch?
To enable a port:
- Connect to the switch and log in as admin as described in Connect to the Command Line Interface.
- Issue the portenable portnumber command, where portnumber is the number of the port you want to enable.
How do I access my Brocade SAN switch?
Accessing the Brocade switch through Web Tools Launch Web Tools directly from a web browser: Open the web browser, type the IP address of the switch in the address field, and press Enter.
How do you access the Brocade 300 SAN Switch GUI?
Accessing GUI of Brocade SAN Switch without Broswer
- Console to the Brocade SAN Switch with default username = admin & Password = password to configure the IP Address Warning: Default password not changed for ‘root’.
- Install the latest JAVA version.
- Add the IP Address of the SAN Switch to Exception Site List in JAVA.
What is an FC port?
A Fibre Channel port is a hardware pathway into and out of a node that performs data communications over an FC link. (An FC link is sometimes called an FC channel.)
What is N port and F port?
N-port network port or node port. Node port used to connect a node to a Fibre Channel switch. F-port fabric port. Switch port used to connect the Fibre Channel fabric to a node. L-port loop port.
Which port in an FC switch would be used to connect one switch to another?
Either a server or a storage system can use an N-port to connect to an FC switch. An FC switch, in turn, can use an F-port to connect to either type of node. An FC switch can also use an E-port to connect to another switch or an FL-port to connect to an arbitrated loop.
What is Ve port in Brocade?
A virtual Ethernet (VE) interface is a logical interface that comprises physical ports and port-channel interfaces. A VE interface is the Layer 3 counterpart of a VLAN interface.
How do I add a port license to my Brocade switch?
Install the license.
- Log in to the switch as admin.
- Enter the licenseadd. command, followed by the license key enclosed in quotation marks. The license key consists of approximately 16 uppercase and lowercase letters and numerals.
- Enter the licenseshow. command to verify that the license is valid.
How does FC work?
How FC Works on the Switch. The switch connects devices that support FC and Ethernet (such as FCoE servers on an Ethernet network) to an FC SAN, thus converging the Ethernet and FC networks on a single physical network infrastructure.
What is FC topology?
It is a high-speed fibre channel [FC] topology in which fibre channel ports/hubs use arbitration to establish a point-to-point circuit and prevent multiple ports/hubs from sending frames at the same time. Here devices are connected in a one-way ring.
What are FC ports?
A Fibre Channel port is a port on the storage system that connects it to hosts, switches, or another storage system either directly or through a switch. Fibre Channel ports are also referred to as I/O ports.
What is POD license Brocade?
Brocade switches have the ability to automatically assign licenses from a license pool with the Dynamic Ports on Demand (POD) feature. Once a server blade with an HBA is installed, the Dynamic POD feature will assign port license(s) as they come online.
What is port utilization?
Port utilization is a measure of the amount of traffic on a link or a LAG relative to the link’s or LAG’s capacity over a period of time.
How do I monitor traffic on a switch port?
How to: Monitoring traffic with Cisco port monitoring.
- Step 1: Connect to your switch (telnet, ssh, whatever method you want)
- Step 2: Enter enable mode.
- Step 3: Enter the configuration terminal.
- Step 4: Enter your interface’s configuration.
- Step 5: Configure which ports to monitor.
- Step 6: Save your configuration.