Enabling Or Disabling Interfaces - Cisco MDS 9000 Configuration Manual

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Chapter 4

Configuring VSANs and Interfaces

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Enabling or Disabling Interfaces

Note

You are not required to enable interfaces if the default state of the ports in the setup script is set to

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To enable an interface using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:

In the Physical Attributes pane, expand Switches > Interfaces and then select FC Physical.

Step 1

From the General tab, set the value for Status > Admin to up (for enable) or down (for disable).

Step 2

Optionally, set other configuration parameters using the other tabs.

Step 3

Step 4

Click the Apply Changes icon.

After enabling the interfaces, be sure to plug in the cables. If the cables are not plugged in, the hosts

cannot communicate with the storage device. In the example below, the message linkFailure indicates

that a cable may not be plugged in (see

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