Enabling Or Disabling Interfaces - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 5 Configuring VSANs and Interfaces
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Enabling or Disabling Interfaces

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:
Step 1 In the Physical Attributes pane, expand Switches > Interfaces and then select FC Physical.
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
Click Apply Changes.
Step 4
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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