Port Groups and Port Rate Modes
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Table 22-6
Part Number
DS-X9248-48K9
Reserving Bandwidth Quickly for the 8-Gbps Modules
To quickly reserve bandwidth for all the ports in the port groups on the Generation 3 Fibre Channel
modules using the Device Manager, follow these steps:
On the Device Manager window, right-click the 8-Gbps Fibre Channel module.
Step 1
Figure 22-1
From the pop up menu, select Bandwidth Reservation Config...
Step 2
In the Bandwidth Reservation Configuration dialog box that is displayed, choose a bandwidth
Step 3
reservation scheme.
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Dedicated Rate Mode Bandwidth Reservation for Generation 3 Fibre Channel
Modules (continued)
Product Name/
Description
4/44-port 8-Gbps
Host-Optimized
Fibre Channel
switching module
Device Manager - 8 Gbps Module - Pop-Up Menu
(Figure
22-2).
Configuring Generation 2 and Generation 3 Switching Modules
Dedicated
Maximum
Bandwidth
Allowed Ports
per Port
that can come up Ports in Shared Mode
8 Gbps
4 Ports
4 Gbps
12 Ports
2 Gbps
24 Ports
1 Gbps
48 Ports
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
All the remaining ports
are 4 Gbps shared (8 Gbps
of bandwidth can be
provided only to one port
per port group in
Dedicated or Shared rate
mode).