Enabling And Disabling The Failover Policy On An N_Port; Enabling And Disabling The Failover Policy For A Port Group - HP StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Failover policy
Deleting a preferred secondary N-Port for device mapping (optional)
Use the following steps to remove a secondary N_Port where devices will connect if their first or
primary N_Port, if defined, is unavailable.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. To delete an N_Port configured as a failover port for one or multiple devices mapped to a

Enabling and disabling the Failover policy on an N_Port

Use the following steps to enable or disable the Failover policy on a specific N_Port.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ag
3. Enter the ag
4. Enter the ag

Enabling and disabling the Failover policy for a port group

The Failover policy can be enabled on a port group. Use the following steps to enable or disable the
failover on all the N_Ports belonging to the same port group.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ag
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specific N_Port, enter the ag --delwwnfailovermapping N_Port command with the
"[WWN];[WWN]" option. All of the listed devices will stop using the N_Port if the first N_Port
mapped to the devices is unavailable unless they log in through F_Ports that are mapped to
the N_Port.
The following example removes N_Port 32 as the secondary N_Port for two devices already
mapped to a primary N_Port.
ag --delwwnfailovermapping 32
"10:00:00:06:2b:0f:71:0c;10:00:00:05:1e:5e:2c:11"
To remove an N_Port as a failover port for all devices mapped to the N_Port, enter the ag
--delwwnfailovermapping N_Port command with the --all option.
The following command removes N_Port 32 as the secondary N_Port for all available devices.
ag --delwwnfailovermapping 32--all
failovershow N_Port command to display the failover setting.
--
switch:admin> ag --failovershow 13
Failover on N_Port 13 is not supported
failoverenable N_Port command to enable failover.
--
switch:admin> ag --failoverenable 13
Failover policy is enabled for port 13
failoverdisable N_Port command to disable failover.
--
switch:admin> ag --failoverdisable 13
Failover policy is disabled for port 13
failoverenable -pg pgid command to enable failover.
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switch:admin> ag --failoverenable -pg 3
Failover policy is enabled for port group 3
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