Asus DS300j G2 Series User Manual page 150

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To view a list of logged-in devices:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight Fibre Channel Ports and press Enter .
3. Highlight the port you want and press Enter .
4. Highlight Logged In Devices and press Enter .
If a Fibre Channel switch is attached, it also appears in this list.
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To make Fibre Channel port settings:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight Fibre Channel Ports and press Enter .
3. Highlight the port you want and press Enter .
4. Highlight Fibre Channel Port Settings and press Enter .
5. Highlight the following parameters and press the spacebar to toggle though the choices:
• Configured Link Speed – 8 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s, 2 Gb/s, or Automatic selection
• Configured Topology – NL-Port (Arbitrated Loop), N-Port (Point to Point) or Automatic selection
6. Highlight Hard ALPA and press the backspace key to erase the current value, then type the new value.
The range is 0 to 255. 255 disables this feature.
7. Press Control-A to save your settings.
The table below shows the type of attached topology you achieve based on your connection type and the
configured topology you choose:
Fibre Channel Attached Topology
Configured Topology
Connection Type N-Port
NL-Port
Switch Fabric Direct Public Loop
Direct Point-to-Point Private Loop
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Example 1: If you connect the ASUS DS300f G2 to a Fibre Channel switch and choose NL-Port topology, you
create a Public Loop attached topology.
Example 2: If you have a Point to Point attached topology, you made a direct connection (no switch) and chose
N-port topology.
Note
In some cases, HBA settings to N-Port only work if connected to the switch. Refer to your HBA
manual for more information.
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To view Fibre Channel port statistics:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight Fibre Channel Ports and press Enter .
Highlight the port you want and press Enter .
3. Highlight Fibre Channel Port Statistics and press Enter .
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To view information about the SFPs (small form-factor pluggable transceivers):
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight Fibre Channel Ports and press Enter .
3. Highlight the port you want and press Enter .
4. Highlight Fibre Channel Port SFP and press Enter .
The screen displays information about the SFP transceiver. There are no user settings on this screen.
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