HP StorageWorks 2.32 Edge Switch User Manual
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Configuring the switch
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Right-clicking in the RX-BB Credit column displays a RX BB Credits dialog box. For switches
without buffer pools, this dialog box allows you to Set all. Set all sets all ports to a single value
or Set all to maximum which set all ports to a maximum BB credit value. For switches with
buffer pools, this dialog box allows you to Set all, which sets all ports to a single value or to
Distribute which evenly distributes the pool buffers among all ports. Clicking OK changes the
values in the Configure Port dialog box. Clicking Activate changes the values on the Switch.
Clicking Set all displays the Set All RX BB Credits dialog box. Entering a value for RX BB Credit
and clicking OK propagates the value to all ports on the Configure Ports dialog box. If an
invalid value is entered, a message dialog box displays.
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Blocked—Placing a check mark in the check boxes in this column blocks the operation of the
port.
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LIN Alerts—A link incident (LIN) is a problem detected on a fiber optic link, such as the loss of
light or invalid sequences. When a problem occurs, a LIN alert is sent to the Link Incident Log in
the switch Element Manager. LIN alerts warn you that there is a link incident being detected
through a port connection.
Place or remove check marks in the check boxes in this column to enable or disable link
incident alerts. The factory default is to enable LIN alerts.
A link incident causes a yellow attention indicator (triangle) to display for the port in the
Hardware View and in the alert column of the Port List View. Once a LIN occurs, you can
acknowledge it by clicking the Clear Link Incident Alert option from the right-click menu for
the port (Hardware View). A description of the alert displays in the Link Incident box of the
Port Properties dialog box (see
If the check boxes in this column are not selected, no link incident indicators display in the
Hardware View. Also, the Link Incident box of the Port Properties dialog box is blank and a
link incident is recorded in the Link Incident Log. LINs are always logged in the Link Incident
Log, regardless of the configuration.
If LIN Alerts are enabled, you can receive e-mail notification when a LIN occurs. In order to
receive e-mail notification, you must configure and enable this feature in HAFM (Monitor
menu) and enable e-mail notification through the Enable E-Mail Notification option on the
Element Manager’s Maintenance menu.
For additional information about LIN alerts, see ”
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FAN—(Edge Switch 2/24 only.)Click to display a check mark in the check box and enable
Fabric Address Notification for loop devices attached to the port. Right-click in this column to
either clear all FANs for all ports or to set all FANs for all ports.
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Type—Click each port’s type (G_Port, E_Port, F_Port, Fx_Port, or Gx_Port) in this column from
the drop-down list. Right-click in this column to set all ports to either E_Ports, F_Ports, Fx_Ports,
G_Ports, or Gx_Ports.