StorageTek 9840 User Manual

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95741

Sixth Edition

6-15

Fibre Channel Change Configuration

Port A/B Hard Physical Address Submenu

PA=xx,ddd

Defaults to last saved selection.

xx

is the hex display physical

address.

ddd

is the decimal index

into the ALPA table
(valid indexes are 000125.

Engineering recommends that
Port A addresses be even
numbers and Port B addresses be
odd numbers

As you manually change the
decimal index digits (

ddd

), the

hex display (

xx

) automatically

changes.

Pressing

Select

when all digits are

steady, starts the change mode.
The left-most

d

digit begins

flashing and will toggle between

0

-1

(only valid values) with each

press of

Select.

Pressing

Menu

sets

the digit at the displayed value
and advances flashing to the next
digit. Each press of

Select

will

increment the flashing digit up
one value (

0

-9

valid). Pressing

Menu

sets the digit at the

displayed value, and advances
flashing to the last digit. When
the last digit is set, pressing

Menu

advances menu to next submenu.
Pressing

Select

will restart the

change mode with left-most digit.

1. Press

Select

to start change mode;

or, press

Menu

to bypass.

2. Press

Select

to increment digit

until desired value is displayed,
then press

Menu

to set.

3. Repeat step 2 for each digit.

4. Press

Menu

to advance to the next

submenu; or, press

Select

to

restart change mode.

Port A/B Soft Physical Addressing Submenu

Note: Skip this menu if Hard Physical Addressing is being used.

Soft PA LO

Soft PA HI

Defaults to last saved selection.

Searches for a soft loop ID in
descending order (125 to 0)

Searches for a soft loop ID in
ascending order (0 to 125)

1. Press

Menu

to bypass, or

2. Press

Select

to toggle option;

then, press

Menu

to set, and

advance to the next submenu.

Table 6-1. Menu Table—Fibre Channel Configuration (Continued)

Options

Notes

Procedure

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