Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v12.1.0 - Manual (Page 452)

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Port commissioning overview
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• Wave Length — The wave length.
• Encoding — Displays how the fiber optic cable is encoded.
3. To view port properties, select a row and click Properties.
4. Sort the results by clicking on the column header.
5. Rearrange the columns by dragging and dropping the column header.
6. Click Close to close the Port Optics (SFP) dialog box.
Refreshing port optics
To refresh port optics, click Refresh.
The Management application retrieves updated port optic information.
Port commissioning overview
NOTE
Port commissioning is only supported on Fabric OS devices running Fabric OS 7.1 or later.
Port commissioning provides an automated mechanism to remove an E-Port or F-Port from use
(decommission) and to put it back in use (recommission). This feature identifies the target port and
communicates the intention to decommission or recommission the port to those systems within
the fabric affected by the action. Each affected system can agree or disagree with the action, and
these responses are automatically collected before a port is decommissioned or recommissioned.
Note the following restrictions of port commissioning:
• The local switch and the remote switch on the other end of the E-Port or F-Port must both be
running Fabric OS 7.1.0 or later.
• Port commissioning is not supported on links configured for encryption or compression.
• Port commissioning is not supported on ports with DWDM, CWDM, or TDM.
• E-Port commissioning requires that the lossless feature is enabled on both the local switch and
the remote switch.
• Fabric tracking must be enabled (refer to “Enabling fabric tracking” on page 131) to maintain
the decommissioned port details (such as port type, device port wwn, and so on). Do not
accept changes in the Management application client.
Viewing existing CIMOM servers
NOTE
Port commissioning is only supported on Fabric OS devices running Fabric OS 7.1 or later.
Before you can decommission or recommission an F-Port, you must register the CIMOM servers
within the fabric affected by the action.
1. Select Configure > Port Commissioning > Setup.
The Port Commissioning Setup dialog box displays ( Figure 146 ).