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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 83
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Port Identifiers (PIDs) and PID binding overview
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Use the following procedure to enable automatic PID assignment:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the configure command.
3. At the Fabric Parameters prompt, type y.
4. At the WWN Based persistent PID prompt, type y.
5. Press Enter to bypass the remaining prompts without changing them.
Example of activating PID assignments
switch: admin> configure
Configure...
Fabric parameters (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
WWN Based persistent PID (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
System services (yes, y, no, n): [no]
ssl attributes (yes, y, no, n): [no]
rpcd attributes (yes, y, no, n): [no]
cfgload attributes (yes, y, no, n): [no]
webtools attributes (yes, y, no, n): [no]
Custom attributes (yes, y, no, n): [no]
system attributes (yes, y, no, n): [no]
Assigning a static PID
Use the following procedure to assign a static PID:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the wwnAddress -bind command to assign a 16-bit PID to a given WWN.
Clearing PID binding
Use the following procedure to clear a PID binding:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the wwnAddress -unbind command to clear the PID binding for the specified WWN.
Showing PID assignments
Use the following procedure to display PID assignments:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Based on what you want to display, enter the appropriate command:
• wwnAddress –show displays the assigned WWN-PID bindings.
• wwnAddress –findPID wwn displays the PID assigned to the device WWN specified.