HP Tape Library Interface Manager Software - Manual (Page 44)

44 Management Operations Chapter 3
Soft Addressing
There are some conditions that require the Fibre Channel interface cards to be
set to Soft addressing. This is easily done on all interface cards at once by
doing the following:
Caution Re-starting an interface card will stop any data flowing through
that interface card, so any backup in progress will fail.
1. Select [2] from the Fibre Channel Address Configuration menu to place
the Pending settings to Soft mode.
2. Select [4] to Apply those pending settings to all of the Fibre Channel
interface cards. Only the interface cards marked as Restart will have those
settings take effect immediately.
Using Your Own Settings
If you wish to select your own settings, then each Fibre Channel interface card
will need to be configured separately using the following sequence:
Caution Re-starting an interface card will stop any data flowing through
that card, so any backup in progress will fail.
1. Select [1] in the Fibre Channel Address Configuration menu to begin the
address configuration sequence.
2. You will be asked to supply the slot number of the Fibre Channel interface
card to configure.
The slot number represents the interface card’s position in the IM.
— Slot number 1 should contain the Remote Management Card (RMC).
— Slot number 2 should contain the Controller card.
— Interface cards are in slots numbered 3 through 12.
— Only the interface cards that are listed in the table above the menu are
valid choices to be configured.
3. You will be asked to choose between hard and soft addressing. HP
recommends that Fibre Channel interface cards be Hard addressed,
except in cases where the switch being used is unable to use hard
addressing.