Configuring Unique Area FC IDs for an HBA
To configure a different area ID for the HBA port using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
- Expand End Device in the Physical Attributes pane and select the FLOGI tab in the Information pane to obtain the port WWN (Port Name field) of the HBA .
Note Both FC IDs in this setup have the same area 00 assignment.
- Expand Switches > Interfaces and then select FC Physical from the Physical Attributes pane.
- Set the Status Admin drop-down menu to down for the interface that the HBA is connected to.
This shuts down the HBA interface in the MDS switch.
If this feature is disabled, continue with this procedure to enable persistent FC ID.
If this feature is already enabled, skip to Step 7.
- Check the Enable check box to enable the persistent FC ID feature in the Cisco MDS switch .
- Select the Persistent FcIds tab and assign a new FC ID with a different area allocation in the FcId field. In this example, we replace 00 with ee .
- Click Apply Changes to save this new FC ID.
- Compare the FC ID values to verify the FC ID of the HBA.
Note Both FC IDs now have different area assignments.
- Expand Switches > Interfaces and then select FC Physical from the Physical Attributes pane. Set the Status Admin drop-down menu to up for the interface that the HBA is connected to.
- This enables the HBA interface in the MDS switch.
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