Dell PowerEdge M420 Administrator's Manual

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20 Dell 8/4Gbps FC SAN Module Administrator’s Guide53-1001345-01Failover3FIGURE 5 Example 1 and 2 Failover behaviorEnabling and disabling Failover on an external port (N_Port)Use the following steps to enable or disable failover policy on an external port.1. Connect to the FC SAN Module and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.2. Enter the ag --failovershow n_portnumber command to display the failover setting.switch:admin> ag --failovershow 13Failover on N_Port 13 is not supported3. Enter the ag --failoverenable n_portnumber command to enable failover.switch:admin> ag --failoverenable 13Failover policy is enabled for port 134. Enter the ag --failoverdisable n_portnumber command to disable failover.switch:admin> ag --failoverdisable 13Failover policy is disabled for port 13F_A2Blade Servers FC SAN ModuleEdge SwitchFabric(Switch_A)enabledNPIVF_4F_3F_2F_1F_A1enabledNPIVN_3F_B1enabledNPIVBlade_1Blade_2Blade_3Blade_4F_5Blade_5F_6Blade_6F_7Blade_7F_8Blade_8Edge Switch(Switch_B)N_4F_B2enabledNPIVN_2LegendPhysical connectionMapped onlineFailover route onlineOriginal mapped route(offline)Example 1F_A2Blade Servers FC SAN ModuleEdge SwitchFabric(Switch_A)enabledNPIVF_4F_3F_2F_1N_1F_A1enabledNPIVN_3F_B1enabledNPIVBlade_1Blade_2Blade_3Blade_4F_5Blade_5F_6Blade_6F_7Blade_7F_8Blade_8Edge Switch(Switch_B)N_4F_B2enabledNPIVExample 2N_2N_1