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Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide
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Chapter 3 Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
This section includes the following topics:
• Task Flow for Migrating Interfaces from Shared Mode to Dedicated Mode, page 3-26
• Task Flow for Migrating Interfaces from Dedicated Mode to Shared Mode, page 3-27
• Task Flow for Configuring 12-Port 4-Gbps Module Interfaces, page 3-28
• Task Flow for Configuring 4-Port 10-Gbps Module Interfaces, page 3-28
• Configuring Port Speed, page 3-29
• Configuring Rate Mode, page 3-30
• Configuring Local Switching, page 3-36
• Disabling Restrictions on Oversubscription Ratios, page 3-37
• Enabling Restrictions on Oversubscription Ratios, page 3-39
• Enabling Bandwidth Fairness, page 3-40
• Disabling Bandwidth Fairness, page 3-41
• Taking Interfaces Out of Service, page 3-41
• Releasing Shared Resources in a Port Group, page 3-42
• Disabling ACL Adjacency Sharing for System Image Downgrade, page 3-43
Task Flow for Migrating Interfaces from Shared Mode to Dedicated Mode
The 48-Port, 24-Port, and 4/44-Port 8-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules support the following
features:
• 1-Gbps, 2-Gbps, 4-Gbps, and 8-Gbps speed traffic
• Shared and dedicated rate mode
• ISL and Fx port modes
• Extended BB_credits
The 48-port and 24-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel switching modules support the following features:
• 1-Gbps, 2-Gbps, and 4-Gbps speed traffic
• Shared and dedicated rate mode
• ISL (E or TE) and Fx (F or FL) port modes
• Extended BB_credits
Port mode Fx Fx
BB_credit buffers 32 32
Table 3-14 Default Generation 4 Interface Parameters (continued)
Parameter
Default
48-Port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre
Channel Switching Module
32-Port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre
Channel Switching Module
