Adding An External Port (N_Port) To A Port Group - Dell PowerEdge M420 Administrator's Manual
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FIGURE 3
When a dual redundant fabric configuration is used, internal ports (F_Ports) connected to a FC SAN
Module can access the same target devices from both of the fabrics. In this case, you must group
the external ports (N_Ports) connected to the redundant fabric into a single port group. It is
recommended to have paths fail over to the redundant fabric when the primary fabric goes down.
Refer to
FIGURE 4
Adding an external port (N_Port) to a port group
1. Connect to the FC SAN Module and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ag --pgadd command with the appropriate operands to add an external port
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F_Port1
N_Port1
F_Port2
F_Port3
N_Port2
F_Port4
FC SAN
Module
F_Port5
N_Port3
F_Port6
F_Port7
N_Port4
F_Port8
Port grouping behavior
Figure
4.
F_Port1
N_Port1
F_Port2
FC SAN
Module
F_Port3
N_Port2
F_Port4
Port group 1 (pg1) setup
(N_Port) to a specific port group. In the following example external port 14 is added to port
group 3.
Note that if you add more than one external ports, you must separate them with a semicolon.
Fabric-1
PG1
Fabric-2
PG2
Fabric-1
PG1
Fabric-2
Port Grouping policy
Storage
Array-1
Storage
Array-2
Storage
Array
3
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