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The Fibre Channel switching mode must be set to Switching for these ports to be valid. The storage ports
cannot function in end-host mode.
Procedure
Step 1
In the Navigation pane, click the Equipment tab.
Step 2
On the Equipment tab, expand Equipment > Fabric Interconnects > Fabric_Interconnect_Name.
Step 3
Expand the Expansion Module node.
Step 4
Click one or more of the ports under the Uplink FC Ports node.
Step 5
Right-click the selected port or ports and choose Configure as FC Storage Port.
Step 6
If the Cisco UCS Manager GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
Step 7
Click OK.
The port or ports are configured as FC storage ports, removed from the list of uplink FC ports, and added to
the Storage FC Ports node.
Restoring an Uplink Fibre Channel Port
This task describes only one method of restoring an FC storage port to function as an uplink FC port. You
can also reconfigure FC storage ports from the General tab for the port.
Procedure
Step 1
In the Navigation pane, click the Equipment tab.
Step 2
On the Equipment tab, expand Equipment > Fabric Interconnects > Fabric_Interconnect_Name.
Step 3
Expand the Expansion Module node.
Step 4
Click one or more of the ports under the Storage FC Ports node.
Step 5
Right-click the selected port or ports and choose Configure as FC Uplink Port.
Step 6
If the Cisco UCS Manager GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
Step 7
Click OK.
The port or ports are configured as uplink FC ports, removed from the list of FC storage ports, and added to
the Uplink FC Ports node.
Default Zoning
Zoning allows you to set up access control between hosts and storage devices. When a zone is configured or
the configuration is updated, this information is propagated to all the other switches in the fabric.
In Cisco UCS, the zoning configuration is inherited from an upstream switch. You cannot configure zoning
or view information about your zoning configuration through Cisco UCS Manager. The only configurable
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FCoE and Fibre Channel Storage Ports