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    Assigning an FC Gateway Service Profile to Ports

    You assign an FC Gateway Service profile to the ports on Data Center Switching devices that you want to include in a Fibre Channel (FC) gateway. You must assign the profile to at least one FC port and at least one Ethernet or aggregated Ethernet interface on the device. In a QFabric fabric, an FC gateway cannot span multiple nodes.

    This topic describes:

    Assigning an FC Gateway Service Profile

    To assign an FC Gateway Service profile:

    1. While in Build mode, select FC Gateway Service from the Profile and Configuration Management menu in the Tasks pane.

      The Manage FC Gateway Service Profiles page opens. The page displays all the FC Gateway Service profiles that you configured as well as the system-created profiles detected during device discovery.

    2. Select a profile from the list of profiles and click Assign.

      The Assign FC Gateway Service Common Settings page opens to the Object Selection page.

      Note: If Network Director fails to read the configuration of one or more devices after the device discovery, such devices are not displayed in the Assign Profile page. You will not be able to assign profiles to such devices. The Manage Jobs page in System mode displays details of the device discovery jobs. Use the information displayed on this page to take appropriate corrective steps to enable Network Director to reread the configuration of the failed device. For more information, see Discovering Devices in a Physical Network.

    3. Enable either Select Devices or Select Port Groups.
    4. If you enabled Select Devices, expand the list of devices and select the devices to which to assign the profile by selecting the check box next to the plus sign for the device.

      Tip: Be sure that a check mark appears in the corresponding check box—highlighting the object name is not sufficient. Also, selecting a parent device also selects the child devices under it.

    5. If you enabled Select Port Groups, select one or more port groups from the Select Port Group list.
    6. Click either Next or Profile Assignment.

      The Profile Assignment page displays the list of existing assignments in the Assignments table.

    7. To assign the profile to ports on a device:
      1. Select the device from the Assignments table.
      2. Click the Assign to Port button from the list.

        The Assign Profile to Ports window opens.

      3. Select ports from the list, then click Assign.
    8. Click Save.
    9. On the Profile Assignment page, you can view the assignment details for the selected device and also remove any assignments:
      • To view the assignment details, select the device and click View Assignments.

        The Profile Details page for selected device appears. Expand the Device name to view the details of the assignment. The assignment status displays the status whether the device is deployed or is pending device update, and so on.

      • To delete a device from the assignment list, select the device from the Assignments table and click Remove.
    10. Click Next or click Review from the top wizard workflow to review the assignments. Use the Edit button if you want to edit the profile assignment.
    11. Click Finish once you are done reviewing the profile assignment.

      After you click Finish, the Create Profile Assignments Job Details dialog box appears, which reports on the status of the profile assignment job. If you have assigned the profile to a large number of objects, the profile assignment job can take some time to complete. Instead of waiting for the Job Details dialog box to report job completion status, you can close it and check the details of the profile assignment job at a later time using the Manage Job task in System mode.

      Note: If any assignment fails, the profile assignment job fails and none of the assignments are created. Check the details for the profile assignment job for information about why the assignment failed.

    After you assign an FC Gateway Service profile to a device, you can deploy the profile from the Deploy mode. For details, see Deploying Configuration to Devices.

    To view the details of a profile, select the profile from the Manage Fabric Profiles page and click the Details button.

    Editing the Assignments of an FC Gateway Service Profile

    To edit an FC Gateway Service profile’s port assignments:

    1. Select a profile from the Manage FC Gateway Service Profile page and click Edit Assign.

      The Edit Assignments page opens.

    2. Expand the nodes in the list to locate the devices and ports you want to change.
    3. To delete a device or port from a profile, click Delete in the Operation column of the device or port.

      An X appears in the Record Status column.

    4. To delete multiple devices or ports from a profile, select the devices or ports, then click the Delete button.

      An X appears in the Record Status column of the deleted devices or ports.

    5. When you are done making assignment changes, click Apply.

      The Manage FC Gateway Service Profile page opens.

    Published: 2013-10-15