What are the port flag descriptions?

Flags come in two types. The first type are flags set only on the arrays storage port. These flags affect the
connectivity behavior of all servers connected to that port. The second type of flags can be set per storage port
or initiator group, a group defined on the array as one or more initiators (HBAs) for a given server. With this
type, the flags settings for the initiator group override, for the group, the settings on the port itself. In this way,
a port can be shared by servers with different flag requirements.
The following table list where the flags should be set:

Flag Flag Description

Flags set
only at
the Storage
Port

Flags that can be

set at
the Storage Port
or
Initiator Groups

PP

When enabled, specifies a point-to-point (direct or switched)

topology in the initialization sequence. When disabled
(default),
it is initialized as an arbitrated loop.

YES

N/A

EAN

When enabled, allows two fibre ports to handshake

and settle on an optimal speed for data transfer.

YES

N/A

ACLX

When this flag is set, it enables the Initiator

Groups/Access Logix1 function on the port.

YES

N/A

When enabled, ensures unique World Wide Names (WWNs)

within the fibre environment by incorporating Symmetrix
serial
UWN numbers and port numbers for each WWN. Enabled by default YES
for all environment configuration changes and new
environments.
When disabled, WWNs do not have to be changed.

N/A

NP

When enabled along with the Hard Addressing flag, the

Fibre Channel director only uses hard-assigned addressing
when it initializes the loop, otherwise, soft-assigned
addressing is used during loop initialization (the default).

YES

N/A

When enabled, this flag causes the serial number

of a specific volume to be the same regardless of
the port on which it is visible.

N/A

YES

When enabled along with the Disk_Array flag

for HP-UX hosts, the volume setaddressing mode
is selected. VSA mode allows octal addressing.

N/A

YES

N/A

YES

When this flag is enabled, a Unit Attention (UA) that is

propagated
from another director does not flush the queue for this device
on this
N/A
director. Used for hosts that do not expect the queue to be
flushed on
a SCSI 0629 sense (only on a Hard Reset).

YES

SC3

When this flag is set, it alters the Inquiry data returned by any
device
on the port to report that Symmetrix supports SCSI -3. If this
flag is not
N/A
set, it reports that SCSI-2 is the supported protocol. This flag
also enable
the support for Auto Contingence Allegiance which is required
by IBM AIX.

YES

Typical behavior on a SCSI bus reset is to propagate the reset

to
all channels that share devices mapped to the port that
ARB received
the reset. When this bit is set, the reset only occurs to the
port on
which it is received, and is not broadcasted.

OS0 The effect of the OS07 setting can be summarized as follows:

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1. Automated device discovery of newly configured devices
and/or device paths.
2. Automated creation of DSFs (device special files) for newly
configured devices.
3. Automated detection and adaptation of device attribute

N/A

YES

changes including LUN

4. Capacity change event.
SPC2

This flag enables the support for SPC-2 SCSI standard that
are recommended for FC, FCoE, and iSCSI connectivity

N/A

YES

AS4

This flag should be enabled for any AS/400 (IBM i)

hosts connecting to the port.

N/A

YES

N/A

YES

OVM
Enabled for an OpenVMS Fibre Channel connection.
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