Portcfgfillword and 16Gb DCX 8510 and 6510 switch ports set to 8Gb

[Anonymous]

I no longer see the portcfgfillword listed under the portcfgshow on the brocade 8510 and 6510 switches.

You may say it does not apply to a 16Gb port, but what happens if, by chance, want to set this port to 8Gb?

I have had to set some ports on 8Gb connections between certain products with a Portcfgfillword setting of 3

3 = If ARBF/ARBF fails use IDLE/ARBF

Does anyone have any insight on this issue?

I am also curious why it does not apply to a 16Gb port.

Thanks

matt

[alexey.stepanov]

according to dion.v.d.c:

The 16G platform (Condor3) doesn't support this command as it autosets the right primitives

[Anonymous]

True, the 16G platform autodetects which fillword it should use and therefor there's no need for the portcfgfillword command

[Anonymous]

But on an FC8-64 that has Condor2 ASICs in a DCX 8510 (with Condor3 in CR and Condor2 in CP) can we use the portcfgfillword?

Is this combination considered a "16G platform"?

[Anonymous]

In this case it doesn't matter that other blades with Condor3 are present.

The user facing port is bound to a Condor2 ASIC which cannot autodetect the fillword, thus portcfgfillword must be used.