https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Fabric-MetroCluster-Brocade-FC-Switch-Fillword/m-p/121276#M7499 <P>Hi everybody,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>once upon a time...&nbsp;<IMG id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://community.netapp.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></P><P>In the past we must issue this command on all 8 Gbps switch port...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>portCfgFillWord #port 3</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Today?<BR />I've read and observed the result after applying the configuration scripts for 6505 and 6510 models. There's nothing about fillword parameter.<BR /><BR />Is it needed? Somebody told me that new FOS versions don't need it.<BR />And, what's about 16 Gbps ports?</P><P>Just for info without fillword=3 my FMC seems that it's working fine.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT color="#0000FF">PS) btw, pay attention that script configure ad 16 Gbps also the "store" ports. If you have an HBA card X1132 running ports at 8 Gbps your controller will not see the disks until you don't change the port speed at 8.</FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:56:57 GMT gmilazzoitag 2025-06-04T19:56:57Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Fabric-MetroCluster-Brocade-FC-Switch-Fillword/m-p/121276#M7499 <P>Hi everybody,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>once upon a time...&nbsp;<IMG id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://community.netapp.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></P><P>In the past we must issue this command on all 8 Gbps switch port...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>portCfgFillWord #port 3</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Today?<BR />I've read and observed the result after applying the configuration scripts for 6505 and 6510 models. There's nothing about fillword parameter.<BR /><BR />Is it needed? Somebody told me that new FOS versions don't need it.<BR />And, what's about 16 Gbps ports?</P><P>Just for info without fillword=3 my FMC seems that it's working fine.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT color="#0000FF">PS) btw, pay attention that script configure ad 16 Gbps also the "store" ports. If you have an HBA card X1132 running ports at 8 Gbps your controller will not see the disks until you don't change the port speed at 8.</FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:56:57 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Fabric-MetroCluster-Brocade-FC-Switch-Fillword/m-p/121276#M7499 gmilazzoitag 2025-06-04T19:56:57Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Fabric-MetroCluster-Brocade-FC-Switch-Fillword/m-p/121278#M7500 <P>From Brocade documentation: "This command applicable only to 8G FC ports; it is not supported on Condor 3-based platforms." 6505 and 6510 are 16G platforms (even if you use 8G SFP) so they should not need it.</P> Thu, 14 Jul 2016 09:46:39 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Fabric-MetroCluster-Brocade-FC-Switch-Fillword/m-p/121278#M7500 aborzenkov 2016-07-14T09:46:39Z