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Configuration : Protocols > FC/FCoE : Configuring FC/FCoE : Starting or stopping the FC or FCoE service
Starting or stopping the FC or FCoE service
The FC service enables you to manage FC target adapters for use with LUNs. You have to start the FC service to bring the adapters online and allow access to the LUNs on the storage system. You can stop the FC service to take the FC adapters offline and prevent access to the LUNs.
Before you begin 
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The FC license must be installed.
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An FC adapter must be present in the target storage system.
About this task 
If your storage system is running Data ONTAP versions earlier than 7.3.2, the left pane displays FCP as the Fibre Channel protocol, and if your storage system is running Data ONTAP 7.3.2 or later, FC/FCoE is displayed.
Steps 
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From the Home tab, double-click the appropriate storage system.
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In the navigation pane, click Configuration > Protocols, and then click the Fibre Channel protocol.
3.
Click either Start or Stop, as appropriate.
4.
If you are stopping the FC or FCoE service, click Stop.
Related reference 
FC/FCoE window

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