Enabling And Disabling Npiv; Viewing Npiv Port Configuration Information - Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001763-02 Administrator's Manual

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Enabling and disabling NPIV

Enabling and disabling NPIV
On the Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300, and 8000 switches, the Brocade 5410,
5424, 5450, 5460, 5470, and 5480 embedded switches, the Brocade 48000 director, the
Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms, and the FA4-18 blade, NPIV is enabled for
every port.
NOTE
CEE/FCoE ports on the Brocade 8000 have NPIV enabled by default, but NPIV cannot be enabled or
disabled on these ports. The login limit can be set on these ports provided you disable and enable
the ports using the fcoe
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. To enable or disable NPIV on a port, enter the portCfgNPIVPort command with either the
NOTE
If the NPIV feature is disabled, the port is toggled if NPIV devices are logged in from that F_Port (a
true NPIV port). Otherwise, the firmware considers that port as an F_Port even though the NPIV
feature was enabled.

Viewing NPIV port configuration information

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the portCfgShow command to view the switch ports information.
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VC Link Init
Locked L_Port
Locked G_Port
Disabled E_Port
Locked E_Port
ISL R_RDY Mode
RSCN Suppressed
Persistent Disable
LOS TOV enable
NPIV capability
QOS E_Port
Port Auto Disable:
Rate Limit
EX Port
Mirror Port
Credit Recovery
F_Port Buffers
NPIV PP Limit:
CSCTL mode:
disable and fcoe
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enable or disable option.
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The following example shows NPIV being enabled on port 10 of a Brocade 5100:
switch:admin> portCfgNPIVPort --enable 10
The following example shows whether a port is configured for NPIV:
switch:admin> portcfgshow
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
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OFF
enable commands.
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