Enabling Npiv On A New System - IBM Storwize V5010 Manual

5.4.2 Enabling NPIV on a new system

For v7.7.0 and later, a new IBM Spectrum Virtualize system should have NPIV enabled by
default. For any case where it is not enabled by default and NPIV is wanted, then NPIV can be
enabled on a new IBM Spectrum Virtualize system by running the following steps:
1. Run the lsiogrp command to list the I/O groups present in a system, as shown in
Example 5-6.
Example 5-6 Listing the I/O groups in a system
IBM_2145:ITSO:superuser>lsiogrp
id name
0 io_grp0
1 io_grp1
2 io_grp2
3 io_grp3
4 recovery_io_grp 0
2. Run the lsiogrp command to view the status of N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), as shown
in Example 5-7.
Example 5-7 Checking NPIV mode with the fctargetportmode field
IBM_2145:ITSO:superuser>lsiogrp 0
id 0
name io_grp0
node_count 2
vdisk_count 2
host_count 2
flash_copy_total_memory 20.0MB
flash_copy_free_memory 20.0MB
remote_copy_total_memory 20.0MB
remote_copy_free_memory 20.0MB
mirroring_total_memory 20.0MB
mirroring_free_memory 20.0MB
raid_total_memory 40.0MB
raid_free_memory 38.8MB
maintenance no
compression_active yes
accessible_vdisk_count 2
compression_supported yes
max_enclosures 10
encryption_supported no
flash_copy_maximum_memory 552.0MB
site_id
site_name
fctargetportmode enabled
compression_total_memory 2047.9MB
3. If the resulting output is fctargetportmode enabled, as shown in Example 5-7, then NPIV
is enabled.
node_count vdisk_count host_count site_id site_name
2 2
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
2
2
2
2
0
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