Virtual Fibre Channel Activation - Hitachi GVX-CC64GxBX series User Manual

Virtual Fibre Channel Activation

This function is available on 16G Fibre Channel Adapters with hfcmgr version higher than or
equal to 8.0, in Windows/Linux environments.
[Function] This command can activate Virtual Fibre Channel Feature with Windows Server 2012
or later Hyper-V and RHEL KVM environment without rebooting the system. For details, refer to
the section "Virtual fibre channel feature in Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 with Hyper-V roll
installed" in "HITACHI Gigabit Fibre Channel Adapter USER'S GUIDE (Windows Driver Edition)"
or the section "RHEL6 and RHEL7KVM Virtual Fibre Channel" in "HITACHI Gigabit Fibre
Channel Adapter USER'S GUIDE (Linux/VMware Driver Edition)".
[Syntax]
<Re-initialize Active Link>
hfcmgr -reset <logical-device-name> [force]
<options>
force
[Example]
# ./hfcmgr -reset hfcldd0
Time:2013/11/21 06:16:11
------------------------------------------------------------
WWPN:50000870005b4092 Device:hfcldd0
------------------------------------------------------------
Link setting refers to the following.
Connection Type
Multiple PortID
Link Speed
NPIV
Do you execute Applying Link setting to the driver? (y/n) > y
Succeeded.
#
[Detailed information about the parameters related to Virtual Fibre Channel Activation]
Display entry
Connection Type
Multiple PortID
Link Speed
NPIV
# Omit the (y/n) confirmation message at time of delete
[LinkUp]
: Point to Point
Display parameter configurations.
: disable
Re-initialize the active link using
: Auto
the parameters. If it is OK, press
: enable
"y" and execute it.
Descriptions
Configuration of Connection Type
Configuration of Multiple PortID
Configuration of LinkSpeed
Display the configuration of NPIV. If this parameter is not
set anything, this command displays the symbol "-" as the
configured parameter value. If this command is executed in
such situation, it disables NPIV.
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