Changing To Npiv Mode Using The Command Line Interface - Dell M8428-K Hardware Reference Manual

Changing to NPIV mode using the browser-based GUI
Complete the following steps to enable NPIV mode using the browser-based GUI.
1. From the management console, open a Web browser.
2. Enter the IP address of the converged network switch into the Address field of the Web
3. Log into the browser-based GUI using the default administrative account.
4. From the Fabric Tree, select the converged network switch.
5. Click the Switch Admin button in the browser-based GUI Manage task box.
NOTE
You should save the configuration file if you are converting an converged network switch to NPIV
mode. To save your current configuration, click the Show Advanced Mode button in the top
right-hand corner of the Switch Administration window. Select the Configure tab, then select the
Upload/Download tab. Enter the relevant information to upload the configuration file.
6. From the Switch Status section, click Disable.
7.
8. Click Apply.
9. When prompted, click Yes to restart the switch module in NPIV mode.

Changing to NPIV mode using the command line interface

Complete the following steps to enable NPIV mode using the CLI.
1. Log in using the default administrative account.
2. Enter the following command to disable full fabric mode.
3. Back up the switch configurations. See
4. Enter the following command to enable NPIV mode:
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browser.
Login: admin
Password: password
The selected switch module appears in the Switch View.
The Switch Administration window opens.
From the NPIV Mode section, click Enable.
The current browser-based GUI session closes; relaunch browser-based GUI after the switch
module reboots.
Login: admin
Password: password
switchDisable
specifics.
ag ––modeEnable
The switch module automatically reboots and comes back online in NPIV mode using a factory
default F_Port to N_Port mapping.
Changing from full fabric mode to NPIV aggregator mode
"Backing up the configuration"
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