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portCfgNPIVPort

portCfgNPIVPort
Enables or disables N_Port ID virtualization (NPIV) functionality on a port.
Synopsis portcfgnpivport [slotnumber/]portnumber, mode
Description Use this command to enable or disable NPIV functionality on a port. NPIV is applicable to an F_Port
only. By default, NPIV is enabled for all Condor ASIC-based ports and disabled for all Bloom
ASIC-based ports.
The following conditions must be met for a switch port to respond to NPIV requests from an NPIV
device:
NPIV capable:
NPIV enabled:
NPIV HA:
Up to a maximum of 255 virtual port IDs are allocated per NPIV port. The maximum number of
virtual IDs can be configured from 0 to 255 per port. The default value is 126 per port. The number
of virtual port IDs per switch also can be configured. See configure for more information on
configuring these values.
Notes Changes made by this command are persistent across switch reboots and power cycles.
Use the portCfgShow command to display whether NPIV is enabled on a port. Use the
portCfgDefault command to reset all port configurations, including the NPIV configuration of a port.
The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place.
Operands This command has the following operands:
slotnumber
portnumber
mode
Examples To enable NPIV functionality on a port:
To display NPIV functionality on a port:
450
NPIV capability is a switch blade or port attribute that is required for NPIV
functionality to operate. Some blades within a switch, or some ports within a
switch or blade, might not have NPIV capability. NPIV functionality cannot be
enabled on such ports and they will not respond to NPIV requests.
NPIV functionality must be enabled on a port for it to respond to NPIV
requests. By default, NPIV is enabled on all Condor ASIC-based ports and
disabled on all Bloom ASIC-based ports. It can be selectively enabled or
disabled on switch ports using this command.
For a redundant control processor (CP) system to enable NPIV functionality, it
must be running NPIV-enabled firmware versions on both the active and
standby CPs. This requirement does not apply to single CP systems.
For bladed systems only, specify the slot number of the port to be configured,
followed by a slash (/).
Specify a port number to be configured, relative to its slot for bladed systems.
Use switchShow to display a list of valid ports.
Specify 1 to enable and 0 to disable the NPIV function.
switch:admin> portcfgnpivport 1/3 1
switch:admin> portcfgshow
(output from other ports suppressed)
Ports of Slot 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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