Cisco switches, B-series switches, C-series switches – HP StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library User Manual
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To enable NPIV on a Brocade switch, navigate to port administration and execute an advance
view.
Cisco switches
Some Cisco switches that support NPIV do not have NPIV enabled by default. The Cisco MDS
9148 may disable NPIV when power cycled.
To enable NPIV on a Cisco switch use Cisco_Device_Manager > Admin > Feature_Control or use
the Cisco CLI commands show NPIV status and NPIV enable.
Hardware-specific requirements for advanced path failover
The NPIV settings are not needed for advanced path failover. For supported switch firmware
versions, see the EBS design guide on the HP website at
B-Series switches
For best reliability use revision v7.1.1c, or newer. LTO-5 and later drives work best with 8G
connections configured with arb(ff) type 3, which is done by using the portcfgfillword
command to set the ports to use fill word type 3. The fill word for 4G connections should be set to
idle.
C-Series switches
For best reliability use minimum revision 5.2(8)
H-Series switches
For best reliability use minimum revision v7.4.0.21.0.
Hardware-specific requirements for advanced path failover
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