Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 422)

422 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Enabling and disabling NPIV
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VC Link Init OFF
Locked L_Port OFF
Locked G_Port OFF
Disabled E_Port OFF
Locked E_Port OFF
ISL R_RDY Mode OFF
RSCN Suppressed OFF
Persistent Disable OFF
LOS TOV enable OFF
NPIV capability ON
QOS E_Port AE
Port Auto Disable: OFF
Rate Limit OFF
EX Port OFF
Mirror Port OFF
Credit Recovery ON
F_Port Buffers OFF
Fault Delay: 0(R_A_TOV)
NPIV PP Limit: 128
CSCTL mode: OFF
Frame Shooter Port OFF
D-Port mode: OFF
Compression: OFF
Encryption: OFF
FEC: ON
Enabling and disabling NPIV
On the Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, 6505, 6510, 6520, 7800, and 8000 switches, the Brocade
5410, 5424, 5430, 5450, 5460, 5470, and 5480 embedded switches, Brocade DCX and DCX
8510 Backbone families, and the FA4-18 blade, NPIV is enabled for every port.
NOTE
NPIV is a requirement for FCoE. The CEE/FCoE ports on the Brocade 8000 have NPIV enabled by
default, but NPIV cannot be enabled or disabled on these ports. The login limit can be set on these
ports provided you disable and enable the ports using the fcoe
-- disable and fcoe -- enable
commands.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. To enable or disable NPIV on a port, enter the portCfgNPIVPort command with either the
-- enable or --disable option.
The following example shows NPIV being enabled on port 10 of a Brocade 5100:
switch:admin> portCfgNPIVPort --enable 10
NOTE
If the NPIV feature is disabled, the port is toggled if NPIV devices are logged in from that F_Port (a
true NPIV port). Otherwise, the firmware considers that port as an F_Port even though the NPIV
feature was enabled.