Cmmode, Cmsetbw – Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual

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OCM for VMware vCenter Version 10.2 User Manual

P009805-01A Rev. A

11. Using OneCommand Manager for VMware vCenter Command Line Interface

The Command Reference

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cmmode

Syntax

elxvcpcmd.exe v=<vcenter_server> u=<vc_username> p=<vc_password>

h=<esx_host> cmmode <WWPN | MAC Address> <None | Type>

Description

This command enables or disables channel management on an adapter.

Note: A system reboot is required for the change to take effect.

Parameters

Example:

This example shows that the channel management on an adapter containing a NIC

function with a MAC address of [00-00-c9-ad-ad-aa] is disabled.

elxvcpcmd.exe v=10.20.30.40 u=username p=password h=10.11.12.13 CMMode

00-00-c9-bb-cc-aa None

cmsetbw

Note: This command is not available for 1 Gb ports.

Syntax

>elxvcpcmd.exe v=<vcenter_server> u=<vc_username> p=<vc_password>

h=<esx_host> cmsetbw <WWPN | MAC> <Min0,Max0> <Min1,Max1>...[MinN,MaxN]

Description

This command sets the minimum and maximum bandwidth for up to N channels each

on the physical port (where N is number of channels enabled on the adapter). The total

of the minimum bandwidths must add up to 100%. The total of the maximum

bandwidths must be greater than or equal to the minimum bandwidths and have a

maximum of 100%. When only three channels are available, specifying Min3,Max3

causes an error. When only two channels are available, specifying Min2,MaxB2 and

Min3,Max3 causes an error.

v

The vCenter server IP address.

u

The user name for the vCenter server.

p

The user password for the vCenter server.

h

The IP address of the ESXi host with Emulex adapters.

WWPN

WWPN of an FCoE function on the physical port.

MAC

MAC address of any NIC function on the physical adapter port.

None|Type

Specify None to disable channel management or specify a channel

management type to enable channel management.

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