Cisco Systems UCSCPCIECSC02 Managing vHBAs

Managing vHBAs

Whenmanaging vHBAs, considerthe following guidelinesand restrictions:

• The Cisco UCS P81E VirtualInterface Card and Cisco UCS VIC1225 Virtual Interface Card provide

twovHBAs (fc0 and fc1). You can create up to 16 additional vHBAs on these adapter cards.

IfNetwork Interface Virtualization (NIV) mode is enabled for the adapter, you must

assigna channel number to a vHBA when you create it.

Note

• When using the Cisco UCS P81E VirtualInterface Card or Cisco UCS VIC1225 Virtual Interface Card

inan FCoEapplication, you must associate the vHBA with the FCoE VLAN. Follow the instructions

inModifying vHBA Properties, on page 11 to assign the VLAN.

• After making configuration changes, you must reboot the host for settings to take effect.

Procedure

Step 1 Inthe Navigation pane, clickthe Server tab.

Step 2 Onthe Server tab, clickInventory.

Step 3 Inthe Inventory pane, clickthe Network Adapters tab.

Step 4 Inthe Adapter Cards area,select the adaptercard.

Ifthe server is poweredon, theresources of theselected adapter card appear in the tabbed menu below the

AdapterCards area.

Step 5 Inthe tabbed menu below the Adapter Cards area, clickthe vHBAs tab.

Step 6 Inthe Host FibreChannel Interfaces area, select a vHBA from the table.

Step 7 ClickProperties to open the vHBA Properties dialog box.

Step 8 Inthe General area, review the information in the following fields:

DescriptionName

Thename of thevirtual HBA.

Thisname cannot be changed after the vHBAhas beencreated.

Namefield

TheWWNN associatedwith the vHBA.

Tolet the system generate the WWNN, select AUTO. To specify a

WWNN,click the second radio button and enter the WWNN in the

correspondingfield.

WorldWide Node Name field

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Managing Network Adapters

Managing vHBAs