1 NPIV mode and full fabric mode
•NPIV mode simplifies SAN deployment by using N_Port ID Virtualization. NPIV provides Fibre Channel switch functions that improve switch module scalability, manageability, and interoperability.
-For a list of switch module F_Ports mapped to N_Ports in the switch module as shipped from the factory, refer to “NPIV Mode default port mapping” on page 27.
NOTE
NPIV
Features available on the switch module depend on whether the module is configured in NPIV or full fabric mode.
Table 1 lists Fabric OS components that are supported on a switch when NPIV mode is enabled. “No” indicates that the feature is not provided in NPIV mode. “NA” indicates this feature is not applicable in NPIV mode of operation. A single asterisk (*) indicates the feature is transparent to NPIV, that is NPIV forwards the request to the Enterprise fabric. Two asterisks (**) indicates that if the Enterprise fabric is not of a specific configuration, the feature may not be available.
TABLE 1 | Fabric OS components supported in NPIV mode | |
Feature |
| Support |
|
| |
Access Control | Yes (limited roles)1 | |
Admin Domains | No | |
|
|
|
Audit |
| Yes |
|
|
|
Beaconing |
| Yes |
|
| |
Config Download/Upload | Yes | |
|
|
|
DHCP |
| Yes |
|
| |
Environmental Monitor | Yes | |
|
| |
Error Event Management | Yes | |
|
| |
Extended Fabrics | No | |
|
| |
Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI) | Yes* | |
|
|
|
Fabric Watch |
| Yes (limited) |
|
| |
FICON (includes CUP) | No | |
|
| |
Native Interoperability Mode | NA | |
|
|
|
License |
| Yes** |
|
|
|
Log Tracking |
| Yes |
|
| |
Management Server | NA | |
|
| |
Manufacturing Diagnostics | Yes | |
|
| |
N_Port ID Virtualization | Yes | |
|
|
|
Name Server |
| NA |
|
| |
Network Time Protocol (NTP) | No (no relevance from fabric perspective)2 | |
Open E_Port |
| NA |
|
| |
Performance Monitor | Yes (Basic PM only, no APM support) | |
|
|
|
Port Mirroring |
| No |
2 | Dell |
|
