Q-Logic FC HBA CLI manual Scli -vp -h

4 – Interactive Commands

Virtual Menu (Command Line Option -vp)

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QLogic's SANsurfer FC HBA CLI for Windows works in conjunction with QLogic's N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)-capable Windows driver. NPIV is an ANSI T11 standard that describes how multiple unique fabric addresses (N_Port IDs) can share a single FC HBA physical port (N_Port) in SAN fabric topology. NPIV allows a physical HBA port to obtain N_Port IDs. The SANsurfer FC HBA CLI refers to these N_Port IDs as “virtual ports” (VPorts).

QLogic 4Gb FC HBAs (QLx24xx) support the NPIV standard. Using NPIV requires software tools or applications to create, delete, manage, deploy, and migrate virtual ports. Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Server 2005 R2, along with Windows Server 2003, provides a virtualization platform that can run guest operating systems in an x86 environment. Use the QLogic NPIV-capable Windows driver with QLogic’s SANsurfer FC HBA CLI to create, delete, and manage virtual ports. You can deploy and migrate virtual ports in conjunction with virtual machines (VMs) in your Windows Virtual Server environment using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine CLI 2007.

For more information about QLogic and Microsoft solutions, see the following documents:

„HBA Virtualization Technologies for Windows Environments

„Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager

The Virtual Menu options allow you to view, create, and delete virtual HBA ports.

To see a complete list of NPIV options, add the flag -hto the vp command. For example:

scli -vp -h

When you select the Virtual Menu option from the main menu, the Virtual Menu appears.

„HBA Model

‰Port Number

‰WWPN

‰Status (Online/Loop down)

„(Additional HBAs)

‰(Additional Ports)

Virtual port options include the following:

„<vport wwpn> is the World Wide Port Name of a virtual port.

„<vport hex> is a single hex digit that will be part of the virtual port’s WWPN (Second byte). (0-4 is reserved for physical HBA port. Note that this feature is supported only with NPIV-enabled driver.

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