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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 -h to 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.