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158 XgOS User’s Guide • September 2014
Removing vHBAs
To support the graceful deletion of vHBAs, you must follow the documented
procedures. Failure to do so might cause instability on the host server.
General Procedure
In general, the process of removing a vHBA is the same for every situation:
1. On the host server, stop I/O that uses the vHBA that you want to delete.
2. On the Oracle Fabric Interconnect, remove the vHBA.
3. For example, to delete the vHBA named news_storage:
Environments Where the General Procedure Applies
You can use the general procedure if you are removing a vHBA:
■ Connected to a native Linux or Windows server (not a VMware virtual machine)
with no file system mounted and no other special circumstances (see “Procedures
for vHBA Delete in Special Environments” on page 159 for specialized
instructions).
■ Used for SAN boot, so long as the vHBA is not providing access to the root
partition.
Note – You cannot remove a vHBA that provides the root partition in a SAN boot
environment. If you attempt to remove the vHBA, the server will behave
unpredictably.
■ Connected to a non-multipath Linux server.
■ That mount a file system for a Windows server.
■ Connected to a Windows multipathing server.
■ When you are migrating a server-profile.
■ Changing a server-profile configuration deletes all the vNICs and vHBAs
contained in the profile.
remove vhba news_storage