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63 ATTO Technology Inc. ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation Manual
1.5 Virtual Port Management
The ConfigTool provides the ability to manage virtual
ports on 8Gb and 16Gb Celerity HBAs installed on
Windows platforms. Virtual port functionality is
implemented by the Celerity driver according to the
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) extension to the Fibre
Channel standard. The ConfigTool NPIV interface can
be used to create, delete and monitor virtual ports on
either a local or remote Windows host.
The NPIV Panel
When the channel highlighted in the Device Listing
belongs to a Celerity adapter residing on a Windows
host, the NPIV tab is added to the Configuration
Options window. Clicking on the NPIV tab will display
the NPIV panel, which provides controls for creating
and deleting virtual ports on the selected channel and
also displays the attributes and status of each active
port. The contents of the NPIV panel are illustrated
below and summarized in the sections that follow.
Note
If the remote host is running an older version
of the Celerity driver that does not support
NPIV, the NPIV panel will display the
message: “This version of the driver does not
support NPIV.” Visit the ATTO website
(
www.attotech.com ) to download the latest
Celerity driver.
Exhibit 1.5-1 The NPIV Panel