Users Guide

5–Fibre Channel Noninteractive Commands
-vp (Virtual Ports [NPIV])
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-vp (Virtual Ports [NPIV])
To list, create, and delete virtual ports on a physical adapter port, issue the -vp
command as follows:
qaucli -pr fc -vp <hba instance>|<hba wwpn> list|create|delete
<vport wwpn>|<vport hex>|all [<num_of_vport>]
Where:
To list a specific virtual port on a physical adapter port, issue the following
command:
qaucli -pr fc -vp <hba instance>|<hba wwpn> list <vport wwpn>
To create a virtual port with an automatic WWPN, issue the following command:
qaucli -pr fc -vp <hba instance>|<hba wwpn> create auto
[<num_of_vport>]
To create a virtual port with a specific WWPN, issue the following command:
qaucli -pr fc -vp <hba instance>|<hba wwpn> create <vport hex>
When prompted, type two hexadecimal digits. The system checks these digits to
be sure they are unique and, if they are, puts them into byte 1 of the WWPN.
To delete all virtual ports on a physical adapter port, issue the following command:
qaucli -pr fc -vp <hba instance>|<hba wwpn> delete all
To delete a specific virtual port on a physical adapter port, issue this command:
qaucli -pr fc -vp <hba instance>|<hba wwpn> delete <vport wwpn>
NOTE
A maximum of 31 virtual ports is supported on 8200 Series adapters.
<hba instance> = Adapter number (use the -g command to find)
<hba wwpn> = World wide port name of the adapter port
<vport wwpn> = World wide port name of the virtual port
<vport hex> = World wide port name of the virtual port with the two hexadeci-
mal digits in byte three supplied by the user
<num_of_vport> = Number of virtual ports to be created. If the keyword max is
specified, the maximum number of virtual ports will be automati-
cally created.