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Procedure
1 Open the Virtual Machine Properties dialog box by clicking the Edit Settings link for the selected
virtual machine.
2 Click the Options tab and select Fibre Channel NPIV.
The Virtual Machine Properties dialog box opens.
3 Edit the WWN assignments by selecting one of the following options:
Option Description
Temporarily disable NPIV for this
virtual machine
Disable the WWN assignments for the virtual machine.
Leave unchanged
The existing WWN assignments are retained. The read-only WWN
Assignments section of this dialog box displays the node and port values
of any existing WWN assignments.
Generate new WWNs
New WWNs are generated and assigned to the virtual machine,
overwriting any existing WWNs (those of the HBA itself are unaffected).
Remove WWN assignment
The WWNs assigned to the virtual machine are removed and it uses the
HBA WWNs to access the storage LUN. This option is not available if you
are creating a new virtual machine.
4 Click OK to save your changes.
Set Up Networking for Software FCoE
Before you activate the software FCoE adapters, you need to connect the VMkernel to physical FCoE NICs
installed on your host.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client, and select a host from the inventory panel.
2 Click the Configuration tab and click Networking.
3 In the vSphere standard switch view, click Add Networking.
4 Select VMkernel and click Next.
5 Select Create a vSphere standard switch to create a new vSphere standard switch.
6 Select the network adapter (vmnic#) that supports FCoE and click Next.
If your host has multiple network adapters or multiple ports on the adapter, you can add all of them to
a single vSphere standard switch. An alternative is to connect each FCoE NIC to a separate standard
switch.
NOTE ESXi supports the maximum of four network adapter ports used for software FCoE.
7 Enter a network label.
Network label is a friendly name that identifies the VMkernel adapter that you are creating, for
example, FCoE.
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