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Table of Contents
Reviewer........................................................................................................................................... 4
Thanks to the following people for their contributions to this TechDoc.............................................. 4
1. Abstract and purpose ..................................................................................................................... 5
2. NPIV introduction......................................................................................................................... 5
3. Facilities involved ......................................................................................................................... 5
3.1 Server.................................................................................................................................. 5
3.2 SAN Switch......................................................................................................................... 5
3.3 Storage ................................................................................................................................ 6
3.4 HMC ................................................................................................................................... 7
3.5 Topology ............................................................................................................................. 7
4. Define VIO Server......................................................................................................................... 8
5. Define the client partition .............................................................................................................. 9
6. NPIV Implementation.................................................................................................................... 9
6.1 Add the virtual fiber channel on the server in the profile of VIO........................................... 9
6.2 Check the N-port fiber adapter ............................................................................................. 9
6.2.1 Check the VFC adapter............................................................................................ 10
6.2.2 Check the firmware of the N_port adapter................................................................ 11
6.3 Implement NPIV................................................................................................................ 12
6.3.1 Get the port information .......................................................................................... 12
6.3.2 Define the mapping on VIO Server.......................................................................... 13
6.4 Define Zone configuration ................................................................................................. 15
6.5 LUN mapping.................................................................................................................... 16
7. NPIV Testing scenarios............................................................................................................... 17
8. Conduct fail-over verification...................................................................................................... 17
8.1 Verify the environment ...................................................................................................... 17
8.2 Parameter changed............................................................................................................. 18
8.3 How to run the testing........................................................................................................ 19
8.4 Testing Result.................................................................................................................... 21
8.4.1 Fail-over between two VFC..................................................................................... 21
8.4.2 Fail-over between VFC and physical adapter ........................................................... 22
8.4.3 Fail over between physical adapter and VFC............................................................ 23
9. Reference.................................................................................................................................... 23
