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34 PowerVM Migration from Physical to Virtual Storage

In Figure 2-10, the relationship between the virtual Fibre Channel

components and what the SAN switch sees is shown.

Figure 2-10 Virtual Fibre Channel concepts

10.In some cases you may be required to verify that WWPNs can be seen on the

SAN. In the examples used here, we use an IBM 2005-B16 SAN switch. The

commands will work on any IBM B Series or Brocade switch with firmware

equal to or greater than FOS 5.3.0. Two methods are presented:

– Using the Web-based SwitchExplorer interface

– Using telnet

Client

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Partition

Virtual

I/O

Server

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System

Enclosure

virtual Fibre Channel (POWER Hypervisor)

WWPN

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SAN

Switch

WWPN

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virtual

server

adapter

virtual

client

adapter

The SAN Switch sees both

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WWPNS

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NPIV/Virtual Fibre Channel Setup

physical

adapter