Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Installation
- Chapter 3: Configuration
- 3.1 ESXi Command Line Tool Transition
- 3.2 FC Driver Configuration
- 3.2.1 FC Driver Parameters Configuration Methods
- 3.2.2 FC-SP-2 Authentication (DHCHAP) Support
- 3.2.3 Trunking Support
- 3.2.4 Dynamically Adding LUNs
- 3.2.5 Dynamically Adding Targets
- 3.2.6 FC Driver Configuration Parameters
- 3.2.7 Creating an FC Remote Boot Disk
- 3.2.8 Managing Devices through the CIM Interface
- 3.2.9 Installing the Emulex CIM Provider
- 3.2.10 Creating, Deleting, and Displaying vPorts
- 3.2.11 Configuring VVols in ESXi 6.5 and 6.7
- Chapter 4: Troubleshooting
- Appendix A: esxcli Management Tool
- Appendix B: lpfc Driver BlockGuard Functionality
- Appendix C: Using the VMID Feature on a Brocade Switch
- Appendix D: Using the VMID Feature on a Cisco Switch
- Appendix E: License Notices
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Emulex Drivers for VMware ESXi User Guide
An output similar to the following is shown:
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INTERFACE VSAN FCID PORT NAME NODE NAME FLAGS
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fc3/4 102 0x010025 10:00:00:00:c9:d1:a4:ec 20:00:00:00:c9:d1:a4:ec PM
fc3/9 102 0x010045 10:00:e0:07:1b:ce:58:62 20:00:e0:07:1b:ce:58:62 P
Total number of flogi = 2.
FLAGS:
A area FCID allocation
L loop device
V FDISC
D the wwn matches the default OUI list
O the wwn matches the configured OUI list
P allocation was done based on the persistency table
M indicates a VMID capable FCID
On the Cisco switch you can run the following command to get the mapping between FCID and the VMID:
(config-if)# show vmis database
An output similar to the following is shown:
Total 1 entries
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INTERFACE VSAN FCID LOCAL VEID GLOBAL VEID
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fc3/4 102 0x010025 0x01 50072573-386e-296a-0c27-4f3a4c3c88ea