Emulex OneCommand Manager Application User Manual (P006979-01A Version 5.2, August 2011)

The OneCommand Manager User Manual Page 135
8. Click OK. The New WWPN and new WWNN values are saved for Volatile or Non-Volatile use.
The new WWPN and WWNN appear in the Pending Changes section in the WWN Management
area of the Maintenance tab.
9. Reboot the system for the changes to take effect. The new WWPN and WWNN will appear in the
Pending Changes section of the Maintenance dialog box until the system is rebooted. After
rebooting, the changes are applied and appear in the Current section of the Maintenance dialog
box.
Creating and Deleting FC Virtual Ports (FC and FCoE Ports Only)
Creating Virtual Ports
The OneCommand Manager application can automatically generate the WWPN for the virtual port
based on the WWPN for the physical port or you can manually type the WWPN. You cannot generate
virtual ports on 1 Gb/s and 2 Gb/s adapters.
The NPIV driver parameter must be enabled before attempting to create a virtual port. The driver
parameter name varies slightly depending upon your operating system:
• For Windows: enableNPIV. On the Storport Miniport system, the SLIMode driver parameter
must also be set to 0 or 3.
• For Solaris: enable-npiv
• For Linux 8.2: lpfc_enable_npiv
See “Configuring the FC/FCoE Adapter Driver” on page 99 for more information on enabling driver
parameters.
To create a virtual port:
1. Do one of the following:
• From the View menu, select Group Adapters by Virtual Ports.
• From the toolbar, click Group Adapters by Virtual Ports.
2. From the discovery-tree, select the adapter port on which you want to create a virtual port. The
Virtual Ports tab appears.
Note: For VMware ESX 3i and ESXi 4.x: After changing the WWN of an adapter, you must
reboot the system before trying to access the adapter on that system. Refer to
VMware’s documentation to learn how.
Note: For ESXi 4.x: If you are using the CIM Interface to access adapters, after changing
the WWN of an adapter you must restart the CIMOM (i.e. SFCB) on the ESX 4.0
system before trying to access the adapter on that system. Refer to VMware’s
documentation to learn how to restart the CIMOM.
Note: Neither the OneCommand Manager application nor the hbacmd utility can be used to
create or delete virtual ports on any VMware ESX server. Whereas VMware ESX
server supports NPIV, only VMware management tools can be used to create and
delete virtual ports.
Note: In Linux, virtual ports do not persist across system reboots.