Brocade Fabric OS Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 442)

NPIV capability ON
QOS E_Port AE
Port Auto Disable: OFF
Rate Limit OFF
EX Port OFF
Mirror Port OFF
Credit Recovery ON
F_Port Buffers OFF
Fault Delay: 0(R_A_TOV)
NPIV PP Limit: 128
CSCTL mode: OFF
Frame Shooter Port OFF
D-Port mode: OFF
D-Port over DWDM ..
Compression: OFF
Encryption: OFF
FEC: ON
Enabling and disabling NPIV
NPIV is enabled for every port.
NOTE
NPIV is a requirement for FCoE.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. To enable or disable NPIV on a port, enter the portCfgNPIVPort command with either the --enable
or --disable option.
The following example shows NPIV being enabled on port 10 of a Brocade 5100:
switch:admin> portCfgNPIVPort --enable 10
NOTE
If the NPIV feature is disabled, the port is toggled if NPIV devices are logged in from that F_Port (a
true NPIV port). Otherwise, the firmware considers that port as an F_Port even though the NPIV
feature was enabled.
Base device logout
Base device logout is a Fibre Channel - Lin Service 2 (FC-LS2) standard-based feature in which the
Fabric OS firmware allows NPIV devices to remain logged in after the base device logs out. This
feature is available on all the switches and Access Gateways starting with Fabric OS 7.3.0. Any device
attached to an NPIV port is able to log in and log out without affecting the login status of the other
devices on the port. This section explains the changes in F-port behavior, use case scenarios
including possible changes in existing Fabric OS show commands, new CLIs and configuration
commands associated with this feature. This section explains also the possible risks, compatibility (FW
upgrade/downgrade) and HA aspects of Fabric OS related to this feature.
From their inception, Brocade switches have treated a base device logout on a given port as a logout
of all devices on that port. For NPIV devices, this means that each NPIV device is logged out when the
base device is logged out. This is referred to as the legacy functionality. When the final FC-LS2
standard was released, the functionality it defined had changed from the initial understanding. Instead
Enabling and disabling NPIV
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