Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1389)

OCM for VMware vCenter Version 10.2 User Manual P009805-01A Rev. A
11. Using OneCommand Manager for VMware vCenter Command Line Interface
The Command Reference
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Description
This command sets the Logical Port VLAN IDs (LPVID) for each channel on a physical
port. LPVID values are in the range of 2-4094. When only three channels are available,
specifying LPVID3 causes an error. When only two channels are available, specifying
LPVID2 and LPVID3 causes an error.
Parameters
Notes:
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LPVID values are in the range of 2-4094.
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This is the only command available to set LPVID values.
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Every NIC channel on a physical port must have a unique LPVID.
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This command is not available FCoE and iSCSI channels because they are
storage channels. LPVIDs for FCoE and iSCSI channels must be set to ‘0’.
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This command is not available for 1 Gb ports.
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If UMC is disabled when this command is executed, a warning message is
displayed stating that UMC is disabled and must be enabled for any changes to
take effect.
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A system reboot is not required for the change take effect.
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LPVID properties are only associated with UMC. The umcsetlpvid command
fails if the current channel management mode is not UMC.
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SR-IOV is not supported with UMC channel management.
Example
elxvcpcmd.exe v=10.192.000.000 u=root p=vmware h=10.192.000.000 umcsetlpvid
00-00-c9-12-34-56 1001 1002 1003 1004
v
The vCenter server IP address.
u
The user name for the vCenter server.
p
The user password for the vCenter server.
h
The IP address of the ESXi host with Emulex adapters.
MAC
MAC address of any NIC function on the physical adapter port.
LPVID State
LPVID0
LPVID for channel 0
LPVID1
LPVID for channel 1
LPVIDN
LPVID for channel N
Note: The number of channels and the maximum value of N are adapter
model specific.