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Enabling NPIV on M-EOS switches, for the disabled

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4 Fabric and Edge switch configuration switchType: 76.6 switchState: Online switchMode: Native switchRole: Subordinate switchDomain: 13 switchId: fffc01 switchWwn: 10:00:00:05:1e:03:4b:e7 zoning: OFF switchBeacon: OFF See Table 3 on page 9 for a description of the port state. If the switch is in Native mode, you can enable AG mode; otherwise, set the switch to Native mode, and then reboot the switch. Enabling NPIV on M-EOS switches 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin on the M-EOS switch. 2. Enable the MS services by entering the following commands: For the Mi10K switch, enter the following command. fc osmsState where vfid Virtual fabric identification number. state Can be enable for the enabled state or disable for the disabled state. For other McDATA switches, enter the following command. config OpenSysMs setState where osmsState Can be enable or 1 for the enabled state or disable or 0 for the disabled state. 3. Enable NPIV functionality on the Edge fabric ports so that multiple logins are allowed for each port. Enter the following command on the M-EOS switch to enable NPIV on the specified ports. config NPIV Your M-EOS switch is now ready to connect. NOTE You can run the agshow command to display Access Gateway information registered with the fabric. When an Access Gateway is exclusively connected to Non-Fabric-OS-based switches, it will not show up in the agshow output on other Brocade Switches in the fabric. 66 Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 53-1001760-01

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Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide
53-1001760-01
Fabric and Edge switch configuration
4
switchType:
76.6
switchState:
Online
switchMode:
Native
switchRole:
Subordinate
switchDomain:
13
switchId:
fffc01
switchWwn:
10:00:00:05:1e:03:4b:e7
zoning:
OFF
switchBeacon:
OFF
----------------------------------------=
See
Table 3
on page 9 for a description of the port state.
If the switch is in Native mode, you can enable AG mode; otherwise, set the switch to Native mode,
and then reboot the switch.
Enabling NPIV on M-EOS switches
1.
Connect to the switch and log in as admin on the M-EOS switch.
2.
Enable the MS services by entering the following commands:
For the Mi10K switch, enter the following command.
fc osmsState <vfid> <state>
where
vfid
Virtual fabric identification number.
state
Can be
enable
for the enabled state or
disable
for the disabled state.
For other McDATA switches, enter the following command.
config OpenSysMs setState <osmsState>
where
osmsState
Can be
enable
or
1
for the enabled state or
disable
or
0
for the disabled
state.
3.
Enable NPIV functionality on the Edge fabric ports so that multiple logins are allowed for each
port. Enter the following command on the M-EOS switch to enable NPIV on the specified ports.
config NPIV
Your M-EOS switch is now ready to connect.
NOTE
You can run the
agshow
command to display Access Gateway information registered with the fabric.
When an Access Gateway is exclusively connected to Non-Fabric-OS-based switches, it will not show
up in the
agshow
output on other Brocade Switches in the fabric.