Dell PowerEdge M520 Dell M8428-k Hardware Reference Manual - Page 31

Changing from full fabric mode to NPIV aggregator mode 2 Changing to NPIV mode using the browser-based GUI Complete the following steps to enable NPIV mode using the browser-based GUI. 1. From the management console, open a Web browser. 2. Enter the IP address of the converged network switch into the Address field of the Web browser. 3. Log into the browser-based GUI using the default administrative account. Login: admin Password: password 4. From the Fabric Tree, select the converged network switch. The selected switch module appears in the Switch View. 5. Click the Switch Admin button in the browser-based GUI Manage task box. The Switch Administration window opens. NOTE You should save the configuration file if you are converting an converged network switch to NPIV mode. To save your current configuration, click the Show Advanced Mode button in the top right-hand corner of the Switch Administration window. Select the Configure tab, then select the Upload/Download tab. Enter the relevant information to upload the configuration file. 6. From the Switch Status section, click Disable. 7. From the NPIV Mode section, click Enable. 8. Click Apply. 9. When prompted, click Yes to restart the switch module in NPIV mode. The current browser-based GUI session closes; relaunch browser-based GUI after the switch module reboots. Changing to NPIV mode using the command line interface Complete the following steps to enable NPIV mode using the CLI. 1. Log in using the default administrative account. Login: admin Password: password 2. Enter the following command to disable full fabric mode. switchDisable 3. Back up the switch configurations. See "Backing up the configuration" on page 20 for specifics. 4. Enter the following command to enable NPIV mode: ag --modeEnable The switch module automatically reboots and comes back online in NPIV mode using a factory default F_Port to N_Port mapping. Dell M8428-k Hardware Reference Manual 19 53-1001980-01