From: Seokmann Ju <seokmann.ju@qlogic.com>
To: Matthew Jacob <lydianconcepts@gmail.com>
Cc: Abhishek Kane <abhishek.kane@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-driver@qlogic.com,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: FC - NPIV in 2.6.23-rc2
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:25:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46D6FD83.4010708@qlogic.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7579f7fb0708300947r4bae76a8j3715316741f3563f@mail.gmail.com>
Matthew Jacob wrote:
>>> some sought of documentation for this, please let me know.
>> NPIV is a feature to provide multiple path available on one physical port and it has implemented based on the multiport ID (MID) capability on the switch.
>> So, you have to have the switch with MID capable on the configuration to support NPIV, besides the controller.
>>
>
> No, if the switch doesn't suport NP-IV, the 24XX f/w will come up in
> Public Loop mode (FL).
That is correct.
As it should, the F/W with NPIV capability also works on the configuration with non-NPIV switches.
Thank you,
Seokmann
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-30 17:24 UTC|newest]
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2007-08-30 16:27 ` FC - NPIV in 2.6.23-rc2 Seokmann Ju
2007-08-30 16:47 ` Matthew Jacob
2007-08-30 17:25 ` Seokmann Ju [this message]
2007-08-30 23:46 ` Duane Grigsby
2007-08-30 23:46 ` Duane Grigsby
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