From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Seokmann Ju Subject: Re: FC - NPIV in 2.6.23-rc2 Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:25:23 -0700 Message-ID: <46D6FD83.4010708@qlogic.com> References: <46D6EFE7.40802@qlogic.com> <7579f7fb0708300947r4bae76a8j3715316741f3563f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from avexch2.qlogic.com ([198.70.193.116]:23783 "EHLO avexch2.qlogic.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932288AbXH3RYI (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:24:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: <7579f7fb0708300947r4bae76a8j3715316741f3563f@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Jacob Cc: Abhishek Kane , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-driver@qlogic.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org 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