From: Seokmann Ju <seokmann.ju@qlogic.com>
To: Abhishek Kane <abhishek.kane@gmail.com>
Cc: 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 09:27:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46D6EFE7.40802@qlogic.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c7d75baf0708300849g27a5e4c3wba73b960a89a85e5@mail.gmail.com>
Abhishek Kane wrote:
> Hi,
>
> With the NPIV support been merged into 2.6.23-rc2, i was interested in
> trying it out on my setup. But i understand from the code that this support
> (NPIV) is only for 24xx cards.
> I need to undertand what are the problems in making it available for 23xx
> cards.
It is not supported. There is no technical issues, though, it won't be supported.
> Also, when going through various docs i came across these 2 terms related to
> port virtualization, viz. NPIV & Multiport id. But i couldn't understand the
> inherent difference in these 2 technologies. So if you guys are aware of
> 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.
Thank you,
Seokmann
next parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-30 16:41 UTC|newest]
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2007-08-30 16:27 ` Seokmann Ju [this message]
2007-08-30 16:47 ` FC - NPIV in 2.6.23-rc2 Matthew Jacob
2007-08-30 17:25 ` Seokmann Ju
2007-08-30 23:46 ` Duane Grigsby
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