Server Administrator tasks

This section describes server administrator tasks while configuring NPIV.

Procedure

Note: When performing this procedure, ensure that your virtual machine is turned off.

  1. Add an RDM disk to the virtual machine.
  2. Enable NPIV with VI Client by assigning virtual WWPNs.
  3. Record the Node WWN and the Port WWNs. Give this information to the storage administrator so that the administrator can zone and LUN-mask the back-end storage. See Storage Administrator tasks for information about the zone and LUN-mask procedures.
  4. After the storage administrator completes zoning and configuration of the storage, you can safely turn on the VM.