60 Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide
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Per Port NPIV login limit
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Per Port NPIV login limit
This feature allows you to set a specific maximum NPIV login limit on individual ports. This feature
works in both Native Fabric Switch and Access Gateway mode. Using this feature, you can use
additional tools to design and implement a virtual infrastructure. In Access Gateway mode, this
feature allows smaller login limits for F_Ports and larger limits for N_Ports. Note that N_Ports are
restricted by the NPIV login limit of the connecting port on the Edge switch.
Note the following aspects of this feature:
• Upgrading from Fabric OS v6.3.0 to v6.4.0 will retain the NPIV login limit set in v6.3.0
• Downgrading from Fabric OS v6.4.0 to v6.3.0 will reset the NPIV login limit back to 255.
• The value that you set is persistent across reboots and firmware upgrades.
• This feature supports virtual switches, so each port can have a specific NPIV login limit value in
each logical switch.
• The login limit default is 126. This value will be set for a port when the portCfgDefault
command is used to reset port default values.
• Before changing the login limits, you must disable the port.
• This feature only applies to ports enabled for NPIV operation. To enable NPIV functionality for a
port, you can use the portCfgNPIVPort --enable command when the switch is in Fabric OS
Native mode. For details, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual.
Setting the login limit
Use the following procedure to set the NPIV login limit for a port.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Disable the port by entering the portdisable port command.
3. Enter the portcfgnpiv --setloginlimit [Slot/]Port loginlimit command to set the login limit. For
example, the following sets the login limit on port 12 to 200.
portcfgnpivport --setloginlimit 12 200
Considerations for the Brocade 8000
This section provides information on differences in operation, Fabric OS command function, and
features on the Brocade 8000 when operating in Access Gateway mode.
Port mapping
The Brocade 8000 contains FCoE and Fibre Channel ports. In Access Gateway mode, the FCoE
ports are configured logically as F_Ports, while the Fibre Channel ports are configured as N_Ports.
For details on how this affects port-based mapping, refer to “Brocade 8000 mapping differences”
on page 12.
