Mapping Virtual Fibre Channel Adapters on VIO Servers
A new LPAR was created and new virtual fibre channel adapters were presented to both VIO servers using DLPAR. Now, it’s time to map the newly created virtual fibre channel adapter to a physical fibre channel adapter. But which vfchost device to map? What are checks needed to be done? I’ll step you through the process of mapping NPIV virtual fibre channel adapter to a physical adapter on the VIO server. Check Your Virtual Adapter (vfchost) In this example, I have performed a DLPAR of virtual fibre channel adapter with the ID 38 on both the VIO servers. We now need to identify the vfchost device presented to the VIO server in order to be able to map them later. Use the lsdev command with the –slots flag in the VIO restricted shell.