Hi

IBM P770 Server

     2 x VIO Server each with 2 x IBM 5735 HBAs

2 x Brocade 5300 Switches (2 fabrics) running firmware v6.3.0c

EMC Clariion CX3-80

Brocade DCFM v10.4.2

The 4 HBAs are connected to the 2 switches and their physical addresses appear on the fabrics as initiators.

A virtual wwpn (vwwpn) has been created on each HBA (using NPIV). These vwwpn addresses have been assigned to an LPAR.

The vwwpn addresses do appear on the fabrics (using portshow) - however by default in DCFM they appear as storage (as opposed to hosts).

portWwn of device(s) connected:
c0:50:76:02:d5:f8:00:06                   (This is the configured virtual address)
10:00:00:00:c9:b0:10:58                  (This is the HBA physical address)

I changed the device types for these virtual addresses to be initiators (within DCFM).

A zone has been created on one of the switches and includes a single vwwpn address and a single port on the EMC storage array.

At this point I am unable to see the vwwpn on the Clariion in Navisphere connectivity status. My hunch is this is something to do with it being a target as opposed to an initiator.

Can anyone shed any light please?

Thanks