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Unisphere and Unisphere Central 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

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Convert Front-End Ports to Virtual Port Mode

Use Unisphere to convert all front-end iSCSI or Fibre Channel I/O ports to virtual port mode. After the conversion is complete, the ports cannot be converted back to legacy mode.

Prerequisites

The ports must be in legacy port mode.
NOTE This operation cannot be undone. After the ports are converted to virtual port mode, they cannot be converted back.

Steps

  1. If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of Unisphere Central.
  2. From the System iconSYSTEM menu, click Ports.
    The Ports view is displayed.
  3. Click the Front End Ports tab, and then click the Fault Domain link.
    The Fault Domain view opens.
  4. Click Convert.
    The Convert drop-down menu opens.
  5. Select a conversion option.
    • iSCSI to Virtual Port Mode.
    • Fibre Channel to Virtual Port Mode.
    The Convert to Virtual Port Mode confirmation dialog box opens.
  6. If converting an iSCSI port that is currently in a fault domain, type a new IP address to be used for the primary port of each iSCSI fault domain.
  7. Click OK.

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