I'll preface this by saying its a 4gb HBA and supports NPIV:
cat /proc/scsi/qla2xxx/4:
NPIV Supported : Yes
Max Virtual Ports = 127
The switch is a SANBox 5600 running the latest firmware release and also supports NPIV.
I've got a VM with strictly an RDM disk and my FC switch is zoned prior to powering up the virtual machine. I've also masked a test LUN to JUST the WWNN and WWPN of my virtual machine.
On the switch side I get the following:
[Sat Aug 30 18:18:20.141 UTC 2008][I][http://8600.001D|http://8600.001D][Port][Port: 3][PortID 0x10301 PortWWN 28:13:00:0c:29:00:00:04 logged into nameserver.]
[Sat Aug 30 18:18:21.271 UTC 2008][I][http://8600.001E|http://8600.001E][Port][Port: 3][PortID 0x10301 PortWWN 28:13:00:0c:29:00:00:04 logged out from nameserver.]
[Sat Aug 30 18:18:21.283 UTC 2008][I][http://8600.001D|http://8600.001D][Port][Port: 3][PortID 0x10301 PortWWN 28:13:00:0c:29:00:00:05 logged into nameserver.]
[Sat Aug 30 18:18:22.432 UTC 2008][I][http://8600.001E|http://8600.001E][Port][Port: 3][PortID 0x10301 PortWWN 28:13:00:0c:29:00:00:05 logged out from nameserver.]
[Sat Aug 30 18:26:41.624 UTC 2008][I][http://8600.001D|http://8600.001D][Port][Port: 3][PortID 0x10301 PortWWN 28:13:00:0c:29:00:00:07 logged into nameserver.]
[Sat Aug 30 18:26:42.751 UTC 2008][I][http://8600.001E|http://8600.001E][Port][Port: 3][PortID 0x10301 PortWWN 28:13:00:0c:29:00:00:07 logged out from nameserver.]
On the ESX side I get the following:
Aug 27 13:24:12 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:05.797 cpu1:4357)ScsiNpiv: 991: NPIV vport rescan complete, (0x4100040a9400) status=0xbad0001
Aug 27 13:24:12 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:05.797 cpu1:4357)WARNING: ScsiNpiv: 1578: Failed to Create vport for world 4358, vmhba2, rescan failed, status=bad0001
Aug 27 13:24:12 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:05.804 cpu0:4357)WARNING: Removing Host Adapter vmhba44
Aug 27 13:24:12 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:05.804 cpu0:4357)<6>qla2xxx 0000:03:00.0: VP entry id 1 assigned.
Aug 27 13:24:12 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:05.804 cpu0:4357)vmkdrivers/src26/include/scsi/scsi_host.h:scsi_add_host-779: vmksgarray supported
Aug 27 13:24:12 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:05.804 cpu1:4185)ScsiAdapter: 1907: Unregistering adapter vmhba44
Aug 27 13:24:13 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:06.927 cpu0:4357)WARNING: ScsiNpiv: 1148: Created vport for world 4358, vmhba2, rv 0
Aug 27 13:24:13 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:06.927 cpu0:4357)ScsiScan: 839: Path 'vmhba45:C0:T0:L1': Vendor: 'NETAPP ' Model: 'LUN ' Rev: '7310'
Aug 27 13:24:13 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:06.927 cpu0:4357)ScsiScan: 842: Path 'vmhba45:C0:T0:L1': Type: 0x1f, ANSI rev: 4, TPGS: 0 (none)
Aug 27 13:24:13 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:06.927 cpu0:4357)ScsiScan: 105: Path 'vmhba45:C0:T0:L1': Peripheral qualifier 0x1 not supported
Aug 27 13:24:13 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:06.927 cpu0:4357)ScsiNpiv: 991: NPIV vport rescan complete, (0x4100040a9400) status=0xbad0001
Aug 27 13:24:13 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:06.927 cpu0:4357)WARNING: ScsiNpiv: 1578: Failed to Create vport for world 4358, vmhba2, rescan failed, status=bad0001
Aug 27 13:24:13 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:06.936 cpu1:4357)WARNING: Removing Host Adapter vmhba45
Aug 27 13:24:13 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:06.936 cpu1:4357)ScsiNpiv: 1638: Vport Create status for world:4358 num_wwpn=2, num_vports=0, paths=1, errors=1
Aug 27 13:24:13 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:06.936 cpu1:4357)VSCSI: 3469: handle 8206(vscsi1:0):Creating Virtual Device for world 4358 (FSS handle 81983)
Aug 27 13:24:13 lab-rp-esx1 vmkernel: 0:21:14:06.936 cpu0:4192)ScsiAdapter: 1907: Unregistering adapter vmhba45
Doing further investigation but thought I'd get the ball rolling now.
The short of it is that it isn't workin'
