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...v-list" only outputs the devices which support "vports" capability, i.e. support vHBA. And also since version "1.0.4", you should be able to know the maximum vports the HBA supports and the current vports number from the HBA's XML, e.g. # virsh nodedev-dumpxml scsi_host5 <device> <name>scsi_host5</name> <parent>pci_0000_04_00_1</parent> <capability type='scsi_host'> <host>5</host> <capability type='fc_host'> <wwnn>2001001b32a9da4e</w...

...reate a vHBA. Take care to also note the <max_vports> value as this lets you know if the HBA is going to exceed the maximum vHBA supported. The following output indicates a host that has two HBAs to support vHBA and the layout of a HBA's XML: # virsh nodedev-list --cap vports scsi_host4 scsi_host5 # virsh nodedev-dumpxml scsi_host5 <device> <name>scsi_host5</name> <parent>pci_0000_04_00_1</parent> <capability type='scsi_host'> <host>5</host> <capability type='fc_host'> <wwnn>2001001b32a9da4e</wwnn> <wwpn&gt...

...'vport_ops' /> </capability> </device> Pretty straightforward. The parent is physical SCSI host 3. The resulting SCSI host is 5. This is one of the SCSI hosts used in the storage pool above. So, I wanted to test what would happen to my VM if I ran virsh nodedev-destroy scsi_host5. Essentially, testing the redundancy of the paths to the VM. The device was successfully deleted, however a few other things happened, both expected and unexpected. - Since I only associated one of the two LUN units from my storage pool with the VM, I expected this to cause the VM to fail. It...

...the parent hba? * There is an option of setting the parent here as well, which I will need for some resons, but it is unclear to me whether the wwnn and wwpn's are from the parent or the vhba? Looks like this in documentation: <source> <adapter type='fc_host' parent='scsi_host5' wwnn='20000000c9831b4b' wwpn='10000000c9831b4b'/> </source> * So, are these wwpn and wwnn's from parent or vhba? * Lastly, the path: In the xml file it says /dev/disk/by-path...but I have no path...? Since I have not yet configured the vhba, I can not have a p...