You should change the UTA2 port from Converged Network Adapter (CNA) mode to Fibre Channel (FC) mode to support the FC initiator and FC target mode. You should change the personality from CNA mode to FC mode when you need to change the physical medium that connects the port to its network.
If the network port delete command fails, the admin should address the errors, and then run the command again.
If the VIF manager does not remove the port, then the admin must remove it manually after the reboot by using the network port delete command.
net-f8040-34::> network port show Node: net-f8040-34-01 Speed(Mbps) Health Port IPspace Broadcast Domain Link MTU Admin/Oper Status --------- ------------ ---------------- ---- ---- ----------- -------- ... e0i Default Default down 1500 auto/10 - e0f Default Default down 1500 auto/10 - ... net-f8040-34::> ucadmin show Current Current Pending Pending Admin Node Adapter Mode Type Mode Type Status ------------ ------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----------- net-f8040-34-01 0e cna target - - offline net-f8040-34-01 0f cna target - - offline ... net-f8040-34::> network interface create -vs net-f8040-34 -lif m -role node-mgmt-home-node net-f8040-34-01 -home-port e0e -address 10.1.1.1 -netmask 255.255.255.0 net-f8040-34::> network interface show -fields home-port, curr-port vserver lif home-port curr-port ------- --------------------- --------- --------- Cluster net-f8040-34-01_clus1 e0a e0a Cluster net-f8040-34-01_clus2 e0b e0b Cluster net-f8040-34-01_clus3 e0c e0c Cluster net-f8040-34-01_clus4 e0d e0d net-f8040-34 cluster_mgmt e0M e0M net-f8040-34 m e0e e0i net-f8040-34 net-f8040-34-01_mgmt1 e0M e0M 7 entries were displayed. net-f8040-34::> ucadmin modify local 0e fc Warning: Mode on adapter 0e and also adapter 0f will be changed to fc. Do you want to continue? {y|n}: y Any changes will take effect after rebooting the system. Use the "system node reboot" command to reboot. net-f8040-34::> reboot local (system node reboot) Warning: Are you sure you want to reboot node "net-f8040-34-01"? {y|n}: y
For CNA, you should use a 10 Gb Ethernet SFP. For FC, you should either use an 8 Gb SFP or a 16 Gb SFP, before changing the configuration on the node.