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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
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Chapter 9 Troubleshooting N-Port Virtualization
Initial Troubleshooting Checklist
To display the status and VSAN membership of the different servers and external interfaces, and to verify
that NPIV is enabled on the switch, enter the show npv status command.
switch# show npv status
npiv is enabled
External Interfaces:
====================
Interface: fc1/1, VSAN: 1, FCID: 0xee0006, State: Up
Interface: fc1/9, VSAN: 1, FCID: 0xee0007, State: Up
Number of External Interfaces: 2
Server Interfaces:
==================
Interface: fc1/19, VSAN: 1, NPIV: Yes, State: Up
Number of Server Interfaces: 1
To view all the NPV devices in the name server database, enter the show fcns database npv command.
switch# show fcns database npv
VSAN 1:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NPV NODE-NAME NPV IP_ADDR NPV IF CORE SWITCH WWN CORE IF
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20:00:00:0d:ec:3d:62:80 10.1.96.24 fc1/20 20:00:00:0d:ec:2d:af:40 fc4/4
20:00:00:0d:ec:3d:62:80 10.1.96.24 fc1/19 20:00:00:0d:ec:2d:af:40 fc4/3
20:00:00:0d:ec:3d:62:80 10.1.96.24 fc1/17 20:00:00:0d:ec:2d:af:40 fc4/1
For additional details about the NPV devices you see in the show fcns database npv output (including
IP addresses, switch names and interface names), enter the show fcns database npv detail command.
switch# show fcns database npv detail
------------------------------------------------------------
VSAN:1 NPV Node Name: 20:00:00:0d:ec:3d:62:80
------------------------------------------------------------
NPV Fabric Port-WWN :20:14:00:0d:ec:3d:62:80
class :2,3
NPV IP Address :10.1.96.24
ipa :ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
fc4-types:fc4_features :npv
NPV Switch Name:Interface :sw24-gd96:fc1/20
port-type :N P
Core Switch fabric-port-wwn :20:c4:00:0d:ec:2d:af:40
permanent-port-wwn (vendor) :20:14:00:0d:ec:3d:62:80 (Cisco)
For details about a specific node, including FCID, type and pWWN, enter the show fcns database npv
node_wwn node_wwn command.
switch# show fcns database npv node_wwn 20:00:00:0d:ec:3d:42:40
VSAN 1:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
FCID TYPE PWWN (VENDOR) FC4-TYPE:FEATURE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x330f00 N 2f:ff:00:06:2b:10:c7:b2 (LSI) scsi-fcp:init
0x331000 N 2f:ff:00:06:2b:10:c7:b3 (LSI) scsi-fcp:init
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