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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-16217-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 16 N Commands
npiv enable
npiv enable
To enable N Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV) for all VSANs on a switch, use the npiv enable
command in configuration mode. To disable NPIV, use the no form of the command.
npiv enable
no npiv enable
Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords.
Defaults Disabled.
Command Modes Configuration mode.
Command History
Usage Guidelines NPIV provides a means to assign multiple port IDs to a single N Port. This feature allows multiple
applications on the N Port to use different identifiers and allows access control, zoning, and port security
to be implemented at the application level.
You must globally enable NPIV for all VSANs on the MDS switch to allow the NPIV-enabled
applications to use multiple N Port Identifiers.
Note All of the N Port Identifiers are allocated in the same VSAN.
Examples The following example enables NPIV for all VSANs on the switch.
switch# config terminal
switch(config)# npiv enable
The following example disables NPIV for all VSANs on the switch.
switch(config)# no npiv enable
Related Commands
Release Modification
3.0(1) This command was introduced.
Command Description
show interface Displays interface configurations.
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