Cisco N9K-C93180YC-FX User Manual

Configuring N Port Virtualization
This chapter contains the following sections:
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Supported Hardware, page 1
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FC NPV Overview, page 2
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FC NPV Mode, page 2
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Server Interfaces, page 3
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NP Uplinks, page 3
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SAN Port Channels, page 4
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FLOGI Operation, page 9
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NPV Traffic Management, page 10
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FC NPV Traffic Management Guidelines, page 11
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FC NPV Guidelines and Limitations, page 11
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Licensing Requirements for FC NPV, page 13
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Configuring NPV, page 13
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Verifying FC NPV, page 19
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FC NPV Core Switch and FC NPV Edge Switch Configuration Example, page 22
Supported Hardware
FC NPV is supported on the N9K-C93180YC-FX switch and only the following FC SFPs are supported:
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DS-SFP-FC8G-SW
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DS-SFP-FC16G-SW
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DS-SFP-FC32G-SW
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS FC NPV Configuration Guide
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Cisco N9K-C93180YC-FX Specifications

General

Product Model	N9K-C93180YC-FX
Manufacturer	Cisco
Category	Switch
Switching Capacity	3.6 Tbps
Forwarding Rate	2.7 bpps
Jumbo Frames	9216 bytes
VLAN IDs	4096
Rack Units	1 RU
Airflow	Front-to-back
Form Factor	Rack-mountable
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Ports	48 x 1/10/25-Gbps SFP+ and 6 x 40/100-Gbps QSFP28
Routing Protocol	BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP
Features	VXLAN, EVPN
Compliant Standards	IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3ad
Latency	Sub-microsecond
Power Supply	Internal power supply - hot-plug