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Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide,
Release 7.x
First Published:
January
29,
2014
Last Modified:
May
22,
2014
Americas Headquarters
Cisco Systems, Inc.
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est T
asman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134-1706
USA
http://www
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el: 408 526-4000
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Fax: 408 527-0883
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ext Part Number: OL-30895-01
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Table of Contents
Default Chapter
4
Table of Contents
4
Document Conventions
19
Documentation Feedback
22
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
23
Chapter
29
Physical Fibre Channel Interfaces
30
Virtual Fibre Channel Interfaces
30
Interface Modes
32
SD Port
34
Auto Mode
34
Interface States
34
Administrative States
34
Operational States
35
Reason Codes
35
Buffer-To-Buffer Credits
38
Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
39
Configuring a Fibre Channel Interface
39
Configuring a Range of Fibre Channel Interfaces
39
Setting the Interface Administrative State
39
Configuring Interface Modes
40
Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
41
Configuring Unified Ports
41
Configuring the Interface Description
42
Configuring Port Speeds
43
Autosensing
43
Configuring SD Port Frame Encapsulation
43
Configuring Receive Data Field Size
44
Understanding Bit Error Thresholds
44
Configuring Buffer-To-Buffer Credits
45
Configuring Global Attributes for Fibre Channel Interfaces
46
Configuring Switch Port Attribute Default Values
46
Information about N Port Identifier Virtualization
47
Enabling N Port Identifier Virtualization
47
Example Port Channel Configurations
48
Verifying Fibre Channel Interfaces
49
Verifying SFP Transmitter Types
49
Verifying Interface Information
49
Verifying Bb_Credit Information
50
Default Fibre Channel Interface Settings
51
Chapter 3 Configuring Fibre Channel Domain Parameters
53
Information about Domain Parameters
53
Fibre Channel Domains
53
Domain Restarts
54
Restarting a Domain
55
Domain Manager Fast Restart
55
Enabling Domain Manager Fast Restart
55
Switch Priority
56
Configuring Switch Priority
56
About Fcdomain Initiation
57
Disabling or Reenabling Fcdomains
57
Configuring Fabric Names
57
Incoming Rcfs
58
Rejecting Incoming Rcfs
58
Autoreconfiguring Merged Fabrics
59
Enabling Autoreconfiguration
59
Domain Ids
60
Domain Ids - Guidelines
60
Configuring Static or Preferred Domain Ids
62
Allowed Domain ID Lists
63
Configuring Allowed Domain ID Lists
63
CFS Distribution of Allowed Domain ID Lists
64
Enabling Distribution
64
Locking the Fabric
64
Committing Changes
65
Discarding Changes
65
Clearing a Fabric Lock
66
Displaying CFS Distribution Status
66
Displaying Pending Changes
66
Displaying Session Status
66
Contiguous Domain ID Assignments
67
Enabling Contiguous Domain ID Assignments
67
FC Ids
67
Persistent FC Ids
68
Enabling the Persistent FC ID Feature
68
Persistent FC ID Configuration Guidelines
69
Configuring Persistent FC Ids
69
Unique Area FC Ids for Hbas
70
Configuring Unique Area FC Ids for an HBA
70
Persistent FC ID Selective Purging
72
Purging Persistent FC Ids
72
Verifying the Fcdomain Configuration
72
Default Settings for Fibre Channel Domains
73
CHAPTER 4 Configuringnportvirtualization
75
Configuring N Port Virtualization
75
Information about NPV
75
NPV Overview
75
NPV Mode
76
Server Interfaces
76
NP Uplinks
77
FLOGI Operation
77
NPV Traffic Management
78
Automatic Uplink Selection
78
Traffic Maps
78
Disruptive Load Balancing
79
NPV Traffic Management Guidelines
79
NPV Guidelines and Limitations
79
Configuring NPV
80
Enabling NPV
80
Configuring NPV Interfaces
81
Configuring an NP Interface
81
Configuring a Server Interface
82
Configuring NPV Traffic Management
82
Configuring NPV Traffic Maps
82
Enabling Disruptive Load Balancing
83
Verifying NPV
83
Verifying NPV Examples
84
Verifying NPV Traffic Management
85
Configuring Fcoe NPV
87
Information about Fcoe NPV
87
Chapter
87
Fcoe NPV Model
89
Mapping Requirements
90
Port Requirements
91
NPV Features
91
Vpc Topologies
92
Supported and Unsupported Topologies
93
Guidelines and Limitations
97
Fcoe NPV Configuration Limits
97
Default Settings
98
Enabling Fcoe and Enabling NPV
99
Enabling Fcoe NPV
99
Configuring NPV Ports for Fcoe NPV
100
Verifying Fcoe NPV Configuration
100
Configuration Examples for Fcoe NPV
101
Chapter 6 Configuring VSAN Trunking
107
Configuring VSAN Trunking
107
Information about VSAN Trunking
107
VSAN Trunking Mismatches
108
VSAN Trunking Protocol
108
Configuring VSAN Trunking
109
Guidelines and Limitations
109
Enabling or Disabling the VSAN Trunking Protocol
109
Trunk Mode
109
Configuring Trunk Mode
110
Trunk-Allowed VSAN Lists
111
Configuring an Allowed-Active List of Vsans
113
Displaying VSAN Trunking Information
114
Default Settings for VSAN Trunks
114
Chapter 7 Configuring SAN Port Channels
117
Configuring SAN Port Channels
117
Information about SAN Port Channels
117
Understanding Port Channels and VSAN Trunking
118
Understanding Load Balancing
119
Configuring SAN Port Channels
121
SAN Port Channel Configuration Guidelines
123
F and TF Port Channel Guidelines
123
Creating a SAN Port Channel
124
About Port Channel Modes
124
Configuring Active Mode SAN Port Channel
125
About SAN Port Channel Deletion
126
Deleting SAN Port Channels
126
Interfaces in a SAN Port Channel
126
About Interface Addition to a SAN Port Channel
127
Compatibility Check
127
Suspended and Isolated States
128
Adding an Interface to a SAN Port Channel
128
Forcing an Interface Addition
128
About Interface Deletion from a SAN Port Channel
129
Deleting an Interface from a SAN Port Channel
129
SAN Port Channel Protocol
130
About Channel Group Creation
130
Autocreation Guidelines
132
Enabling and Configuring Autocreation
133
About Manually Configured Channel Groups
133
Converting to Manually Configured Channel Groups
133
Example Port Channel Configurations
133
Verifying SAN Port Channel Configuration
134
Default Settings for SAN Port Channels
135
Chapter 8 Configuring and Managing Vsans
137
Configuring and Managing Vsans
137
Information about Vsans
137
VSAN Topologies
137
VSAN Advantages
140
Vsans Versus Zones
140
Guidelines and Limitations for Vsans
141
About VSAN Creation
142
Creating Vsans Statically
142
Port VSAN Membership
143
Assigning Static Port VSAN Membership
144
Displaying VSAN Static Membership
144
Default Vsans
145
Isolated Vsans
145
Displaying Isolated VSAN Membership
146
Operational State of a VSAN
146
Static VSAN Deletion
146
Deleting Static Vsans
147
About Load Balancing
147
Configuring Load Balancing
147
Interop Mode
149
Displaying the Static VSAN Configuration
149
Default Settings for Vsans
149
Chapter 9 Configuring and Managing Zones
151
Information about Zones
151
Information about Zoning
151
Zoning Features
151
Zoning Example
153
Zone Implementation
154
Active and Full Zone Sets
154
Configuring a Zone
157
Configuration Examples
157
Zone Sets
158
Activating a Zone Set
159
Default Zone
159
Configuring the Default Zone Access Permission
160
FC Alias Creation
160
Creating FC Aliases
161
Creating FC Aliases Example
161
Creating Zone Sets and Adding Member Zones
162
Zone Enforcement
163
Zone Set Distribution
164
Enabling Full Zone Set Distribution
164
Enabling a One-Time Distribution
164
Recovering from Link Isolation
165
Importing and Exporting Zone Sets
166
Zone Set Duplication
166
Copying Zone Sets
167
Renaming Zones, Zone Sets, and Aliases
167
Cloning Zones, Zone Sets, FC Aliases, and Zone Attribute Groups
168
Clearing the Zone Server Database
169
Verifying the Zone Configuration
169
Enhanced Zoning
170
Changing from Basic Zoning to Enhanced Zoning
171
Changing from Enhanced Zoning to Basic Zoning
172
Enabling Enhanced Zoning
172
Modifying the Zone Database
173
Releasing Zone Database Locks
174
Merging the Database
174
Configuring Zone Merge Control Policies
175
Default Zone Policies
176
Configuring System Default Zoning Settings
176
Verifying Enhanced Zone Information
177
Compacting the Zone Database
177
Analyzing the Zone and Zone Set
178
Default Settings for Zones
178
Chapter 1 0 Distributing Device Alias Services
179
Distributing Device Alias Services
179
Information about Device Aliases
179
Device Alias Features
179
Device Alias Requirements
180
Zone Aliases Versus Device Aliases
180
Device Alias Databases
181
Creating Device Aliases
181
Device Alias Modes
182
Device Alias Mode Guidelines and Limitations for Device Alias Services
182
Configuring Device Alias Modes
183
Device Alias Distribution
184
Locking the Fabric
184
Committing Changes
184
Discarding Changes
185
Overriding the Fabric Lock
186
Disabling and Enabling Device Alias Distribution
186
Legacy Zone Alias Configuration
187
Importing a Zone Alias
187
Device Alias Database Merge Guidelines
188
Verifying the Device Alias Configuration
188
Default Settings for Device Alias Services
189
Chapter 1 1 Configuring Fibre Channel Routing Services and Protocols
191
Information about Fibre Channel Routing Services and Protocols
191
Information about FSPF
192
FSPF Examples
192
Fault Tolerant Fabric Example
192
Redundant Link Example
193
FSPF Global Configuration
193
SPF Computational Hold Times
194
Link State Records
194
Configuring FSPF on a VSAN
194
Resetting FSPF to the Default Configuration
195
Enabling or Disabling FSPF
195
Clearing FSPF Counters for the VSAN
196
FSPF Interface Configuration
196
FSPF Link Cost
196
Configuring FSPF Link Cost
197
Hello Time Intervals
197
Configuring Hello Time Intervals
197
Dead Time Intervals
198
Configuring Dead Time Intervals
198
Retransmitting Intervals
199
Configuring Retransmitting Intervals
199
About Disabling FSPF for Specific Interfaces
200
Disabling FSPF for Specific Interfaces
200
Clearing FSPF Counters for an Interface
200
FSPF Routes
201
Fibre Channel Routes
201
Configuring Fibre Channel Routes
201
In-Order Delivery
202
Reordering Network Frames
203
Reordering SAN Port Channel Frames
204
About Enabling In-Order Delivery
204
Enabling In-Order Delivery
204
Enabling In-Order Delivery for a VSAN
205
Displaying the In-Order Delivery Status
206
Configuring the Drop Latency Time
206
Displaying Latency Information
207
Flow Statistics Configuration
207
Flow Statistics
207
Counting Aggregated Flow Statistics
207
Counting Individual Flow Statistics
208
Clearing FIB Statistics
208
Displaying Flow Statistics
208
Default Settings for FSFP
209
C H a P T E
211
Managing FLOGI, Name Server, FDMI, and RSCN Databases
211
Fabric Login
211
Name Server Proxy
212
About Registering Name Server Proxies
212
Registering Name Server Proxies
212
Rejecting Duplicate Pwwns
212
Rejecting Duplicate Pwwns
213
Name Server Database Entries
213
Displaying Name Server Database Entries
214
Fdmi
214
Displaying FDMI
215
Rscn
215
About RSCN Information
215
Displaying RSCN Information
215
Multi-Pid Option
216
Configuring the Multi-Pid Option
216
Suppressing Domain Format SW-Rscns
216
Clearing RSCN Statistics
217
Configuring the RSCN Timer
217
Verifying the RSCN Timer Configuration
218
RSCN Timer Configuration Distribution
218
Enabling RSCN Timer Configuration Distribution
219
Locking the Fabric
219
Committing RSCN Timer Configuration Changes
220
Discarding the RSCN Timer Configuration Changes
220
Clearing a Locked Session
221
Displaying RSCN Configuration Distribution Information
221
Default Settings for RSCN
221
C H a P T E
223
Discovering SCSI Targets
223
Information about SCSI LUN Discovery
223
About Starting SCSI LUN Discovery
223
Starting SCSI LUN Discovery
224
About Initiating Customized Discovery
224
Initiating Customized Discovery
224
Displaying SCSI LUN Information
225
C H a P T E
227
Configuring Iscsi TLV
227
Information about Iscsi TLV
227
Iscsi TLV Configuration
227
Identifying Iscsi Traffic
227
Configuring Type Qos Policies
228
Configuring No-Drop Policy Maps
229
Applying System Service Policies
230
Iscsi TLV and Fcoe Configuration
231
Identifying Iscsi and Fcoe Traffic
231
Configuring Type Qos Policies
232
Configuring No-Drop Policy Maps
233
Applying System Service Policies
236
Chapter 1 5 Advanced Fibre Channel Features
237
Advanced Fibre Channel Features and Concepts
237
Fibre Channel Timeout Values
237
Timer Configuration Across All Vsans
237
Timer Configuration Per-VSAN
238
Fctimer Distribution
239
Enabling or Disabling Fctimer Distribution
239
Committing Fctimer Changes
240
Discarding Fctimer Changes
240
Overriding the Fabric Lock
240
Fabric Database Merge Guidelines
241
Verifying Configured Fctimer Values
241
World Wide Names
242
Verifying the WWN Configuration
242
Link Initialization WWN Usage
242
Configuring a Secondary MAC Address
243
FC ID Allocation for Hbas
243
Default Company ID List
244
Verifying the Company ID Configuration
244
Switch Interoperability
245
About Interop Mode
245
Configuring Interop Mode 1
248
Verifying Interoperating Status
249
Default Settings for Advanced Fibre Channel Features
253
Chapter 1 6 Configuring FC-SP and DHCHAP
255
Information about FC-SP and DHCHAP
255
Fabric Authentication
255
Configuring DHCHAP Authentication
256
DHCHAP Compatibility with Fibre Channel Features
257
About Enabling DHCHAP
257
Enabling DHCHAP
257
DHCHAP Authentication Modes
258
Configuring the DHCHAP Mode
259
DHCHAP Hash Algorithm
260
Configuring the DHCHAP Hash Algorithm
260
DHCHAP Group Settings
261
Configuring the DHCHAP Group Settings
261
DHCHAP Password
261
Configuring DHCHAP Passwords for the Local Switch
262
Password Configuration for Remote Devices
262
Configuring DHCHAP Passwords for Remote Devices
263
DHCHAP Timeout Value
263
Configuring the DHCHAP Timeout Value
263
Configuring DHCHAP AAA Authentication
264
Displaying Protocol Security Information
264
Configuration Examples for Fabric Security
265
Default Settings for Fabric Security
266
Chapter 1 7 Configuring Port Security
269
Configuring Port Security
269
Information about Port Security
269
Port Security Enforcement
270
Auto-Learning
270
Port Security Activation
270
Configuring Port Security
271
Configuring Port Security with Auto-Learning and CFS Distribution
271
Configuring Port Security with Auto-Learning Without CFS
272
Configuring Port Security with Manual Database Configuration
272
Enabling Port Security
273
Port Security Activation
273
Activating Port Security
273
Database Activation Rejection
274
Forcing Port Security Activation
274
Database Reactivation
275
Auto-Learning
276
About Enabling Auto-Learning
276
Enabling Auto-Learning
276
Disabling Auto-Learning
277
Auto-Learning Device Authorization
277
Authorization Scenario
278
Port Security Manual Configuration
279
WWN Identification Guidelines
279
Adding Authorized Port Pairs
280
Port Security Configuration Distribution
281
Enabling Port Security Distribution
281
Locking the Fabric
282
Committing the Changes
282
Discarding the Changes
282
Activation and Auto-Learning Configuration Distribution
283
Merging the Port Security Database
285
Database Interaction
285
Database Scenarios
287
Copying the Port Security Database
288
Deleting the Port Security Database
288
Clearing the Port Security Database
288
Displaying Port Security Configuration
289
Default Settings for Port Security
289
Chapter 1 8 Configuring Fabric Binding
291
Configuring Fabric Binding
291
Information about Fabric Binding
291
Licensing Requirements for Fabric Binding
291
Port Security Versus Fabric Binding
291
Fabric Binding Enforcement
292
Configuring Fabric Binding
293
Enabling Fabric Binding
293
Switch WWN Lists
293
Configuring Switch WWN List
294
Fabric Binding Activation and Deactivation
294
Activating Fabric Binding
295
Forcing Fabric Binding Activation
295
Copying Fabric Binding Configurations
296
Clearing the Fabric Binding Statistics
296
Deleting the Fabric Binding Database
296
Verifying the Fabric Binding Configuration
297
Default Settings for Fabric Binding
297
Chapter 1 9 Configuring Fabric Configuration Servers
299
Configuring Fabric Configuration Servers
299
Information about FCS
299
FCS Characteristics
300
FCS Name Specification
301
Displaying FCS Information
301
Default FCS Settings
301
Chapter 2 0 Configuring Port Tracking
303
Configuring Port Tracking
303
Information about Port Tracking
303
Default Settings for Port Tracking
304
Configuring Port Tracking
305
Enabling Port Tracking
305
Configuring Linked Ports
306
Operationally Binding a Tracked Port
306
Tracking Multiple Ports
306
Tracking Multiple Ports
307
Monitoring Ports in a VSAN
307
Monitoring Ports in a VSAN
308
Forcefully Shutting down
308
Forcefully Shutting down a Tracked Port
309
Displaying Port Tracking Information
309
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