Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS - CHAPTER 4 Configuring N Port Virtualization

Configuring Unique Area FC IDs for an HBA 46
Persistent FC ID Selective Purging 48
Purging Persistent FC IDs 48
Verifying the fcdomain Configuration 48
Default Settings for Fibre Channel Domains 49
CHAPTER 4 Configuring N Port Virtualization 51
Configuring N Port Virtualization 51
Information About NPV 51
NPV Overview 51
NPV Mode 52
Server Interfaces 52
NP Uplinks 53
FLOGI Operation 53
NPV Traffic Management 54
Automatic Uplink Selection 54
Traffic Maps 54
Disruptive Load Balancing 55
NPV Traffic Management Guidelines 55
NPV Guidelines and Limitations 55
Configuring NPV 56
Enabling NPV 56
Configuring NPV Interfaces 57
Configuring an NP Interface 57
Configuring a Server Interface 58
Configuring NPV Traffic Management 58
Configuring NPV Traffic Maps 58
Enabling Disruptive Load Balancing 59
Verifying NPV 59
Verifying NPV Examples 60
Verifying NPV Traffic Management 61
CHAPTER 5 Configuring FCoE NPV 63
Information About FCoE NPV 63
FCoE NPV Model 65
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
vi OL-30895-01
Contents