Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS - Configuring NPV Interfaces; Configuring an NP Interface

We recommend that you save your current configuration either in boot flash memory or to a TFTP server
before you enable NPV.
Note
To enable NPV, perform this task:
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters configuration mode.switch# configure terminal
Step 1
Enables NPV mode. The switch reboots, and it comes back up
in NPV mode.
switch(config)# npv enable
Step 2
When the switch is reloaded in the NPV mode, only
the following configurations are saved:
Note
•
switchname
•
management ip configuration and vrf
•
boot variable
•
username / password details
•
ntp configuration
•
callhome configuration
•
snmp-server details
•
feature fcoe
Disables NPV mode, which results in a reload of the switch.switch(config-npv)# no npv
enable
Step 3
Configuring NPV Interfaces
After you enable NPV, you should configure the NP uplink interfaces and the server interfaces.
Configuring an NP Interface
After you enable NPV, you should configure the NP uplink interfaces and the server interfaces. To configure
an NP uplink interface, perform this task:
To configure a server interface, perform this task:
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Configuring N Port Virtualization
Configuring NPV