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Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Interfaces Command Reference
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Chapter P Commands
port
port
To configure a unified port on a Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch or Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch, use the
port command. To remove the unified port, use the no form of this command.
port port-number type {ethernet | fc}
no port port-number type {ethernet | fc}
Syntax Description
Command Default None
Command Modes Slot configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines Unified ports allow you to configure ports as Ethernet, native Fibre Channel or Fibre Channel over
Ethernet (FCoE) ports. By default, the ports are Ethernet ports but you can change the port mode to Fibre
Channel on the following unified ports:
• Any port on the Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch or the Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch.
• The ports on the Cisco N55-M16UP expansion module that is installed in a Cisco Nexus 5548P
switch.
You must configure Ethernet ports and FC ports in a specified order:
• FC ports must be configured from the last port of the module.
• Ethernet ports must be configured from the first port of the module.
If the order is not followed, the following errors are displayed:
ERROR: Ethernet range starts from first port of the module
ERROR: FC range should end on last port of the module
On a Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch, the 32 ports of the main slot (slot1) are unified ports. The Ethernet
ports start from port 1/1 to port 1/32. The FC ports start from port 1/32 backwards to port 1/1.
Examples This example shows how to configure a unified port on a Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch or Cisco Nexus
5596UP switch:
switch# configure terminal
port-number Port number. The range is from 1 to 199.
type Specifies the type of port to configure on a slot in a chassis.
ethernet Specifies an Ethernet port.
fc Specifies a Fibre Channel (FC) port.
Release Modification
5.2(1)N1(1) This command was introduced.