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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 32 Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
Configuring Global Attributes for Fibre Channel Interfaces
About N Port Identifier Virtualization
N port identifier virtualization (NPIV) provides a means to assign multiple FC IDs to a single N port.
This feature allows multiple applications on the N port to use different identifiers and allows access
control, zoning, and port security to be implemented at the application level.
Figure 32-2 shows an
example application using NPIV.
Figure 32-2 NPIV Example
Enabling N Port Identifier Virtualization
You must globally enable NPIV for all VSANs on the switch to allow the NPIV-enabled applications to
use multiple N port identifiers.
Note All of the N port identifiers are allocated in the same VSAN.
Step 2
switch(config)# no system default
switchport shutdown san
Configures the default setting for administrative state of
an interface as Up. (The factory default setting is Down).
Tip
This command is applicable only to interfaces for
which no user configuration exists for the
administrative state.
switch(config)# system default
switchport shutdown san
Configures the default setting for administrative state of
an interface as Down. This is the factory default setting.
Tip This command is applicable only to interfaces for
which no user configuration exists for the
administrative state.
switch(config)# system default
switchport trunk mode auto
Configures the default setting for administrative trunk
mode state of an interface as Auto.
Note
The default setting is trunk mode on.
Command Purpose
E-mail
Web
Print
Node
N port
controller
LUN 1
N_Port_ID 1
LUN 2
N_Port_ID 2
LUN 3
N_Port_ID 3
Application
server
MDS switch
F port
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