Table 10: VNP Port Configuration Limits
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series (10G
interfaces)
Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform
Interface Type
Not Supported
16 VNP ports
VNP port bound to Ethernet
interface
Not Supported
16 VNP ports
VNP port bound to Ethernet port
channel interface
Not Supported
Not Supported
VNP port bound to virtual Ethernet
(vEth) interface
The configuration limits guidelines are as follows:
•
The number of VF port and VN port interfaces that can be supported between a given FCF and an FCoE
NPV bridge also depends on the FCF to MAC advertising capability of the FCF:
◦
If an FCF advertises the same FCF-MAC address over all of its interfaces, then the FCoE NPV
bridge can connect to it over one VNP Port. In this scenario, we recommend that one port channel
interface be used for redundancy.
◦
If an FCF advertises multiple FCF-MAC addresses, then the limits in the previous table apply. For
additional information, see the best practices recommendations for the FCF switch.
•
The total number of supported VSANs is 31 (excluding the EVFP VSAN).
•
The total number of supported FCIDs is 2048.
Default Settings
The following table lists the default settings for FCoE NPV parameters.
Table 11: Default FCoE NPV Parameters
Default
Parameters
Disabled
FCoE NPV
Disabled
FCoE
Disabled
NPV
Disabled
VNP port
Disabled
FIP Keep Alive (FKA)
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Default Settings