06-16-2009 07:04 AM
It looks like you just enable it?
It's automatically enabled then for each VSAN on the switch which makes sense.
Are there any other considerations?
Is it at all disruptive?
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06-16-2009 08:27 AM
You must globally enable NPIV for all VSANs on the MDS 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
Enable NPIV mode on the NPV core switch:
switch(config)# npiv enable
switch (config)#
enabling NPIV on the core switch is non-disruptive. DO NOT CONFUSE THIS WITH ENABLING NPV MODE on a switch.
06-16-2009 08:27 AM
You must globally enable NPIV for all VSANs on the MDS 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
Enable NPIV mode on the NPV core switch:
switch(config)# npiv enable
switch (config)#
enabling NPIV on the core switch is non-disruptive. DO NOT CONFUSE THIS WITH ENABLING NPV MODE on a switch.
06-16-2009 09:05 AM
Thanks. Oh Yeah I saw the NPV mode stuff. I don't need that.
06-17-2009 03:15 PM
Changing the setting on an edge switch to NPV mode, or back to non NPV mode will cause a switch to reboot.
08-10-2009 01:30 PM
I am looking at nested NPIV on my edged switches. From what I understand, there is no reboot when enabling NPIV. Is this correct??
03-03-2010 07:49 AM
Chaps,
I need to enable NPIV on a pair of Cisco MDS 9124 switches.
Is this a simple thing to enable and more importantly is this disruptive? I have been reading the CLI docs and it seems to suggest a write-erase command is initiated at the end of the config??? This doesnt sound pleasant. Any extra info would be appreciated.
Many thanks
Peter
03-05-2010 11:10 AM
On the NPV-core switch, enable the NPIV feature. This step is nondisruptive. From configuration mode, run npiv enable.
On the NPV-device (edge switch), enable the NPV feature.
Recall that this step is disruptive and involves a complete wipe of configuration and a reboot of the NPV-switch.
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