Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2(1) (OL-16599-01, March 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
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Chapter 8 Fibre Channel Commands
npiv enable
npiv enable
To enable N Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV) for all VSANs on a switch, use the npiv enable
command. To disable NPIV, use the no form of the command.
npiv enable
no npiv enable
Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords.
Command Default Disabled.
Command Modes Configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines NPIV provides a means to assign multiple port 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.
You must globally enable NPIV for all VSANs on the switch to allow the NPIV-enabled applications to
use multiple N port identifiers.
Examples The following example enables NPIV for all VSANs on the switch:
switch(config)# npiv enable
The following example disables NPIV for all VSANs on the switch:
switch(config)# no npiv enable
Related Commands
Release Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a) This command was introduced.
Command Description
show interface Displays interface configurations.