Enabling NPIV in CISCO MDS 9500 Series

[faiz.mufti]

                   Hello!!!

If i could get the response for my query.

I need to enable NPIV as we have VM's to be created and allocate SAN storage to them so my CISCO MDS needs to have NPIV enabled. Following queries linked with this:

1. Can i enabled NPIV on single Fibre Channel Port or it gets enabled on the complete SAN Switch

2. Does enabling NPIV impact any other SAN operation. Also my 2- sites are connected via ISL, so is it important to enable NPIV across all my sites or i can enable it only at 1 site where my VM hosts are located.

3. Any reference document for NPIV and related zoning concept.

Thanks in advance.

Faizul Mufti

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[dakester]

Hi,

1. Can i enabled NPIV on single Fibre Channel Port or it gets enabled on the complete SAN Switch

whole switch

feature npiv

2. Does enabling NPIV impact any other SAN operation. Also my 2- sites are connected via ISL, so is it important to enable NPIV across all my sites or i can enable it only at 1 site where my VM hosts are located.

Will not impact any other SAN operation.  Non-disruptive.

"feature npiv" is local to the switch, not fabric wide.  Use this command on any switch you want multiple flogi's on a single interface.

3. Any reference document for NPIV and related zoning concept.

I suggest zoning by pwwn

Regards,

David

[jihicks]

Hi Faizul,

Here is a link to document for Cisco MDS SAN Zoning Best Practices:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-24281

Best regards,

Jim