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The feature on the 9706 is called f-port-channel and here is an example of how to configure it. I would put the NP ports on 9214e and F ports in 9706 in VSAN 1, and then enable the port-channel and f-port-channel to be a trunk, and add the VSAN that...
If you connect 2 FC switches, that link is an ISL. No way around it. Now regarding using a port-channel, that is not mandatory. You can have multiple links between 2 FC switches and let them operate in dependently, or bundle them into a single log...
When you enable local switching, frames between ports on the same line card do not go through the chassis crossbar so the latency on those frames is somewhat lower than if local switching was not enabled.Without local switching, there is a very deter...
I tested in my lab and am trying to get SSL working for LDAP. I was albe to pass the role back as part of the login process. In my example, I used the LDPA field called 'departement' and in that field on the AD server for the authenticating account...
There are no plans for the Nexus5K to support FC over IP. Virtual Expansion (VE ports) are available today, but these require that the connections be ethernet for the entire path between the N5K ports.
