Npiv Enable - Cisco MDS 9000 series Command Reference Manual

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npiv enable

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To enable N Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV) for all VSANs on a switch, use the npiv enable

command in configuration mode. To disable NPIV, use the no form of the command.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

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 MDS switch to allow the NPIV-enabled

applications to use multiple N Port Identifiers.

All of the N Port Identifiers are allocated in the same VSAN.

The following example enables NPIV for all VSANs on the switch.

switch# config terminal

switch(config)# npiv enable

The following example disables NPIV for all VSANs on the switch.

switch(config)# no npiv enable

Related Commands

show interface

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference

no npiv enable

Modification

This command was introduced.

Displays interface configurations.

OL-8413-07, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x