Comments on: How to Configure NPV on a Nexus 5000

By: slowe

slowe — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:13:08 +0000

Ahmed, you can’t do actual SAN port-channels, but you can use multiple links. The Nexus will pin connections to one of the uplinks; if an uplink fails, the connections will failover to the other uplinks. Note, however, that each connection will only use one uplink.

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:02:58 +0000

Hi Scott,

Thank you for putting this information together.

Im assuming that the connection between the Nexus and non-cisco FC switch is a single link? Is it possible to have multiple links for redundancy and bandwidth i.e similar to a port-channel?

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:55:16 +0000

Hi Scott

Great article, thanks! I wonder if the NPV setup works in conjunction with Nexus 4000 FIP Snooping?!?

By: Yap Chin Hoong

Yap Chin Hoong — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:28:23 +0000

Hi Scott, how about cover something on the “npv traffic-map server-interface vfc1 external-interface fc2/1″ commands?

By: Scott Owens

Scott Owens — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:59:46 +0000

Justin,

The answer is yes.

By: slowe

slowe — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:43:57 +0000

Justin,

I don’t know for certain, but I’m going to find out week after next when I try it myself. I suspect that you can, and when I get done with my testing I’ll be sure to post another update here. Thanks for your comment!

By: Justin Antonelli

Justin Antonelli — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:38:43 +0000

Can a Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender still be used if the Nexus 5k is in NPV mode?

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:57:15 +0000

I sometimes try to take a break from things I find are fun but I ultimately make time to do them anyway.

By: slowe

slowe — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:50:24 +0000

Sketch,

Ha! No, the hiatus is over.

By: Sketch

Sketch — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:51:55 +0000

So…. this is a working ‘Hiatus’??