Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual page 466

Configuring NPV
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
During manual selection from the list for NPV and NPIV, ports are defined as the licensed FC ports with
"Operational status" = Auto and "Status Cause" = none(2), offline(8), or sfp not present(29) and
'Operational Status" = TE or E.
Note
Based on user selection, the wizard decides which ports are set to NP ports on the NPV device side and
which are F ports on the core switch side to make an NPV connection.
Some times the Manual selection in step 4 does not show any port when the NPV switch tree is expanded
Note
as the NPV Wizard filters out ports that are in fail or down status. Only healthy ports are made visible
in the NPV Switch tree. Check your port settings.
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Failed ports with the Auto operational status will not be listed. Failed ports with the E
operational status will be listed and available for NPV configuration.
Chapter 21 Configuring N Port Virtualization
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