Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Configuration Guide

Contents

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Index

*

* (asterisk)
first operational port[asterisk (asterisk)
first operational port] 1

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<$singlepage>FCSs
configuring names 1
<$singlepage>Link Failure
detecting unidirectional 1
<$singlepage>TE ports
FCS support 1

A

AAA
accounting 1
authentication 1
benefits 1
configuring console login 1
default settings 1
DHCHAP authentication 1
enabling MSCHAP authentication 1
example configuration 1
guidelines 1
limitations 1
prerequisites 1
user login process 1
verifying configurations 1
AAA accounting
configuring default methods 1
AAA accounting logs
clearing 1
displaying 1
AAA logins
enabling authentication failure messages 1
AAA protocols
RADIUS 1
TACACS+ 1
AAA server groups
description 1
AAA servers
specifying SNMPv3 parameters 1 2
specifying user roles 1
specifying user roles in VSAs 1
AAA services
configuration options 1
remote 1
accounting
description 1
active zone sets
considerations 1
enabling distribution 1
address allocation cache
description 1
administrative speeds
configuring 1
administrative states
description 1
authentication
description 1
fabric security 1
local 1
methods 1
remote 1
user login 1
authorization
user login 1
auto mode
configuring 1
auto port mode
description 1
autosensing speed 1

B

BB_credits
description 1
displaying information 1
reason codes 1
bit error thresholds
configuring 1
description 1
bit errors
reasons 1
blocking state, STP 1
BPDU guard 1
bridge ID 1
broadcast storms 1
Brocade
native interop mode 1
buffer-to-buffer credits 1
build fabric frames 1
description 1

C

call home
smart call home feature 1
Call Home
description 1
message format options 1
Call Home messages
configuring levels 1
format options 1
call home notifications
full-txt format for syslog 1
XML format for syslog 1
Cisco
vendor ID 1 2
cisco-av-pair
specifying AAA user parameters 1 2
CIST regional root 1
CIST root 1
community ports 1
community VLANs 1 2
company IDs
FC ID allocations 1
configuring LACP 1
configuring NPV 1 2
Contiguous Domain ID Assignments
About 1

D

dead time intervals
configuring for FSPF 1
description 1
debounce timer 1
default settings
AAA 1
rollback 1
default users
description 1
default VSANs
description 1
default zones
description 1
interoperability 1
policies 1
destination IDs
exchange based 1
flow based 1
in-order delivery 1
path selection 1
device alias databases
disabling distribution 1
discarding changes 1
enabling distribution 1
locking the fabric 1
merging 1
device aliases
comparison with zones 1
creating 1
default settings 1
description 1
displaying information 1
displaying zone set information 1
enhanced mode 1
features 1
modifying databases 1
requirements 1
zone alias conversion 1
device IDs
call home format 1
DHCHAP 1
AAA authentication 1
authentication modes 1
compatibility with other NX-OS features 1
configuring 1
configuring AAA authentication 1
default settings 1
description 1
displaying security information 1
enabling 1
group settings 1
hash algorithms 1
passwords for local switches 1
sample configuration 1
diagnostics
configuring 1
default settings 1
expansion modules 1
health monitoring 1
runtime 1
Diffie-Hellman Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol 1
documentation
additional publications 1
obtaining 1
domain IDs
allowed lists 1
assignment failures 1
configuring allowed lists 1
configuring CFS distribution 1 2
configuring fcalias members 1
contiguous assignments 1
description 1
distributing 1
enabling contiguous assignments 1 2
interoperability 1
preferred 1
static 1
domain manager
fast restart feature 1
isolation 1
drop latency time
configuring 1
configuring for FSPF in-order delivery 1
displaying information 1

E

E port mode
classes of service 1
description 1
E ports
configuring 1
fabric binding checking 1
FCS support 1
FSPF topologies 1
isolation 1
recovering from link isolations 1
trunking configuration 1
e-mail notifications
Call Home 1
EFMD
displaying statistics 1
fabric binding 1
fabric binding initiation 1
EISLs
SAN port channel links 1
ELP 1
enabling NPV 1
enhanced zones
advantages over basic zones 1
changing from basic zones 1
configuring default full database distribution 1
configuring default policies 1
configuring default switch-wide zone policies 1
description 1
modifying database 1
ethanalyzer 1
EtherChannel
STP 1
examples
AAA configurations 1
Exchange Fabric Membership Data 1
exchange IDs
in-order delivery 1
load balancing 1
path selection 1
exchange link parameter 1
executing a session 1
expansion port mode 1
extended range VLANs 1

F

F port mode
classes of service 1
description 1
F ports
configuring 1
description 1
fabric binding
checking for E ports 1
checking for TE ports 1
clearing statistics 1
compatibility with DHCHAP 1
copying to config database 1
copying to configuration file (procedure) 1
creating config database (procedure) 1
default settings 1
deleting databases 1
deleting from config database (procedure) 1
description 1
disabling 1
EFMD 1
enabling 1
enforcement 1
forceful activation 1
forceful deactivation 1
initiation process 1
licensing requirements 1
port security comparison 1
saving to config database 1
verifying status 1
viewing active databases (procedure) 1
viewing EFMD statistics (procedure) 1
viewing violations (procedure) 1
Fabric Configuration Servers 1
fabric login 1
fabric port mode 1
fabric pWWNs
zone membership 1
fabric reconfiguration
fcdomain phase 1
fabric security
authentication 1
default settings 1
Fabric Shortest Path First
routing services 1
Fabric-Device Management Interface 1
fabrics 1
fault tolerant fabrics
example (figure) 1
FC IDs
allocating 1
allocating default company ID lists 1
configuring fcalias members 1
description 1
persistent 1
FC-SP 1
authentication 1
enabling 1
enabling on ISLs 1
fcaliases
cloning 1
configuring for zones 1
creating 1
renaming 1
fcdomains
autoreconfigured merged fabrics 1
configuring CFS distribution 1 2
default settings 1
description 1
disabling 1
displaying information 1
domain IDs 1
domain manager fast restart 1
dsiplaying statistics 1
enabling 1
enabling autoreconfiguration 1
incoming RCFs 1
initiation 1
overlap isolation 1
restarts 1
switch priorities 1
FCoE 1
disable LAN traffic 1
fcping
default settings 1
verifying switch connectivity 1
FCSs
characteristics 1
default settings 1
description 1
displaying information 1
fctimers
displaying configured values 1
fctrace
default settings 1
invoking 1
FDMI
description 1
displaying database information 1
Fibre Channel
sWWNs for fabric binding 1
timeout values 1
TOV 1
Fibre Channel domains 1
Fibre Channel interfaces
administrative states 1
BB_credits 1
configuring 1
configuring auto port mode 1
configuring bit error thresholds 1
configuring descriptions 1
configuring frame encapsulation 1
configuring port modes 1
configuring range 1
configuring speeds 1
default settings 1
displaying VSAN membership 1
operational states 1
reason codes 1
states 1
Fibre Channel over Ethernet 1
Fibre Channel Security Protocol 1
FLOGI
description 1
flow statistics
clearing 1
counting 1
description 1
displaying 1
frame encapsulation
configuring 1
FSCN
displaying databases 1
FSPF
clearing counters 1
clearing VSAN counters 1
computing link cost 1
configuring globally 1
configuring Hello time intervals 1
configuring link cost 1
configuring on a VSAN 1
configuring on interfaces 1
dead time intervals 1
default settings 1
description 1
disabling 1
disabling on interfaces 1
disabling routing protocols 1
displaying database information 1
displaying global information 1
enabling 1
fault tolerant fabrics 1
in-order delivery 1
interoperability 1
link state record defaults 1
reconvergence times 1
redundant links 1
resetting configuration 1
resetting to defaults 1
retransmitting intervals 1
routing services 1
topology examples 1
FSPF routes
configuring 1
description 1
full zone sets
considerations 1
enabling distribution 1
fWWNs
configuring fcalias members 1
Fx ports 1
VSAN membership 1

G

GOLD diagnostics
configuring 1
expansion modules 1
health monitoring 1
runtime 1

H

hard zoning
description 1
HBA ports
configuring area FCIDs 1
health monitoring diagnostics
information 1
Hello time intervals
configuring for FSPF 1
description 1
host ports
kinds of 1

I

ICMPv2 1
IDs
Cisco vendor ID 1 2
serial IDs 1
IEEE 802.1p 1
IEEE 802.1w 1
IEEE 802.3x 1
IGMP forwarding
MAC address 1
IGMP snooping
queries 1
IGMPv1 1
IGMPv3 1
in-order delivery
configuring drop latency time 1
displaying status 1
enabling for VSANs 1
enabling globally 1
guidelines 1
reordering network frames 1
reordering port channel frames 1
indirect link failures
recovering 1
interface speed 1
interfaces
adding to SAN port channels 1 2
assigning to VSANs 1
chassis ID 1
configuring descriptions 1
configuring fcalias members 1
configuring receive data field size 1
displaying SFP information 1
isolated states 1
options 1
SFP types 1
suspended states 1
UDLD 1
VSAN membership 1
Interfaces 1
interop modes
configuring mode 1 1
default settings 1
description 1
interoperability
configuring interop mode 1 1
description 1
verifying status 1
VSANs 1
IOD 1
ISLs
SAN port channel links 1
isolated port 1
isolated VLANs 1 2
isolated VSANs
description 1
displaying membership 1

L

LACP 1 2
system ID 1
license key files
description 1
licenses
claim certificates 1
displaying information 1
evaluation 1
grace period expiration 1
grace periods 1
host IDs 1
identifying features in use 1
incremental 1
installation options 1
installing key files 1
missing 1
node-locked 1
obtaining key files 1
PAK 1
permanent 1
terminology 1
transferring between switches 1
uninstalling 1
Link Aggregation Control Protocol 1
link costs
configuring for FSPF 1
description 1
Link Failure
detecting unidirectional 1
link failures
recovering 1
linkDown notifications 1
linkUp notifications 1
load balancing
attributes 1
attributes for VSANs 1
configuring 1
description 1 2
guarantees 1
SAN port channels 1
logical unit numbers 1
LUNs
displaying discovered SCSI targets 1

M

MAC addresses
configuring secondary 1
management access
description 1
management interfaces 1
displaying information 1
using force option during shutdown 1
McData
native interop mode 1
merged fabrics
autoreconfigured 1
mgmt0 interfaces
description 1
MSCHAP
enabling authentication 1
MST
CIST regional root 1
setting to default values 1
MSTP
boundary ports
described 1
CIST, described 1
CIST regional root 1
CIST root 1
CST
defined 1
operations between regions 1
IEEE 802.1s
terminology 1
IST 1
operations within a region 1
mapping VLANs to MST instance 1
MST region
CIST 1
described 1
hop-count mechanism 1
supported spanning-tree instances 1
multicast storms 1

N

N port identifier virtualization 1
N ports
FCS support 1
fctrace 1
hard zoning 1
zone enforcement 1
zone membership 1
N5K-M1008 expansion module 1
N5K-M1404 expansion module 1
name servers
displaying database entries 1
interoperability 1
LUN information 1
proxy feature 1
registering proxies 1
Node Proxy port mode 1
NP links 1
NP port mode 1
NP-ports 1
NPIV
description 1
enabling 1
NPV
configuring NP interface 1
configuring server interface 1
enabling 1
verifying 1

O

operational states
configuring on Fibre Channel interfaces 1
description 1

P

passwords
administrator 1
DHCHAP 1
setting administrator default 1
strong characteristics 1
persistent FC IDs
configuring 1
description 1
displaying 1
enabling 1
purging 1
PLOGI
name server 1
port channeling 1
port channels
administratively down 1
compatibility with DHCHAP 1
configuring Fibre Channel routes 1
interoperability 1
link changes 1
port modes
auto 1
port security
activating 1
activation 1
activation rejection 1
adding authorized pairs 1
auto-learning 1
compatibility with DHCHAP 1
configuring manually without auto-learning 1
deactivating 1
default settings 1
disabling 1
displaying configuration 1
displaying settings (procedure) 1
displaying statistics (procedure) 1
displaying violations (procedure) 1
enabling 1
enforcement mechanisms 1
fabric binding comparison 1
forcing activation 1
license requirement 1
preventing unauthorized accesses 1
port security auto-learning
description 1
device authorization 1
disabling 1
distributing configuration 1
enabling 1
guidelines for configuring with CFS 1
guidelines for configuring without CFS 1
port security databases
cleaning up 1
copying 1
copying active to config (procedure) 1
deleting 1
displaying configuration 1
interactions 1
manual configuration guidelines 1
merge guidelines 1
reactivating 1
scenarios 1
port speeds
configuring 1
port tracking
default settings 1
description 1
displaying information 1
enabling 1
guidelines 1
shutting down ports forcefully 1
port world wide names 1
PortChannels
show tech-support port-channel command 1
PortFast BPDU filtering 1
ports
VSAN membership 1
preshared keys
TACACS+ 1
primary VLANs 1
principal switches
assigning domain ID 1
configuring 1
private VLANs
community VLANs 1 2
end station access to 1
isolated trunk 1
isolated VLANs 1 2
ports
community 1
isolated 1
promiscuous 1
primary VLANs 1
promiscuous trunk 1
secondary VLANs 1
promiscuous ports 1
proxies
registering for name servers 1
pWWNs
configuring fcalias members 1
zone membership 1

R

RADIUS
configuring servers 1
configuring timeout intervals 1
configuring transmission retry counts 1
default settings 1
example configurations 1
network environments 1
RADIUS servers
configuring timeout interval 1
configuring transmission retry count 1
deleting hosts 1
displaying statistics 1
example configurations 1
manually monitoring 1
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol 1
RCFs
description 1
incoming 1
rejecting incoming 1
reason codes
description 1
reconfigure fabric frames 1
reduced MAC address 1
redundancy
VSANs 1
Registered State Change Notifications 1
related documents 1
reserved-range VLANs 1
retransmitting intervals
configuring for FSPF 1
description 1
roles
authentication 1
rollback
checkpoint copy 1
creating a checkpoint copy 1
default settings 1
deleting a checkpoint file 1
description 1
example configuration 1
guidelines 1
high availability 1
implementing a rollback 1
limitations 1
reverting to checkpoint file 1
verifying configuration 1
root guard 1
route costs
computing 1
RSCN
default settings 1
description 1
displaying information 1
multiple port IDs 1
suppressing domain format SW-RSCNs 1
switch RSCN 1
RSCN timers
configuration distribution using CFS 1
configuring 1
RSTP 1
active topology 1
BPDU
processing 1
designated port, defined 1
designated switch, defined 1
proposal-agreement handshake process 1
rapid convergence 1
point-to-point links 1
root ports 1
root port, defined 1
runtime checks
static routes 1
runtime diagnostics
information 1

S

SAN port channel
verifying configurations 1
SAN port Channel
default settings 1
SAN port channel protocol
configuring autocreation 1
enabling autocreation 1
SAN port channel Protocol
autocreation 1
creating channel group 1
SAN port channels
adding interfaces 1 2
comparison with trunking 1
compatibility checks 1
configuration guidelines 1
description 1
interface states 1
load balancing 1
misconfiguration error detection 1
scalability
VSANs 1
SCR
request 1
SCSI
displaying LUN discovery results 1
SCSI LUNs
customized discovery 1
discovering targets 1
displaying information 1
starting discoveries 1
SD port mode
description 1
interface modes 1
SD ports
configuring 1
secondary MAC addresses
configuring 1
secondary VLANs 1
serial IDs
description 1
server groups 1
server IDs
description 1
service requests 1
session manager 1
committing a session 1
configuring an ACL session (example) 1
description 1
discarding a session 1
guidelines 1
limitations 1
saving a session 1
verifying configuration 1
verifying the session 1
SFP+ transceiver 1
SFPs
displaying transmitter types 1
transmitter types 1
small computer system interface 1
Small form-factor pluggable (plus) transceiver 1
smart call home
description 1
registration requirements 1
Transport Gateway (TG) aggregation point 1
SMARTnet
smart call home registration 1
SNMP
access groups 1
group-based access 1
server contact name 1
user synchronization with CLI 1
Version 3 security features 1
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
versions 1
SNMPv3
assigning multiple roles 1
security features 1
specifying AAA parameters 1
specifying parameters for AAA servers 1
soft zoning
description 1
source IDs
call home event format 1
exchange based 1
flow based 1
in-order delivery 1
path selection 1
SPAN
egress sources 1
ingress sources 1
sources for monitoring 1
SPAN destination port mode 1
SPAN sources
egress 1
ingress 1
SPF
computational hold times 1
static routes
runtime checks 1
statistics
TACACS+ 1
storage devices
access control 1
STP
edge ports 1 2
EtherChannel 1
network ports 1
normal ports 1
PortFast 1 2
port types 1
understanding
Blocking State 1
disabled state 1
forwarding state 1
learning state 1
STP bridge ID 1
STP root guard 1
switch ports
configuring attribute default values 1
switch priorities
default 1
description 1
Switched Port Analyzer 1
sWWNs
configuring for fabric binding 1

T

TACACS+
advantages over RADIUS 1
configuring 1
configuring global timeout interval 1
description 1
displaying statistics 1
example configurations 1
field descriptions 1
global preshared keys 1
limitations 1
prerequisites 1
preshared key 1
user login operation 1
verifying configuration 1
TACACS+ servers
configuring hosts 1
configuring TCP ports 1
configuring timeout interval 1
displaying statistics 1
field descriptions 1
manually monitoring 1
verifying configuration 1
TCP ports
TACACS+ servers 1
TE port mode
classes of service 1
description 1
TE ports
fabric binding checking 1
FCS support 1
fctrace 1
FSPF topologies 1
interoperability 1
recovering from link isolations 1
trunking restrictions 1
timeout values 1
TOV
configuring across all VSANs 1
configuring for a VSAN 1
default settings 1
interoperability 1
ranges 1
tracked ports
binding operationally 1
traffic isolation
VSANs 1
trap notifications 1
troubleshooting
collecting output for technical support 1
fcping 1
fctrace 1
show tech-support command 1
verifying switch connectivity 1
trunk mode
administrative default 1
configuring 1 2
default settings 1
trunk ports
displaying information 1
trunk-allowed VSAN lists
description 1
trunking
comparison with port channels 1
configuration guidelines 1
configuring modes 1
default settings 1
description 1
displaying information 1
interoperability 1
link state 1
merging traffic 1
restrictions 1
trunking E port mode 1
trunking ports
associated with VSANs 1
trunking protocol
default settings 1
default state 1
description 1
detecting port isolation 1

U

UDLD
aggressive mode 1
defined 1
nonaggressive mode 1
unicast storms 1
Unidirectional Link Detection 1
unique area FC IDs
configuring 1
description 1
user accounts
password characteristics 1
user login
authentication process 1
authorization process 1
user roles
specifying on AAA servers 1 2
users
description 1

V

VDC
defined 1
vendor-specific attributes 1
verifying NPV 1
virtual device contexts 1
Virtual Fibre Channel interfaces
default settings 1
VLANs
extended range 1
reserved range 1
VSAN IDs
allowed list 1
description 1
multiplexing traffic 1
range 1
VSAN membership 1
VSANs
advantages 1
allowed-active 1
cache contents 1
comparison with zones (table) 1 2
compatibility with DHCHAP 1
configuring 1
configuring allowed-active lists 1
configuring FSPF 1
configuring trunk-allowed lists 1
default settings 1
default VSANs 1
deleting 1
description 1
displaying configuration 1
displaying membership 1
displaying usage 1
domain ID automatic reconfiguration 1
FC IDs 1
FCS support 1
features 1
flow statistics 1
FSPF 1
FSPF connectivity 1
interop mode 1
isolated 1
load balancing 1
load balancing attributes 1
mismatches 1
multiple zones 1
names 1
name server 1
operational states 1
port membership 1
states 1
TE port mode 1
timer configuration 1
TOV 1
traffic isolation 1
trunk-allowed 1
trunking ports 1
VSAs
format 1
protocol options 1
support description 1

W

world wide names 1
WWNs
description 1
displaying information 1
link initialization 1
secondary MAC addresses 1
suspended connections 1

Z

zone aliases
conversion to device aliases 1
zone attribute groups
cloning 1
zone databases
migrating a non-MDS database 1
release locks 1
zone members
displaying information 1
zone server databases
clearing 1
zone sets
activating 1
analyzing 1
cloning 1
considerations 1
creating 1
displaying information 1
distributing configuration 1
enabling distribution 1
exporting 1
exporting databases 1
features 1
importing 1
importing databases 1
one-time distribution 1
recovering from link isolations 1
renaming 1
viewing information 1
zones
access control 1
analyzing 1
backing up (procedure) 1
cloning 1
compacting for downgrading 1
comparison with device aliases 1
comparison with VSANs (table) 1 2
configuring aliases 1
configuring fcaliases 1
default policies 1
displaying information 1
exporting databases 1
features 1 2
importing databases 1
membership using pWWNs 1
merge failures 1
renaming 1
restoring (procedure) 1
show tech-support zone command 1
viewing information 1
zoning
description 1
example 1
implementation 1