Valid And Invalid Portchannel Examples - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring PortChannels
• The PortChannel interface must be in ACTIVE mode when multiple FCIP interfaces are grouped with
• ON mode is not supported. Only ACTIVE-ACTIVE mode is supported. By default, the mode is ACTIVE
• Devices logged in through F PortChannel on an MDS switch are not supported in IVR non-NAT
• Port security rules are enforced only on physical pWWNs at the single link level.
• FC-SP authenticates only the first physical FLOGI of every PortChannel member.
• Since the FLOGI payload carries only the VF bits to trigger the use of a protocol after the FLOGI
• The name server registration of the N ports logging in through an F PortChannel will use the fWWN of
• DPVM configuration is not supported.
• The PortChannel port VSAN cannot be configured using DPVM.
• The Dynamic Port VSAN Management (DPVM) database will be queried only for the first physical
• DPVM does not bind FC_IDs to VSANs, but pWWNs to VSANs. It will be queried only for the physical

Valid and Invalid PortChannel Examples

PortChannels are created with default values. You can change the default configuration just like any other
physical interface.
Figure 16: Valid PortChannel Configurations, on page 233
configurations.
Figure 16: Valid PortChannel Configurations
Figure 17: Misconfigured Configurations, on page 234
that the links are brought up in the 1, 2, 3, 4 sequence, links 3 and 4 will be operationally down as the fabric
is misconfigured.
WA.
on the NPV switches.
configuration. The devices are supported only in IVR NAT configuration.
exchange, those bits will be overridden. In the case of the NPV switches, the core has a Cisco WWN
and will try to initiate the PCP protocol.
the PortChannel interface.
FLOGI of each member, so that the port VSAN can be configured automatically.
FLOGI.
provides examples of valid PortChannel
provides examples of invalid configurations. Assuming
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