HP Cisco MDS 9120 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide - R - Page 453

Chapter 21 Configuring N Port Virtualization Configuring NPV Send documentation comments to [email protected] Step 4 Select the Switch from the drop-down list as shown in Figure 21-6. Figure 21-6 Map Entry Dialog Box Step 5 Type the port numbers or click the [...] button (not available on blade server switches) to select the Server Interface and External Interfaces from the port selection dialog box as shown in Figure 21-7. Figure 21-7 Port Selection Dialog Box Note You can select only one Server Interface but multiple External Interfaces can be mapped on to it. Previously selected ports are disabled and cannot be selected. To delete the map entry, select the row from the Traffic Map tab, and then click the toolbar or right click and select Delete Row. icon in the Enable or Disable the Global Policy for Disruptive Load Balancing Disruptive load balancing allows you to review the load on all the external interfaces and balance the load disruptively. Disruptive load balancing is done by moving the servers using heavily loaded external interfaces, to the external interfaces running with fewer loads. To enable disruptive load balancing using Fabric Manager, perform the following tasks: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Choose Physical Attributes > Switches > N_Port Virtualizer (NPV) as shown in Figure 21-8. Click the Load Balance tab. Check the Enable checkbox to enable disruptive load balancing on the switch. OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide 21-11