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Chapter 21 Configuring N Port Virtualization Configuring NPV Send documentation comments to [email protected] Figure 21-16 Configuring NPV Associated Ports by manual method. Select the Manual method to manually create port pairs (see Figure 21-16.) Click on a satellite switch and select the NP device port expanded under each of the NPV switches listed. Then select the required the F port on the NPIV core switch and click Add for them to pair. 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. 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. Note Some times the Manual selection in step 4 does not show any port when the NPV switch tree is expanded 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. OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 21-15