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Virtual FC Interfaces 

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The following fields in the table can be modified: Description, Bind Type, Bind Interface, Bind MAC 
Address, FCF Priority, VSAN ID Port, Mode Admin, Status Admin. The remaining fields are for 
information only.

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Field 

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Description 

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Switch

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    <td><a name="wp1136802"> </a><p class="pBody">
Name of the switch hosting this interface.

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Interface

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Interface name.

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Description

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Text description of the interface as specified by a network manager. 

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  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1136812"> </a><p class="pBody">
VIG Id

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Virtual interface group to which this virtual FC interface is bound.

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Bind Type

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    <td><a name="wp1136818"> </a><p class="pBody">
The type of interface associated with this virtual FC interface - physical 
Ethernet interface or MAC address of the FCoE Node (ENode).

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Bind Interface

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    <td><a name="wp1136822"> </a><p class="pBody">
Physical Ethernet interface or Ethernet port channel associated with this 
virtual FC interface.

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Bind MACAddress

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    <td><a name="wp1136826"> </a><p class="pBody">
MAC address of an FCoE Node (ENode) or a remote Fibre Channel 
Forwarder (FCF) identified by the virtual FC interface.

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  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1136828"> </a><p class="pBody">
FCF Priority

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    <td><a name="wp1136830"> </a><p class="pBody">
The FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) priority value advertised by the 
FCF to ENodes.

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  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1136832"> </a><p class="pBody">
VSAN ID Port

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    <td><a name="wp1136834"> </a><p class="pBody">
VSAN ID to which this interface is statically assigned. 

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VSAN Id Dynamic

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    <td><a name="wp1159412"> </a><p class="pBody">
Index of the VSAN to which this interface is statically assigned.

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Mode Admin

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    <td><a name="wp1136838"> </a><p class="pBody">
The port mode configured by the user. Virtual FC interfaces support only 
fabric port (F Port) mode. 

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  <tr align="left" valign="top">    <td><a name="wp1159481"> </a><p class="pBody">
Rate Mode

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    <td><a name="wp1159483"> </a><p class="pBody">
Specifies the interface as dedicated mode or shared mode.

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Speed Oper

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    <td><a name="wp1159464"> </a><p class="pBody">
Operational speed.

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Mode Oper

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    <td><a name="wp1136842"> </a><p class="pBody">
The current operating mode of the port. 

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Speed Admin

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    <td><a name="wp1159497"> </a><p class="pBody">
The port speed configured by the user. 

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Status Service

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    <td><a name="wp1136846"> </a><p class="pBody">
Specifies whether the interface is in service or out of service. 

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Status Admin

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The desired state of the interface. 

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Status Oper

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    <td><a name="wp1136854"> </a><p class="pBody">
The current operational state of the interface. 

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Status FailureCause

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    <td><a name="wp1136858"> </a><p class="pBody">
The cause of current operational state of the port. 

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Status LastChange

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    <td><a name="wp1136862"> </a><p class="pBody">
When the interface entered its current operational state. If the current 
state was entered prior to the last re-initialization of the local network 
management subsystem, then this value is N/A. 

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<strong>Note	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong> <span style="font-weight: bold">VIG Id</span> field applies only to N5k switches running version less than 4.0(1a).

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