FCoE Port Channels on Single Nexus 5K - possible?

I'm looking for information regarding FCoE on a single Nexus 5548. I'm trying to set up a port channel from a Netapp filer's CNA adapters (2 twinax cables). I was told that for some reason port channels do not work on a single Nexus 5K design (i.e. no vPC), but I didn't know if that meant simply without the use of LACP. I've configured it in both fashions, and it seems that the VFCs do not want to come up, meaning that my filers cannot log in to the SAN. This behavior is what was described to me as what would happen if I tried doing a port channel in this way - basically I've bound the VFCs to the port channels, and since the port channels are composed of ports on the same switch, it just doesn't work. Seems odd that this would bet the case, though it would normally force me to simply buy a second N5K (sneaky sneaky).
Any tips?

That's not my issue. I'm using only one Nexus 5K, meaning that if I want to have a port channel running between the 5K and the Netapp filers, I have to bind the virtual fibre channel interfaces to that port channel. I believe that in doing so, when there are more than one links as a member of that port channel, the VFCs simply go down by design and will not come up. For some reason VFCs require to be bound to a single physical interface, whether that interfaces is a single phyiscal port or a port channel that's only configured to have one port in it.
Either way, I had to configure the Netapp side to be active/passive. I've bound the VFCs to each port (total of 4, so 4 VFCs as well). No port channels are being used on the Nexus side. This is not ideal but it works.
I would still like to see some documentation regarding the behavior of the VFCs when presented with multiple links in this way. Has anyone seen any documentation regarding this?

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    vsan 1 interfaces:
        fc2/13            fc2/14          
    vsan 133 interfaces:
        fc2/15            fc2/16            san-port-channel 133
    vsan 4079(evfp_isolated_vsan) interfaces:
    vsan 4094(isolated_vsan) interfaces:
    NX5KA# show san-port-channel summary
    U-Up D-Down B-Hot-standby S-Suspended I-Individual link
    summary header
    Group  Port-      Type    Protocol               Member Ports
           Channel
    133    San-po133  FC      PCP      (D)  FC       fc2/15(D)    fc2/16(D)   
    UCS Fabric Interconnect outputs:
    UCS-FI-A-A(nxos)# show san-port-channel summary
    U-Up D-Down B-Hot-standby S-Suspended I-Individual link
    summary header
    Group  Port-      Type    Protocol               Member Ports
           Channel
    133    San-po133  FC      PCP      (D)  FC       fc1/31(D)    fc1/32(D)   
    UCS-FI-A-A(nxos)#
    UCS-FI-A-A(nxos)# show run int fc1/31-32
    !Command: show running-config interface fc1/31-32
    !Time: Fri Dec 20 22:58:51 2013
    version 5.2(3)N2(2.21b)
    interface fc1/31
      switchport mode NP
      channel-group 133 force
      no shutdown
    interface fc1/32
      switchport mode NP
      channel-group 133 force
      no shutdown
    UCS-FI-A-A(nxos)#
    UCS-FI-A-A(nxos)# show run int san-port-channel 133
    !Command: show running-config interface san-port-channel 133
    !Time: Fri Dec 20 22:59:09 2013
    version 5.2(3)N2(2.21b)
    interface san-port-channel 133
      channel mode active
      switchport mode NP

    !Command: show running-config interface san-port-channel 133
    !Time: Sat May 16 04:59:07 2009
    version 5.1(3)N1(1)
    interface san-port-channel 133
      channel mode active
      switchport mode F
      switchport trunk mode off
    Changed it as you suggested...
    Followed the order of operations for "no shut"
    Nexus FC -> Nexus SAN-PC -> FI FC -> FI SAN-PC.
    Didn't work:
    NX5KA(config-if)# show san-port-channel summary
    U-Up D-Down B-Hot-standby S-Suspended I-Individual link
    summary header
    Group  Port-      Type    Protocol               Member Ports
           Channel
    133    San-po133  FC      PCP      (D)  FC       fc2/15(D)    fc2/16(D)
    NX5KA(config-if)#
    Here is the output as you requested:
    NX5KA(config-if)# show int san-port-channel 133
    san-port-channel 133 is down (No operational members)
        Hardware is Fibre Channel
        Port WWN is 24:85:00:2a:6a:5a:81:00
        Admin port mode is F, trunk mode is off
        snmp link state traps are enabled
        Port vsan is 133
        1 minute input rate 1256 bits/sec, 157 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
        1 minute output rate 248 bits/sec, 31 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
          3966 frames input, 615568 bytes
            0 discards, 0 errors
            0 CRC,  0 unknown class
            0 too long, 0 too short
          2956 frames output, 143624 bytes
            0 discards, 0 errors
          46 input OLS, 41 LRR, 73 NOS, 0 loop inits
          257 output OLS, 189 LRR, 219 NOS, 0 loop inits
        last clearing of "show interface" counters never
        Member[1] : fc2/15
        Member[2] : fc2/16
    NX5KA(config-if)#
    NX5KA(config-if)# show int brief
    Interface  Vsan   Admin  Admin   Status          SFP    Oper  Oper   Port
                      Mode   Trunk                          Mode  Speed  Channel
                             Mode                                 (Gbps)
    fc2/13     1      auto   on      sfpAbsent        --     --           --
    fc2/14     1      auto   on      sfpAbsent        --     --           --
    fc2/15     133    F      off     init             swl    --           133
    fc2/16     133    F      off     init             swl    --           133

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