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FCoE overview ····························································································································································· 1
Storage area network ······················································································································································· 1
FC SAN ·············································································································································································· 1
FC protocol ········································································································································································ 2
Basic concepts ·························································································································································· 2
Communication flow ················································································································································ 4
VSAN ········································································································································································· 4
FC zone ····································································································································································· 5
FCoE ··················································································································································································· 5
Basic concepts ·························································································································································· 6
How FCoE works ······················································································································································ 7
FCoE modes ······································································································································································· 9
FCF mode ······························································································································································· 10
NPV mode ······························································································································································ 10
Transit mode ·························································································································································· 11
Protocols and standards ················································································································································ 12
FCoE configuration guidelines ·································································································································· 13
Configuring the switch to operate in advanced mode or expert mode ··································································· 13
Configuring an FCoE mode ·········································································································································· 13
FCoE features supported in different FCoE modes ····································································································· 13
Configuring VFC interfaces ······································································································································· 15
Configuring a VFC interface ········································································································································· 15
Displaying and maintaining VFC interfaces ················································································································ 16
Enabling FCoE ···························································································································································· 17
FCoE enabling configuration task list ·························································································································· 17
Enabling FCoE for a VLAN and mapping the VLAN to a VSAN ············································································· 17
Configuration restrictions and guidelines ··········································································································· 17
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 17
Setting an FC-MAP value ··············································································································································· 18
Setting an FKA advertisement interval value ··············································································································· 18
Setting the FCF priority ·················································································································································· 20
Setting the system FCF priority ····························································································································· 20
Setting the VFC interface FCF priority ················································································································· 20
Displaying and maintaining FCoE ······························································································································· 20
FCoE enabling configuration example ························································································································ 21
Network requirements ··········································································································································· 21
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 21
Configuring VSANs ··················································································································································· 26
VSAN fundamentals······················································································································································· 26
Creating a VSAN ··························································································································································· 27
Configuring a trunk VSAN ············································································································································ 27
Displaying and maintaining VSANs ···························································································································· 27
VSAN configuration examples ····································································································································· 28
Network requirements ··········································································································································· 28
Requirements analysis ··········································································································································· 28
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 28
Verifying the configuration ··································································································································· 30
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