Service Manual

On an MXL NPIV proxy gateway, an FCoE map is applied on fabric-facing FC ports and server-facing Ethernet
ports. Use the fcoe-map command to apply an FCoE map on an Ethernet port. Use the fabric command to
apply an FCoE map on an FC port.
An FCoE map consists of the following parameters: the dedicated FCoE VLAN for storage traffic, the destination
SAN fabric (FC-MAP value), FCF priority, and the FIP keepalive (FKA) advertisement timeout.
To remove an FCoE map from an Ethernet interface, enter the no fcoe-map map-name command in Interface
configuration mode.
NOTE: In FCF F mode, you can create only 1 FCoE map. It doesn’t get created automatically. If you try
to create more than 1 map, an error message is displayed.
Related Commands
show fcoe-map — displays the Fibre Channel and FCoE configuration parameters in FCoE maps.
fabric
Apply an FCoE map on a fabric-facing Fibre Channel (FC) port.
Syntax
fabric map-name
Parameters
map-name Maximum: 32 alphanumeric characters.
Defaults None
Command Modes INTERFACE FIBRE_CHANNEL
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.3(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage Information
An FCoE map is a template used to map FCoE and FC parameters in a converged fabric. An FCoE map virtualizes
the upstream FC ports on an NPIV proxy gateway to appear to downstream server CNA ports as FCoE forwarder
(FCF) ports on an FCoE network. When applied to FC and Ethernet ports on an NPIV proxy gateway, an FCoE
map allows the switch to operate as an FCoE-FC bridge between an FC SAN and an FCoE network. It provides
necessary parameters to FCoE-enabled servers and switches to log in to a SAN fabric. Use the fcoe-map
command to create an FCoE map.
On an MXL NPIV proxy gateway, an FCoE map is applied on fabric-facing FC ports and server-facing Ethernet
ports. Use the fabric command to apply an FCoE map on an FC port. Use the fcoe-map command to apply an
FCoE map on an Ethernet port.
After you apply an FCoE map on an FC interface, when the port is enabled (no shutdown), the NPIV proxy
gateway starts sending FIP multicast advertisements on behalf of the FC port to downstream servers to advertise
the availability of a new FCF port on the FCoE VLAN.
To remove an FCoE map from an FC interface, enter the no fabric map-name command in Interface
configuration mode.
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