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Figure 35. FIP Snooping on an FN IOM Switch
The following sections describe how to configure the FIP snooping feature on a switch that functions as a FIP snooping bridge
so that it can perform the following functions:
Perform FIP snooping (allowing and parsing FIP frames) globally on all VLANs or on a per-VLAN basis.
To assign a MAC address to an FCoE end-device (server ENode or storage device) after a server successfully logs in, set
the FCoE MAC address prefix (FC-MAP) value an FCF uses.
To provide more port security on ports that are directly connected to an FCF and have links to other FIP snooping bridges,
set the FCF or Bridge-to-Bridge Port modes.
To ensure that they are operationally active, check FIP snooping-enabled VLANs.
Process FIP VLAN discovery requests and responses, advertisements, solicitations, FLOGI/FDISC requests and responses,
FLOGO requests and responses, keep-alive packets, and clear virtual-link messages.
FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack
FIP snooping supports switch stacking as follows:
A switch stack configuration is synchronized with the standby stack unit.
Dynamic population of the FCoE database (ENode, Session, and FCF tables) is synchronized with the standby stack unit.
The FCoE database is maintained by snooping FIP keep-alive messages.
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