Deployment Guide

11 Dell Networking FC Flex IOM: Deployment of FCoE with Dell FC Flex IOM, Brocade FC switches,
and Dell Compellent Storage Array
Deployment/Configuration Guide
Figure 5 Dell MXL w/ FC Flex IOM acting as a NPIV Proxy Gateway and allowing for a converged
infrastructure
This setup involves configuration on the CNA, server, MXL blade switches w/ FC Flex IOMs, LAN Dell
S6000 switches, Brocade 6505 FC switches, and the Dell Compellent storage array. This document
steps through the configuration one node at a time. Since the Dell S6000s are just providing the
connectivity to the backend LAN and there is no specific configuration involved in regards to
convergence, the configuration for these switches is standard LAN configuration and will not be shown.
The configuration of the Broadcom 57810 CNA, Dell PowerEdge M620 server, Dell MXL blade switch w/
FC Flex IOM, Brocade 6505 FC switch, and Dell Compellent Storage array is shown below. This example
demonstrates the configuration of the Broadcom 57810 CNA. To see how to configure a QLogic CNA
see Section 5 of this document. Additionally, this example uses Brocade FC switches and a Dell
Compellent Storage array. To see an example of Dell MXL/IOA w/ FC Flex IOM utilized with Cisco MDS
switches and a EMC VNX 5300 storage array, see the “Deploying Dell Networking MXL and PowerEdge
M I/O Aggregator with the FC FlexIO Module in a Cisco MDS Environment” guide.