Deployment Guide

67 Dell Networking FC Flex IOM: Deployment of FCoE with Dell FC Flex IOM, Brocade FC switches,
and Dell Compellent Storage Array
Deployment/Configuration Guide
preconfiguration already applied by default, once the server is configured properly, the IOA will
automatically function as a FCoE NPIV Proxy Gateway. For the Dell, MXL setup in figure 5 prior in this
document, we manually applied much of the same configuration such as uplink-failure detection.
By simply inserting the Dell IOA blade switch w/ FC Flex IOM into the Dell M1000e chassis, you can see
below that the end-node is able to log into the SAN A fabric without any configuration needed.
Figure 59 'show fip-snooping enode' command output on fabric A IOA switch
By checking the running-config of the Dell IOA switch, the default configuration can be seen. The
proper LACP, FCoE, and uplink failure detection configuration is already present by default so no further
configuration needs to be done. Below, some relevant default configuration is shown in regards to DCB
and FCoE. Programmable-mux mode can also be used if a manual configuration via CLI for specific
requirements such as multiple upstream LAGs or multiple FC fabrics is needed. See section ‘5.2
Programmable-mux mode’ for more information.
Figure 60 DCB map configuration on fabric A IOA switch
Figure 61 FCoE map configuration on fabric A IOA switch