BladeIO Guide

FCoE transit
Direct traffic to the Top-of-Rack
via FIP Snooping Bridge
Topology
Fabric Inside Chassis: FCoE
Blade models: MXL, IOA, M8024-k
Top-of-Rack switch: Nexus 5K
Configuration
• All FCoE traffic moves from the
adapters, to the IOM, then to
the Top-of-Rack switch
• FC is broken out at the Top-of-
Rack switch and moves to the
SAN or directly to the storage
array
Topology / Configuration
Topology Diagram
LAG
LAG
SAN A
LAN
SAN B
FCoE
LAN
FC
Inside Chassis
FCoE from
Adapter to
Blade Switch
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