Users Guide

Table Of Contents
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Terminology
ENode End Node or FCoE node
FC Fibre Channel
FC ID A 3-byte address used by FC to identify the end points
FC Map A 3-byte prefix configured per VLAN, used to frame FCoE MAC address
FCF Fibre Channel Forwarder
FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet
FCoE MAC Unique MAC address used to identify an FCoE session. This is a combination of FC ID and FC Map.
FIP FCoE Initialization Protocol
NPG NPIV Proxy Gateway
NPIV N_Port ID Virtualization
Virtual fabric
Virtual fabrics (vfabric) divide a physical fabric into logical fabrics. Manage each vfabric independently. The fabric ID identifies
each vfabric. You can configure only one vfabric in F_Port mode and multiple vfabrics in NPG mode. F_Port and NPG modes are
mutually exclusive.
If you have already configured a vfabric in F_Port mode, while configuring vfabrics in NPG mode, disable F_Port mode. When
you disable F_Port mode, the existing vfabric is removed and you must configure new vfabrics in NPG mode. If you are moving
from NPG mode to F_Port mode, disable NPG mode and create the new vfabric in F_Port mode.
Zoning allows you to increase network security by partitioning the devices connected to the vfabric into subsets. Partitioning
restricts unnecessary interactions between the members of vfabric. For more information, see Fibre Channel zoning on page
329.
After configuring a vfabric ID, you can create a name, associate a VLAN to carry traffic to the vfabric, configure FCoE
parameters, configure the default zone, and activate the zoneset.
NOTE: Do not associate a VLAN that is already in use as a vfabric VLAN.
To configure a vfabric in F_Port mode:
1. Configure a vfabric using the vfabric fabric-ID command in CONFIGURATION mode. The switch enters vfabric
CONFIGURATION mode
2. Associate a VLAN ID to the vfabric with the vlan vlan-ID command.
3. Add an FC map with the fcoe fcmap fc-map command.
4. Activate a zoneset using the zoneset activate zoneset-name command.
5. Allow access to all logged-in members in the absence of an active zoneset configuration using the zone default-zone
permit command. The logged-in members are the FC nodes that are successfully logged into the FC fabric, identified by
the vfabric.
6. (Optional) Add a name to the vfabric using the name vfabric-name command.
7. Apply the vfabric to FC interfaces using the vfabric fabric-ID command in FC INTERFACE mode.
Example configuration of vfabric in F_Port mode
OS10(config)# vfabric 100
OS10(conf-vfabric-100)# name 100
OS10(conf-vfabric-100)# vlan 1023
OS10(conf-vfabric-100)# fcoe fcmap 0xEFC64
OS10(conf-vfabric-100)# zoneset activate set
OS10(conf-vfabric-100)# zone default-zone permit
OS10(conf-vfabric-100)# exit
Fibre Channel
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