Reference Guide
Fibre channel
F_Port
Fibre channel fabric port (F_Port) is the switch port that connects the Fibre Channel (FC) fabric to a node. S4148U-ON switches support
F_Port.
Enable Fibre channel F_Port mode globally using the feature fc domain-ID domain-ID command in CONFIGURATION mode.
Enable Fibre channel F_Port mode
OS10(config)# feature fc domain-id 100
NPIV Proxy Gateway
A node port (N_Port) is a port on a network node that acts as a host or storage device, and is used in FC point-to-point or FC switched
fabric topologies.
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) allows multiple N_Port IDs to share a single physical N_Port.
The NPIV Proxy Gateway (NPG) provides Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) to Fibre Channel (FC) bridging and vice versa.
Enable NPG mode globally using the feature fc npg command in CONFIGURATION mode.
Enable NPG mode
OS10(config)# feature fc npg
NOTE
: In a switch congured to operate in NPG or F-Port mode, OS10 does not support scale prole VLAN conguration. If you
want to use scale prole conguration in NPG or F-Port mode, enable CPU based VLAN ooding on vfabric VLAN using the
mode L3 command.
FIP snooping bridge
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) encapsulates Fibre channel frames over Ethernet networks.
FCoE Initialization protocol (FIP) establishes Fibre channel connectivity with Ethernet ports.
FIP snooping bridge (FSB) implements security characteristics to admit valid FCoE trac in the Ethernet networks.
FIP and FCoE provide FC emulation over Ethernet links.
NOTE
: OS10 switches do not support multi-hop FIP snooping bridge (multi-hop FSB) capability; links to other FIP snooping
bridges on a FIP snooping-enabled device (bridge-to-bridge links) are not supported.
Enable FIP snooping mode
OS10(config)# feature fip-snooping
An Ethernet switch congured to operate in FSB mode snoops FIP packets on FCoE enabled VLANs and discovers the following
information:
• End nodes (ENodes)
• Fibre channel forwarder (FCF)
• Connections between ENodes and FCFs
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