API Guide

Chapter 11: PowerEdge MX Ethernet I/O modules...................................................................... 311
Operating modes.............................................................................................................................................................. 311
Changing operating modes............................................................................................................................................313
Restrictions....................................................................................................................................................................... 313
Port groups on I/O modules..........................................................................................................................................313
Double-density QSFP28 interfaces............................................................................................................................. 313
Virtual ports...................................................................................................................................................................... 316
Single-density QSFP28 interfaces...............................................................................................................................319
Server-facing interfaces............................................................................................................................................... 320
Replace MX Ethernet I/O modules............................................................................................................................. 321
Deployment instructions...........................................................................................................................................321
Replace an IOM in Full-Switch VLT...................................................................................................................... 322
Replace an IOM in SmartFabric............................................................................................................................. 322
View SmartFabric Services configuration.................................................................................................................325
Chapter 12: Fibre Channel......................................................................................................... 326
Fibre Channel over Ethernet........................................................................................................................................ 327
Configure FIP snooping............................................................................................................................................327
Terminology......................................................................................................................................................................329
Virtual fabric.....................................................................................................................................................................329
Fibre Channel zoning...................................................................................................................................................... 331
F_Port on Ethernet........................................................................................................................................................ 333
Pinning FCoE traffic to a specific port of a port-channel.....................................................................................333
Sample FSB configuration on VLT network........................................................................................................335
Sample FC Switch configuration on VLT network............................................................................................337
Sample FSB configuration on non-VLT network...............................................................................................339
Sample FC Switch configuration on non-VLT network.................................................................................... 341
Multi-hop FIP-snooping bridge.................................................................................................................................... 342
Configuration notes.................................................................................................................................................. 343
Configure multi-hop FSB.........................................................................................................................................343
Verify multi-hop FSB configuration...................................................................................................................... 349
Sample Multi-hop FSB configuration................................................................................................................... 350
Configuration guidelines................................................................................................................................................363
NPIV Proxy Gateway cascading..................................................................................................................................364
Support for untagged VLAN in FCoE.........................................................................................................................366
Rebalance FC sessions (NPG).....................................................................................................................................366
Load balancing after system reboot...........................................................................................................................367
NPG rebalance topology..........................................................................................................................................367
NPG switch configurations.....................................................................................................................................367
Example: Manual rebalance trigger.......................................................................................................................369
Equivalent RESTCONF request for the rebalancing CLIs................................................................................ 371
F_Port commands........................................................................................................................................................... 371
fc alias.......................................................................................................................................................................... 372
fc zone......................................................................................................................................................................... 372
fc zoneset................................................................................................................................................................... 372
feature fc.....................................................................................................................................................................373
member (alias)........................................................................................................................................................... 373
member (zone).......................................................................................................................................................... 374
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