Reference Guide

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NOTE: OS10 supports multiple ENodes in F_Port mode.
Using the discovered information, the switch installs ACL entries that provide security and point-to-point link emulation.
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 the F_Port mode and multiple vfabrics in the NPG mode.
The 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 the F_Port mode. The
existing vfabric is removed when you disable F_Port mode and you need to configure new vfabrics in NPG mode. If you are
moving from NPG mode to F_Port mode, then disable the NPG mode and create 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. See also Fibre Channel zoning on page 121.
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.
Configure vfabric in F_Port mode
1. Configure a vfabric using the vfabric fabric-ID command in CONFIGURATION mode. The switch enters vfabric
CONFIGURATION mode. Enter the following commands.
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.
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Fibre Channel