Users Guide

Table Of Contents
wavelength................................................................................................................................................................. 409
default mtu................................................................................................................................................................. 409
show default mtu....................................................................................................................................................... 410
Chapter 11: PowerEdge MX Ethernet I/O modules...................................................................... 411
MX-IOM Hardware Replacement.................................................................................................................................412
Unified port groups......................................................................................................................................................... 412
Chapter 12: Fibre Channel.......................................................................................................... 414
Fibre Channel over Ethernet.........................................................................................................................................415
Configure FIP snooping............................................................................................................................................ 416
Terminology.......................................................................................................................................................................417
Virtual fabric......................................................................................................................................................................417
Fibre Channel zoning......................................................................................................................................................420
F_Port on Ethernet......................................................................................................................................................... 421
Pinning FCoE traffic to a specific port of a port-channel.....................................................................................422
Sample FSB configuration on VLT network........................................................................................................424
Sample FC Switch configuration on VLT network............................................................................................426
Sample FSB configuration on non-VLT network...............................................................................................428
Sample FC Switch configuration on non-VLT network................................................................................... 429
Multiswitch fabric (E Port)........................................................................................................................................... 431
Configure multiswitch fabric (E Port)..................................................................................................................433
Verify multiswitch fabric (E Port) configuration...............................................................................................435
Multiswitch fabric (E Port) CLI commands........................................................................................................440
Multi-hop FIP-snooping bridge....................................................................................................................................455
Configuration notes..................................................................................................................................................456
Configure multi-hop FSB.........................................................................................................................................456
Verify multi-hop FSB configuration...................................................................................................................... 462
Sample Multi-hop FSB configuration................................................................................................................... 463
Configuration guidelines................................................................................................................................................ 476
NPIV Proxy Gateway cascading.................................................................................................................................. 477
Support for untagged VLAN in FCoE.........................................................................................................................479
Rebalance FC sessions (NPG).....................................................................................................................................479
Load balancing after system reboot...........................................................................................................................480
NPG rebalance topology......................................................................................................................................... 480
NPG switch configurations.....................................................................................................................................480
Example: Manual rebalance trigger.......................................................................................................................482
Equivalent RESTCONF request for the rebalancing CLIs............................................................................... 484
Single FCF per vFabric.................................................................................................................................................. 484
Usecase 1 - NPG fabric is connected to an FCF switch through multiple links.........................................485
Use case 2 - NPG fabric is connected to multiple upstream switches belonging to the same SAN
fabric........................................................................................................................................................................488
Use case 3 - Multiple NPG Fabrics connected to upstream switches belonging to different SAN
fabrics...................................................................................................................................................................... 488
F_Port commands.......................................................................................................................................................... 488
fc alias..........................................................................................................................................................................488
fc zone.........................................................................................................................................................................489
fc zoneset................................................................................................................................................................... 489
feature fc.................................................................................................................................................................... 489
member (alias)...........................................................................................................................................................490
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