Users Guide

Fibre Channel over Ethernet........................................................................................................................................309
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network............................................................................................309
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges................................................................................................................................311
FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack....................................................................................................................................313
Using FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................................ 313
FIP Snooping Prerequisites......................................................................................................................................313
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................. 313
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature.........................................................................................................................314
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs............................................................................................................................. 315
Congure the FC-MAP Value................................................................................................................................. 315
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link........................................................................................................315
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link............................................................................................................315
Impact on Other Software Features...................................................................................................................... 315
FIP Snooping Restrictions....................................................................................................................................... 316
Conguring FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................316
Displaying FIP Snooping Information............................................................................................................................317
FCoE Transit Conguration Example...........................................................................................................................322
16 FIPS Cryptography...................................................................................................................................324
Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................................... 324
Preparing the System....................................................................................................................................................324
Enabling FIPS Mode...................................................................................................................................................... 325
Generating Host-Keys...................................................................................................................................................325
Monitoring FIPS Mode Status......................................................................................................................................325
Disabling FIPS Mode..................................................................................................................................................... 326
17 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)....................................................................................................327
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 327
Ring Status............................................................................................................................................................... 328
Multiple FRRP Rings................................................................................................................................................328
Important FRRP Points...........................................................................................................................................329
Important FRRP Concepts.....................................................................................................................................330
Implementing FRRP....................................................................................................................................................... 331
FRRP Conguration....................................................................................................................................................... 331
Creating the FRRP Group....................................................................................................................................... 331
Conguring the Control VLAN...............................................................................................................................332
Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs.......................................................................................................333
Setting the FRRP Timers........................................................................................................................................334
Clearing the FRRP Counters..................................................................................................................................334
Viewing the FRRP Conguration...........................................................................................................................334
Viewing the FRRP Information...............................................................................................................................334
Troubleshooting FRRP.................................................................................................................................................. 335
Conguration Checks..............................................................................................................................................335
Sample Conguration and Topology............................................................................................................................335
FRRP Support on VLT...................................................................................................................................................336
Example Scenario.....................................................................................................................................................337
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