Administrator Guide

Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network............................................................................................... 289
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges..................................................................................................................................290
Using FIP Snooping...........................................................................................................................................................292
FIP Snooping Prerequisites........................................................................................................................................ 292
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................................292
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature........................................................................................................................... 293
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs.................................................................................................................................293
Configure the FC-MAP Value....................................................................................................................................293
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link.......................................................................................................... 294
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link.............................................................................................................. 294
Impact on Other Software Features.........................................................................................................................294
FIP Snooping Restrictions.......................................................................................................................................... 294
Configuring FIP Snooping...........................................................................................................................................294
Displaying FIP Snooping Information.............................................................................................................................. 295
FCoE Transit Configuration Example............................................................................................................................. 300
15 Flex Hash and Optimized Boot-Up............................................................................................ 302
Flex Hash Capability Overview........................................................................................................................................302
Configuring the Flex Hash Mechanism...........................................................................................................................302
Configuring Fast Boot and LACP Fast Switchover...................................................................................................... 303
Optimizing the Boot Time................................................................................................................................................ 303
Interoperation of Applications with Fast Boot and System States.............................................................................304
RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Overview...................................................................................................306
Preserving 802.1Q VLAN Tag Value for Lite Subinterfaces........................................................................................ 307
16 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP).................................................................................... 308
Protocol Overview............................................................................................................................................................ 308
Ring Status...................................................................................................................................................................309
Multiple FRRP Rings................................................................................................................................................... 309
Important FRRP Points............................................................................................................................................... 310
Important FRRP Concepts.......................................................................................................................................... 311
Implementing FRRP............................................................................................................................................................311
FRRP Configuration...........................................................................................................................................................312
Creating the FRRP Group...........................................................................................................................................312
Configuring the Control VLAN................................................................................................................................... 312
Configuring and Adding the Member VLANs........................................................................................................... 313
Setting the FRRP Timers............................................................................................................................................ 314
Clearing the FRRP Counters...................................................................................................................................... 314
Viewing the FRRP Configuration............................................................................................................................... 314
Viewing the FRRP Information...................................................................................................................................314
Troubleshooting FRRP...................................................................................................................................................... 315
Sample Configuration and Topology................................................................................................................................315
FRRP Support on VLT.......................................................................................................................................................316
17 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)................................................................................ 319
Configure GVRP.................................................................................................................................................................319
Enabling GVRP Globally....................................................................................................................................................320
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface............................................................................................................................321
Configure GVRP Registration...........................................................................................................................................321
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