Administrator Guide

Support for /128 IPv6 and /32 IPv4 Prexes in Layer 3 Host Table and LPM Table......................................309
Support for ECMP in host table............................................................................................................................. 310
Support for moving /128 IPv6 Prexes and /32 IPv4 Prexes .........................................................................310
RTAG7........................................................................................................................................................................310
Flow-based Hashing for ECMP...............................................................................................................................311
14 FIP Snooping............................................................................................................................................ 315
Fibre Channel over Ethernet.........................................................................................................................................315
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network.............................................................................................315
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges............................................................................................................................... 317
Using FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................................319
FIP Snooping Prerequisites..................................................................................................................................... 319
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................. 319
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature........................................................................................................................320
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs..............................................................................................................................321
Congure the FC-MAP Value................................................................................................................................. 321
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link........................................................................................................321
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link............................................................................................................321
Impact on Other Software Features..................................................................................................................... 322
FIP Snooping Restrictions...................................................................................................................................... 322
Conguring FIP Snooping.......................................................................................................................................322
Displaying FIP Snooping Information...........................................................................................................................323
FCoE Transit Conguration Example...........................................................................................................................328
15 Flex Hash and Optimized Boot-Up............................................................................................................330
Flex Hash Capability Overview.................................................................................................................................... 330
Conguring the Flex Hash Mechanism.......................................................................................................................330
Conguring Fast Boot and LACP Fast Switchover....................................................................................................331
Optimizing the Boot Time..............................................................................................................................................331
Booting Process When Optimized Boot Time Mechanism is Enabled...............................................................331
Guidelines for Conguring Optimized Booting Mechanism................................................................................332
Interoperation of Applications with Fast Boot and System States..........................................................................333
LACP and IPv4 Routing.......................................................................................................................................... 333
LACP and IPv6 Routing.......................................................................................................................................... 333
BGP Graceful Restart............................................................................................................................................. 334
Cold Boot Caused by Power Cycling the System................................................................................................334
Unexpected Reload of the System........................................................................................................................334
Software Upgrade................................................................................................................................................... 334
LACP Fast Switchover............................................................................................................................................334
Changes to BGP Multipath.................................................................................................................................... 335
Delayed Installation of ECMP Routes Into BGP...................................................................................................335
RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Overview............................................................................................... 335
Preserving 802.1Q VLAN Tag Value for Lite Subinterfaces...................................................................................... 336
16 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)................................................................................................... 337
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 337
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