R211x-HP Flexfabric 11900 FCoE Configuration Guide
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Setting up a fabric ····················································································································································· 29
Overview ········································································································································································· 29
Principal switch selection ······································································································································ 29
Domain ID assignment ·········································································································································· 30
FC address assignment ········································································································································· 31
Fabric setup configuration task list ······························································································································· 31
Building a fabric statically ···································································································································· 31
Building a fabric dynamically ······························································································································ 32
Enabling or disabling the fabric configuration function ···························································································· 32
Setting a fabric name ···················································································································································· 33
Setting the switch priority ·············································································································································· 33
Configuring the allowed domain ID list ······················································································································· 34
Configuring a domain ID for a switch ························································································································· 34
Configuring the mapping between the N_Port WWN and an FC address ···························································· 35
Configuring the fabric timers ········································································································································ 35
Configuring the fabric timers in system view ······································································································ 36
Configuring the fabric timers in VSAN view ······································································································ 36
Configuring the fabric reconfiguration ························································································································ 36
Configuring the auto fabric reconfiguration function ························································································ 37
Manually initiating the fabric reconfiguration ···································································································· 37
Configuring a VFC interface to reject incoming RCF requests ·················································································· 37
Configuring RSCN aggregation ··································································································································· 38
RSCN overview ····················································································································································· 38
Overview of RSCN aggregation ························································································································· 38
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 38
Configuring and obtaining FC4 information of nodes ······························································································ 39
Enabling auto discovery of SCSI-FCP information ····························································································· 39
Configuring the default FC4 information for a node ························································································· 40
Displaying and maintaining a fabric ··························································································································· 40
Static fabric building configuration example ·············································································································· 41
Network requirements ··········································································································································· 41
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 41
Verifying the configuration ··································································································································· 45
Dynamic fabric building configuration example ········································································································ 47
Network requirements ··········································································································································· 47
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 47
Verifying the configuration ··································································································································· 54
Configuring VSAN ····················································································································································· 56
Overview ········································································································································································· 56
VSAN fundamentals ·············································································································································· 56
Creating a VSAN ··························································································································································· 57
Configuring a trunk VSAN ············································································································································ 57
Displaying and maintaining VSAN ······························································································································ 57
VSAN configuration example ······································································································································· 57
Network requirements ··········································································································································· 57
Configuration considerations ······························································································································· 58
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 58
Verifying the configuration ··································································································································· 61
Configuring FC routing and forwarding ·················································································································· 63
Overview ········································································································································································· 63
Routing table and FIB table ·································································································································· 63
Direct routes ··························································································································································· 64
Static routes ···························································································································································· 65