FCoE Cookbook for HP Virtual Connect Version 4.20 Firmware Enhancements May 2014

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QoS on Nexus 5010 and 5020 141
QoS on Nexus 5500 series 142
Quality of Service in the Virtual Connect
Domain 144
Adding an FCoE volume in a multi-hop
FCoE environment 149
Identifying MAC and WWPN addresses
of the FCoE adapter 149
Configuring VFC interfaces 154
Configuring the Storage Presentation 155
Configuring the zoning 155
Adding an FCoE volume to VMware ESX 156
Adding an FCoE volume to Windows
Server 2012 158
Virtual Connect Troubleshooting 163
Troubleshooting DCBX issues 163
Troubleshooting FCoE issues with FIP
Snooping information 170
Nexus Troubleshooting commands 174
Useful Show commands 174
Specific NPV Mode CLI commands 183
Per-Priority Flow Control commands 187
Interface Status commands 188
HP Networking Troubleshooting
commands 192
Useful fc/fcoe commands 192
Useful interface commands 194
Useful QoS commands 197
Useful LLDP commands 199
Useful log commands 201
Specific NPV Mode CLI commands 202
Issues with FCoE performance 204
Possible Cause 204
When slow FCoE performance is not
due to Pause Frames 204
When slow FCoE performance is due to
Pause frames transmitted by the Nexus
switch. 206
When slow FCoE performance is due to
Pause frames transmitted by
VC/Servers. 208
Troubleshooting Common Issues 210