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

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Nexus switch-A configuration
 Upgrade the Nexus switch with minimum NX-OS supported version.
Note: Refer to SPOCK C-Series FCoE Switch Connectivity stream for additional information at
http://h20272.www2.hp.com/Pages/spock2Html.aspx?htmlFile=hw_switches.html
 Enable FCoE and LACP on the switch (disabled by default):
o configure terminal
o feature fcoe
o feature lacp
Note: The Nexus can require a reload.
 Configuring Quality of Service to provide lossless service for FCoE traffic and best-effort service for Ethernet traffic:
o Refer to the Quality of Service configuration section.
 Associate each VLAN with a VSAN for each FCoE networks:
o vlan 200
o fcoe vsan 200
o vlan 300
o fcoe vsan 300
Note: Enabling FCoE on VLAN 1 is not supported.
Note: Make sure that these VLAN IDs are the same as the first Shared Uplink Set FCoE’s VLAN IDs in VCM.
 Create a port channel between the VC module Bay 1 and the Nexus switch A with eth1/5 and eth1/6 with the same
LACP Timer as defined by default in the Virtual Connect Domain, eth1/5 and eth1/6 can be used because both are
mapped to the same UPC (i.e. UPC#1) on Nexus 5010 (for more information see Appendix A):
o interface ethernet 1/5-6
o channel-group 200 mode active
o lacp rate fast
 Create the VLANs for the IP traffic:
o vlan 1,10,20
 Create a trunk on the port channel interface to pass the FCoE VLANs 200 and 300 and Ethernet traffic (VLAN 1,10,20):
o interface port-channel 200
o description FCoE Port Channel to VC-Bay1-X3/X4
o switchport mode trunk
o switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,10,20,200, 300
o spanning-tree port type edge trunk
 Create a virtual Fibre Channel interface for the first Blade server and bind it to the MAC address of its FCoE adapter 1:
o interface vfc 2005
o description vfc for server-1
o bind mac-address 00:17:a4:77:b8:88
o no shutdown
Note: The MAC Address of the FCoE adapter is found under the Virtual Connect Server Profile: