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

 Minimum HP Comware Software version

 Virtual Connect firmware version

 HP FlexFabric Adapter Firmware and driver

Note: License is not required for FCoE on HP 5900 switches.

Guidelines

 It is mandatory to use the FCF Mode in order to directly attach FCoE-based Storage devices.

 To increase the FCoE traffic identification and to better control the span of this traffic over the Ethernet network, it is

recommended to use different FCoE VLANs and VSANs numbers between the two fabrics.

 The FCoE VLAN should be dedicated to FCoE traffic (i.e. it should not carry IP traffic).

 You must enable FCoE for the same VLAN and map this VLAN to the same VSAN on the two ends.

 Interfaces connecting to VC must be configured as trunk ports and STP edge ports.

 For each Blade server, one vfc interface with MAC Binding must be defined because Virtual Connect is running in FIP

snooping mode.

Virtual Connect configuration

Before you configure the upstream switches, Virtual Connect requires the creation of an Active/Active configuration of

two converged Shared Uplink Sets (SUS). Refer to the Virtual Connect configuration section.

If you need to improve the Ethernet traffic service level control, refer to the Quality of Service in the Virtual Connect

Domain section.

HP 5900 configuration

Details about the configuration:

 FCF mode is used.

 Option 1: Interfaces XGE1/0/12 are connected to the VC modules thought FCoE using a single uplink.

 Option 2: Interfaces XGE1/0/12-14 are connected to the VC modules thought FCoE using a bridge aggregation BAGG

20.

 Interfaces XGE1/0/7 are connected to an FCoE-based storage device (3PAR).

 Interfaces XGE1/0/23 are connected to the datacenter LAN.

 VLAN IDs 200 and 201 are used for the FCoE networks.

 VLAN IDs 1, 10 and 20 are the standard Ethernet networks (non-FCoE networks).

 VSAN 200 and 201 will be used for the FCoE traffic.

 The virtual Fibre Channel interfaces vfc 1 bind to the MAC addresses of the first Blade server.

 The virtual Fibre Channel interfaces vfc 2 bind to the MAC addresses of the second Blade server.

 The virtual Fibre Channel interfaces vfc 7 bind to XGE1/0/7 for the FCoE-based storage target FCoE connection.