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Weighted ECMP for Static Routes..............................................................................................................................369
ECMP Support in L3 Host and LPM Tables...............................................................................................................369
15 FCoE Transit.............................................................................................................................................370
Fibre Channel over Ethernet........................................................................................................................................ 370
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network............................................................................................ 370
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges.............................................................................................................................. 372
FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack................................................................................................................................... 374
Using FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................................374
FIP Snooping Prerequisites..................................................................................................................................... 374
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................374
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature........................................................................................................................ 375
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs.............................................................................................................................375
Congure the FC-MAP Value.................................................................................................................................375
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link....................................................................................................... 376
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link........................................................................................................... 376
Impact on Other Software Features......................................................................................................................376
FIP Snooping Restrictions.......................................................................................................................................376
Conguring FIP Snooping............................................................................................................................................. 377
Displaying FIP Snooping Information........................................................................................................................... 378
FCoE Transit Conguration Example...........................................................................................................................383
16 FIPS Cryptography...................................................................................................................................385
Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................................... 385
Preparing the System....................................................................................................................................................385
Enabling FIPS Mode...................................................................................................................................................... 386
Generating Host-Keys...................................................................................................................................................386
Monitoring FIPS Mode Status......................................................................................................................................386
Disabling FIPS Mode......................................................................................................................................................387
17 Flex Hash and Optimized Boot-Up............................................................................................................388
Flex Hash Capability Overview.....................................................................................................................................388
Conguring the Flex Hash Mechanism.......................................................................................................................388
LACP Fast Switchover..................................................................................................................................................389
Conguring LACP Fast Switchover............................................................................................................................ 389
LACP............................................................................................................................................................................... 389
LACP Fast Switchover............................................................................................................................................389
RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Overview............................................................................................... 389
Sample Congurations...................................................................................................................................................391
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Preserving 802.1Q VLAN Tag Value for Lite Subinterfaces...................................................................................... 394
18 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)...................................................................................................395
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................395
Ring Status............................................................................................................................................................... 396
Multiple FRRP Rings............................................................................................................................................... 396
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