Administrator Guide

Fibre Channel over Ethernet.........................................................................................................................................287
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network............................................................................................ 287
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges.............................................................................................................................. 289
FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack...................................................................................................................................290
Using FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................................291
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................. 291
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature.........................................................................................................................291
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs.............................................................................................................................292
Congure the FC-MAP Value................................................................................................................................ 292
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link....................................................................................................... 292
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link...........................................................................................................292
Impact on Other Software Features..................................................................................................................... 292
FIP Snooping Prerequisites.....................................................................................................................................293
FIP Snooping Restrictions...................................................................................................................................... 293
Conguring FIP Snooping.......................................................................................................................................294
Displaying FIP Snooping Information...........................................................................................................................294
FCoE Transit Conguration Example.......................................................................................................................... 299
19 FIPS Cryptography...................................................................................................................................302
Preparing the System....................................................................................................................................................302
Enabling FIPS Mode...................................................................................................................................................... 302
Generating Host-Keys...................................................................................................................................................303
Monitoring FIPS Mode Status......................................................................................................................................303
Disabling FIPS Mode..................................................................................................................................................... 304
20 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP).................................................................................................. 305
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................305
Ring Status............................................................................................................................................................... 306
Multiple FRRP Rings................................................................................................................................................307
Important FRRP Points...........................................................................................................................................308
Important FRRP Concepts.....................................................................................................................................309
Implementing FRRP....................................................................................................................................................... 310
FRRP Conguration....................................................................................................................................................... 310
Creating the FRRP Group....................................................................................................................................... 310
Conguring the Control VLAN................................................................................................................................310
Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs....................................................................................................... 312
Setting the FRRP Timers.........................................................................................................................................313
Clearing the FRRP Counters...................................................................................................................................313
Viewing the FRRP Conguration............................................................................................................................313
Viewing the FRRP Information............................................................................................................................... 313
Troubleshooting FRRP................................................................................................................................................... 314
Conguration Checks...............................................................................................................................................314
Sample Conguration and Topology.............................................................................................................................314
FRRP Support on VLT................................................................................................................................................... 316
Example Scenario..................................................................................................................................................... 317
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................. 318
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