Concept Guide

Disabling FIPS Mode..................................................................................................................................................... 320
20 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)................................................................................................... 321
Protocol Overview..........................................................................................................................................................321
Ring Status............................................................................................................................................................... 322
Multiple FRRP Rings................................................................................................................................................323
Important FRRP Points........................................................................................................................................... 324
Important FRRP Concepts..................................................................................................................................... 325
Implementing FRRP.......................................................................................................................................................326
FRRP Conguration.......................................................................................................................................................326
Creating the FRRP Group.......................................................................................................................................326
Conguring the Control VLAN...............................................................................................................................326
Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs.......................................................................................................328
Setting the FRRP Timers........................................................................................................................................329
Clearing the FRRP Counters..................................................................................................................................329
Viewing the FRRP Conguration...........................................................................................................................329
Viewing the FRRP Information...............................................................................................................................329
Troubleshooting FRRP.................................................................................................................................................. 330
Conguration Checks..............................................................................................................................................330
Sample Conguration and Topology............................................................................................................................330
FRRP Support on VLT...................................................................................................................................................332
Example Scenario.................................................................................................................................................... 333
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................334
21 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)..............................................................................................335
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................... 335
Congure GVRP............................................................................................................................................................ 335
Related Conguration Tasks...................................................................................................................................336
Enabling GVRP Globally................................................................................................................................................ 336
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface........................................................................................................................ 337
Congure GVRP Registration.......................................................................................................................................337
Congure a GARP Timer.............................................................................................................................................. 338
22 FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................... 339
Supported Modes..........................................................................................................................................................339
Fibre Channel over Ethernet........................................................................................................................................ 339
Ensuring Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network.........................................................................................339
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges...............................................................................................................................341
How FIP Snooping is Implemented..............................................................................................................................342
FIP Snooping on VLANs......................................................................................................................................... 342
FC-MAP Value......................................................................................................................................................... 343
Bridge-to-FCF Links................................................................................................................................................ 343
Impact on other Software Features...................................................................................................................... 343
FIP Snooping Prerequisites.....................................................................................................................................343
FIP Snooping Restrictions...................................................................................................................................... 344
Conguring FIP Snooping.............................................................................................................................................344
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