Deployment Guide

FC Flex IO Modules Overview............................................................................................................................... 938
FC Flex IO Module Capabilities and Operations...................................................................................................939
Guidelines for Working with FC Flex IO Modules................................................................................................ 940
Processing of Data Trac....................................................................................................................................... 941
Installing and Conguring the Switch....................................................................................................................942
Interconnectivity of FC Flex IO Modules with Cisco MDS Switches................................................................944
Data Center Bridging (DCB)........................................................................................................................................ 946
Ethernet Enhancements in Data Center Bridging............................................................................................... 946
Enabling Data Center Bridging...............................................................................................................................952
QoS dot1p Trac Classication and Queue Assignment....................................................................................953
Congure Enhanced Transmission Selection....................................................................................................... 954
Congure a DCBx Operation..................................................................................................................................956
Verifying the DCB Conguration........................................................................................................................... 964
PFC and ETS Conguration Examples..................................................................................................................972
Using PFC and ETS to Manage Data Center Trac........................................................................................... 972
Fibre Channel over Ethernet for FC Flex IO Modules............................................................................................... 975
NPIV Proxy Gateway for FC Flex IO Modules............................................................................................................976
NPIV Proxy Gateway Conguration on FC Flex IO Modules .............................................................................976
NPIV Proxy Gateway Operations and Capabilities...............................................................................................976
Conguring an NPIV Proxy Gateway.....................................................................................................................979
Displaying NPIV Proxy Gateway Information....................................................................................................... 985
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