Users Guide

NPIV Proxy Gateway Operation ............................................................................................................................877
NPIV Proxy Gateway: Protocol Services...............................................................................................................878
NPIV Proxy Gateway Functionality........................................................................................................................878
NPIV Proxy Gateway: Terms and Denitions........................................................................................................878
Conguring an NPIV Proxy Gateway.......................................................................................................................... 880
Enabling Fibre Channel Capability on the Switch.................................................................................................881
Creating a DCB Map ............................................................................................................................................... 881
Applying a DCB Map on Server-facing Ethernet Ports ..................................................................................... 882
Creating an FCoE VLAN......................................................................................................................................... 883
Creating an FCoE Map ...........................................................................................................................................883
Applying an FCoE Map on Server-facing Ethernet Ports...................................................................................884
Applying an FCoE Map on Fabric-facing FC Ports............................................................................................. 885
Sample Conguration..............................................................................................................................................885
Displaying NPIV Proxy Gateway Information............................................................................................................. 886
show interfaces status Command Example......................................................................................................... 887
show fcoe-map Command Examples .................................................................................................................. 888
show qos dcb-map Command Examples ............................................................................................................ 889
show npiv devices brief Command Example........................................................................................................889
show npiv devices Command Example ............................................................................................................... 890
show fc switch Command Example ......................................................................................................................891
63 Upgrade Procedures................................................................................................................................ 892
Get Help with Upgrades............................................................................................................................................... 892
64 Virtual LANs (VLANs).............................................................................................................................. 893
Default VLAN................................................................................................................................................................. 893
Port-Based VLANs.................................................................................................................................................. 894
VLANs and Port Tagging........................................................................................................................................ 894
Conguration Task List............................................................................................................................................895
Conguring Native VLANs..................................................................................................................................... 898
Enabling Null VLAN as the Default VLAN...................................................................................................................899
65 Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)...................................................................................................................... 900
Overview........................................................................................................................................................................ 900
Multi-domain VLT..................................................................................................................................................... 901
VLT Terminology............................................................................................................................................................ 902
Congure Virtual Link Trunking....................................................................................................................................902
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 902
Conguration Notes................................................................................................................................................ 903
RSTP and VLT..........................................................................................................................................................906
VLT Bandwidth Monitoring.....................................................................................................................................906
VLT and IGMP Snooping.........................................................................................................................................907
VLT Port Delayed Restoration................................................................................................................................ 907
PIM-Sparse Mode Support on VLT....................................................................................................................... 907
VLT Multicast........................................................................................................................................................... 909
VLT Unicast Routing................................................................................................................................................ 910
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