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Command Modes FCOE MAP
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.3(0.0) Introduced on the M I/O Aggregator and MXL 10/40GbE Switch with the FC Flex
IO module.
Usage
Information
The text description is displayed in show fcoe-map command output.
Related
Commands
fcoe-map — creates an FCoE map which contains the parameters used in the communication between
servers and a SAN fabric.
show fcoe-map — displays the Fibre Channel and FCoE configuration parameters in FCoE maps.
fabric
Apply an FCoE map on a fabric-facing Fibre Channel (FC) port.
Syntax
fabric map-name
Parameters
map-name Maximum: 32 alphanumeric characters.
Defaults None
Command Modes INTERFACE FIBRE_CHANNEL
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.3(0.0) Introduced on the M I/O Aggregator and MXL 10/40GbE Switch with the FC Flex
IO module.
Usage
Information
An FCoE map is a template used to map FCoE and FC parameters in a converged fabric. An FCoE map is
used to virtualize upstream FC ports on a switch with the FC Flex IO module NPIV proxy gateway so that
they appear to downstream server CNA ports as FCoE forwarder (FCF) ports on an FCoE network. When
applied to FC and Ethernet ports on an NPIV proxy gateway, an FCoE map allows the switch to operate
as an FCoE-FC bridge between an FC SAN and an FCoE network by providing FCoE-enabled servers and
switches with the necessary parameters to log in to a SAN fabric. Use the fcoe-map command to create
an FCoE map.
On a switch with the FC Flex IO module NPIV proxy gateway, you cannot apply an FCoE map on
fabric-facing FC ports and server-facing Ethernet ports.
After you apply an FCoE map on an FC interface, when the port is enabled (no shutdown), the NPIV
proxy gateway starts sending FIP multicast advertisements on behalf of the FC port to downstream
servers in order to advertise the availability of a new FCF port on the FCoE VLAN.
To remove an FCoE map from an FC interface, enter the no fabric map-name command in Interface
configuration mode.
Related
Commands
fcoe-map — creates an FCoE map which contains the parameters used in the communication between
servers and a SAN fabric.
show fcoe-map — displays the Fibre Channel and FCoE configuration parameters in FCoE maps.
1234 FC Flex IO Modules