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FC FPORT
Dell Networking OS supports FC FPort on Combo port card.
Topics:
FC FPORT
Configuring Switch Mode to FCF Port Mode
Name Server
FCoE Maps
Creating an FCoE Map
Zoning
Creating Zone and Adding Members
Creating Zone Alias and Adding Members
Creating Zonesets
Activating a Zoneset
Displaying the Fabric Parameters
FC FPORT
FC FPort can be configured on ports 9 and 10 of Combo port card in Dell FX2 chassis.
Configuring Switch Mode to FCF Port Mode
To configure switch mode to Fabric services, use the following commands.
1. Configure Switch mode to FCF Port.
CONFIGURATION mode
feature fc fport domain id 2
NOTE:
Enable remote-fault-signaling rx off command in FCF FPort mode on interfaces connected to the
Compellent, MDF, and Equalogic storage devices.
2. Create an FCoE map with the parameters used in the communication between servers and a SAN fabric.
CONFIGURATION mode
fcoe-map map-name
3. Configure the association between the dedicated VLAN used to carry FCoE traffic between servers and a SAN, and the
fabric where the desired storage arrays are installed.
FCOE MAP mode
fabric-id fabric-num vlan vlan-id
4. Configure the FCoE mapped address prefix (FC-MAP) value which is used to identify FCoE traffic transmitted on the FCoE
VLAN for the specified fabric.
FCOE MAP mode
fc-map fc-map-value
5. Configure the SAN fabric to which the FC port connects by entering the name of the FCoE map applied to the interface.
INTERFACE mode
fcoe-map <fcoe-map-name> tengigabitEthernet slot/port
The FCoE map contains FCoE and FC parameter settings (refer to FCoE Maps). Manually apply the fcoe-map to any
Ethernet ports used for FCoE.
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