Concept Guide

Table Of Contents
FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack.................................................................................................................................. 354
Using FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................................ 355
FIP Snooping Prerequisites.....................................................................................................................................355
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................355
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature.......................................................................................................................356
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs.............................................................................................................................356
Configure the FC-MAP Value................................................................................................................................ 356
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link.................................................................................................... 356
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link.........................................................................................................357
Impact on Other Software Features.................................................................................................................... 357
FIP Snooping Restrictions.......................................................................................................................................357
Configuring FIP Snooping............................................................................................................................................. 357
Displaying FIP Snooping Information..........................................................................................................................358
FCoE Transit Configuration Example......................................................................................................................... 363
Chapter 16: FIPS Cryptography................................................................................................. 365
Configuration Tasks....................................................................................................................................................... 365
Preparing the System.................................................................................................................................................... 365
Enabling FIPS Mode....................................................................................................................................................... 365
Generating Host-Keys................................................................................................................................................... 366
Monitoring FIPS Mode Status..................................................................................................................................... 366
Disabling FIPS Mode.......................................................................................................................................................367
Chapter 17: Flex Hash and Optimized Boot-Up...........................................................................368
Flex Hash Capability Overview.................................................................................................................................... 368
Configuring the Flex Hash Mechanism......................................................................................................................368
LACP Fast Switchover.................................................................................................................................................. 369
Configuring LACP Fast Switchover............................................................................................................................369
LACP.................................................................................................................................................................................. 369
RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Overview.............................................................................................369
Sample Configurations....................................................................................................................................................371
Preserving 802.1Q VLAN Tag Value for Lite Subinterfaces................................................................................. 374
Chapter 18: Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)..................................................................375
Protocol Overview.......................................................................................................................................................... 375
Ring Status................................................................................................................................................................. 376
Multiple FRRP Rings.................................................................................................................................................376
Important FRRP Points............................................................................................................................................ 377
Implementing FRRP.................................................................................................................................................. 377
Important FRRP Concepts......................................................................................................................................377
FRRP Configuration........................................................................................................................................................378
Creating the FRRP Group....................................................................................................................................... 378
Configuring the Control VLAN............................................................................................................................... 379
Configuring and Adding the Member VLANs..................................................................................................... 380
Setting the FRRP Timers........................................................................................................................................ 380
Clearing the FRRP Counters................................................................................................................................... 381
Viewing the FRRP Configuration........................................................................................................................... 381
Viewing the FRRP Information............................................................................................................................... 381
Troubleshooting FRRP....................................................................................................................................................381
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