Setup Guide

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Viewing the Number of SAV Dropped Packets................................................................................................. 304
Clearing the Number of SAV Dropped Packets.................................................................................................305
Chapter 14: Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)............................................................................... 306
ECMP for Flow-Based Affinity.................................................................................................................................... 306
Configuring the Hash Algorithm............................................................................................................................ 306
Enabling Deterministic ECMP Next Hop............................................................................................................. 306
Configuring the Hash Algorithm Seed..................................................................................................................307
Link Bundle Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................307
Managing ECMP Group Paths...............................................................................................................................308
Creating an ECMP Group Bundle..........................................................................................................................308
Modifying the ECMP Group Threshold................................................................................................................308
Support for /128 IPv6 and /32 IPv4 Prefixes in Layer 3 Host Table and LPM Table..............................309
Support for ECMP in host table............................................................................................................................309
Support for moving /128 IPv6 Prefixes and /32 IPv4 Prefixes ....................................................................309
Chapter 15: FIP Snooping...........................................................................................................310
Fibre Channel over Ethernet.........................................................................................................................................310
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network..........................................................................................310
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges............................................................................................................................... 311
Using FIP Snooping......................................................................................................................................................... 313
FIP Snooping Prerequisites......................................................................................................................................313
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................313
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature........................................................................................................................314
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs..............................................................................................................................314
Configure the FC-MAP Value................................................................................................................................. 315
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link..................................................................................................... 315
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link......................................................................................................... 315
Impact on Other Software Features..................................................................................................................... 315
FIP Snooping Restrictions....................................................................................................................................... 316
Configuring FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................ 316
Displaying FIP Snooping Information.......................................................................................................................... 316
FCoE Transit Configuration Example..........................................................................................................................321
Chapter 16: Flex Hash and Optimized Boot-Up...........................................................................323
Flex Hash Capability Overview.................................................................................................................................... 323
Configuring the Flex Hash Mechanism...................................................................................................................... 323
Configuring Fast Boot and LACP Fast Switchover................................................................................................ 324
Optimizing the Boot Time............................................................................................................................................. 324
Interoperation of Applications with Fast Boot and System States.................................................................... 325
RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Overview............................................................................................. 328
Preserving 802.1Q VLAN Tag Value for Lite Subinterfaces................................................................................. 328
Chapter 17: Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)..................................................................330
Protocol Overview..........................................................................................................................................................330
Ring Status.................................................................................................................................................................. 331
Multiple FRRP Rings..................................................................................................................................................331
Important FRRP Points............................................................................................................................................332
Important FRRP Concepts......................................................................................................................................333
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