Setup Guide

Table Of Contents
Viewing the Number of SAV Dropped Packets....................................................................................................... 291
Clearing the Number of SAV Dropped Packets...................................................................................................... 292
14 Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP).................................................................................................293
ECMP for Flow-Based Affinity........................................................................................................................................293
Configuring the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 293
Enabling Deterministic ECMP Next Hop..................................................................................................................293
Configuring the Hash Algorithm Seed...................................................................................................................... 293
Link Bundle Monitoring.....................................................................................................................................................294
Managing ECMP Group Paths.................................................................................................................................. 294
Creating an ECMP Group Bundle............................................................................................................................. 295
Modifying the ECMP Group Threshold....................................................................................................................295
Support for /128 IPv6 and /32 IPv4 Prefixes in Layer 3 Host Table and LPM Table........................................296
Support for ECMP in host table................................................................................................................................296
Support for moving /128 IPv6 Prefixes and /32 IPv4 Prefixes ........................................................................... 296
15 FIP Snooping.......................................................................................................................... 297
Fibre Channel over Ethernet............................................................................................................................................297
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network............................................................................................... 297
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges..................................................................................................................................298
Using FIP Snooping...........................................................................................................................................................300
FIP Snooping Prerequisites........................................................................................................................................300
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................................300
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature............................................................................................................................301
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs................................................................................................................................. 301
Configure the FC-MAP Value....................................................................................................................................302
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link.......................................................................................................... 302
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link.............................................................................................................. 302
Impact on Other Software Features.........................................................................................................................302
FIP Snooping Restrictions.......................................................................................................................................... 302
Configuring FIP Snooping...........................................................................................................................................303
Displaying FIP Snooping Information.............................................................................................................................. 303
FCoE Transit Configuration Example............................................................................................................................. 308
16 Flex Hash and Optimized Boot-Up............................................................................................. 310
Flex Hash Capability Overview.........................................................................................................................................310
Configuring the Flex Hash Mechanism........................................................................................................................... 310
Configuring Fast Boot and LACP Fast Switchover........................................................................................................311
Optimizing the Boot Time..................................................................................................................................................311
Interoperation of Applications with Fast Boot and System States............................................................................. 312
RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Overview....................................................................................................314
Preserving 802.1Q VLAN Tag Value for Lite Subinterfaces.........................................................................................315
17 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP).....................................................................................316
Protocol Overview............................................................................................................................................................. 316
Ring Status....................................................................................................................................................................317
Multiple FRRP Rings.................................................................................................................................................... 317
Important FRRP Points............................................................................................................................................... 318
Important FRRP Concepts......................................................................................................................................... 319
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