Deployment Guide

Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network.........................................................................................305
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges............................................................................................................................. 306
Using FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................................ 308
FIP Snooping Prerequisites.....................................................................................................................................308
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 308
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature.......................................................................................................................309
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs.............................................................................................................................309
Configure the FC-MAP Value................................................................................................................................. 310
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link..................................................................................................... 310
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link..........................................................................................................310
Impact on Other Software Features..................................................................................................................... 310
FIP Snooping Restrictions....................................................................................................................................... 310
Configuring FIP Snooping.........................................................................................................................................311
Displaying FIP Snooping Information........................................................................................................................... 311
FCoE Transit Configuration Example..........................................................................................................................316
Chapter 15: Flex Hash and Optimized Boot-Up........................................................................... 318
Flex Hash Capability Overview.....................................................................................................................................318
Configuring the Flex Hash Mechanism.......................................................................................................................318
Configuring Fast Boot and LACP Fast Switchover.................................................................................................319
Optimizing the Boot Time..............................................................................................................................................319
Interoperation of Applications with Fast Boot and System States.....................................................................320
RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Overview............................................................................................. 323
Preserving 802.1Q VLAN Tag Value for Lite Subinterfaces................................................................................. 323
Chapter 16: Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)..................................................................325
Protocol Overview..........................................................................................................................................................325
Ring Status................................................................................................................................................................. 326
Multiple FRRP Rings.................................................................................................................................................326
Important FRRP Points............................................................................................................................................327
Important FRRP Concepts......................................................................................................................................328
Implementing FRRP........................................................................................................................................................328
FRRP Configuration........................................................................................................................................................329
Creating the FRRP Group....................................................................................................................................... 329
Configuring the Control VLAN...............................................................................................................................329
Configuring and Adding the Member VLANs..................................................................................................... 330
Setting the FRRP Timers......................................................................................................................................... 331
Clearing the FRRP Counters...................................................................................................................................331
Viewing the FRRP Configuration........................................................................................................................... 331
Viewing the FRRP Information............................................................................................................................... 331
Troubleshooting FRRP...................................................................................................................................................332
Sample Configuration and Topology...........................................................................................................................332
FRRP Support on VLT................................................................................................................................................... 333
Chapter 17: GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)............................................................. 336
Configure GVRP.............................................................................................................................................................. 337
Enabling GVRP Globally................................................................................................................................................. 337
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface...................................................................................................................... 338
Configure GVRP Registration...................................................................................................................................... 338
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