Administrator Guide

Guidelines for Working with FC Flex IO Modules...................................................................................................... 233
Processing of Data Trac........................................................................................................................................ 235
Installing and Conguring the Switch....................................................................................................................... 235
Interconnectivity of FC Flex IO Modules with Cisco MDS Switches......................................................................... 237
Fibre Channel over Ethernet for FC Flex IO Modules..................................................................................................... 239
23 FC FLEXIO FPORT....................................................................................................240
FC FLEXIO FPORT........................................................................................................................................................ 240
Conguring Switch Mode to FCF Port Mode.................................................................................................................240
Name Server...................................................................................................................................................................241
FCoE Maps..................................................................................................................................................................... 241
Creating an FCoE Map...................................................................................................................................................242
Zoning............................................................................................................................................................................ 243
Creating Zone and Adding Members.............................................................................................................................. 243
Creating Zone Alias and Adding Members...................................................................................................................... 244
Creating Zonesets.......................................................................................................................................................... 244
Activating a Zoneset.......................................................................................................................................................244
Displaying the Fabric Parameters................................................................................................................................... 245
24 NPIV Proxy Gateway................................................................................................. 248
Supported Modes.......................................................................................................................................................... 248
NPIV Proxy Gateway Conguration................................................................................................................................248
NPIV Proxy Gateway Operations and Capabilities.......................................................................................................... 248
NPIV Proxy Gateway Operation .............................................................................................................................. 248
NPIV Proxy Gateway: Protocol Services.................................................................................................................. 249
NPIV Proxy Gateway Functionality...........................................................................................................................249
NPIV Proxy Gateway: Terms and Denitions............................................................................................................ 249
Conguring an NPIV Proxy Gateway...............................................................................................................................251
Enabling Fibre Channel Capability on the Switch......................................................................................................252
Creating a DCB Map ............................................................................................................................................... 252
Applying a DCB Map on Server-facing Ethernet Ports ............................................................................................253
Creating an FCoE VLAN...........................................................................................................................................254
Creating an FCoE Map ............................................................................................................................................254
Applying an FCoE Map on Server-facing Ethernet Ports......................................................................................... 255
Applying an FCoE Map on Fabric-facing FC Ports................................................................................................... 256
Sample Conguration...............................................................................................................................................256
Displaying NPIV Proxy Gateway Information...................................................................................................................257
show interfaces status Command Example..............................................................................................................258
show fcoe-map Command Examples ...................................................................................................................... 258
show qos dcb-map Command Examples .................................................................................................................259
show npiv devices brief Command Example............................................................................................................ 260
show npiv devices Command Example .................................................................................................................... 261
show fc switch Command Example .........................................................................................................................262
25 Upgrade Procedures..................................................................................................263
Get Help with Upgrades.................................................................................................................................................263
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