Users Guide
Supported Modes..............................................................................................................................253
Feature Description...........................................................................................................................253
How Uplink Failure Detection Works...............................................................................................254
UFD and NIC Teaming......................................................................................................................256
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................... 256
Uplink Failure Detection (SMUX mode)............................................................................................257
Configuring Uplink Failure Detection (PMUX mode).......................................................................257
Clearing a UFD-Disabled Interface (in PMUX mode)...................................................................... 259
Displaying Uplink Failure Detection.................................................................................................260
Sample Configuration: Uplink Failure Detection.............................................................................263
21 PMUX Mode of the IO Aggregator.............................................................. 265
I/O Aggregator (IOA) Programmable MUX (PMUX) Mode.............................................................. 265
Configuring and Changing to PMUX Mode.....................................................................................265
Configuring the Commands without a Separate User Account.....................................................266
Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)................................................................................................................266
Overview......................................................................................................................................267
Setting up VLT.............................................................................................................................268
Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) in PMUX Mode................................................................................ 269
VLT Terminology......................................................................................................................... 271
Configure Virtual Link Trunking..................................................................................................272
Verifying a VLT Configuration.....................................................................................................277
Additional VLT Sample Configurations...................................................................................... 280
Troubleshooting VLT...................................................................................................................281
22 FC Flex IO Modules........................................................................................ 283
FC Flex IO Modules...........................................................................................................................283
Understanding and Working of the FC Flex IO Modules................................................................ 283
FC Flex IO Modules Overview.................................................................................................... 283
FC Flex IO Module Capabilities and Operations........................................................................285
Guidelines for Working with FC Flex IO Modules......................................................................285
Processing of Data Traffic.......................................................................................................... 288
Installing and Configuring the Switch........................................................................................289
Interconnectivity of FC Flex IO Modules with Cisco MDS Switches.........................................292
Fibre Channel over Ethernet for FC Flex IO Modules..................................................................... 293
23 FC FLEXIO FPORT...........................................................................................295
FC FLEXIO FPORT.............................................................................................................................295
Configuring Switch Mode to FCF Port Mode.................................................................................. 295
Name Server......................................................................................................................................296
FCoE Maps.........................................................................................................................................297
Creating an FCoE Map......................................................................................................................297
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