Users Guide

Sample Conguration: Uplink Failure Detection.............................................................................................................. 236
23 PMUX Mode of the IO Aggregator............................................................................ 238
I/O Aggregator (IOA) Programmable MUX (PMUX) Mode............................................................................................ 238
Conguring and Changing to PMUX Mode.................................................................................................................... 238
Conguring the Commands without a Separate User Account...................................................................................... 239
Virtual Link Trunking (VLT).............................................................................................................................................239
Overview..................................................................................................................................................................239
Setting up VLT......................................................................................................................................................... 240
Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) in PMUX Mode...............................................................................................................241
VLT Terminology.......................................................................................................................................................243
Congure Virtual Link Trunking.................................................................................................................................243
Verifying a VLT Conguration................................................................................................................................... 247
Additional VLT Sample Congurations......................................................................................................................250
Troubleshooting VLT................................................................................................................................................ 250
24 FC Flex IO Modules................................................................................................... 252
FC Flex IO Modules........................................................................................................................................................252
Understanding and Working of the FC Flex IO Modules................................................................................................. 252
FC Flex IO Modules Overview..................................................................................................................................252
FC Flex IO Module Capabilities and Operations........................................................................................................ 253
Guidelines for Working with FC Flex IO Modules......................................................................................................254
Processing of Data Trac........................................................................................................................................ 255
Installing and Conguring the Switch....................................................................................................................... 256
Interconnectivity of FC Flex IO Modules with Cisco MDS Switches.........................................................................258
Fibre Channel over Ethernet for FC Flex IO Modules..................................................................................................... 260
25 FC FLEXIO FPORT.................................................................................................... 261
FC FLEXIO FPORT......................................................................................................................................................... 261
Conguring Switch Mode to FCF Port Mode.................................................................................................................262
Name Server..................................................................................................................................................................262
FCoE Maps.................................................................................................................................................................... 263
Creating an FCoE Map...................................................................................................................................................263
Zoning............................................................................................................................................................................265
Creating Zone and Adding Members..............................................................................................................................265
Creating Zone Alias and Adding Members......................................................................................................................265
Creating Zonesets..........................................................................................................................................................266
Activating a Zoneset...................................................................................................................................................... 266
Displaying the Fabric Parameters................................................................................................................................... 266
26 NPIV Proxy Gateway................................................................................................. 270
Supported Modes...........................................................................................................................................................270
NPIV Proxy Gateway Conguration................................................................................................................................270
NPIV Proxy Gateway Operations and Capabilities...........................................................................................................270
NPIV Proxy Gateway Operation ...............................................................................................................................270
NPIV Proxy Gateway: Protocol Services................................................................................................................... 271
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