Users Guide

24 PMUX Mode of the IO Aggregator...........................................................................................................250
I/O Aggregator (IOA) Programmable MUX (PMUX) Mode.....................................................................................250
Conguring and Changing to PMUX Mode............................................................................................................... 250
Conguring the Commands without a Separate User Account............................................................................... 251
Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)............................................................................................................................................251
Overview....................................................................................................................................................................251
Setting up VLT......................................................................................................................................................... 252
Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) in PMUX Mode......................................................................................................... 253
VLT Terminology...................................................................................................................................................... 255
Congure Virtual Link Trunking..............................................................................................................................255
Verifying a VLT Conguration................................................................................................................................ 259
Additional VLT Sample Congurations.................................................................................................................. 262
Troubleshooting VLT................................................................................................................................................262
25 FC Flex IO Modules..................................................................................................................................264
FC Flex IO Modules....................................................................................................................................................... 264
Understanding and Working of the FC Flex IO Modules.......................................................................................... 264
FC Flex IO Modules Overview................................................................................................................................264
FC Flex IO Module Capabilities and Operations...................................................................................................265
Guidelines for Working with FC Flex IO Modules................................................................................................ 266
Processing of Data Trac.......................................................................................................................................268
Installing and Conguring the Switch....................................................................................................................268
Interconnectivity of FC Flex IO Modules with Cisco MDS Switches................................................................ 270
Fibre Channel over Ethernet for FC Flex IO Modules............................................................................................... 272
26 FC FLEXIO FPORT.................................................................................................................................. 273
FC FLEXIO FPORT........................................................................................................................................................273
Conguring Switch Mode to FCF Port Mode............................................................................................................ 274
Name Server...................................................................................................................................................................275
FCoE Maps..................................................................................................................................................................... 275
Creating an FCoE Map..................................................................................................................................................276
Zoning.............................................................................................................................................................................. 277
Creating Zone and Adding Members........................................................................................................................... 277
Creating Zone Alias and Adding Members..................................................................................................................278
Creating Zonesets..........................................................................................................................................................278
Activating a Zoneset......................................................................................................................................................279
Displaying the Fabric Parameters.................................................................................................................................279
27 NPIV Proxy Gateway................................................................................................................................282
Supported Modes..........................................................................................................................................................282
NPIV Proxy Gateway Conguration............................................................................................................................ 282
NPIV Proxy Gateway Operations and Capabilities.....................................................................................................282
NPIV Proxy Gateway Operation ............................................................................................................................282
NPIV Proxy Gateway: Protocol Services.............................................................................................................. 283
NPIV Proxy Gateway Functionality........................................................................................................................283
NPIV Proxy Gateway: Terms and Denitions....................................................................................................... 283
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