Reference Guide

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FIP Snooping
In a converged Ethernet network, an MXL Switch can operate as an intermediate Ethernet bridge to
snoop on Fibre Channel over Ethernet initialization protocol (FIP) packets during the login process on
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) forwarders (FCFs).
Acting as a transit FIP snooping bridge, the switch uses dynamically-created ACLs to permit only
authorized FCoE traffic to be transmitted between an FCoE end-device and an FCF. The following Dell
Networking Operating System (OS) commands are used to configure and verify the FIP snooping feature.
clear fip-snooping statistics
Clear the statistics on the FIP packets snooped on all VLANs, a specified VLAN, or a specified port
interface.
Syntax
clear fip-snooping statistics [interface vlanVlan-id|
interfaceport-type port/slot|interface port-channel port-
channel-number]
Parameters
vlan-id Enter the VLAN ID of the FIP packet statistics to be cleared.
port type port/
slot
Enter the port-type and slot number of the FIP packet
statistics to be cleared.
port-channel-
number
Enter the port channel number of the FIP packet statistics to
be cleared.
Command
Modes
EXEC Privilege
Command
History
Version 8.3.17.0 Supported on the M I/O Aggregator.
debug fip-snooping
Enable the debug FIP protocol specific messages.
Syntax
debug fip-snooping [all | acl | error | ifm | info | ipc | rx
{ packet-type { all | discovery | virtual-link-instantiation |
virtual-link-maintenance | vlan-discovery } { fortyGigE | port-
channel | tengigabitethernet } } | tx ]
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