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Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) encapsulates Fibre channel frames over Ethernet networks.
FCoE Initialization protocol (FIP) establishes Fibre channel connectivity with Ethernet ports.
FIP snooping bridge (FSB) implements security characteristics to admit valid FCoE trac in the Ethernet networks.
FIP and FCoE provide FC emulation over Ethernet links.
An Ethernet switch congured to operate in FSB mode snoops FIP packets on FCoE enabled VLANs and discovers the following
information:
End nodes (ENodes)
Fibre channel forwarder (FCF)
Connections between ENodes and FCFs
Sessions between ENodes and FCFs
NOTE
: OS10 supports multiple ENodes in F_Port mode.
Using the discovered information, the switch installs ACL entries that provide security and point-to-point link emulation.
Congure FIP snooping
1 Enable FIP snooping globally using the feature fip-snooping command in CONFIGURATION mode.
2 Before applying FIP snooping to a VLAN, ensure that the VLAN already contains Ethernet or LAG members that are enabled with FCF
Port mode. Enable FCF mode on an Ethernet or port-channel using the fip-snooping port-mode fcf command in
INTERFACE mode.
3 Enable FIP snooping on the VLAN using the fip-snooping enable command in VLAN INTERFACE mode. You can apply FIP
snooping on a maximum of 12 VLANs.
4 Add an FC map to the VLAN with the fip-snooping fc-map fc-map command.
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