Users Guide

Fibre Channel over Ethernet.........................................................................................................................................314
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network.............................................................................................314
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges...............................................................................................................................316
FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack....................................................................................................................................318
Using FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................................ 318
FIP Snooping Prerequisites......................................................................................................................................318
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................. 318
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature.........................................................................................................................319
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs.............................................................................................................................320
Congure the FC-MAP Value................................................................................................................................ 320
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link.......................................................................................................320
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link...........................................................................................................320
Impact on Other Software Features..................................................................................................................... 320
FIP Snooping Restrictions....................................................................................................................................... 321
Conguring FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................321
Displaying FIP Snooping Information...........................................................................................................................322
FCoE Transit Conguration Example...........................................................................................................................327
16 FIPS Cryptography...................................................................................................................................329
Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................................... 329
Preparing the System....................................................................................................................................................329
Enabling FIPS Mode...................................................................................................................................................... 330
Generating Host-Keys...................................................................................................................................................330
Monitoring FIPS Mode Status......................................................................................................................................330
Disabling FIPS Mode...................................................................................................................................................... 331
17 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)................................................................................................... 332
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................332
Ring Status............................................................................................................................................................... 333
Multiple FRRP Rings................................................................................................................................................333
Important FRRP Points...........................................................................................................................................334
Important FRRP Concepts.....................................................................................................................................335
Implementing FRRP.......................................................................................................................................................336
FRRP Conguration...................................................................................................................................................... 336
Creating the FRRP Group.......................................................................................................................................336
Conguring the Control VLAN............................................................................................................................... 337
Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs.......................................................................................................338
Setting the FRRP Timers........................................................................................................................................339
Clearing the FRRP Counters..................................................................................................................................339
Viewing the FRRP Conguration...........................................................................................................................339
Viewing the FRRP Information...............................................................................................................................339
Troubleshooting FRRP.................................................................................................................................................. 340
Conguration Checks..............................................................................................................................................340
Sample Conguration and Topology............................................................................................................................340
FRRP Support on VLT................................................................................................................................................... 341
Example Scenario.................................................................................................................................................... 342
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