Users Guide

Conguring Switch Mode to Fabric Services
To congure switch mode to Fabric services, use the following commands.
1. Congure Switch mode to Fabric Services.
CONFIGURATION mode
fc switch-mode fabric-services
2. Congure the SAN fabric to which the FC port connects by entering the name of the FCoE map applied to the interface.
INTERFACE mode
fcoe-map <fcoe-map-name> {tengigabitEthernet slot/port | fortygigabitEthernet slot/port}
The FCoE map contains FCoE and FC parameter settings (refer to FCoE Maps). Manually apply the fcoe-map
default_full_fabric to any Ethernet ports used for FCoE.
3. Congure the association between the dedicated VLAN used to carry FCoE trac between servers and a SAN, and the fabric
where the desired storage arrays are installed.
FCOE MAP mode
fabric-id fabric-num vlan vlan-id
4. Congure the FCoE mapped address prex (FC-MAP) value which is used to identify FCoE trac transmitted on the FCoE
VLAN for the specied fabric.
FCOE MAP mode
fc-map fc-map-value
Name Server
Each participant in the FC environment has a unique ID, which is called the World Wide Name (WWN). This WWN is a 64-bit
address.
A Fibre Channel fabric uses another addressing scheme to address the ports in the switched fabric. Each port in the switched fabric
is assigned a 24-bit address by the FC switch. When the device logs into the switch fabric on a specic port with its WWN, the
switch assigns the port address to that port, and the switch also maintains the correlation between the port address and the WWN
address of the device on that port. This function of the switch is implemented by using a name server, a database of objects in
which the fabric attached device registers its values.
FC-ID: 24-bit port address. Consists of three parts:
• Domain: Address of the switch itself. There are only 239 addresses available for switches in your SAN environment. The domain
number allows each switch to have a unique identier if you have multiple interconnected switches in your environment.
• Area: Identies a group of F_Ports. Each group of ports has a dierent area number, even if there is only one port in the group.
• Port: Provides 256 addresses for identifying attached N_Ports and NL_Ports.
The following sequence explains the operation for the attached N_Port:
• N_Port sends a Fabric Login (FLOGI) as it requests a unique 24-bit address from the Fabric Login Server.
• N_Port sends FLOGI to address 0xFFFFFE. Upon success, it obtains a valid address (FCID).
• N_Port sends a Port Login (PLOGI) to inform the Fabric Name Server of its personality and capabilities, this includes WWNN,
WWPN.
• N_Port sends PLOGI to address 0xFFFFFC to register this address with the name server.
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