Reference Guide

438 | Fabric Services
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The Fabric-Services mode supports the following configurations:
• Maximum unique members allowed in a zone: 257
• Maximum member entries allowed in a zone: 257
• Maximum zones allowed in a zoneset: 64
• Maximum devices allowed in the name database: 1000
• Maximum NPIV devices supported per physical port: 64
Configuring Switch Mode to Fabric Services
To configure switch mode to Fabric services on the S5000:
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 specific 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.
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
fc switch-mode
fabric-services
CONFIGURATION
It is a switch-wide command for configuring switch
mode to Fabric services on the S5000.
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
fcoe-map <fcoe-map-name> INTERFACE
{tengigabitEthernet
slot/port |
fortygigabitEthernet
slot/port}
Configure the SAN fabric to which the FC port connects
by entering the name of the FCoE map applied to the
interface. The FCoE map contains FCoE and FC
parameter settings (see FCoE Maps).
Apply the fcoe-map "default_full_fabric" manually to
any Ethernet ports used for FCoE.
fabric-id fabric-num vlan
vlan-id
FCOE MAP
Configure the association between the dedicated VLAN
used to carry FCoE traffic between servers and a SAN,
and the fabric where the desired storage arrays are
installed.
fc-map fc-map-value FCOE MAP
Configure the FCoE mapped address prefix (FC-MAP)
value which is used to identify FCoE traffic transmitted
on the FCoE VLAN for the specified fabric.