Reference Guide

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Configuring an NPIV Proxy Gateway
Prerequisite: Before you configure an NPIV proxy gateway on an S5000:
• An S5000 NPIV proxy gateway can be directly connected to a server or connected to a server over a
FIP snooping bridge. If the S5000 and a FIP snooping bridge are connected using a port channel
(Figure 34-1), configure the port channel on both devices (
interface port-channel command on the
S5000).
To configure NPG operation on an S5000 switch, follow these general configuration steps:
1. Enabling Fibre Channel Capability on the Switch
2. Creating a DCB map.
3. Applying a DCB map on server-facing Ethernet ports.
4. Creating an FCoE VLAN.
5. Creating an FCoE map.
6. Applying an FCoE map on server-facing Ethernet ports.
7. Applying an FCoE Map on fabric-facing FC ports.
Enabling Fibre Channel Capability on the Switch
You must first enable an S5000 that you want to configure as an NPG for the Fibre Channel protocol.
When you enable Fibre Channel capability, FCoE transit with FIP snooping is automatically enabled on all
VLANs on the switch, using the default FCoE transit settings. For more information, see Enabling FIP
Snooping on VLANs.
Creating a DCB map
Configure the priority-based flow control (PFC) and enhanced traffic selection (ETS) settings in a DCB
map before you can apply them on downstream server-facing ports on an S5000 NPG.
Note: DCB is enabled by default on the S5000. Auto-negotiated DCBx is enabled for converged traffic by
default on all S5000 Ethernet ports. FCoE transit with FIP snooping is automatically enabled when you
configure Fibre Channel capability on the S5000 (see Enabling Fibre Channel Capability on the Switch).
Task Command Command Mode
Enable an S5000 switch for the Fibre Channel
protocol.
feature fc
CONFIGURATION
Step Task Command Command Mode
1 Create a DCB map to specify PFC and ETS settings
for groups of dot1p priorities.
dcb-map name
CONFIGURATION