Users Guide

feature fc
Enable Fibre Channel capability on the S5000.
S5000
Syntax
feature fc
Defaults The S5000 is not enabled to operate in Fibre Channel mode.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage
Information
Use this command to configure the S5000 to interoperate with Fibre Channel devices in SAN fabrics.
Enter the no feature fc command to disable the Fibre Channel command-line interface and free
memory resources allocated to Fibre Channel operation.
Example
Dell(conf)#feature fc
Related
Commands
show interfaces fibrechannel — displays the configuration of a Fibre Channel interface.
fka-adv-period
In an FCoE map, configure the time interval used to transmit FIP keepalive (FKA) advertisements.
S5000
Syntax
fka-adv-period seconds
Parameters
seconds Enter the time period (in seconds) used to send FIP keepalive messages to peer
devices. The range is from 8 to 90 seconds.
Defaults 8 seconds
Command Modes FCOE MAP
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage
Information
To delete the FIP keepalive time period from an FCoE map, enter the no fka-adv-erpiod command.
Related
Commands
fcoe-map — creates an FCoE map which contains the parameters used in the communication between
servers and a SAN fabric.
show fcoe-map— displays the Fibre Channel and FCoE configuration parameters in FCoE maps.
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