Users Guide

interface vlan (NPIV proxy gateway)
Create a dedicated VLAN to be used to send and receive Fibre Channel traffic over FCoE links between servers and a fabric
over an S5000 NPIV proxy gateway.
S5000
Syntax
interface vlan vlan-id
Parameters
vlan-id Enter a number as the VLAN Identifier. The range is 1 to 4094.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000 configured as an NPIV proxy gateway.
Usage
Information
FCoE storage traffic received from servers on an S5000 NPIV proxy gateway is de-capsulated into Fibre
Channel packets and forwarded over FC links to SAN switches in a specified fabric. You must configure a
separate FCoE VLAN for each fabric to which FCoE traffic is forwarded. Any non-FCoE traffic sent on a
dedicated FCoE VLAN will be dropped.
You configure the association between a dedicated VLAN, which carries FCoE traffic from server CNAs
over the NPIV proxy gateway to a SAN fabric in which destination storage arrays are installed, in an FCoE
map by using the fabric id vlan command.
When you apply an FCoE map to a server-facing Ethernet port, the port is automatically configured as a
tagged member of the FCoE VLAN.
For more information about VLANs and the commands to configure them, refer to the Virtual LAN
(VLAN) Commands section of the Layer 2 chapter.
Example (Single
Range)
Dell(conf)#interface vlan 10
Dell(conf-if-vl-3)#
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.
keepalive
In an FCoE map, enable the monitoring of FIP keepalive messages (if it is disabled).
S5000
Syntax
keepalive
Parameters None
Defaults FIP keepalive monitoring is enabled on Ethernet and Fibre Channel interfaces.
Command Modes FCOE MAP
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage
Information
FIP keepalive (FKA) messaging is used to detect if other FCoE devices are reachable.
To remove FIP keepalive monitoring from an FCoE map, enter the no keepalive command.
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