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ToR switch and an S5000 switch. The switch operates as a lossless FIP snooping bridge to transparently forward FCoE frames between
the ENode servers and the FCF switch.
Figure 37. FIP Snooping on an S5000 Switch
The following sections describe how to congure the FIP snooping feature on a switch that functions as a FIP snooping bridge so that it
can perform the following functions:
• Allocate CAM resources for FCoE.
• Perform FIP snooping (allowing and parsing FIP frames) globally on all VLANs or on a per-VLAN basis.
• To assign a MAC address to an FCoE end-device (server ENode or storage device) after a server successfully logs in, set the FCoE
MAC address prex (FC-MAP) value an FCF uses. The FC-MAP value is used in the ACLs installed in bridge-to-bridge links on the
switch.
• To provide more port security on ports that are directly connected to an FCF and have links to other FIP snooping bridges, set the FCF
or Bridge-to-Bridge Port modes.
• To ensure that they are operationally active, check FIP snooping-enabled VLANs.
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