Setup Guide

Support for moving /128 IPv6 Prexes and /32 IPv4 Prexes ........................................................................ 344
RTAG7............................................................................................................................................................................. 344
Flow-based Hashing for ECMP................................................................................................................................... 345
15 FIP Snooping............................................................................................................................................348
Fibre Channel over Ethernet........................................................................................................................................ 348
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network............................................................................................ 348
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges..............................................................................................................................350
FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack...................................................................................................................................352
Using FIP Snooping....................................................................................................................................................... 352
FIP Snooping Prerequisites.....................................................................................................................................352
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 352
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature........................................................................................................................353
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs.............................................................................................................................354
Congure the FC-MAP Value................................................................................................................................ 354
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link.......................................................................................................354
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link...........................................................................................................354
Impact on Other Software Features..................................................................................................................... 354
FIP Snooping Restrictions...................................................................................................................................... 355
Conguring FIP Snooping.......................................................................................................................................355
Displaying FIP Snooping Information...........................................................................................................................356
FCoE Transit Conguration Example........................................................................................................................... 361
16 Flex Hash and Optimized Boot-Up............................................................................................................363
Flex Hash Capability Overview.....................................................................................................................................363
Conguring the Flex Hash Mechanism.......................................................................................................................363
Conguring Fast Boot and LACP Fast Switchover...................................................................................................364
Optimizing the Boot Time.............................................................................................................................................364
Booting Process When Optimized Boot Time Mechanism is Enabled..............................................................364
Guidelines for Conguring Optimized Booting Mechanism................................................................................365
Interoperation of Applications with Fast Boot and System States..........................................................................366
LACP and IPv4 Routing.......................................................................................................................................... 366
LACP and IPv6 Routing..........................................................................................................................................366
BGP Graceful Restart..............................................................................................................................................367
Cold Boot Caused by Power Cycling the System................................................................................................367
Unexpected Reload of the System........................................................................................................................367
Software Upgrade....................................................................................................................................................367
LACP Fast Switchover............................................................................................................................................367
Changes to BGP Multipath.................................................................................................................................... 368
Delayed Installation of ECMP Routes Into BGP...................................................................................................368
RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Overview............................................................................................... 368
Preserving 802.1Q VLAN Tag Value for Lite Subinterfaces......................................................................................369
17 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)................................................................................................... 370
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 370
Ring Status................................................................................................................................................................ 371
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