Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Command Line Reference Guide 9.10(0.0)

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fabric

Apply an FCoE map on a fabric-facing Fibre Channel (FC) port.

Syntax

fabric map-name

Parameters

map-name

Maximum: 32 alphanumeric characters.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

INTERFACE FIBRE_CHANNEL

Supported Modes

Full–Switch

Command History

Version	Description
9.9(0.0)	Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.3(0.0)	Introduced on the M I/O Aggregator and MXL 10/40GbE Switch with the FC Flex IO module.

Usage Information

An FCoE map is a template used to map FCoE and FC parameters in a converged fabric. An FCoE map is used to virtualize upstream FC ports on a switch with the FC Flex IO module NPIV proxy gateway so that they appear to downstream server CNA ports as FCoE forwarder (FCF) ports on an FCoE network. When applied to FC and Ethernet ports on an NPIV proxy gateway, an FCoE map allows the switch to operate as an FCoE-FC bridge between an FC SAN and an FCoE network by providing FCoE-enabled servers and switches with the necessary parameters to log in to a SAN fabric. Use the fcoe-map command to create an FCoE map.

On a switch with the FC Flex IO module NPIV proxy gateway, you cannot apply an FCoE map on fabric-facing FC ports and server-facing Ethernet ports.

After you apply an FCoE map on an FC interface, when the port is enabled ( no shutdown), the NPIV proxy gateway starts sending FIP multicast advertisements on behalf of the FC port to downstream servers in order to advertise the availability of a new FCF port on the FCoE VLAN.

To remove an FCoE map from an FC interface, enter the no fabric map-name command in Interface configuration mode.

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.