The following table describes the prerequisites for the FCoE solution
offered using M1000e (with MXL), S5000, Brocade, and Compellent. For
more information, see http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20387203
Resource |
Prerequisites |
MXL |
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DCB needs to be enabled.
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VLT needs to be disabled.
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Switches have SSH connectivity enabled.
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FIP Snooping feature needs to be
enabled on the MXL.
conf
Feature fip-snooping
-
Port-channel member interfaces needs
to have below configuration.
interface range tengigabitethernet 0/33 – 36
port-channel-protocol lacp
port-channel 128 mode active
exit
protocol lldp
no advertise dcbx-tlv ets-reco
dcbx port-role auto-upstream
no shut
exit
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Port-channel connecting S5000 switch
needs to have following configuration.
interface port-channel 128
portmode hybrid
switchport
fip-snooping port-mode fcf
-
Server facing ports needs to below
configuration
portmode hybrid
switchport
protocol lldp
dcbx port-role auto-downstream
no shut
exit
|
S5000 |
Below configuration is prerequisite
for S5000.
-
Enable Fibre Channel capability and
Full Fabric mode.
Switches have SSH connectivity enabled.
feature fc
-
Enable FC ports connecting to Compellent
storage array and FC ports connecting to other S5000 switch via ISL
links.
interface range fi 0/0 - 7
no shut
-
Create DCB Map
dcb-map SAN_DCB_MAP
priority-group 0 bandwidth 60 pfc off
priority-group 1 bandwidth 40 pfc on
priority-pgid 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
exit
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Create a FCoE VLAN
interface vlan <VLAN ID> [Create VLAN for FCoE]
exit
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Create FCoE Map
fcoe-map default_full_fabric
fabric-id <FCoE VLAN ID> vlan <FCoE VLAN Id>
fc-map <FC MAP>
exit
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Apply FCoE MAP to interface
interface fibrechannel 0/0
fabric default_full_fabric
no shutdown
-
NOTE: Below is the process
of generating the FC MAP
For generating the fc-map
use below ruby code.
Here VLAN ID is FCoE VLAN
ID
fc_map = vlanid.to_i.to_s(16).upcase[0..1]
fc_map.length == 1 ? fc_map = "0EFC0
#{fc_map
}" : fc_map =
"0EFC
#{fc_map
}"
|
Brocade |
Alias needs to be created having
Compellent fault domain WWPN accessible on Brocade switch.
|
Compellent |
Nothing specific for ASM
|