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Zone IP servers to FC Storage via FCOE
We are planning to ISL a Nexus 5696 to MDS9710
With what I understand ISLing these switches would be similar to ISLing 2 fabric switches. however, if a server is connected to an 10g IP port how do we zone it?
how do we get the wwn number of the server?
Might be a basic question but I cant find anything on it.
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November 4th, 2016 13:00
Hi,
Consider to study the Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide first:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5600/sw/san_switching/7x/b_5600_SAN_Switching_Config_7x.pd…
The required steps will include:
Most deployments I have seen are using NPV mode.
Default will be: 0e.fc.00- for example use 0e.fc.01 for fabric 1 and 0e.fc.02 for fabric 2.
Do not use the same VSAN ID for fabric A and fabric B!!!
A binding between this ETH interfaces and the vFCs to needs to be configured.
Now you will be able to do the zoning.
Having Ethernet, the MAC address - not the IP - will be used to calculate the WWNs for the CNA ports...
I hope this will help to dive into your FCoE deployment?