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May 14th, 2012 12:00

Adding a FCOE host to VNX 5300

I have run into a wall and am looking for some advice.

I am trying to add my ESX5 servers to my storage group but I can not seem to get the right process.

I have plugged in the fcoe ports to the nexus and from the enxus to the esx servers. (I can pass traffic over nexus from esx)

I went to add an host initiator to unisphere, but after filling out the form, the ok button is not enabled.

I have also tried to add the vcenter server to the virtualzation page and the server shows up fine, but it does not list the hosts under it.

What am I doing wrong?

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May 14th, 2012 12:00

if everything is setup correctly, ESXi will login to the array and register itself automatically in Connectivity Status. At that point you provision storage as if you would for any other hosts.

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May 14th, 2012 12:00

did you do the config on the Nexus ( create vfc, assign it to an Ethernet port, configure VSAN, zones ..etc)

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May 14th, 2012 12:00

Are there any specific emc settings that should be on the nexus?

below is the nexus config.

The VLAN / VSAN for the Nexus A is 3210.

The VLAN / VSAN for the Nexus B is 3211.

Nexus A (VLAN/VSAN: 3210):

interface port-channel511

  description VPC to EMC Controller A

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk native vlan 501

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 501,3210

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  vpc 511

interface port-channel512

  description VPC to EMC Controller B

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk native vlan 502

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 502,3210

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  vpc 512

interface Ethernet1/31

  description To EMC Controller B Port 1

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk native vlan 502

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 502,3210

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  channel-group 512 mode active

interface Ethernet1/32

  description To EMC Controller A Port 1

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk native vlan 501

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 501,3210

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  channel-group 511 mode active

Nexus B (VLAN/VSAN: 3211)

interface port-channel511

  description VPC to EMC Controller A

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk native vlan 501

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 501,3211

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  vpc 511

interface port-channel512

  description VPC to EMC Controller B

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk native vlan 502

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 502,3211

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  vpc 512

interface Ethernet1/31

  description To EMC Controller B Port 2

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk native vlan 502

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 502,3211

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  channel-group 512 mode active

interface Ethernet1/32

  description To EMC Controller A Port 2

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk native vlan 501

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 501,3211

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  channel-group 511 mode active

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May 14th, 2012 12:00

yes, I beleive the nexus was configured properly. I am waiting on a copy of the full config from the vendor to verify the zones. 

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May 14th, 2012 13:00

output from:

sh vlan fcoe and

sh flogi data

May 15th, 2012 02:00

hi

we have a similar setup (3 nodes UCS with vSphere 4.1 U1) and one nexus 5010 (no vPC) and one VNX 5300 FCOE.

we are unable to see/set host in storage group in unisphere...

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May 15th, 2012 04:00

there is nothing special that needs to be done on the array to use FCOE, as long as the FCOE ports are connected using active twinax or MM fiber you are set. The rest of the configuration that handles connectivity is done on your switches.

May 15th, 2012 06:00

on nexus we can see the ucs pwwn but nothing coming "from" the vnx. the vnx interface is configured exactly as shown in this post (trunk with native vlan on fcoe vlan).

nexus1# sh vlan fcoe

Original VLAN ID        Translated VSAN ID      Association State

----------------        ------------------      -----------------

      20                        20               Operational

nexus1# sh flogi data

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

INTERFACE        VSAN    FCID           PORT NAME               NODE NAME

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

vfc31            20    0x550004  20:00:c4:64:13:5b:4c:27 10:00:c4:64:13:5b:4c:27

vfc31            20    0x550005  20:00:c4:64:13:5b:4c:28 10:00:c4:64:13:5b:4c:28

vfc32            20    0x550002  20:00:c4:64:13:5b:4c:55 10:00:c4:64:13:5b:4c:55

vfc32            20    0x550003  20:00:c4:64:13:5b:4c:56 10:00:c4:64:13:5b:4c:56

vfc33            20    0x550000  20:00:c4:64:13:5b:4b:f9 10:00:c4:64:13:5b:4b:f9

vfc33            20    0x550001  20:00:c4:64:13:5b:4b:fa 10:00:c4:64:13:5b:4b:fa

Total number of flogi = 6.

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May 15th, 2012 06:00

So looking at my zones and comparing it to my wnn's I have a question. When my wwn looks like 50:06:01:60:BE:A0:24:95:50:06:01:64:3E:A0:24:95 is the underlined part the wwn that you use in the zone?(I am still waiting on the sh vlan fcoe and sh flogi data as I do not have direct access to the nexus yet)

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May 15th, 2012 06:00

Run: sho interface brief

Paste the output here. Also let us know which ports the VNX is connected to

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May 15th, 2012 07:00

yes, first part is node WWN, second part is port WWN ..that's what you zone to.

May 15th, 2012 08:00

you should check the vsan status
show vsan 3210 should give you the vsan state (taking into account you don't have flogi session you'll see state down)

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May 15th, 2012 08:00

CH-NEXUS1# show vlan fcoe

Original VLAN ID        Translated VSAN ID      Association State
----------------        ------------------      -----------------

3210                      3210             Operational
CH-NEXUS1#
CH-NEXUS1#
CH-NEXUS1#
CH-NEXUS1#
CH-NEXUS1# show flogi database
No flogi sessions found.

Why is there no database?

May 15th, 2012 08:00

nexus1# sh int brie

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ethernet      VLAN   Type Mode   Status  Reason                   Speed     Port

Interface                                                                   Ch #

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Eth1/1        1      eth  trunk  up      none                       1000(D) --

Eth1/2        1      eth  trunk  up      none                       1000(D) --

Eth1/3        1      eth  trunk  up      none                       1000(D) --

Eth1/4        1      eth  trunk  down    Link not connected         1000(D) --

Eth1/5        1      eth  trunk  up      none                       1000(D) 100

Eth1/6        1      eth  trunk  up      none                       1000(D) 100

Eth1/7        1      eth  trunk  up      none                       1000(D) 100

Eth1/8        1      eth  trunk  up      none                       1000(D) 100

Eth1/9        1      eth  trunk  up      none                        10G(D) 1

Eth1/10       1      eth  trunk  up      none                        10G(D) 1

Eth1/11       1      eth  trunk  up      none                        10G(D) 2

Eth1/12       1      eth  trunk  up      none                        10G(D) 2

Eth1/13       1      eth  trunk  up      none                        10G(D) 3

Eth1/14       1      eth  trunk  up      none                        10G(D) 3

Eth1/15       20     eth  trunk  up      none                        10G(D) --

Eth1/16       1      eth  trunk  down    Administratively down       10G(D) 20

Eth1/17       1      eth  trunk  down    Administratively down       10G(D) 20

Eth1/18       1      eth  trunk  down    Administratively down       10G(D) 20

Eth1/19       1      eth  trunk  down    SFP not inserted            10G(D) 20

Eth1/20       1      eth  access down    SFP not inserted            10G(D) --

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Port-channel VLAN  Type Mode   Status  Reason                    Speed  Protocol

Interface

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Po1          1     eth  trunk  up      none                       a-10G(D)  none

Po2          1     eth  trunk  up      none                       a-10G(D)  none

Po3          1     eth  trunk  up      none                       a-10G(D)  none

Po20         1     eth  trunk  down    Administratively down       auto(D)  none

Po33         1     eth  access down    No operational members      auto(I)  none

Po100        1     eth  trunk  up      none                      a-1000(D)  lacp

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Port   VRF          Status IP Address                              Speed    MTU

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

mgmt0  --           up     192.168.255.151                         1000     1500

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Interface  Vsan   Admin  Admin   Status          SFP    Oper  Oper   Port

                  Mode   Trunk                          Mode  Speed  Channel

                         Mode                                 (Gbps)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

vfc20      20     F      on      trunking         --     TF      auto --

vfc31      20     F      on      trunking         --     TF      auto --

vfc32      20     F      on      trunking         --     TF      auto --

vfc33      20     F      on      trunking         --     TF      auto --

the interface conntected to vnx is e1/15 and the vfc20 is bound to this interface (configured with native vlan 20 in trunk mode)

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May 15th, 2012 10:00

on older code FCOE QOS setting were not enabled by default on the switch, can you double check to make sure these are set:

Nexus # sh class-map

  Type qos class-maps

  ===================

    class-map type qos match-any class-fcoe

      match cos 3

    class-map type qos match-any class-default

      match any

    class-map type qos match-any class-all-flood

      match all flood

    class-map type qos match-any class-ip-multicast

      match ip multicast

  Type queuing class-maps

  =======================

    class-map type queuing class-fcoe

      match qos-group 1

    class-map type queuing class-default

      match qos-group 0

    class-map type queuing class-all-flood

      match qos-group 2

    class-map type queuing class-ip-multicast

      match qos-group 2

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