Active System Manager Release 8.1.1 Installation Guide

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Prerequisites for M1000e (with MXL), Cisco Nexus, Brocade, and Dell Compellent

The following table describes the prerequisites for the FCoE solution offered using M1000e (with MXL), Cisco Nexus, Brocade, and Dell Compellent. For more information, see http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20387203

Resource	Prerequisites
MXL	DCB needs to be enabled. VLT needs to be disabled. FIP Snooping feature needs to be enabled on the MXL. conf Feature fip-snooping Port-channel member interfaces needs to have following 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 Port-channel connecting Cisco Nexus switch needs to have following configuration. interface port-channel 128 portmode hybrid switchport fip-snooping port-mode fcf Server facing ports needs to have following configuration. portmode hybrid switchport protocol lldp dcbx port-role auto-downstream no shutdown exit
Cisco Nexus	Following is the prerequisite for Cisco Nexus: Enable “npv” feature on the switch. This requires switch reboot and old configuration will be wiped off. (Ensure to backup the configuration before enabling the feature) conf feature npv Enable required features . feature fcoe feature npiv feature lacp Create new VSAN — instantiate it in the VSAN database. conf vsan database vsan <vsan id> Configure regular Ethernet VLANs, and then the FCoE VLAN is created with an assignment to its respective VSAN vlan <fcoe vlan> fcoe vsan <vsan> Instantiate but do not configure the upstream port-channel (LAG) to the core /aggregation switch. Instantiate but do not configure the downstream port-channel (LAG) to the IOA4. Create the VFC interface to bind to the servers CNA FIP MAC address. This can be located in the CMC WWN table or the iDRAC page for the server. For Example interface vfc101 bind mac-address 5C:F9:DD:16:EF:07 no shutdown interface vfc102 bind mac-address 5C:F9:DD:16:EF:21 no shutdown Move back into the VSAN database and create entries for the new VFC just created and create entries for the FC ports that are used. vsan database vsan 2 interface vfc101 vsan 2 interface vfc102 vsan 2 interface fc2/1 vsan 2 interface fc2/2 NOTE: All the Dell Compellent ports need to part of the same VSAN.
Brocade	Alias needs to be created having Dell Compellent fault domain WWPN accessible on Brocade switch.
Dell Compellent	Nothing specific for ASM.