Active System Manager Release 8.2 Installation Guide

Prerequisites for Rack Server, Cisco Nexus, and Compellent

The following table describes the prerequisites for the FCoE solution offered using Rack Server, Cisco Nexus and Compellent.

Table 1. Prerequisites for Rack Server, Cisco Nexus, and Compellent
Resource	Prerequisites
Cisco Nexus	Following is the prerequisite for Cisco Nexus. Enable required features. feature fcoe feature npiv feature lacp NOTE: On systems with Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extenders, internal ports 17-32 are not supported hence, certain network ports in some servers may not function when used with this device. Create a 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 port(s) that will be used. vsan database vsan 2 interface vfc101 vsan 2 interface vfc102 vsan 2 interface fc2/1 vsan 2 interface fc2/2 NOTE: All the Compellent ports needs to part of the same VSAN.
Compellent	Create fault domain as per Compellent best practices.