Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Command Line Reference Guide 9.10(0.0)

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interface vlan (NPIV proxy gateway)

Create a dedicated VLAN to be used to send and receive Fibre Channel traffic over FCoE links between servers and a fabric over a switch with the FC Flex IO module NPIV proxy gateway.

Syntax

interface vlan vlan-id

Parameters

vlan-id

Enter a number as the VLAN Identifier. The range is 1 to 4094.

Defaults

Not configured.

Command Modes

CONFIGURATION

Supported Modes

Full–Switch

Command History

Version	Description
9.9(0.0)	Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.3.0.0	Introduced on the M I/O Aggregator and MXL 10/40GbE Switch with the FC Flex IO module configured as an NPIV proxy gateway.

Usage Information

FCoE storage traffic received from servers on a switch with the FC Flex IO module NPIV proxy gateway is de-capsulated into Fibre Channel packets and forwarded over FC links to SAN switches in a specified fabric. You must configure a separate FCoE VLAN for each fabric to which FCoE traffic is forwarded. Any non-FCoE traffic sent on a dedicated FCoE VLAN will be dropped.

You configure the association between a dedicated VLAN, which carries FCoE traffic from server CNAs over the NPIV proxy gateway to a SAN fabric in which destination storage arrays are installed, in an FCoE map by using the fabric id vlan command.

When you apply an FCoE map to a server-facing Ethernet port, the port is automatically configured as a tagged member of the FCoE VLAN.

For more information about VLANs and the commands to configure them, refer to the Virtual LAN (VLAN) Commands section of the Layer 2 chapter.

Example (Single Range)

FTOS(conf)#interface vlan 10
                                             FTOS(conf-if-vl-3)#

Related Commands

fcoe-map — creates an FCoE map which contains the parameters used in the communication between servers and a SAN fabric.

show fcoe-map— displays the Fibre Channel and FCoE configuration parameters in FCoE maps.