Active System Manager Release 8.1.1 Installation Guide

Following is the prerequisite for Cisco Nexus.

• Enable required features.

  feature fcoe
                                                        feature npiv
                                                        feature lacp
                                                     

• 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.

Create fault domain as per Compellent best practices.