Active System Manager Release 8.2 Installation Guide

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Prerequisites for Rack Server, S5000, Brocade and Compellent

The following table describes the prerequisites for the FCoE solution offered using Rack Server, S5000, Brocade and Compellent. For more information, see http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20387203

Table 1. Prerequisites for Rack Server, S5000, Brocade and Compellent
Resource	Prerequisites
S5000	DCB needs to be enabled. VLT needs to be disabled. Enable Fibre Channel capability and Full Fabric mode. feature fc Enable FC ports connecting to Compellent storage array and FC ports connecting to other S5000 switch via ISL links. interface range fi 0/0 - 7 no shut Create DCB Map. dcb-map SAN_DCB_MAP priority-group 0 bandwidth 60 pfc off priority-group 1 bandwidth 40 pfc on priority-pgid 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 exit Create a FCoE VLAN. interface vlan <VLAN ID> [Create VLAN for FCoE] exit Create FCoE Map. fcoe-map default_full_fabric fabric-id <FCoE VLAN ID> vlan <FCoE VLAN Id> fc-map <FC MAP> exit
Brocade	Alias needs to be created having Compellent fault domain WWPN accessible on Brocade switch. Create a single alias including the virtual ports for the Compellent fault domain, WWPN accessible on Brocade switch. ASM automates the creation of each additional zone for the server objects and place them into a zone config. Brocade root password needs to be changed so that the banner presented to change the default password does not impact ASM's ability to ssh into the switch.
Compellent	Fault domain need to be created as per Compellent best practices.