Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001761-01 About CEE map attributes, CEE and LAN integration

CEE and LAN integration 3

Figure 3 illustrates a representative data center LAN with Brocade FCoE hardware. The information and procedures that follow outline the configuration process for introducing the Brocade FCoE hardware into the network and for feature sets unique to CEE. Unless otherwise noted, all commands are entered through the CEE CLI. See the Brocade FCoE Administrator’s Guide for configuration details and supported L2 functionality.

FIGURE 3 Adding the Brocade 8000 switch to the data center LAN (SAN not shown)

Data center

core layer

Aggregation layer

Data center

access layer Brocade

8000

Data center

servers

CORE

FCoE

VLAN 100

VLAN trunks

...connected to SAN fabric

Brocade

8000

Server Group 1	Server Group 2
VLAN 10	VLAN 20

The following steps are the basic process for integrating the Brocade FCoE hardware on a LAN.

1.Create a CEE map for the Brocade FCoE hardware to define the traffic types on your LAN. For details, see“Creating the CEE map” on page 24.

2.Define your present DCBX setup for TLV. For details, see“Configuring DCBX” on page 25.

3.Configure the Brocade FCoE hardware for your present type of STP. For details, see “Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol” on page 26.

4.Assign the Brocade FCoE hardware to the correct VLAN membership and VLAN group. For details, see “Configuring VLAN Membership” on page 26.

5.Assign the CEE interfaces on the Brocade FCoE hardware to the correct VLAN groups. For details, see “Configuring the CEE Interfaces” on page 27.

6.Enter the copy command to save the running-configfile to the startup-configfile.

About CEE map attributes

The following information is needed for CEE configuration:

•The types of traffic flowing through an interface, FCoE, TCP/IP, and so on.

•The minimum bandwidth required for each traffic type.

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