Brocade Communications Systems IP250 Virtual FCoE port configuration, Viewing virtual FCoE ports

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Enabling the FCoE login management feature on a switch

1.Select Configure > FCoE from the menu bar. or

Right-click the DCB device and select FCoE. The FCoE Configuration dialog box displays.

2.Select an FCoE-disabled switch from the Login Groups list and click Enable.

3.The FCoE Login Group Configuration and Status dialog box displays.

4.Review the changes carefully before you accept them.

5.Click Start to apply the changes, or click Close to abort the operation. The FCoE login management feature is enabled on the selected switch.

The value in the FCoE Login Management State column is Enabled after the FCoE Configuration dialog box refresh operation.

Virtual FCoE port configuration

The virtual FCoE port has the following configuration features:

•Displays the virtual FCoE ports on each of the DCB devices, which provides the Ethernet with bridging capability

•One-to-one mapping of FCoE ports with 10 Gbps Ethernet ports

•Option to enable or disable the virtual FCoE ports

•Option to view the end devices connected to a virtual FCoE port

Viewing virtual FCoE ports

Configuration of virtual FCoE ports requires installation of the FCoE license on the switch.

NOTE

For Network OS switches running the Network OS version 3.0 and later, the Management application retrieves all dynamically and statically bonded virtual FCoE ports in the virtual FCoE port pool and displays them. If there are no bonded virtual FCoE ports on any cluster member, then the cluster is not displayed.

The physical port and LAG details are displayed in the Switch Port column in the following circumstances:

•There is a dynamic binding between the virtual FCoE port and the physical port or LAG.

•There is a static binding between the virtual FCoE port and the physical port or lag and there are end devices connected to it.

To view the virtual FCoE ports, complete the following steps:

1.Select Configure > FCoE from the menu bar. or

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