Dell 53-1002116-01 manual FCoE configuration using the Fabric OS CLI

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In this chapter

•FCoE configuration guidelines and restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

•Managing and displaying the FCoE configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

•Managing and displaying the FCoE login configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

•Creating and managing the FCoE login group configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 135

FCoE configuration guidelines and restrictions

Follow these FCoE configuration guidelines and restrictions when configuring FCoE:

•Speed negotiation—The Dell M8428-k switch supports auto-negotiated FC link speeds of 2, 4, and 8 Gbps. The Ethernet ports of the Dell M8428-k switch do not support auto-negotiation of Ethernet link speeds. The Ethernet ports only support 10-Gigabit Ethernet.

•Features that are not supported on the Dell M8428-k switch or the FCOE10-24 blade:

-Virtual fabrics

-Admin Domains

-Port-based zoning

-QoS zoning

-Adaptive networking

-FC-SP for the FCoE ports

-Interop mode

-FC routing

-Integrated routing

-Hot Code Load (HCL) firmware download

-Extended fabrics

-FICON

•The CEE configuration database is maintained in a file separate from the Fabric OS configuration database. Fabric OS configuration management procedures remain unchanged.

•FCoE to FCoE traffic across two FCOE10-24 blades can only reach 68% line rate using a port-based routing policy. Using an exchange-based routing policy can avoid the performance drop.

•Only WWN zoning of FCoE VF ports is supported. Port-based zoning of the FCoE VF port is not supported. Additionally, inclusion of FCoE VF ports in a zone which has port-based zone members (such as zone members specified by their respective domain and index) is not supported.

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