Resource
Compellent
Prerequisites
Example
interface vfc101
bind
interface vfc102
bind
•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.
Prerequisites for Rack Server, Cisco Nexus, and Compellent
The following table describes the prerequisites for the FCoE solution offered using Rack Server, Cisco Nexus and Compellent. For more information, see http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/ white_papers/20387203
Resource
Cisco Nexus
Prerequisites
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>
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