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Fibre Channel, FCoE, FIP, and FIP Snooping
Understanding Fibre Channel Understanding DCB Features and Requirements Understanding FCoE Understanding FCoE Transit Switch Functionality Understanding FCoE and FIP Session High Availability Understanding FIP Functions Understanding Fibre Channel Virtual Links Understanding OxID Hash Control for FCoE Traffic Load Balancing on Standalone Switches Understanding VN_Port to VF_Port FIP Snooping on an FCoE Transit Switch Understanding VN_Port to VN_Port FIP Snooping on an FCoE Transit Switch Understanding FIP Snooping, FBF, and MVR Filter Scalability Understanding MC-LAGs on an FCoE Transit Switch Understanding CoS Flow Control (Ethernet PAUSE and PFC) Understanding Fibre Channel Terminology

Fibre Channel, FCoE, FIP, and FIP Snooping

Understanding Fibre Channel

Understanding DCB Features and Requirements

Understanding FCoE

Understanding FCoE Transit Switch Functionality

Understanding FCoE and FIP Session High Availability

Understanding FIP Functions

Understanding Fibre Channel Virtual Links

Understanding OxID Hash Control for FCoE Traffic Load Balancing on Standalone Switches

Understanding VN_Port to VF_Port FIP Snooping on an FCoE Transit Switch

Understanding VN_Port to VN_Port FIP Snooping on an FCoE Transit Switch

Understanding FIP Snooping, FBF, and MVR Filter Scalability

Understanding MC-LAGs on an FCoE Transit Switch

Understanding CoS Flow Control (Ethernet PAUSE and PFC)

Understanding Fibre Channel Terminology

DCBX
Understanding DCBX Understanding DCBX Application Protocol TLV Exchange

DCBX

Understanding DCBX

Understanding DCBX Application Protocol TLV Exchange

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Configuration Examples
Example: Configuring DCBX Application Protocol TLV Exchange Example: Configuring CoS PFC for FCoE Traffic

Configuration Examples

Example: Configuring DCBX Application Protocol TLV Exchange

Example: Configuring CoS PFC for FCoE Traffic

Configuration Examples (ELS CLI for Platforms that Support FCoE Only)
Example: Configuring CoS for FCoE Transit Switch Traffic Across an MC-LAG Example: Configuring VN2VN_Port FIP Snooping (FCoE Hosts Directly Connected to the Same FCoE Transit Switch) Example: Configuring VN2VN_Port FIP Snooping (FCoE Hosts Directly Connected to Different FCoE Transit Switches) Example: Configuring VN2VN_Port FIP Snooping (FCoE Hosts Indirectly Connected Through an Aggregation Layer FCoE Transit Switch)

Configuration Examples (ELS CLI for Platforms that Support FCoE Only)

Example: Configuring CoS for FCoE Transit Switch Traffic Across an MC-LAG

Example: Configuring VN2VN_Port FIP Snooping (FCoE Hosts Directly Connected to the Same FCoE Transit Switch)

Example: Configuring VN2VN_Port FIP Snooping (FCoE Hosts Directly Connected to Different FCoE Transit Switches)

Example: Configuring VN2VN_Port FIP Snooping (FCoE Hosts Indirectly Connected Through an Aggregation Layer FCoE Transit Switch)

Configuration Tasks (Fibre Channel, FCoE, FIP, and FIP Snooping)
Configuring a Physical Fibre Channel Interface Enabling and Disabling CoS OxID Hash Control on Standalone Switches Setting the Maximum Number of FIP Login Sessions per ENode Setting the Maximum Number of FIP Login Sessions per Node Device Configuring VLANs for FCoE Traffic on an FCoE Transit Switch Configuring VN2VF_Port FIP Snooping and FCoE Trusted Interfaces on an FCoE Transit Switch Enabling VN2VN_Port FIP Snooping and Configuring the Beacon Period on an FCoE Transit Switch

Configuration Tasks (Fibre Channel, FCoE, FIP, and FIP Snooping)

Configuring a Physical Fibre Channel Interface

Enabling and Disabling CoS OxID Hash Control on Standalone Switches

Setting the Maximum Number of FIP Login Sessions per ENode

Setting the Maximum Number of FIP Login Sessions per Node Device

Configuring VLANs for FCoE Traffic on an FCoE Transit Switch

Configuring VN2VF_Port FIP Snooping and FCoE Trusted Interfaces on an FCoE Transit Switch

Enabling VN2VN_Port FIP Snooping and Configuring the Beacon Period on an FCoE Transit Switch

Configuration Tasks (DCBX)
Configuring the DCBX Mode Configuring DCBX Autonegotiation Disabling the ETS Recommendation TLV Defining an Application for DCBX Application Protocol TLV Exchange Configuring an Application Map for DCBX Application Protocol TLV Exchange Applying an Application Map to an Interface for DCBX Application Protocol TLV Exchange

Configuration Tasks (DCBX)

Configuring the DCBX Mode

Configuring DCBX Autonegotiation

Disabling the ETS Recommendation TLV

Defining an Application for DCBX Application Protocol TLV Exchange

Configuring an Application Map for DCBX Application Protocol TLV Exchange

Applying an Application Map to an Interface for DCBX Application Protocol TLV Exchange

Configuration Statements
application (Application Maps) application (Applications) application-map application-maps applications (Applications) applications (DCBX) beacon-period code-points (Application Maps) dcbx dcbx-version destination-port (Applications) disable (DCBX) enhanced-transmission-selection ether-type examine-vn2vn fc-map fcoe-trusted interface (DCBX) no-recommendation-tlv policy-options priority-flow-control protocol (Applications) recommendation-tlv

Configuration Statements

application (Application Maps)

application (Applications)

application-map

application-maps

applications (Applications)

applications (DCBX)

beacon-period

code-points (Application Maps)

dcbx

dcbx-version

destination-port (Applications)

disable (DCBX)

enhanced-transmission-selection

no-recommendation-tlv

policy-options

priority-flow-control

protocol (Applications)

recommendation-tlv

Configuration Statements (ELS CLI for Platforms that Support FCoE Only)
examine-vn2vf fip-security interface (FIP Snooping)

Configuration Statements (ELS CLI for Platforms that Support FCoE Only)

examine-vn2vf

fip-security

interface (FIP Snooping)

Operational Commands
clear fibre-channel fc2 statistics clear fibre-channel fip enode clear fibre-channel fip statistics clear fibre-channel fip vn-port clear fibre-channel flogi statistics clear fibre-channel proxy statistics clear fip snooping enode clear fip snooping statistics clear fip snooping vlan clear fip vlan-discovery statistics restart show dcbx show dcbx neighbors show fibre-channel fabric show fibre-channel fc2 sessions show fibre-channel fc2 statistics show fibre-channel fip show fibre-channel fip enode show fibre-channel fip fabric show fibre-channel fip fcf show fibre-channel fip interface show fibre-channel fip statistics show fibre-channel flogi fport show fibre-channel flogi nport show fibre-channel flogi statistics show fibre-channel interfaces show fibre-channel next-hops show fibre-channel routes show fibre-channel proxy fabric-state show fibre-channel proxy login-table show fibre-channel proxy np-port show fibre-channel proxy statistics show fip snooping show fip snooping enode show fip snooping fcf show fip snooping interface show fip snooping statistics show fip snooping vlan show fip vlan-discovery show route forwarding-table family fibre-channel

Operational Commands

clear fibre-channel fc2 statistics

clear fibre-channel fip enode

clear fibre-channel fip statistics

clear fibre-channel fip vn-port

clear fibre-channel flogi statistics

clear fibre-channel proxy statistics

clear fip snooping enode

clear fip snooping statistics

clear fip snooping vlan

clear fip vlan-discovery statistics

restart