Fibre Channel Bridge - Cisco Nexus 7000 series Configuration Manual

Fibre Channel Bridge

device. The FCF has a unique FC-MAC address in the FCoE network. An FCF can also assign FC address
IDs to the CNAs. An FCF can assign Fabric Provide MAC Addresses (FPMA) to the CNAs consisting of the
FC-Map Value for the Fabric and the Fibre Channel IDs (FC IDs) assigned during Fabric Login.
Fibre Channel Bridge
A Fibre Channel Bridge connects an FCoE network to a Fibre Channel network. A Fibre Channel Bridge
decapsulates an FCoE frame and sends the Fibre Channel frame to the Fibre Channel network. A Fibre Channel
Bridge also encapsulates FC frames from a Fibre Channel network and forwards them to the FCoE network.
Cisco MDS 9500 switches support Fibre Channel Bridge functions.
The Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches do not offer native Fibre Channel ports and do not support FC
Note
Bridge functions.
Cisco NX-OS FCoE Configuration Guide for Nexus 7000 and MDS 9500
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