Enabling Fcoe; Fcoe Enabling Configuration Task List; Enabling Fcoe For A Vlan And Mapping The Vlan To A Vsan; Configuration Restrictions And Guidelines - HP FlexFabric 5700 Series Configuration Manual

Enabling FCoE

To make the FCoE features operate correctly, you must enable FCoE.

FCoE enabling configuration task list

Tasks at a glance
(Required.)
Setting an FC-MAP value
Setting an FKA advertisement interval value
Setting the FCF priority
Enabling FCoE for a VLAN and mapping the VLAN
to a VSAN
When you use a VFC interface to transmit packets, the Ethernet interface bound to the VFC interface
might allow multiple VLANs. You must enable FCoE for one of these VLANs and map a VSAN to the
VLAN. Then, the packets from the VSAN are tagged with the VLAN tag and transmitted within the VLAN.
After you enable FCoE for a VLAN, the following changes occur on the VLAN:
An FCoE-capable VLAN allows only FCoE traffic.
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All member ports in an FCoE-capable VLAN are isolated and will not form loops. For this reason,
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you do not need to enable STP or other loop detection protocols in an FCoE-capable VLAN.
Otherwise, FCoE links might be blocked.
A Layer 2 protocol enabled in the FCoE-capable VLAN runs based on the topology where all
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member ports in the VLAN are isolated at Layer 2.

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

When you configure this feature, follow these restrictions and guidelines:
• FCoE cannot be enabled for VLAN 1.
VSANs are mapped to VLANs on a one-to-one basis.
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When you use a VFC interface to transmit packets, you must enable FCoE for the same VLAN and
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map this VLAN to the same VSAN at the two ends.
Make sure the Ethernet interface bound to the VFC interface allows the FCoE-capable VLAN.
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Configuration procedure

To enable FCoE for a VLAN and map the VLAN to a VSAN:

Enabling FCoE for a VLAN and mapping the VLAN to a VSAN

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