Software/Driver Configuration And Fine-Tuning; Configuring Cisco Nexus 5010 And Brocade Switch; Fcoe Fabric Discovery Verification - Chelsio Communications Terminator Series Installation And User Manual

Chapter XIV. FCoE Full Offload Initiator

Software/Driver Configuration and Fine-tuning

4.1.

Configuring Cisco Nexus 5010 and Brocade switch

To configure various Cisco and Brocade switch settings, please refer
Configuration and Fine-tuning
4.2.

FCoE fabric discovery verification

Verifying Local Ports
Once connected to the switch, use the following command to see if the FIP has gone through and
a VN_Port MAC address has been assigned.
Verify if all the FCoE ports are online/ready and a successful FIP has taken place using the
following command. The wwpn and state of the initiator local port can be found under sysfs.
[root@host~]# cat /sys/class/fc_host/hostX/port_name
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The hosts under fc_host depends on the number of ports on the adapter used.
Note
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Inorder to identify chelsio fc_host from other vendor fc_host, the WWPN
always begins with 0x5000743
Alternatively, the local port information can also be found using:
[root@host~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/csiostor/<pci_id>/lnodes
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