Configuring Fcoe Vlans And Virtual Interfaces; Information About Virtual Interfaces; Guidelines And Limitations For Fcoe Vlans And Virtual Interfaces - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Configuring FCoE VLANs and Virtual Interfaces

This chapter describes how to configure Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) VLANs and virtual interfaces
on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches. It contains the following sections:
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Information About Virtual Interfaces

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches support Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), which allows Fibre Channel
and Ethernet traffic to be carried on the same physical Ethernet connection between the switch and the servers.
The Fibre Channel portion of FCoE is configured as a virtual Fibre Channel interface. Logical Fibre Channel
features (such as interface mode) can be configured on virtual Fibre Channel interfaces.
A virtual Fibre Channel interface must be bound to an interface before it can be used. The binding is to a
physical Ethernet interface (when the converged network adapter (CNA) is directly connected to the Cisco
Nexus 5000 Series switch), a MAC address (when the CNA is remotely connected over a Layer 2 bridge), or
an EtherChannel when the CNA connects to the Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF) over a virtual port channel
(vPC).

Guidelines and Limitations for FCoE VLANs and Virtual Interfaces

Follow these guidelines and limitations when configuring FCoE VLANs and Virtual Interfaces:
• Each virtual Fibre Channel interface must be bound to an FCoE-enabled Ethernet or EtherChannel
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Guidelines and Limitations for FCoE VLANs and Virtual Interfaces, page 411
Configuring Virtual Interfaces, page 412
Verifying the Virtual Interface , page 414
Mapping VSANs to VLANs Example Configuration , page 416
interface or to the MAC address of a remotely connected adapter. FCoE is supported on 10-Gigabit
Ethernet interfaces.
The Ethernet or EtherChannel interface that you bind the virtual Fibre Channel interface to must be
configured as follows:
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