Qlogic Storage Networking (Unified Fabric Pilot Installation Manual page 5

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3-1 Reference Architecture Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4-1 Driver Download Page Model Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4-2 Driver Download Page Driver Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4-3 Driver Download Page Driver and Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4-4 Device Manager Interface-Verify Server and Adapter Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4-5 Device Manager Interface-Verify Storage Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4-6 NETApp Zone Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4-7 SANsurfer Management Validation Screen 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4-8 SANsurfer Management Validation Screen 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-1 Setup for Validating Unified Fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-2 Analyzer TraceControl Configured to Capture LLDP Frames Only Between the
Adapter, Switch, and Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-3 DCBX Exchanges Between QLogic QLE8152 Adapter and the
Cisco Nexus 5000 FCoE Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-4 FCoE Switch Validation with Emulator Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-5 FIP Test Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-6 FIP Verification Results-Converged Network Adapter
and FCoE Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-7 Test Results of FIP Keep_Alive and Discovery Advertisement for FCoE Virtual Link
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-8 Time Difference Between Two Adjacent FIP Keep_Alive Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-9 Time Difference Between Two Adjacent FIP Discovery Advertisement Multicast
Frames (to All_E_Nodes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-10 Link De-instantiated by the Switch 20 Seconds after the Last Keep Alive Frame . .
5-11 Time Difference Between the Last FIP Keep Alive Sent and the FIP Clear
Virtual Link Message from the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-12 I/O Test with Fibre Channel SAN Storage Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-13 MLTT Configures Various I/O Applications to Verify I/O Benchmarking
Performance of Different Storage Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-14 PFC Validation Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-15 Trace Shows the PFC Event to Pause the Transmitting FCoE Data Frame Further
5-16 Expert Validating the Reaction to PFC Pause Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-17 Expert Generates Reports with Detailed Protocol Analysis and Statistics . . . . . . . .
5-18 Verifying ETS with Write Operations to the Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-19 Verifying ETS with Read Operations from the Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-20 Throughput per Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-21 FCoE Traffic in a Read Operation from Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-22 FCoE Traffic Plus TCP Traffic in a Read from Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-23 Enabling Cross Port Analysis in Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-24 Switch Issue Pause to Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-25 LAN Traffic Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-26 Relationship Between FCoE, TCP Traffic, and Pause Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-27 Read Latency Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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