Fcoe Protocols Supported; Ethernet Link Layer Protocols Supported; Fcoe Protocols - HP Brocade BladeSystem 4/12 User Manual

FCoE protocols supported

The Brocade FCoE converged network adapter supports two layers of protocols: Ethernet link layer
and FCoE layer. They are listed in the following sections.

Ethernet link layer protocols supported

The following protocols support the Ethernet link layer.
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FCoE protocols

The following protocols support Fibre Channel over Ethernet.
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802.1q (VLAN)
802.1Qaz (enhanced transmission selection)
802.1Qbb (priority flow control)
802.3ad (link aggregation)
802.3ae (10 Gb Ethernet)
802.1p (priority encoding)
IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG) for manufacturing debug and diagnostics
IPv4 specification (RFC 793/768)
IPv6 specification (RFC 2460)
TCP/UDP specification (RFC 793/768)
ARP specification (RFC 826)
RSS with support for IPV4TCP, IPV4, IPV6TCP, IPV6 hash types
HDS (Header-data split)
FIP (FC-BB5 compliant):
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Support for FIP Discovery protocol for dynamic FCF discovery and FCoE link management
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Support for FPMA and SPMA type FIP fabric login
Support for Initiator mode only (FCP-3 compliant in Initiator mode)
SCSI protection information support
IP-over-FC
NPIV support
FCoE protocols supported
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