Figure 6. Deployment Planning And Configuration - Dell Force10 MXL Deployment Manual

Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL
The flowchart in the following figure is a general overview of how the deployment will occur. This
includes the basic planning that will need to take place in order for most of the steps in the rest of the
document to fall into place.
Figure 6.
Plan for either
Plan native
zoning or NPV
and FCoE
SAN FC switch
Vlan's
Deployment planning and configuration
Initial Requirements:
·
Nexus 5000 Series
switch firmware 5.0 or
greater
·
Drivers must be installed
on all server operating
systems including any
applicable storage driver
Plan for configurations of
network and storage
FCF switch
Plan VSAN(s)
to be used on
Cisco FCF
zoning
Configure features
and VLAN's (Native
and FCoE) on both
switches
Gather FCoE-FIP
MAC address and
FCoE WWN
scheme to be
information for all
used on Cisco
CNA's to be
configured
Plan VFC
numbering
FCF
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