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Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell PowerConnect 10G Switches: M8024-k, 8024, and 8024F
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Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................... 6
Basic Terminology .................................................................................................... 6
FIP snooping ........................................................................................................ 6
FIP snooping bridge (FSB) ........................................................................................ 6
FCF ................................................................................................................... 6
PFC ................................................................................................................... 7
NPIV .................................................................................................................. 7
NPV................................................................................................................... 7
VSAN ................................................................................................................. 7
Configuration scenarios ............................................................................................. 8
Important notes prior to deployment .......................................................................... 9
Scenario 1: Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8024 Series FSB in a Cisco 5000 Series Switch (NPIV)
environment .......................................................................................................... 10
Configuring the Dell PowerConnect M8024-k,8024, and 8024F for FIP Snooping ....................... 13
Configuring the Cisco 5000 series switch with firmware ver 5.x for a single connection from the
Dell PowerConnect M8024-k or 8024()(F) ..................................................................... 17
Basic Validation for the PowerConnect M8024-k configuration ........................................... 23
Basic Troubleshooting Areas .................................................................................... 28
Scenario 2: Configuring Multiple Uplinks into LAG for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch (NPIV)
Environment .......................................................................................................... 30
Configuring the Cisco Nexus 5000 series switch with firmware ver 5.x for a multiple link LAG (link
aggregation) connection at the Top-of-Rack. ................................................................ 31
Configuring the M8024-k,8024, and 8024F for FIP Snooping ............................................... 33
Scenario 3: Configuring Multiple Uplinks into LAG for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch (NPV mode)
Environment .......................................................................................................... 35
Configuring the Cisco Nexus 5000 series switch with firmware ver 5.0(3)N2(2a) in NPV mode for a
multiple link LAG (link aggregation) connection from the Dell PowerConnect M8024-k or 8024()(F)
...................................................................................................................... 36
Configuring the Dell PowerConnect M8024-k,8024,and 8024F for FIP Snooping with Cisco Nexus
5000 series switch in NPV mode. ............................................................................... 37
ETS Behavior and CoS configurations on the PowerConnect 8024 series switches ..................... 37
Updating firmware .................................................................................................. 39
Command-line interface method ............................................................................... 39
Web interface method ........................................................................................... 41
Appendix A – Full CLI examples ................................................................................... 45
M8024-k CLI example ............................................................................................. 45