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In order to configure the second fabric, repeat steps 2 through 5. Cisco recommends that you use a
different VSAN and a different FCoE VLAN to keep your fabrics separated. In this example, VSAN
ID 200 and FCoE VLAN 200 were used.

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Summary of Contents for UCS 5100

Page 1: ...ace cards NICs into a single adapter called the Converged Network Adapter CNA This adapter can carry LAN and SAN traffic on the same cable Cisco UCS uses Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE protocol to carry Fibre Channel FC traffic inside Ethernet frame Cisco UCS also adheres to multiple 802 1 standards to provide the DCE underlying the FCoE needs to effectively transport those frames The fabric int...

Page 2: ...y Refer to the diagram for a typical solution Ensure that you meet these requirements before you attempt this configuration Components Used The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions Cisco UCS System Adaptor Cards required to support FCoE the Cisco UCS CNA M71KR E Emulex Converged Network Adapter or the Cisco UCS CNA M71KR Q QLogic Converged Network Adapter T...

Page 3: ...pologies the FCoE relies on a new set of Ethernet standards that were develop to enhance the Ethernet protocol to ensure lossless transport of the FCoE traffic The Ethernet links on the system support these Ethernet enhancements to ensure lossless transport for the FCoE traffic Priority Flow Control PFC IEEE 802 1Qbb is an extension of the PAUSE 802 3x mechanism PFC creates eight virtual links in ...

Page 4: ... and assign the selected interface to the Cisco UCS with the appropriate VSAN number The Cisco UCS must be up and operational by now and have basic connectivity established 1 Verify that Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Supports FCoE Feature The Fabric Interconnect must be set in order to operate in FCoE mode Connect to the Fabric Interconnect and connect to nxos mode in order to verify this Log into...

Page 5: ...al SN 1 20x10GE Supervisor 20 Online N10 S6100 JAF1242ASGK 2 8x1 2 4G FC Module 8 Online N10 E0080 JAB123800NM 2 Identify Fiber Channel components and Connectivity in Cisco UCS Before you configure the fabric interconnect to support VSAN you need to make sure that your FC uplink expansion works and is visible from the fabric interconnect Complete these steps Log into UCS Manager GUI mode 1 In the ...

Page 6: ...n question A or B 3 Right click VSANs in the FC Uplinks of the Fabric where you want to create the VSAN for Uplink 4 In the Create VSAN wizard enter a name for this new VSAN In this example it is called vsan 100 5 Now enter the VSAN ID Remember that this has to match to an existent VSAN ID in the fabric to which the UCS connects In this example VSAN 100 is used for fabric A and VSAN 200 for fabric...

Page 7: ...Click the VSAN name you created in order to display your results Now repeat the same process for the uplink of Fabric B except with VSAN 200 and VLAN 200 for Fabric B you get this result 8 ...

Page 8: ...n pane choose the Equipment tab 1 Choose Fabric Interconnect A Expansion Module 2 Choose Uplink FC Ports and choose the FC Port 1 that has a connection to the upstream SAN switch 3 In the Work pane to the right in VSAN choose the VSAN you just created from the drop down menu 4 Click Save Changes Repeat the same process to assign this VSAN to all the designated FC Up link ports that remain on this ...

Page 9: ...configure the second fabric repeat steps 2 through 5 Cisco recommends that you use a different VSAN and a different FCoE VLAN to keep your fabrics separated In this example VSAN ID 200 and FCoE VLAN 200 were used 6 ...

Page 10: ... network side MDS switch In the Navigation pane choose the SAN tab 1 Expand SAN Cloud and then expand FC Uplinks Fabric A 2 Expand Uplink FC Ports In this test case choose FC Port 2 1 that has connection to the upstream SAN switch 3 Either right click the desired FC port or in the Work pane to the right click the port as shown 4 In the Properties pop up window for FC Port 1 choose the VSAN to whic...

Page 11: ...ithin Server Profiles Create two network adapters in a Service Profile to grant the Operating System access to the two SAN fabrics provisioned in previous steps In the Navigation pane choose the Server tab 1 Under Service Profiles choose root 2 In the work pane to the right click Create Service Profile expert 3 ...

Page 12: ...In the Create Service Profile pop up window fill in the Service Profile name Click Next 4 ...

Page 13: ...Storage section add the vHBAs that you have just configured on Fabric Interconnect A and B You can also give a name to these vHBA s Make sure that you have selected the correct WWNN pool for these vHBAs 5 ...

Page 14: ... vNIC is not assigned in this Service Profile for FCoE Choose No vNICs and click Next 6 Choose the server boot order policy to use and click Next If you do not want to choose any policy then click Next 7 ...

Page 15: ...e and click Next If you do not want to choose a server pool now click Next 8 Choose the IPMI profile and the SoL Configuration profile that you wnat to apply to this policy and click Finish If you do not want to apply and IPMI or SoL profile then click Finish 9 ...

Page 16: ...The results are successful The created vHBAs are visible in the vHBA tab of your created profile 10 ...

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