Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL
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Deployment planning and configuration continued from previous flowchart –
Figure 7.
·
Check physical links.
·
Check drivers on server and port
enabled in OS.
·
Re-verify non-
FCoE VLAN’s on both
switches
·
Re-verify proper LACP settings
Basic Ethernet
Connectivity
Good
Configure VFC’s
on FCF (Cisco
Nexus 5000
series switch)
Configure VSAN’s
making sure all
corresponding FC
and VFC’s are in the
same VSAN
Complete zoning configuration
and setup LUN on applicable
Server OS. The LUN must also
be available via the storage
devices and LUN masking/
zoning configurations.
Check for FLOGI’s from
CNA’s and storage device
Missing FLOGI
entries
·
Verify configured VSAN database entry
contains both VFC and FC connections
(Cisco Nexus).
·
Verify VFC is enabled (no shutdown
command) on Cisco Nexu
·
Re-verify that FCoE VLAN matches on both
MXL and Cisco Nexus
Missing Basic
Ethernet
Connectivity
Check basic ethernet
connectivity on the applicable
VLAN
In many of the business environments where this configuration will be installed there will be different
administrators for the different areas of the infrastructure. When different admins are involved these
tasks can be done in parallel to enable a quicker deployment.
It is important to understand certain checks or validations along the way may rely on configurations
being completed in a different part of the infrastructure.
