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Guidelines and Limitations
This chapter includes the following sections:
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Verified Limits for FCoE for the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series and Cisco MDS 9500 , page 51
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Cisco Nexus 7000: Guidelines and Limitations, page 51
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Cisco MDS 9500: Guidelines and Limitations, page 53
Verified Limits for FCoE for the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series and
Cisco MDS 9500
The configuration limits are documented in the
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Verified Scalability Guide
.
Cisco Nexus 7000: Guidelines and Limitations
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You cannot enable FCoE on default VLAN.
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The QoS policy must be the same on all Cisco FCoE switches in the network.
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Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 6.1, FCoE is supported on F2 and F2e Series modules.
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FCoE supports only F2e (SFP+) modules.
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FCoE does not support F2e (Copper) modules.
FCoE VDC
FCoE in a dedicated storage VDC has the following guidelines:
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Enable the FCoE feature set in only one VDC.
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Create VLANs in the FCoE allocated VLAN range.
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Do not enable any other features other than storage-related features in the dedicated FCoE VDC.
Cisco NX-OS FCoE Configuration Guide for Nexus 7000 and MDS 9500
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