H3C Technologies H3C S5830V2 Series Switches User Manual

Fc and fcoe configuration guide

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H3C S5830V2 & S5820V2 Switch Series

FC and FCoE Configuration Guide

Hangzhou H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.
http://www.h3c.com

Software version: Release 23xx
Document version: 6W102-20150315

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Table of contents

Document Outline

Title Page
Preface
- Audience
- Added and modified features
- Conventions
- About the H3C S5830V2 & S5820V2 documentation set
- Obtaining documentation
- Technical support
- Documentation feedback
Contents
FC and FCoE overview
- Storage area network
- FC SAN
- FC protocol
  - Basic concepts
  - Communication flow
  - VSAN
  - FC zone
- FCoE
  - Basic concepts
  - How FCoE works
    - Procedure for receiving and sending FC frames over Ethernet
    - How FIP works
- FCoE modes
- Protocols and standards
FC and FCoE configuration guidelines
- Installing a license
- Configuring the switch to operate in advanced mode
- Configuring the FCoE mode
- FC and FCoE features supported in different FCoE modes
Configuring FC interfaces
- Changing the port type between a Layer 2 Ethernet interface and an FC interface
- Configuring an FC interface
- Displaying and maintaining FC interfaces
Configuring VFC interfaces
- Configuring a VFC interface
- Displaying and maintaining VFC interfaces
Enabling FCoE
- FC configuration task list
- Enabling FCoE for a VLAN and mapping the VLAN to a VSAN
  - Configuration restrictions and guidelines
  - Configuration procedure
- Configuring the FC-MAP value
- Configuring the FKA advertisement interval value
- Configuring the FCF priority
  - Configuring the system FCF priority
  - Configuring the VFC interface FCF priority
- Displaying and maintaining FCoE
- FCoE enabling configuration example
  - Network requirements
  - Configuration procedure
Configuring VSANs
- VSAN fundamentals
- Creating a VSAN
- Configuring the trunk mode
- Configuring an access VSAN
  - Assigning an interface to a VSAN as an access port
  - Assigning interfaces to a VSAN as access ports in bulk
- Configuring a trunk VSAN
- Displaying and maintaining VSANs
- VSAN configuration examples
  - VSAN configuration example by using FC interfaces
  - VSAN configuration examples by using VFC interfaces
Setting up a fabric
- Overview
- Fabric setup configuration task list
  - Building a fabric statically
  - Building a fabric dynamically
- Enabling or disabling the fabric configuration function
- Setting a fabric name
- Setting the switch priority
- Configuring the allowed domain ID list
- Configuring a domain ID for a switch
- Binding the WWN of an N_Port to an FC address
- Configuring the fabric timers
  - Configuring the fabric timers in system view
  - Configuring the fabric timers in VSAN view
- Configuring the fabric reconfiguration
  - Configuring the auto fabric reconfiguration function
  - Manually initiating the fabric reconfiguration
- Configuring an FC interface to reject incoming RCF requests
- Enabling SNMP notifications for the fabric or name service module
- Configuring RSCN aggregation
- Configuring and obtaining FC4 information of nodes
  - Enabling auto discovery of SCSI-FCP information
  - Configuring the default FC4 information for a node
- Displaying and maintaining a fabric
- Fabric building configuration examples
  - Static fabric building configuration example
  - Dynamic fabric building configuration example
Configuring FC routing and forwarding
- Overview
- Configuring static FC routes
  - Configuration restrictions and guidelines
  - Configuration procedure
- Configuring FSPF
- Displaying and maintaining FC routing and forwarding
- FC routing configuration examples
Configuring FC zones
- Overview
- FC zone configuration task list
- Configuring zone aliases
- Configuring zones
- Configuring zone sets
- Configuring the default zone policy
- Configuring zone distribution and merge types
- Activating a zone set and distributing it to the entire fabric
- Triggering a complete distribution
- Renaming zone aliases, zones, and zone sets
- Copying zone aliases, zones, and zone sets
- Enabling hard zoning
- Deleting the zone database
- Displaying and maintaining FC zones
- FC zone configuration example
Configuring NPV
- Overview
- NPV configuration task list
- Configuring uplink interfaces and downlink interfaces
  - Configuring uplink interfaces
  - Configuring downlink interfaces
- Configuring downlink-to-uplink interface mappings
- Initiating a disruptive load-balancing process
- Displaying and maintaining NPV
- NPV configuration examples
  - NPV configuration example by using FC interfaces
  - NPV configuration example by using VFC interfaces
Configuring FIP snooping
- Overview
  - FIP snooping network diagram
  - How FIP snooping works
    - Establishing FIP snooping rules
    - Controlling forwarding of FCoE frames
- FIP snooping configuration task list
- Enabling FIP snooping
- Configuring the operating mode of an Ethernet interface
- Configuring the FC-MAP value
- Displaying and maintaining FIP snooping
- FIP snooping configuration example
  - Network requirements
  - Configuration procedure
    - Verifying the configuration
Configuring FCS
- Overview
- Starting a topology discovery
- Stopping a topology discovery
- Displaying and maintaining FCS
- FCS configuration example
Configuring FDMI
- Overview
- Displaying and maintaining FDMI
Configuring FC ping
- Overview
- Configuration procedure
- FC ping configuration examples
  - FC ping configuration example by using FC interfaces
  - FC ping configuration examples by using VFC interfaces
Configuring FC tracert
- Overview
- Configuration procedure
- FC tracert configuration examples
  - FC tracert configuration example by using FC interfaces
    - Network requirements
    - Configuration procedure
  - FC tracert configuration example by using VFC interfaces
    - Network requirements
    - Configuration procedure
Comprehensive FC and FCoE configuration examples
- FCoE configuration example by using VFC interfaces (in standalone mode)
- FCoE configuration example by using VFC interfaces (in IRF mode)
- FC and FCoE configuration example by using FC interfaces and VFC interfaces (in standalone mode)
- FC and FCoE configuration example by using FC interfaces and VFC interfaces (in IRF mode)
Appendixes
- Appendix A Fabric address assignment
- Appendix B Well-known fabric addresses
Index

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