7–VMware Driver Software
FCoE Support
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c.
Add a port group and virtual LAN (vLAN) ID to the vSwitch as follows:
#
esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup add -p PortGroupName -v vSwitch1
d.
Change the MTU value from
1500
to
2500
(the required minimum
for FCoE to work) as follows:
#
esxcli network vswitch standard set --mtu=2500 --vswitch-name=vSwitch1
4.
To verify that the interface is working, issue the following command:
#
esxcli fcoe adapter list
Output example:
vmhba34
Source MAC: bc:30:5b:01:82:39
FCF MAC: 00:05:73:cf:2c:ea
VNPort MAC: 0e:fc:00:47:04:04
Physical NIC: vmnic7
User Priority: 3
VLAN id: 2008
The output of this command should show valid values for
FCF MAC
,
VNPort MAC
,
Priority
, and
VLAN id
for the fabric that is connected to
the C-NIC.
You can also issue the following command to verify that the interface is
working properly:
#
esxcfg-scsidevs -a
Output example:
vmhba34 bnx2fc link-up fcoe.1000<mac address>:2000<mac
address> () Software FCoE
vmhba35 bnx2fc link-up fcoe.1000<mac address>:2000<mac
address> () Software FCoE
NOTE
The label
Software FCoE
is a VMware term used to describe
initiators that depend on the inbox FCoE libraries and utilities.
Cavium's FCoE solution is a fully state connection-based hardware
offload solution designed to significantly reduce the CPU burden
encumbered by a non-offload software initiator.
