Implementing FCoE in the Linux Operating System
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Contents
Executive summary ................................................................................................... 5
Introduction ........................................................................................................... 5
Described configuration ............................................................................................. 5
Setting up your network infrastructure for FCoE ................................................................ 7
Setting up FCoE for SLES 11 SP 2 .................................................................................. 12
Installing / verifying FCoE support .............................................................................. 12
Configure the FCoE client VLAN .................................................................................. 14
Configure the FCoE client to start at boot ..................................................................... 18
Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................... 20
Setting-up FCoE for RHEL 6.2 ...................................................................................... 25
Installing / verifying FCoE support .............................................................................. 25
Configuring the FCoE client VLAN................................................................................ 26
Configure the FCoE client to start at boot ..................................................................... 28
Troubleshooting .................................................................................................... 28
Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 29
Figures
Figure 1.
Network infrastructure diagram. ...................................................................... 7
Figure 2.
Results of show fip-snooping enode command. .................................................... 10
Figure 3.
Results of show fip-snooping fcf command. ........................................................ 10
Figure 4.
Results of FCoE and LLDP query commands. ....................................................... 11
Figure 5.
FCoE support not installed............................................................................. 12
Figure 6.
Entering Software Management menu. .............................................................. 13
Figure 7.
Selecting FCoE packages for installation. ........................................................... 14
Figure 8.
Network Services menu. ............................................................................... 15
Figure 9.
FCoE client configuration screen with interfaces sub menu. .................................... 15
Figure 10. Create FCoE VLAN interface. .......................................................................... 16
Figure 11. Confirmation of new FCoE VLAN interface. ......................................................... 16
Figure 12. New FCoE VLAN created. .............................................................................. 17
Figure 13. FCoE VLAN is now online. .............................................................................. 17
Figure 14. FCoE LUNs displayed. ................................................................................... 18
Figure 15. Select the FCoE Client Configuration menu. ....................................................... 19
Figure 16. Configure FCoE to start at system boot. ............................................................ 20
Figure 17. Restarting the rclldpad and rcfcoe daemons. ...................................................... 21
