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... 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...
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... SLES Install Media Software Repository 23 Figure 22. Selecting the installation media 24 Figure 23. Accepting the License Agreement 24 Figure 24. No FCoE support is installed 25 Figure 25. Mounting the installation media 25 Figure 26. Installing FCoE support 25 Figure 27. Unmounting the installation media 26 Figure 28. Creating the FCoE Adapter Configuration file 26 Figure 29. Setting the...
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... was used. 3. The firmware of the Broadcom network adapter must be up-to-date. Please refer to Dell Support Website and enter your service tag to download and receive instruction on how to update your Broadcom network adapter to the latest firmware. In this document, Broadcom 57810S Dual-Port 10GbE KR Blade Converged Mezzanine Card firmware version 7.2.14 was used. 4. Install the appropriate Linux...
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...set up as seen below:
interface Ethernet 1/12 switchport mode trunk switchport trunk native vlan 46 switchport trunk allowed vlan 46,255
(notice that the appropriate FCoE VLAN is also allowed, VLAN 255)
9. Bind the FCoE-FIP MAC address of the server's network interface adapter. You can get the server's MAC address... placed into VSAN 255)
11. On the Dell Force10 MXL 10/40GbE (edge) switch, verify...
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...Figure 2. Results of show fip-snooping enode command.
12. Verify that the Fibre Channel forwarder port is enabled and working correctly on the edge switch. Run the following command from the edge...fcoe database (this lists the vfcs and their respective active MAC address) show lldp neighbors (this shows all external connections to the switch, their device IDs, and their respective incoming ports)
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Setting up FCoE for SLES 11 SP 2
Installing / verifying FCoE support
If FCoE support has not been installed in SLES 11 SP2, it must be installed. To verify if FCoE support was installed in SLES 11 SP2, perform the following steps:
1. Log-in as root, then the start YaST2 Control Center by running the yast command. From YaST2, select Network Services...
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... the Linux Operating System 2. To install FCoE and the appropriate support packages, insert Disc 1 of the SLES 11 SP2 installation media into your CD/DVD drive. Next, from YaST2, select Software from the leftside menu. Then select Software Management in the right-side menu, and press Enter, as in Figure 6. Figure 6. Entering Software Management menu.
3. Type fcoe...
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... to allow the installation to proceed. After the packages install, you are returned to the YaST2 Control Center. When finished, quit the YaST2 Control Center.
Configure the FCoE client VLAN
Next, configure the FCoE client VLAN by performing the following steps: 1. Start the YaST2 Control Center using the yast command, then select Network Services, and then FCoE...
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... SLES 11 SP2s configuration files pointing to the incorrect location of the installation media software repository. To correct this issue, perform the following steps:
1. Start YaST2 using the yast command, and then select Software in the left-side menu, and then select Software Repositories on the right side menu, as in Figure 19. 21
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Implementing FCoE in the Linux Operating System Figure 19. Entering Software Repositories Menu.
2. Delete the existing installation media software repository, and then add the SLES 11 SP2 installation media as a new software repository, as in Figures 20 and 21.
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Implementing FCoE in the Linux Operating System Figure 20. Deleting Old SLES Software Repository.
Figure 21. Adding new SLES Install Media Software Repository.
3. Select the appropriate installation media, and then select Next, as in Figure 22. 4. Accept the License Agreement, select Next, and then select OK, and you will be returned
to the YaST2 Control Center, as in Figure 23. 23
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Implementing FCoE in the Linux Operating System Figure 22. Selecting the installation media.
Figure 23. Accepting the License Agreement.
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... the installation media.
3. Next, change directory to /media/Packages, and install the appropriate packages; for example, if you installed your copy of RHEL 6.2 as a Basic Server, you need the following packages: libhbaapi; libconfig; lldpad; libpciaccess; libhbalinux; device-mapper-multipath; device-mapper-multipath-libs; fcoe-utils. See Figure 26 for details. Figure 26. Installing FCoE support...
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.../, where is the name of the specific network interface over which FCoE traffic flows. In this example, we will use the interface name p3p1. See Figure 28 for details. Figure 28. Creating the FCoE Adapter Configuration file.
2. Then edit the /etc/fcoe/cfg-p3p1 file and set DCB_REQUIRED variable to "no", as in...
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... various available FCoE compliant devices. Use this document as a general guide to aid you in configuring FCoE in most situations. If you do use this guide with hardware other than that listed in the Described Configuration section above, verify that it is FCoE compliant and that all appropriate firmware and drivers are updated per vendor specifications...