Multihop FCoE in this document is where FCoE is used both in the southbound and northbound directions from the point of view of the upstream Switch connected to FI. The lab used NPIV mode on the Nexus 5000. A port-channel was created from UCS to the FI and a a single link from the FI to the Nexus 5000.
Configuration Steps
Step 1 - Create the port-channels in UCS for the UCS to FI connectivity. Very simple and I'm not going to show a screen shot.
Step 2 - Enable the NPIV feature and create the FCoE VSAN
Pod7-5548-A(config)# feature fcoe
Pod7-5548-A(config)# feature npiv
Pod7-5548-A(config)# vsan database
Pod7-5548-A(config-vsan-db)# vsan 77
Pod7-5548-A(config-vsan-db)# vl 77
Pod7-5548-A(config-vlan)# fcoe vsan 77
Pod7-5548-A# sh vlan fcoe
Original VLAN ID
Translated VSAN ID Association State
----------------
------------------
-----------------
77 77 Operational
Step 3 - Create and FCoE connection to UCS on top on the
Ethernet
Pod7-5548-A(config)# int vfc 1
Pod7-5548-A(config-if)# sw mod f
Pod7-5548-A(config-if)# bind in po 12
Pod7-5548-A(config-if)# no sh
Pod7-5548-A(config-if)# sh int vfc1
vfc1 is trunking (Not all VSANs UP on the trunk)
Bound interface is
port-channel12
Hardware is
Ethernet
Port WWN is
20:00:54:7f:ee:39:97:bf
Admin port mode is
F, trunk mode is on
snmp link state
traps are enabled
Port mode is TF
Port vsan is 1
Trunk vsans (admin
allowed and active) (1,77)
Trunk vsans
(up) ()
Trunk vsans
(isolated) ()
Trunk vsans
(initializing) (1,77)
Step 4 - Create an FCoE connection up to the core
Pod7-5548-A(config-if)# int vfc2
Pod7-5548-A(config-if)# sw mo e
Pod7-5548-A(config-if)# bind int e1/15
Pod7-5548-A(config-if)# no sh
Pod7-5548-A(config-if)# sh int vfc2
vfc2 is trunking (Not all VSANs UP on the trunk)
Bound interface is
Ethernet1/15
Hardware is
Ethernet
Port WWN is
20:01:54:7f:ee:39:97:bf
Admin port mode is
E, trunk mode is on
snmp link state
traps are enabled
Port mode is TE
Port vsan is 1
Trunk vsans (admin
allowed and active) (1,77)
Trunk vsans
(up) ()
Trunk vsans
(isolated) ()
Trunk vsans
(initializing) (1,77)
Step 5 - Enable FC trunking on UCS for both Fabrics
Step 6- Create FCoE VSANs on both Fabrics
Step 7 - Create FCoE port-channels
The VFC facing UCS now shows the VSAN up
Pod7-5548-A# sh int vfc1
vfc1 is trunking (Not all VSANs UP on the trunk)
Bound interface is
port-channel12
Hardware is
Ethernet
Port WWN is
20:00:54:7f:ee:39:97:bf
Admin port mode is
F, trunk mode is on
snmp link state
traps are enabled
Port mode is TF
Port vsan is 1
Trunk vsans (admin
allowed and active) (1,77)
Trunk vsans (up) (77)
Trunk vsans
(isolated) ()
Trunk vsans
(initializing) (1)
1 minute input
rate 0 bits/sec, 0 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
1 minute output
rate 512 bits/sec, 64 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
7 frames input,
900 bytes
0 discards, 0
errors
118 frames
output, 17856 bytes
0 discards, 0
errors
last clearing of
"show interface" counters never
Interface last
changed at Fri Jul 5 16:54:49 2013
Step 8 - Provide SAN to ESX
Click on the vHBA under the service profile and create a
vHBA for both the A and B chassis.
