FCoE NPV is supported on the Cisco Nexus devices. It functions similarly to traditional FCoE. The FCoE NPV feature is an enhanced form of FIP snooping that provides a secure method to connect FCoE-capable hosts to an FCoE-capable FCoE forwarder (FCF) switch. The FCoE NPV feature provides the following benefits: FCoE NPV does not have […]
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Cisco Nexus devices support FCoE implementation including the Cisco Nexus 5000, 7000, 7700, 6000, and 9000 Series switches. Cisco MDS 9000 Series multilayer switches also support FCoE implementation. In the Cisco Nexus 7000/7700 Series switches, each F Series module that runs FCoE requires an FCoE license. Also, FCoE does not require an additional VDC and […]
In a native FC storage-area network (SAN), physical FC switches and end devices (such as hosts with host bus adapters [HBAs]) are connected with fiber cable. The FC protocol runs natively on the SAN, and both the switches and end devices communicate through it. With FCoE, that FC SAN is overlaid onto a physical Ethernet […]
Smart zoning implements hard zoning of large zones with fewer hardware resources than was previously required. The traditional zoning method allows each device in a zone to communicate with every other device in the zone, and the administrator is required to manage the individual zones. Smart zoning eliminates the need to create a single initiator […]
In fabric mode, the NX-OS switches provide the standard Fibre Channel switching capability and features. In this mode, each switch that joins a SAN is assigned a domain ID. Each SAN (or VSAN) supports a maximum of 239 domain IDs, so the SAN has a limit of 239 switches. In a SAN topology with a […]