Cisco Cisco Nexus 2224TP GE Fabric Extender White Paper

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Contents

Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................. 3

Network Diagram ...................................................................................................................................................... 3

Hardware Installation ............................................................................................................................................... 5

Fabric Extender Management Model ..................................................................................................................... 6

Fabric Connectivity Options ................................................................................................................................... 7

Statically Pinned Fabric Interface Connection ....................................................................................................... 7

Port Channel Fabric Interface Connection ............................................................................................................ 9

Configuring a Fabric Port Channel ...................................................................................................................... 10

Virtual Port Channel Connection .......................................................................................................................... 13

Configuring a vPC ................................................................................................................................................ 14

Server Network Teaming ....................................................................................................................................... 16

Creating Host-Side vPC for Server Links with LACP .......................................................................................... 17

Fibre Channel over Ethernet ................................................................................................................................. 21

Configuring FCoE ................................................................................................................................................ 21

Configuring the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and B22 for IBM for FCoE ................................................................ 22

iSCSI Configuration ............................................................................................................................................... 27

Virtual Network Adapter Partitioning ................................................................................................................... 30

Debug Commands ................................................................................................................................................. 35

show fex ............................................................................................................................................................... 35

show fex detail ..................................................................................................................................................... 36

show interface brief .............................................................................................................................................. 37

show interface ethernet 191/1/1 .......................................................................................................................... 42

show vlan ............................................................................................................................................................. 43

show interface fex-fabric ...................................................................................................................................... 44

Cisco Nexus Configurations ................................................................................................................................. 45

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch 1 Configuration ............................................................................................... 45

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch 2 Configuration ............................................................................................... 56

Conclusion .............................................................................................................................................................. 70

For More Information ............................................................................................................................................. 70