03-22-2015 07:28 AM
Hi all,
I'm trying to connect in FCoE mode a UCS 220 M4 + VIC 1225 card to a NEXUS 5596.
1 - I have enabled the FCoE feature => feature fcoe
2 - I have configured vHBA card with default vlan 900 on UCS
3 - I have created vlan 900 + vsan 900 on the NEXUS
4 - I have connected UCS to the NEXUS on e1/41 interface in trunk mode
5 - I have bound e1/41 to vfc 900 and vfc 900 to vsan 900
vmware esxi5.1 with up to date cisco drivers is installed on UCS. I see the VIC card (vNIC + vHBA) on vsphere
=> interface eth1/41 is up
=> interface vfc 900 is down (Initializing)
My configuration :
- NX-OS
version 5.2(1)N1(1)
- vlan 900
Original VLAN ID Translated VSAN ID Association State
---------------- ------------------ -----------------
900 900 Operational
- e1/41
interface Ethernet1/41
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,350,352,900
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
- vfc 900
interface vfc900
bind interface Ethernet1/41
no shutdown
- vsan database 900 mem
vsan 900 interfaces:
vfc900
did I forget something ?
PS :
++ I didn't reload my nexus after enabled fcoe feature. I hope that "reload" is not a mandatory ...
++ UCS has been restarted
++ FC SAN Boot is not enabled
03-23-2015 10:11 PM
Hi,
This command will help you to figure out why the vfc interface are stuck in the initializing state:
#show port internal info interface vfc 900
If just it doesn't help, try this here:
- verify if spanning-tree is blocking the port for some reason.
- Is the lldp enabled?
- look the vfc counters, is something ongoing?
- npiv issue
If you are getting trouble after all, please look at this:
http://www.ccierants.com/2013/07/ccie-dc-fcoefc-troubleshooting.html
http://www.ccierants.com/2013/06/ccie-dc-advanced-fcoe-part-2.html
If it helps, please rate it.
Richard
03-24-2015 07:24 AM
Did you map the L2 VLAN to the FCoE VSAN?
vlan 900
fcoe vsan 900
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