FCoE Storage and UCS Mini

[webstermoretti]

Hi,

I have a question about the best practice to design this environment

Today i have a Netapp using FCoE connected to two Nexus 5500 and some UCS Rack server. Now i have to configure a UCS Mini and i don't know the the recommended configuration, because i'm new to FCoE.

Do I have to configure all 4 FI ports of each FI as "FCoE uplink ports" and connect to the Nexus and configure as FCoE?

Or I can configure all FI ports as "Uplink Ports", connect all to Nexus and configure as FC and Ethernet

Thanks

[AFROJ AHMAD]

Hi ,

Yes , you need to configure them as uplink ports and connect them to Nexus.

As the ports on FI's are unified , you can configure them as Ethernet or FC as per the requirement.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/gui/config/guide/3-0/b_UCSM_GUI_User_Guide_3_0/b_UCSM_GUI_User_Guide_3_0_chapter_0101.html#concept_6E8B26985992424FAFE60F43B20113AF

Thanks-

Afroz

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[webstermoretti]

So I don't need to configure the ports as "FCoE uplink ports", just as End Host and set two for Network and two for FC in each FI?

I can't create link aggregation with the four ports and use for network access and FC access? I think i can do this configuring the 4 ports as "FCoE uplink" or this is not a best practice?

Thanks for the help

[AFROJ AHMAD]

yes, you can configure them as FCOE uplink and we should be good with this.