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UCS FC Port-Channel with Broade SAN SW

NeoChen722593
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Hi All 

 

Can UCS FI(6454) end host mode use FC port to connect to Broade SAN SW(ds-6520b) and do port channels on both sides?

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Kirk J
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Don't believe Brocade gear will negotiate FC port channels with UCS gear unless something has recently changed.

For FC port channels , you would need MDS, Fc capable N9K, etc

Kirk...

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Kirk J
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Don't believe Brocade gear will negotiate FC port channels with UCS gear unless something has recently changed.

For FC port channels , you would need MDS, Fc capable N9K, etc

Kirk...

Hi @Kirk J ,

Thank for you reply,

I found the KB on Dell Website, it seems that only some models are supported:

Fabric OS 9.1.0 introduces the Fibre Channel Link Aggregation (FC-LAG) feature to provide FC-LAG capability between Brocade switches and Cisco UCS FIs that are configured in end-host mode. This enhancement on Brocade switches supports three different connectivity options for UCS-FIs.

It provides the advantage of automatic load distribution based on the SID, DID, and OXID across all physical links in the FC-LAG, and it allows it to add and remove physical links to the FC-LAG without application disruption.

When an FOS switch port is configured to be a member of an FC-LAG, the link aggregation protocol is used to communicate with its peer to establish and manage the FC-LAG.

FC-LAG is supported on the following platforms:

  • X7-8 Director
  • X7-4 Director
  • G730 Switch
  • G720 Switch
  • X6-8 Director
  • X6-4 Director
  • G630 Switch

When it is enabled, a link aggregation protocol runs between the remote FI and the Brocade switch, and configures all the underlying physical links into a single aggregated links. The bandwidth is adjusted based on the available physical links, which improves load balancing and reduces congestion events.

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000212938/connectrix-brocade-fibre-channel-link-aggregation-fc-lag-feature-introduced-in-fos-v9-1-x

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