Configuring FCoE

If you are using FCoE on your Ethernet infrastructure, FCoE must be configured at the switch level before your FC service can run over
the existing Ethernet infrastructure.

About this task

You must install a Unified Target Adapter (UTA) on your storage system and a converged network adapter (CNA) on your host. These
adapters are required for running FCoE traffic over your Ethernet network. For more information about FCoE deployments, see TR3800.
Your SAN configuration must be supported. For more information about supported configurations, see the Interoperability Matrix Tool.

Steps
1.

Install the UTA or CNA.

2.

Configure your switches for FCoE. See the switch documentation for more information.

3.

On the storage controller, use the dcb show command to verify that the DCB settings for each node in the cluster has been
correctly configured.
Example

run -node node1 -command dcb show

Interface
--------e3a

PGID
----

Priority
----------

Application
------------

Bandwidth
------------

0
1

0 1 2 4 5 6 7
3

unassigned
FCoE

50%
50%

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

unassigned

0%

0
1

0 1 2 4 5 6 7
3

unassigned
FCoE

50%
50%

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

unassigned

0%

e3b
e4a

e4b

Note: Data ONTAP displays the switch settings for FCoE based on how you set up your switches. If these switch settings are
wrong, you need to consult your switch documentation.
4.

On the storage controller, use the fcp adapter show command to verify that FCoE login is working when the FC target port
status is online true state.
cluster1::> fcp adapter show -fields node,adapter,status,state,speed,fabric-established,physicalprotocol

node

adapter physical
status
fabric
speed state
-protocol
-established
------- ------- ---------- -------------------- ----- ----node-1 4a
ethernet online true auto up
node-2 4b
ethernet online true auto up

Note: If the FC target port status is online false, you need to consult your switch documentation.

Result
After you have verified that the DCB settings have been correctly configured, you can continue manually setting up your FC block
access.
Parent topic: Setting up LUNs manually with FC block access
Next topic: Verifying the license for FC or iSCSI
Related information
Brocade switch FCoE set up procedures - http://www.brocade.com/products/all/index.page
Cisco switch FCoE set up procedures http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html
Interoperability Matrix: support.netapp.com/NOW/products/interoperability
Host Utilities documentation: www.support.netapp.com
Technical Report: Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) End-to-End Deployment Guide: media.netapp.com/documents/TR-3800.pdf
Data ONTAP documentation on the NetApp Support Site-support.netapp.com