Configuring Cfs Regions For Fc-Redirect; Using Ioa Cluster With Ipfc Interface - Cisco MDS 9000 series Configuration Manual

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Configuring CFS Regions For FC-Redirect

To configure the CFS regions for FC-Redirect, do the following tasks:
Configure a switch in the CFS region as shown in the following example:
Step 1
switch# config t
switch# cfs region 2
switch# fc-redirect
switch# end
Repeat this step for all the switches that are included in the specified region.
Confirm that all the required switches are available in the CFS region by entering the show fc-redirect
Step 2
peer-switches command.
Step 3 To migrate existing Cisco IOA installations to CFS regions for FC-Redirect, delete all the existing
FC-Redirect configurations created by the switches in other regions from each switch. To remove the
configurations, perform the following steps:
a.
b.

Using IOA Cluster with IPFC Interface

Internet protocol over Fibre Channel (IPFC) provides IP forwarding or in-band switch management over
a Fibre Channel interface (instead of management using the Gigabit Ethernet mgmt 0 interface). You can
use IPFC to specify that IP frames be transported over Fibre Channel using encapsulation techniques. IP
frames are encapsulated into Fibre Channel frames so that cluster management information can transmit
across the Fibre Channel network without using an overlay Ethernet network.
When you use IOA cluster with the IPFC interface, the IOA cluster can use cluster management-related
messages through Fibre Channel ISLs by encapsulating cluster management related messages in to Fibre
Channel frames instead of using the management interface.
Note Configuring IOA cluster with the IPFC interface is optional and is supported in Cisco MDS NX-OS
Release 5.0(4c) or later. Support for GUI for configuring IOA cluster with the IPFC interface might be
added in the future releases.
OL-20708-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.0(1a)
All switches in the region must have a common VSAN.
For existing IOA installations, refer to
page 2-5 for steps on migrating to CFS regions.
Remove all instances of the previous configurations when a switch is moved to a region or moved
out of a region.
Obtain a list of all FC-Redirect configurations by entering the show fc-redirect configs command.
Remove all configurations created by the switches in other regions by using the clear fc-redirect
configs command. The configurations are removed from the switches but the switches remain active
in the region in which they are created.
"Configuring CFS Regions For FC-Redirect" section on
Cisco MDS 9000 Family I/O Accelerator Configuration Guide

Using IOA Cluster with IPFC Interface

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