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FIP Snooping Restrictions
The following restrictions apply when you configure FIP snooping.
• The maximum number of FCoE VLANs supported on the switch is eight.
• The maximum number of FIP snooping sessions supported per ENode server is 32. To increase the
maximum number of sessions to 64, use the fip-snooping max-sessions-per-enodemac
command.
• The maximum number of FCFs supported per FIP snooping-enabled VLAN is twelve.
Configuring FIP Snooping
You can enable FIP snooping globally on all FCoE VLANs on a switch or on an individual FCoE VLAN.
By default, FIP snooping is disabled.
To enable FCoE transit on the switch and configure the FCoE transit parameters on ports, follow these
steps.
1. Configure FCoE.
FCoE configuration:
copy flash:/ CONFIG_TEMPLATE/ FCoE_DCB_Config running-config
The configuration files are stored in the flash memory in the CONFIG_TEMPLATE file.
NOTE: DCB/DCBx is enabled when either of these configurations is applied.
2. Save the configuration on the switch.
EXEC Privilege mode.
write memory
3. Reload the switch to enable the configuration.
EXEC Privilege mode.
reload
After the switch is reloaded, DCB/DCBx is enabled.
4. Enable the FCoE transit feature on a switch.
CONFIGURATION mode.
feature fip-snooping
5. Enable FIP snooping on all VLANs or on a specified VLAN.
CONFIGURATION mode or VLAN INTERFACE mode.
fip-snooping enable
6. Configure the port for bridge-to-FCF links.
INTERFACE mode or CONFIGURATION mode
fip-snooping port-mode fcf
FCoE Transit
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