VMware FCoE

1. Ethernet mini Jumbo Frames (2240 bytes) are used for FCoE encapsulation.

2. Both initiators and targets (native FCoE targets) must be on the same network.

 

 配置FCoE交换机端口：

• Spanning Tree Protocol(STP): Disabled

• LLDP: Enabled.

• PFC: AUTO.

• VLAN ID: Specify a VLAN dedicated to FCoE traffic. Do not mix FCoE traffic with other storage or data traffic because you need to take advantage of PFC.

For Software FCoE Adapter:

1. Create a vmkernel port group on new vSwitch

2. Create a separate vSwitch for each SW FCoE Adapter.

Note You can configure up to four SW FCoE adapters on a single vSphere 5 host.

Don’t get overzealous and attempt to guarantee FCoE bandwidth using Network I/O Control because it is already assigned the appropriate priority via the FCoE protocol. Doing so results in a negative effect and the FCoE traffic is stopped instead.