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Dell SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.3

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Fibre Channel interfaces

OS10 unified port groups support FC interfaces. A unified port group operates in Fibre Channel or Ethernet mode. To activate FC interfaces, configure a port group to operate in Fibre Channel mode and specify the port speed. By default, FC interfaces are disabled.

S4148U-ON

On a S4148U-ON switch, FC interfaces are available in all port groups. The activated FC interfaces depend on the currently configured port profile. For more information, see S4148U-ON port profiles.
Figure 1. S4148U-ON unified port groups
S4148U-ON unified port groups
  1. Configure a unified port group in CONFIGURATION mode. Enter 1/1 for node/slot. The port-group range depends on the switch.
    port-group node/slot/port-group
  2. Activate the unified port group for FC operation in PORT-GROUP mode. The available FC modes depend on the switch.
    mode fc {32g-4x | 32g-2x | 32g-1x | 16g-4x | 16g-2x | 8g-4x}
    • 8g-4x — Split a unified port group into four 8 GFC interfaces.
    • 16g-2x — Split a unified port group into two 16 GFC interfaces.
    • 16g-4x — Split a unified port group into four 16 GFC interfaces.
    • 32g-1x — Split a unified port group into one 32 GFC interface. A 1x-32G interface has a rate limit of 28G.
    • 32g-2x — Split a unified port group into two 32 GFC interfaces.
    • 32g-4x — Split a unified port group into four 32 GFC interfaces. Each 4x-32GE breakout interface has a rate limit of 25G.
  3. Return to CONFIGURATION mode.
    exit
  4. Enter FC Interface mode to enable data transmission. Enter a single interface, a hyphen-separated range, or multiple interfaces separated by commas.
    interface fibrechannel node/slot/port[:subport]
  5. (Optional) Reconfigure the interface speed in INTERFACE mode.
    speed {8 | 16 | 32 | auto}
  6. Apply vfabric configuration on the interface. For more information about vfabric configuration, see Virtual fabric.
    vfabric fabric-ID
  7. Enable the FC interface in INTERFACE mode.
    no shutdown
Configure FC interface
OS10(config)# port-group 1/1/15
OS10(conf-pg-1/1/15)# mode FC 16g-4x
OS10(conf-pg-1/1/15)# exit
OS10(config)# interface fibrechannel 1/1/43:1
OS10(conf-if-fc-1/1/43:1)# speed 32
OS10(conf-if-fc-1/1/43:1)# no shutdown
View FC interface
OS10(config)# interface fibrechannel 1/1/43:1
OS10(conf-if-fc-1/1/43:1)# show configuration
!
interface fibrechannel1/1/43:1
 no shutdown
 speed 32
 vfabric 100
OS10# show interface fibrechannel 1/1/43:1
Fibrechannel 1/1/43:1 is up, FC link is up
Address is 14:18:77:20:8d:fc, Current address is 14:18:77:20:8d:fc
Pluggable media present, QSFP+ type is QSFP+ 4x(16GBASE FC SW)
    Wavelength is 850
    Receive power reading is 0.0
FC MTU 2188 bytes
LineSpeed 8G
Port type is F, Max BB credit is 1
WWN is 20:78:14:18:77:20:8d:cf
Last clearing of "show interface" counters: 00:02:32
Input statistics:
     33 frames, 3508 bytes
     0 class 2 good frames, 33 class 3 good frames
     0 frame too long, 0 frame truncated, 0 CRC
     1 link fail, 0 sync loss
     0 primitive seq err, 0 LIP count
     0 BB credit 0, 0 BB credit 0 packet drops
Output statistics:
     33 frames, 2344 bytes
     0 class 2 frames, 33 class 3 frames
     0 BB credit 0, 0 oversize frames
6356027325 total errors
Rate Info:
     Input 116 bytes/sec, 1 frames/sec, 0% of line rate
     Output 78 bytes/sec, 1 frames/sec, 0% of line rate
Time since last interface status change: 00:00:24

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