On 01/22/2014 08:06 AM, PC Varma wrote:
Hi Team
I would like to build two systems(on top of Fedora 20 x64) one as Target
and another as Initiator. In this context i have the following questions.
1. Does the latest code from open-fcoe.org supports FC-BB-6 specification?
Yes.
2. Shall i connect the Initiator and Target using a 10 GbE switch without
FCF support? Is there any documentation available?
It depends what you're trying to do. If you are trying to create a Fibre
Channel fabric then you need a FCF. If you just want to do FCoE then you
can use FCoE's VN2VN mode which is a point-to-multipoint mode. In this
state the initiator and target will just login to each other, whereas in
fabric mode both the target and initiator are logging into the FC fabric.
Another thing you should consider is if you want DCB support or not. Are
you trying to do converged traffic or are you just interested in FCoE
over the link? You can do DCB with back-to-back systems (i.e. directly
plugged into each other, no switch) if your NICs support it, but you'd
need a switch that supports DCB if you want to use a switch.
Hope this helps, //Rob
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