[c-nsp] Nexus 5500 and FC/FCoE support

[☼ Francis]

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Robert Hass <robhass at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Can I connect FC SAN directly to Nexus 5548UP (with storage license) and
> provide connectivity to this FC SAN for Servers using FCoE ?
>

> All servers will have 10GE CNA cards connected to two Nexus. FC SAN will be
> also connected to two Nexus 5548UP for redundancy.
>

yes you can connect the FC SAN directly to your N5k using the SFP module
and create 'vsan database' and bind this
FC SAN ports and the 10G ports to the vsan.


>
> BTW Can this nexus also act as standard FC switch ? What about support for
>
E-port and EX-port ?  Can it form fabric with Brocade switches ?
>

N5k is expensive for your standard FC switch :-) but I think its supported
just make sure you have the right module for FC

Rob
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./francis