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53-1 002 1 63-02 30 June 20 11 ® DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Con v erged Enhanced Etherne t Administrat or’s Guide Suppor ting F abric OS v7 .0.0.
DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Copyright © 2009-20 11 Brocade Communication s Systems, Inc. All Rights R eser ved. Brocade, the B-wing symbol, BigIron, DCX, Fabric OS, FastIron, IronP oint, IronShield, .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide iii 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Conv erged Enhanced Ethernet Administrat or’s Guid e 53-1 001 7 61-0 1 Updated f or Fabric O S v7 .
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Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide v 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Contents About This Document In this chapt er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii How this document is organized .
vi Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL FCoE Initialization Pr otocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 FIP discov er y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide vii 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Managing the FCoE configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 FCoE configuration guidelines and re strictions . . . . . . . .
viii Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL VLAN configuration and management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Enabling and disabl ing an int er face por t . . . . . . . . . . .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide ix 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL STP , RS TP , and MSTP configuration and management . . . . . . . . . . 64 Enabling STP , RS TP , or MSTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
x Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL LA CP configuration and management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Enabling LA CP on an CEE interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide xi 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL QoS ov er view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7 Re writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xii Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL RMON ov er view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 RMON configuration and management . . . . . . . .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide xiii 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Figures Figure 1 Multiple switch fabric configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Figure 2 CEE CLI command mode hie rarchy .
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Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide xv 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Tables Ta b l e 1 Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix Ta b l e 2 FCoE terminology .
xvi Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide xvii 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL About This Document In this chapter • How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii • Suppor ted har dware and software.
xviii Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’ s Guide 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Chapter 12, “Configuring 80 2. 1x Por t Authentication,” describes ho w to configure the 802. 1x Port Authentication prot ocol. • Chapter 13, “Configuring IGMP ,” describes how to configure IGMP snooping on the Br ocade FCoE hardware.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide xix 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Document conventions This section describes te xt formatting con venti ons and important notice formats u sed in this document.
xx Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE A note pr ovides a tip, guidance, or advice, em phasizes im por tan t information, or pr ovides a ref erence to related inf ormation. ATTENTION An Att ention statement indicat es potential damage to hardware or data.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide xxi 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Brocade resources T o get up-to-the-minute information, go to http://my .
xxii Converged Enhanced Ethernet Admin istrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 2. Switch Serial N umber The switch serial number and corresponding bar co de are pr ovided on the .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 1 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 1 Introducing FCoE In this chapter • FCoE terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 FCoE overview 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL FCoE pr ovides a method of encapsulati ng the Fibr e Channel (FC) traf f ic ov er a physical Ethernet link. FCoE frames use a unique EtherT ype that enables FCoE traffic and standard Ethernet traf fic to be carried on the sam e link.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 3 53-1002163-02 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Layer 2 Ethernet overview The Brocade FCoE har dware contain CEE por ts th at support FCoE forwarding. The CEE por ts are also backwar ds compatible and suppor t classic La yer 2 Ethernet networks (see Figure 1 ).
4 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • If the Ethernet F rame Check Sequence (FCS) is incorrect, because the swi tch is in cut-through mode, a correctly f ormatted Ethernet fram e is sent out with an incorrect FCS.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 5 53-1002163-02 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Using MS TP , y ou can create multiple loop-free acti v e topologies on a single ph ysical topology . These loop-free t opologies are mapped to a set of configurable VLANs.
6 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Queuing f eatures are described as f ollows: • RED—RED increases link utilization.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 7 53-1002163-02 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL When setting the scheduling policy , each priori ty gr oup that is usin g DWRR scheduling can be set to use a per centage of the total bandwi dth b y setting the PG_Per centage parameter .
8 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 FCoE Initialization Protocol 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE The Brocade so f tware suppor ts a maximum 2 4 LAG int er faces.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 9 53-1002163-02 FCoE Initialization Protocol 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE In the fabric-pr ovided MA C address format, VN _p or t MAC addresses are based on a 2 4-bit fabric-supplied v alue. The first three bytes of th is value is refe rred to as the FCMAP .
10 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 FCoE Initialization Protocol 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL FCoE login The Bro cade FCoE hardware FCoE login operat es as follo ws: • ENodes can log in t o the Broc ade FCoE hardw a re using FCoE encapsul at ed, FC Extended Link Service (ELS) frames.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 11 53-1002163-02 FCoE Initialization Protocol 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Commit and abor t—Defined logingr oup changes ca n be abor ted with no effect on existing sessions. The Brocade FCoE hardware does not a pply the configurations to new session s until the changes are committed.
12 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 FCoE qu euing 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE When transmitting an RSCN, zoni ng rules still apply f or FCoE devices as the devices are t reated as regular FC N_por ts.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 13 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 2 Using the CEE CLI In this chapter • Management T ools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 CEE Command Line Interface 2 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE The CEE configuratio n is not affect ed by configUpload and configDo wnload commands entered in the Fabric OS shell.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 15 53-1002163-02 CEE Command Li ne Interface 2 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE While this example uses the admin role t o log in to the switch, any r ole listed in the “CEE CLI RBA C permissions” section can be used.
16 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 CEE Command Line Interface 2 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE At syst em star t up, if you try to enter privileged EXEC mode before the syst em has fully booted, the follo wing message is displayed: %Info: Please wait.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 17 53-1002163-02 CEE Command Li ne Interface 2 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE Pressing Ctrl+Z or ent ering the end command in an y mode returns you t o privileged EXEC mode. Entering exit in any mode returns y ou to the pre vious mode.
18 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 CEE Command Line Interface 2 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE In EXEC and privileged EXEC modes, use the sho w histor y command to list the commands most recent ly entered. The switch retains the hist or y of the last 1 000 commands entered.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 19 53-1002163-02 CEE Command Li ne Interface 2 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL If the question mark ( ? ) is typed within an inco mplete k eywor d b ut the k eyword matches se veral ke ywords, the CLI displays help f or all the matching ke ywor ds.
20 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 CEE Command Line Interface 2 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL last Displays o nly the last f ew lines of t he command output. tee Redirects the command output to the specif ied file . Note that this modi fier also displays the com mand output.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 21 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 3 Configuration management In this chapter • Configuration management tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 • Flash file manage ment commands .
22 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Configuration management tasks 3 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Display the running configuration file T o display the running configuration, per form the f ollowing task from EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 23 53-1002163-02 Flash file management commands 3 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Archiving the startup configuration file This tasks allows y ou to archive the st ar tup config uration to an ar chive f older on an FTP site.
24 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Debugging and logging commands 3 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL The tasks listed in Ta b l e 8 are per formed fr om privileged EXEC mode. TA B L E 8 Debugging and logging commands Task Command Display debugging informatio n for CEE components.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 25 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 4 FCoE Configuration Management In this chapter • Managing the FCoE configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Configuring the FCoE login information 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Clearing logins Perform the following task to clear logins. Displaying FCoE configuration-related information Perform the f oll owing tasks to displa y FCoE-related configuration information.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 27 53-1002163-02 Configuring the FCoE login informatio n 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Managing the current co nfiguration transaction NOTE The con.
28 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Creating an FCoE login group 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Saving the current FCoE configuration Perform the follo wing task to sa ve the current FCoE configuration. Creating an FCoE login group The FCoE login group enables you t o con figure login policies.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 29 53-1002163-02 Creating an FCoE login group 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Modifying the FCoE login group device list Perform the follo wing task s to add or remo ve VN_por t devices from the FCoE login group.
30 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Creating an FCoE login group 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 31 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 5 Initial FCoE and CEE Configuration In this chapter • Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 End to End FCoE using FC ISLs 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL The follo wing diagram shows a deployment scenario where FCoE initiators are connected to FCoE and FC targ ets across multiple hops of FC ISLs .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 33 53-1002163-02 High availability 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL On an FCOE1 0-2 4 this mapping is as f ollows, a ssuming that the FCOE1 0-2 4 blad.
34 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 High availability 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Every configuration is either fully committ ed or no t, but nev er “half-complet e.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 35 53-1002163-02 Configuring the FCoE interfaces 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Configuring the FCoE interfaces FCoE maps are used to configure FCoE properties on interfaces. An FCoE map is a placeholder for an FCoE VLAN and a CEE map.
36 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Configuring the FCoE VLAN 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL VLAN 1 002 is reserved for FCoE VLAN. If VLAN 1 002 is already assigned as a LAN VLAN, it is automatically recreated as the FCoE VLA N while creating the d efault fcoe-map.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 37 53-1002163-02 Configuring DC BX 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 2. Apply the current FCoE pr ofile map to the interface using the fcoepor t command. switch(conf-if-te-0/0)# fcoeport 3. Return t o the privileged EXEC mode using the end co mmand.
38 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol Spanning T ree Pr otocol (S TP) is a mechanism t o detec t and av oid loops in Ethernet ne tworks by establishing a fixed path betw een all the switches in a LAN.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 39 53-1002163-02 CEE map configuration 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL T o configure V LAN membership, per f orm the following steps in global configurat ion mode. 1. Create the VLAN int er faces on the Br ocade FCoE har dware using the CEE CLI.
40 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 CEE map configu ration 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Strict Priority versus DWRR is deriv ed directly from the PGID value. All PGID s with prefix 15 receive the Strict Priority scheduling policy and all PGIDs in the range 0 thr ough 7 receive the DWRR scheduling policy .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 41 53-1002163-02 CEE map configuration 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 4. Defi ne the CEE map for PGID 1. switch(config-ceemap)# priority-group-table 1 weight 50 5. Enter the copy command to sa ve the running-config file to t he star tup-config file.
42 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 CEE audit logs 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL CEE audit logs The CEE audit logs record all changes made by authorized users. This information is always present, irrespectiv e of the configuring entity .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 43 53-1002163-02 CEE audit logs 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 4. Revie w the D CE audit logs using the sho w accounting logs command.
44 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 CEE audit logs 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 45 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 6 Configuring VLANs In this chapter • VLAN ov er view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Ingress VLAN filtering 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Admit VLAN tagged and untag ged frames—All tagged and untagged frames wo uld be processed as f ollows: - All untagged frames are clas sified into nativ e VLANs.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 47 53-1002163-02 VLAN configuration guidelines a nd restrictions 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Additionally , there are impor tant facts you should.
48 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 VLAN configuration and management 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL VLAN configuration and management NOTE Y ou need to ent er either .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 49 53-1002163-02 VLAN configuration and management 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL T o create a VLAN int er face, perform the f ollowing st eps from privileged EXEC mode. 1. En ter t he configure t erminal command to acce ss global configuratio n mode.
50 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 VLAN configuration and management 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Configuring an interface port as a Layer 2 switch port T o configure the inter face as a Lay er 2 switch por t, perform the follo w ing steps fr om privileged EXEC mode.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 51 53-1002163-02 VLAN configuration and management 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL switch(conf-if-te-0/19)# switchport mode trunk 5. Specify whether all, one, or none of the VLAN inter faces are allo wed to transmit and receiv e through the CEE inter face.
52 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Configuring protocol-based VLAN classifi er rules 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 6. Enter the switchpor t converged allo wed vlan add vlan_id command to give access to individual VLANs.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53 53-1002163-02 Configuring protocol-based VLAN classifier rules 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE FCoE Initialization Prot ocol (FIP) and FC oE cannot be manually conf igured in VLAN classif ier rules.
54 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Configuring the MAC address table 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Activating a VLAN classifier group with an interface port T o associate a VLAN classif ier group with an inter face por t, per form the following st eps from privileged EXEC mode.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 55 53-1002163-02 Configuring the MAC address table 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Specifying or disabling the aging time for MAC addresses Y ou can set the length of time that a dynami c entr y remains in the MA C address table af ter the entr y is used or updat ed.
56 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Configuring the MAC address table 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 57 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 7 Configuring STP, RSTP, and MSTP In this chapter • STP o verview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 STP overview 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Disabled—The interface is not par ticipating in spanning tree because of a shutdo wn por t, no link on the por t, or no spanning tree instance running on the por t.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 59 53-1002163-02 RSTP overview 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL This does not apply t o por ts connected to workstations or PCs; these ports remain in the forwarding stat e. 5. Enter the copy command to sa ve the running-config file to the star tu p -c on f ig file.
60 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 RSTP overview 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL With RSTP , the port roles f or the new int er f ace st ates are also different. RS TP dif ferentiat es explicitly between the state of the por t and the role it pla ys in the topology .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 61 53-1002163-02 MSTP overview 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL switch(conf-rstp)# hello-time 5 1 0. Set the method f or flushing mac-addresses in FDB, either accor ding to the IEEE standar d or the propriet y standard.
62 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 MSTP overview 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE Brocade suppor ts 15 MSTP instances and one MSTP region. MSTP intr oduces a hierarchical way of managing switch domains using regi ons.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 63 53-1002163-02 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configurat ion guidelines and restrictio ns 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL For more inf ormation on MSTP , see “STP , RSTP , and MSTP configuration and management” on page 64.
64 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 STP, RSTP, and MS TP conf iguration and man agement 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Ta b l e 17 lists the sw itch defaults that apply only to MSTP configurations. Ta b l e 1 8 lists the switch defaults for the 1 0-Gigabit Ethernet CEE interface-specific conf iguration.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 65 53-1002163-02 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL switch(config)# protocol spanning-tree rstp Disabli.
66 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 STP, RSTP, and MS TP conf iguration and man agement 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 1. En ter t he configure te rminal command to access globa l configuration mo de. 2. Enter the protocol comm and to enabl e STP , RSTP , or MSTP .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 67 53-1002163-02 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL T o specify the bridge maximu m aging time, per form the f ollowing steps fr om privil eged EXEC mode.
68 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 STP, RSTP, and MS TP conf iguration and man agement 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE For the chosen path-cost met hod to be activated, it should eithe r be configure d prior to creation of all por t-channels or the existing por t -channels must be disabled or enabled.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 69 53-1002163-02 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Enabling Cisco interoperability (MSTP) In MSTP mode, use this command to enable or disa ble the ability of the Brocade FCoE har dware to inter operate with certain legacy Cisco switches.
70 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 STP, RSTP, and MS TP conf iguration and man agement 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Specifying the maximum number of hops for a BPDU (MSTP) In MS TP mode, use this comm and to configure the maximum number of hops f or a BPDU in an MSTP reg ion.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 71 53-1002163-02 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Flushing MAC addresses (RSTP and MSTP) For RS TP and MSTP , use this command t o flush the MAC addre sses from the VLAN filte ring database (FDB).
72 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MS TP on CEE interface ports 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL T o restar t the prot ocol migration process, perf orm th e following tasks fr om privileged EXEC mode.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 73 53-1002163-02 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MS TP on CEE interface ports 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL T o configure the path cost f or spanning tree ca lculations on the CEE interface, per form the follo wing steps fro m privileged EXEC mode.
74 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MS TP on CEE interface ports 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Guard r oot pro tects the roo t bridge from mali cious attacks and unintentional misconf igurations where a bridge de vice that is not intended t o be the root bridge becomes the root bridge.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 75 53-1002163-02 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MS TP on CEE interface ports 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 4. Enter the spanning-tree command to specify the restrictions for an MS TP instance on a CEE interface.
76 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MS TP on CEE interface ports 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL T o specify the por t priority on the CEE inter face, per form the f ollowing steps fr om privileged EXEC mode.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 77 53-1002163-02 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MS TP on CEE interface ports 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL T o enable spanning tree on the CEE int er face, per form the following st eps from privilege d EXEC mode.
78 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MS TP on CEE interface ports 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 79 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 8 Configuring Link Aggregation In this chapter • Link aggregation o ver view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Link aggregation overview 8 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL On each por t, link aggregation control: • Maintains configuration information to control port aggregation. • Exchanges configuration information with other devices to f o rm LAGs.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 81 53-1002163-02 Link aggregatio n overview 8 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL The Brocade 80 00 switch interoperat es with all of the major La yer 2/Lay er 3 a ggregation rout ers including Foundr y Networks, Cisco Systems, and Force1 0 Networks.
82 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Link aggregation overview 8 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Link Aggregation Control Protocol Link Aggregation Contr ol Prot ocol (LA CP) is an IE EE 802.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 83 53-1002163-02 LACP configuration guidelines a nd restrictions 8 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL LAG distribution pr ocess The LA G aggregator is associat ed with the collec tio n and distribution of Ethernet frames.
84 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 LACP configuration and manageme nt 8 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL T o enable LACP on a CE E interface, per form the f ollowing st eps from privileg ed EXEC mode. 1. En ter t he configure te rminal command to access globa l configuration mo de.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 85 53-1002163-02 LACP troubleshooting tips 8 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL T o configure the LACP timeout period on a CE E interface, per form the f ollowing st eps from privileged EXEC mode. 1. En ter t he configure te rminal command to access globa l configuration mo de.
86 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 LACP troubleshooting tips 8 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Make sure that LA CPDUs are bein g received and transm itted on both ends o f the link an d that there are no err or PDUs.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 87 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 9 Configuring LLDP In this chapter • LLDP ov er view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
88 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Layer 2 topology mapping 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Layer 2 topology mapping The LLDP pr otocol le ts network manageme nt sy stems accurat ely discover and mode l Layer 2 network t opologies.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 89 53-1002163-02 DCBX overview 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • IEEE 802. 1 organizational TL V set. This set pro v ides information to det ect mis matched settings between local and remote devices.
90 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 DCBX overview 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL DC BX us es LL DP to exc ha ng e pa ra mete r s b et wee n two link peers; DCBX is built on the LLDP infrastructure for the e xchange of inf ormation.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 91 53-1002163-02 DCBX interaction with other vendor devices 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL PFC is defined by a one-byte bitmap . Each bit position st ands fo r a user priori ty . If a bit is set, the flow contr ol is enabled in bo th directions (Rx and Tx).
92 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 LLDP configuration and management 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL LLDP configuration and management NOTE Y ou need to ent er either .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 93 53-1002163-02 LLDP configuration and management 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Specifying a system name fo r the Brocade FCoE hardware The global syst em name for LLDP is useful for differentiating betw een sw itches.
94 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 LLDP configuration and management 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Enabling and disabling the receivin g and transmitting of LLDP frames By default both transmit an d receiv e f or LLDP frames is enabled.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 95 53-1002163-02 LLDP configuration and management 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL T o advertise the optional LLDP TL Vs, per form the f ollowing steps fr om privileged EXEC mode. 1. En ter t he configure te rminal command to access globa l configuration mo de.
96 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 LLDP configuration and management 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 4. Advertise the TL V . switch(conf-lldp)# advertise dcbx-fcoe-app-tlv Configuring iSCSI priority bits The iSCSI priority bit setting is a bitmap setting wh ere each bit position stands f or a priority .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 97 53-1002163-02 LLDP configuration and management 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 9. Advertise the LLDP DCBX-relat ed TL Vs.
98 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 LLDP configuration and management 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Configuring LLDP interface-level command options Only one LLDP pr ofile can be assigned to an int er face.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 99 53-1002163-02 LLDP configuration and management 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL switch# show lldp neighbors • Display LLDP neighbor-relat ed detail information. switch# show lldp neighbors detail • Display LLDP int er face-related inf ormation.
100 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 LLDP configuration and management 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 101 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 10 Configuring ACLs In this chapter • A CL overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
102 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Default ACL configurati on 10 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL MA C ACLs are supported on the f ollowing interface types: • Physical int er faces • Logical inter faces (LAGs) • VLANs Default ACL configuration Ta b l e 2 2 lists the default ACL configuration.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 103 53-1002163-02 ACL configuration and management 10 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 3. Enter the deny command t o create a rule in the MA C AC L to drop traffic with the source MA C address. switch(conf-macl-std)# deny 0022.
104 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 ACL configuration and management 10 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE Using the permit and den y ke ywords, y ou can create man y dif ferent rules. Th e examples in this section pro vide the basic knowledge needed to modify MA C ACLs.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 105 53-1002163-02 ACL configuration and management 10 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Applying a MAC ACL to a CEE interface Ensure that the ACL that yo u want to apply e xists and is configured to filte r traf fic in the manner that you need f or this CEE int er face.
106 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 ACL configuration and management 10 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 107 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 11 Configuring QoS In this chapter • QoS ov er view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
108 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Rewriting 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Scheduling—When multiple queues are activ e and cont ending for output on a common physical port the scheduling al gorithm selects the ord er the queues are serviced.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 109 53-1002163-02 Queueing 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Ta b l e 2 3 presents the La yer 2 QoS untrust ed user priority generation table. NOTE Non-tagged Ethernet frames are int erpreted as incoming CoS value of 0 (zer o).
110 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Queueing 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL T o configure the QoS trust mode, per form the f ollowing steps fr om privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global conf iguration mode. switch# configure terminal 2.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 111 53-1002163-02 Queueing 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 3. Activat e or apply changes made to the CoS-to-CoS mutation QoS map name. In th is example ‘test’ is used. switch(conf-if-te-0/2)# qos map cos-mutation test 4.
112 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Queueing 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Multicast traffic Fabric OS v7 .0.0suppor ts f our multicast traf fic cl asses for isolation and t o control servici ng f or different priorities of applicatio n data.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 113 53-1002163-02 Congestion control 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 4. En te r th e c opy co m man d to save th e r un ni ng -c on f ig fi le to t he st ar tu p-c on f ig fi le .
114 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Congestion control 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL consume the full buffer memory .
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 115 53-1002163-02 Congestion control 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL time, once it completes transmission of any frame in progress. Y ou can use this f eature to reduce Ethernet frame losses by using a standardized mechanism.
116 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Multicast rate limiting 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Both ends of a link must be configured identically f or Ethernet Pause or Ethernet Priority Flow Control because they are incompatible.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 117 53-1002163-02 Scheduling 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 3. En te r th e c opy co m man d to save th e r un ni ng -c on f ig fi le to t he st ar tu p-c on f ig fi le .
118 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Scheduling 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Deficit Weight ed Round Robin (DWRR) is an im prov ed version of WRR. DWRR remembers the ex cess used when a queue goes ov er its bandwidt h allocation and reduces the queue's bandwidth allocation in the subsequent roun ds.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 119 53-1002163-02 CEE map configuration 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 2. Specify the schedule to use and the traf fic class to bandwidth mapping. switch(config)# qos queue scheduler strict-priority 4 dwrr 10 20 30 40 3.
120 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 CEE map configu ration 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL CEE Priority Gr oup T able defines each Priority Gr oup ID (PGID) and its scheduling policy (Strict Priority versus DWRR, DWRR weight, relativ e priori ty), and par tially defines the congestion control (PFC) configuration.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 121 53-1002163-02 CEE map configuration 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL CEE Priority T able defin es each CoS mapping to Priority Group, and completes PFC configuration. There are eight r ows in the CEE Priority T able.
122 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 CEE map configu ration 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Applying a CEE provisioni ng map to an interface T o apply a CEE pro visioning map, per form th e f ollowing steps from privileged EXEC mode.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 123 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 12 Configuring 802.1x Por t Authentication In this chapter • 802. 1x pro tocol ov er view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
124 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 802.1x authentication configuration tasks 12 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 802.1x authentication configuration tasks The tasks in this section describe the common 802. 1x operations that you will need to perform.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 125 53-1002163-02 Interface-specific administrative tasks for 802.1x 12 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 2. Use the interface command t o select the interface por t to modify . switch(config)# interface tengigabitethernet 1/12 3.
126 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Interface-specific admini strative tasks for 802.1x 12 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL switch(config)# interface tengigabitethernet 1/12 3. Use the no dot1x port-control command t o disable 8 02.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 127 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 13 Configuring IGMP In this chapter • About IGMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
128 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Configuring IGMP 13 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Multicast routing Multicast rout ers use IGMP to learn which gro ups ha ve members on each of their attached physic al networks.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 129 53-1002163-02 Configuring IGMP snooping querier 13 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 9. Optional: Ac tivate th e IGMP querier function ality with additional features.
130 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Monitoring IGMP 13 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE Use the no ip igmp snooping mr outer command t o return to the def ault setting. 3. Return to global configuration mode. switch(conf-if-vl-25)# exit 4.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 131 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 14 Configuring RMON In this chapter • RMON ov er view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
132 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 RMON configuration and management 14 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Broadcast packets • Multicast pack ets • CRC errors T o collect RMON gr oup statistics on an interf ace and enable co llection histor y , per f orm t he follo wing steps fro m privileged EXEC mode.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 133 53-1002163-02 RMON configuration and management 14 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 2. Configure the RMON ev ent. switch(config)# rmon event 27 description Rising_Threshold log owner john_smith trap syslog 3.
134 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 RMON configuration and management 14 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 135 53-1002163-02 Appendix A Brocade 8000 Replacement It is important that the new Br ocade 8000 has th e identical se tup to the original Br ocade 8000.
136 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Brocade 8000 Replacement A IPv6 Gateways: new_switch:admin> ipaddrset Ethernet IP Address [10.77.77.77]: 10.24.51.25 Ethernet Subnetmask [255.255.255.0]: 255.255.252.0 Gateway IP Address [10.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 137 53-1002163-02 Brocade 8000 Replaceme nt A 9. Use the configupload command to sa ve the SAN configuration settings o f the original switch. original_switch:admin> configupload Protocol (scp, ftp, local) [ftp]: Server Name or IP Address [host]: 10.
138 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Brocade 8000 Replacement A Effective Configuration: cfg: host1_fcoe zone: w2k3_cna1: 21:01:00:00:c8:98:ab:78 ……output truncated …. new_switch:admin> cfgactvshow Effective Configuration: cfg: host1_fcoe zone: w2k3_cna1: 21:01:00:00:c8:98:ab:78 ……output truncated ….
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 139 53-1002163-02 Brocade 8000 Replaceme nt A ! Protocol spanning-tree rstp ! vlan classifier rule 1 proto fcoe encap ethv2 vlan classifier rule 2 proto fip encap ethv2 vlan classifier group 1 add rule 1 vlan classifier group 1 add rule 2 ! ………….
140 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 Brocade 8000 Replacement A.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 141 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Index Symbols Numerics 802.1x LAG , 123 overview , 123 timeouts , 125 A Access Control Lists See ACL .
142 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL CEE switch congestion control and queuing , 5 flow control , 8 Layer 2 Ethernet , 3 Layer 2 forwardin.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 143 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL configuration , 26 Layer 2 Ethernet overview , 3 login , 10 logout , 10 overview , 1 queuing , 12 spe.
144 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Layer 2 ACL Ethernet overview , 3 Layer 2 forwarding , 3 link aggregation Brocade-proprietary , 82 dy.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 145 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Q QoS CEE QoS overview , 39 , 119 configuration procedur es applying a CEE provisioning map , 41 , 12.
146 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002163-02 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL transmit hold count, configuring for RSTP, MSTP , 68 troubleshooting tips, LACP , 85 trunk interface,.
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