--_000_8E000552AC574AE5BE8250008A2450CFvolusioncom_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You need a NIC that supports it. We are currently using the Broadcom Corpor= ation BCM57840 NetXtreme II 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter. However, multiple = vendors sell a converged network adapter that should work. You=92ll also need to verify that your switch supports FCoE. This is where = you=92ll connect up to your SAN fabric. If you=92re in the market for new compute blades as well, you can go the ro= ute we did. The Dell FX2 platform has a couple of 4 port FCoE and Network s= witch in the back of each chassis so you can cable up directly to the fabri= c without changing your top of rack switches to FCoE. Here=92s some more in= formation: http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/poweredge-fx/pd Specifically the FN2210S IO Module for that chassis: http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/fn-io-aggregator/pd -Patrick On Oct 20, 2015, at 7:23 AM, Kapetanakis Giannis <bilias@edu.physics.uoc.gr= <mailto:bilias@edu.physics.uoc.gr>> wrote: On 19/10/15 18:14, Patrick Russell wrote: We use FCoE in our setup. All the configs are in /etc/fcoe/ and fcoeadm is = part of the ovirt-node iso. So this should work the same as setting up FCoE= on CentOS or RHEL. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/ht= ml/Storage_Administration_Guide/fcoe-config.html -Patrick Do you use special hardware (switch or nics) for FCoE? G --_000_8E000552AC574AE5BE8250008A2450CFvolusioncom_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-ID: <C1F15F78D0FDDE4AB3B809410235BA37@namprd04.prod.outlook.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> </head> <body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-lin= e-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""> You need a NIC that supports it. We are currently using the Broadcom C= orporation BCM57840 NetXtreme II 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter. However, mult= iple vendors sell a converged network adapter that should work. <div class=3D""><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D"">You=92ll also need to verify that your switch supports FCoE= . This is where you=92ll connect up to your SAN fabric. </div> <div class=3D""><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D"">If you=92re in the market for new compute blades as well, y= ou can go the route we did. The Dell FX2 platform has a couple of 4 port FC= oE and Network switch in the back of each chassis so you can cable up direc= tly to the fabric without changing your top of rack switches to FCoE. Here=92s some more information:</div> <div class=3D""><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D""><a href=3D"http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/poweredge-fx/p= d" class=3D"">http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/poweredge-fx/pd</a></div> <div class=3D""><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D"">Specifically the FN2210S IO Module for that chassis:</div> <div class=3D""><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D""><a href=3D"http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/fn-io-aggregat= or/pd" class=3D"">http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/fn-io-aggregator/pd</a>= </div> <div class=3D""><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D""><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D"">-Patrick</div> <div class=3D""><br class=3D""> <div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""> <div class=3D"">On Oct 20, 2015, at 7:23 AM, Kapetanakis Giannis <<a hre= f=3D"mailto:bilias@edu.physics.uoc.gr" class=3D"">bilias@edu.physics.uoc.gr= </a>> wrote:</div> <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <div class=3D""> <div text=3D"#000000" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" class=3D""> <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 19/10/15 18:14, Patrick Russell wrote:<br= class=3D""> </div> <blockquote cite=3D"mid:B91C8D28-D6B7-4832-836A-B3CA1E73963B@volusion.com" = type=3D"cite" class=3D""> We use FCoE in our setup. All the configs are in /etc/fcoe/ and fcoeadm is = part of the ovirt-node iso. So this should work the same as setting up FCoE= on CentOS or RHEL. <div class=3D""><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D""><a moz-do-not-send=3D"true" href=3D"https://access.redhat.c= om/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Storage_Administrati= on_Guide/fcoe-config.html" class=3D"">https://access.redhat.com/documentati= on/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Storage_Administration_Guide/fcoe-= config.html</a></div> <div class=3D""><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D"">-Patrick</div> <br class=3D""> </blockquote> <br class=3D""> Do you use special hardware (switch or nics) for FCoE?<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> G<br class=3D""> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br class=3D""> </div> </body> </html> --_000_8E000552AC574AE5BE8250008A2450CFvolusioncom_--