On 11/29/10 7:05 PM, Robert Love wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-11-30 at 10:41 +0800, jiangxingfeng wrote:
>> Hi, all:
>> I want to establish a FCoE test bed in lab by using dedicated FCoE
>> switch. You guys provide open source implementations on FCoE initiator and
>> FCoE target. I want to know if there is a open source FCoE fabric
>> functionality which can be talked with FCoE initiator and FCoE target? If
>> the answer is no now, how you guys test FCoE initiator functionality without
>> a FCoE fabric?
>>
>> Look forwarding to your help!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jiangxingfeng
>>
>
> I am not aware of a fabric simulator. Point-to-point mode may be your
> best option for a purely SW setup. For FCoE the point-to-point feature
> is called VN2VN.
>
> After loading the modules you can find the "create" interface
> at /sys/module/fcoe/parameters/create_vn2vn. You'd need both your
> initiator and target directly connected to each other and both doing
> VN2VN.
>
> I don't think there's been much testing with SW targets in VN2VN. Also,
> keep in mind that currently none of the fcoe-utils tools support VN2VN.
All that's true. With an appropriate Ethernet switch, or possibly using
with a bridge module, as long as the Ethernet is lossless,
you could build up a VN2VN fabric of several nodes.
I don't know of a fabric simulator either.
Joe
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