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Configuring Ports

This chapter includes the following sections:

Server and Uplink Ports on the Fabric Interconnect

Each fabric interconnect has a set of ports in a fixed port module that you can configure as either server ports or uplink Ethernet ports. These ports are not reserved. They cannot be used by a Cisco UCS instance until you configure them. You can add expansion modules to increase the number of uplink ports on the fabric interconnect, or to add uplink Fibre Channel ports to the fabric interconnect.

You need to create LAN pin groups and SAN pin groups to pin traffic from servers to an uplink port.

Each fabric interconnect can include the following types of ports:

Server Ports

Server ports handle data traffic between the fabric interconnect and the adapter cards on the servers.

You can only configure server ports on the fixed port module. Expansion modules do not include server ports.

Uplink Ethernet Ports

Uplink Ethernet ports handle Ethernet traffic between the fabric interconnect and the next layer of the network. All network-bound Ethernet traffic is pinned to one of these ports.

You can configure uplink Ethernet ports on either the fixed module or an expansion module.

Uplink Fibre Channel Ports

Uplink Fibre Channel ports handle FCoE traffic between the fabric interconnect and the next layer of the network. All network-bound FCoE traffic is pinned to one of these ports.

You can only configure uplink Fibre Channel ports on an expansion module. The fixed module does not include uplink Fibre Channel ports.

Server Ports

Configuring a Server Port

You can only configure server ports on the fixed port module. Expansion modules do not include server ports.

Procedure
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1UCS-A# scope eth-server  

Enters Ethernet server mode.

 
Step 2UCS-A /eth-server # scope fabric {a | b} 

Enters Ethernet server fabric mode for the specified fabric.

 
Step 3UCS-A /eth-server/fabric # create interface slot-num port-num 

Creates an interface for the specified Ethernet server port.

 
Step 4UCS-A /eth-server/fabric # commit-buffer  

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

 

The following example creates an interface for Ethernet server port 35 on slot 3 of fabric B and commits the transaction:

UCS-A# scope eth-server
UCS-A /eth-server # scope fabric b
UCS-A /eth-server/fabric # create interface 1 12
UCS-A /eth-server/fabric* # commit-buffer
UCS-A /eth-server/fabric #

Deleting a Server Port

Procedure
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1UCS-A# scope eth-server  

Enters Ethernet server mode.

 
Step 2UCS-A /eth-server # scope fabric {a | b}  

Enters Ethernet server fabric mode for the specified fabric.

 
Step 3UCS-A /eth-server/fabric # delete interface slot-num port-num  

Deletes the interface for the specified Ethernet server port.

 
Step 4UCS-A /eth-server/fabric # commit-buffer  

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

 

The following example deletes the interface for Ethernet server port 35 on slot 3 of fabric B and commits the transaction: 

UCS-A# scope eth-server
UCS-A /eth-server # scope fabric b
UCS-A /eth-server/fabric # delete interface 1 12
UCS-A /eth-server/fabric* # commit-buffer
UCS-A /eth-server/fabric #

Uplink Ethernet Ports

Configuring an Uplink Ethernet Port

You can configure uplink Ethernet ports on either the fixed module or an expansion module.

Procedure
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1UCS-A# scope eth-uplink  

Enters Ethernet uplink mode.

 
Step 2UCS-A /eth-uplink # scope fabric {a | b}  

Enters Ethernet uplink fabric mode for the specified fabric.

 
Step 3UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # create interface slot-num port-num  

Creates an interface for the specified Ethernet uplink port.

 
Step 4UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # commit-buffer  

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

 

The following example creates an interface for Ethernet uplink port 3 on slot 2 of fabric B and commits the transaction: 

UCS-A# scope eth-uplink
UCS-A /eth-uplink # scope fabric b 
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # create interface 2 3
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric* # commit-buffer
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric #

Deleting an Uplink Ethernet Port

Procedure
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1UCS-A# scope eth-uplink  

Enters Ethernet uplink mode.

 
Step 2UCS-A /eth-uplink # scope fabric {a | b}  

Enters Ethernet uplink fabric mode for the specified fabric.

 
Step 3UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # delete interface slot-num port-num  

Deletes the interface for the specified Ethernet uplink port.

 
Step 4UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # commit-buffer  

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

 

The following example deletes the interface for Ethernet uplink port 3 on slot 2 of fabric B and commits the transaction: 

UCS-A# scope eth-uplink
UCS-A /eth-uplink # scope fabric b 
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # delete interface 2 3
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric* # commit-buffer
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric #

Uplink Ethernet Port Channels

An uplink Ethernet port channel allows you to group several physical uplink Ethernet ports (link aggregation) to create one logical Ethernet link for the purpose of providing fault-tolerance and high-speed connectivity. In Cisco UCS Manager, you create a port channel first and then add uplink Ethernet ports to the port channel. You can add up to eight uplink Ethernet ports to a port channel.


Note

Cisco UCS uses Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), not Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP), to group the uplink Ethernet ports into a port channel.

Configuring an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel

Procedure
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1UCS-A# scope eth-uplink  

Enters Ethernet uplink mode.

 
Step 2UCS-A /eth-uplink # scope fabric {a | b }  

Enters Ethernet uplink fabric mode for the specified fabric.

 
Step 3UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # create port-channel port-num  

Creates a port channel on the specified Ethernet uplink port, and enters Ethernet uplink fabric port channel mode.

 
Step 4UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel # {enable | disable}   (Optional)

Enables or disables the administrative state of the port channel. The port channel is disabled by default.

 
Step 5UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel # set name port-chan-name   (Optional)

Specifies the name for the port channel.

 
Step 6UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel # set flow-control-policy policy-name   (Optional)

Assigns the specified flow control policy to the port channel.

 
Step 7UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel # commit-buffer  

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

 

The following example creates a port channel on port 13 of fabric A, sets the name to portchan13a, enables the administrative state, assigns the flow control policy named flow-con-pol432 to the port channel, and commits the transaction: 

UCS-A# scope eth-uplink
UCS-A /eth-uplink # scope fabric a
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # create port-channel 13
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel* # set name portchan13a
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel* # enable
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel* # set flow-control-policy flow-con-pol432
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel* # commit-buffer
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel #

Deleting an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel

Procedure
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1UCS-A# scope eth-uplink  

Enters Ethernet uplink mode.

 
Step 2UCS-A /eth-uplink # scope fabric {a | b }  

Enters Ethernet uplink fabric mode for the specified fabric.

 
Step 3UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # delete port-channel port-num  

Deletes the port channel on the specified Ethernet uplink port.

 
Step 4UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # commit-buffer  

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

 

The following example deletes the port channel on port 13 of fabric A and commits the transaction:

UCS-A# scope eth-uplink
UCS-A /eth-uplink # scope fabric a
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # delete port-channel 13
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric* # commit-buffer
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric #

Adding a Member Port to an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel

Procedure
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1UCS-A# scope eth-uplink  

Enters Ethernet uplink mode.

 
Step 2UCS-A /eth-uplink # scope fabric {a | b }  

Enters Ethernet uplink fabric mode for the specified fabric.

 
Step 3UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # scope port-channel port-num  

Enters Ethernet uplink fabric port channel mode for the specified port channel.

 
Step 4UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel # create member-port slot-num port-num  

Creates the specified member port from the port channel and enters Ethernet uplink fabric port channel member port mode.

 
Step 5UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel # commit-buffer  

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

 

The following example adds the member port on slot 1, port 7 to the port channel on port 13 of fabric A and commits the transaction. 

UCS-A# scope eth-uplink
UCS-A /eth-uplink # scope fabric a
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # scope port-channel 13
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # create member-port 1 7
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel* # commit-buffer
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel #

Deleting a Member Port to an Uplink Ethernet Port Channel

Procedure
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1UCS-A# scope eth-uplink  

Enters Ethernet uplink mode.

 
Step 2UCS-A /eth-uplink # scope fabric {a | b }  

Enters Ethernet uplink fabric mode for the specified fabric.

 
Step 3UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # scope port-channel port-num  

Enters Ethernet uplink fabric port channel mode for the specified port channel.

 
Step 4UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel # delete member-port slot-num port-num  

Deletes the specified member port from the port channel.

 
Step 5UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel # commit-buffer  

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

 

The following example deletes a member port from the port channel on port 13 of fabric A and commits the transaction: 

UCS-A# scope eth-uplink
UCS-A /eth-uplink # scope fabric a
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric # scope port-channel 13
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel # delete member-port 1 7
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel* # commit-buffer
UCS-A /eth-uplink/fabric/port-channel #