FCoE ENodes
FCoE ENodes are the combination of FCoE Logical Endpoints (FCoE_LEP) and Fibre Channel protocol stack on the Converged Network Adapter. You can think of them as equivalent to Host Bus Adapters (HBA) in the traditional Fibre Channel world.
FCoE ENode creates at least one VN_Port toward the first-hop FCoE access switch. Each VN_Port has a unique ENode MAC address, which is dynamically assigned to it by the FCoE Fibre Channel Forwarder on the upstream FCoE switch during the fabric login process. An ENode also has a globally unique burnt-in MAC address, which is assigned to it by the CNA vendor.
The dynamically assigned MAC address is also known as the fabric-provided MAC address (FPMA). FPMA is 48 bits in length and consists of two concatenated ...
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