RTAG7..............................................................................................................................................................................318Flow-based Hashing for ECMP.................................................................................................................................... 31915 FIP Snooping............................................................................................................................................322Fibre Channel over Ethernet........................................................................................................................................ 322Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network............................................................................................ 322FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges.............................................................................................................................. 324FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack................................................................................................................................... 326Using FIP Snooping....................................................................................................................................................... 326FIP Snooping Prerequisites.....................................................................................................................................326Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 326Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature........................................................................................................................ 327Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs.............................................................................................................................328Configure the FC-MAP Value................................................................................................................................ 328Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link....................................................................................................... 328Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link...........................................................................................................328Impact on Other Software Features..................................................................................................................... 328FIP Snooping Restrictions...................................................................................................................................... 329Configuring FIP Snooping.......................................................................................................................................329Displaying FIP Snooping Information...........................................................................................................................330FCoE Transit Configuration Example...........................................................................................................................33516 Flex Hash and Optimized Boot-Up............................................................................................................ 337Flex Hash Capability Overview.....................................................................................................................................337Configuring the Flex Hash Mechanism....................................................................................................................... 337Configuring Fast Boot and LACP Fast Switchover................................................................................................... 338Optimizing the Boot Time.............................................................................................................................................338Booting Process When Optimized Boot Time Mechanism is Enabled..............................................................338Guidelines for Configuring Optimized Booting Mechanism................................................................................339Interoperation of Applications with Fast Boot and System States..........................................................................340LACP and IPv4 Routing.......................................................................................................................................... 340LACP and IPv6 Routing.......................................................................................................................................... 340BGP Graceful Restart.............................................................................................................................................. 341Cold Boot Caused by Power Cycling the System................................................................................................ 341Unexpected Reload of the System.........................................................................................................................341Software Upgrade.................................................................................................................................................... 341LACP Fast Switchover.............................................................................................................................................341Changes to BGP Multipath.....................................................................................................................................342Delayed Installation of ECMP Routes Into BGP...................................................................................................342RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Overview................................................................................................342Preserving 802.1Q VLAN Tag Value for Lite Subinterfaces...................................................................................... 34317 FIPS Cryptography................................................................................................................................... 344Configuration Tasks....................................................................................................................................................... 344Preparing the System....................................................................................................................................................344Enabling FIPS 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