In this chapter, we learned about the Fabric Interconnect Ethernet features and how to configure those features. We learned about the Fabric Interconnect switching modes, port types, and port states. We looked into the FI uplink ports and upstream Ethernet switch ports configuration including port channels. We looked into VLANs, pin groups, vNIC MAC address abstraction, and configuration of vNICs for the server profile. We also learned that UCS Fabric Interconnects provide some unique features such as EHM switching and pin groups which are not available in the standard Ethernet switches. We looked into the Fabric Interconnect to IOM connectivity and also learned how to configure vNIC templates for the server's vNICs.
Now that we understand the network connectivity, we will learn about the SAN connectivity in the next chapter, in addition to learning about various options including standard Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI, and NAS appliances connectivity.