How To Install fcoe-utils on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcoe-utils on CentOS 7. fcoe-utils is Fibre Channel over Ethernet utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcoe-utils on CentOS 7.

What is `fcoe-utils`

Fibre Channel over Ethernet utilities fcoeadm - command line tool for configuring FCoE interfaces fcoemon - service to configure DCB Ethernet QOS filters, works with lldpad

We can use yum or dnf to install fcoe-utils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fcoe-utils.

Install fcoe-utils on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install fcoe-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fcoe-utils

Install fcoe-utils on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install fcoe-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fcoe-utils

How To Uninstall fcoe-utils on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the fcoe-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fcoe-utils

References

fcoe-utils website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcoe-utils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.