Dell Force10 MXL 10 GbE, Deployment Manual

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Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL
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Step by step explanation of CLI example
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configure – this brings the prompt into the configuration interface.
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feature fip-snooping – This configures the global enablement of the FIP-Snooping feature on the
switch.
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protocol lldp – Sets the global enablement of LLDP on the switch.
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service-class dynamic dot1p – This sets the switch to globally honor dot1p priorities for traffic on
the switch.
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default vlan-id 20 – This established the default and native vlan for the switch (in this case 20 is
used).
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interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/1 – configure internal interfaces that connect to the blade
servers.
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portmode hybrid – configuring portmode hybrid will allow for the native VLAN untagged,
and a tagged VLAN to exist on the port together. This is similar to switchport mode trunk in
industry standard CLI.
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switchport – this configures the port as a layer 2 port.
 protocol lldp – this moves into the lldp protocol settings.
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dcbx port-role auto-downstream – with this command the port-role is established
as a dcbx capable downstream port to communicate with blade server CNA ports.
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spanning-tree pvst edge-port – configure port as an edge port for spanning-tree behavior
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no shutdown – configures the port as active.
 exit – exits interface configuration mode
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interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/52
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portmode hybrid – configuring portmode hybrid will allow for the native VLAN untagged,
and a tagged VLAN to exist on the port together. This is similar to switchport mode trunk in
industry standard CLI.
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switchport – this configures the port as a layer 2 port.
 fip-snooping port-mode fcf – enables the port for fip-snooping from an FCF connection
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protocol lldp – this moves into the lldp protocol settings.
 no advertise dcbx-tlv ets-reco – this settings establishes that the ETS
recommended configuration TLV’s should not be advertised for manual type
settings. Instead they should be determined via negotiations
 dcbx port-role auto-upstream – with this command the port-role is established as
a dcbx capable upstream port to communicate with top-of-rack FCF switches such
as the Cisco Nexus 5000 series.
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no shutdown – configures the port as active.
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exit – exits interface configuration mode
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interface ManagementEthernet 0/0 – steps into configuration of the management port for the
switch. Note that this port is a logical port connected through the CMC’s management port.
 ip address 172.25.188.143/16 – set IP address matching the infrastructure
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no shutdown – set port active
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interface Vlan 20 – Initializes VLAN 20 for use.
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exit – exits interface configuration mode
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interface Vlan 1000 – Initializes VLAN 1000 for use. This VLAN will be the FCoE VLAN that will pass
the storage traffic after the intial FIP negotiations occur on the native or default VLAN.