Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL
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Figures
Figure 1.
Dell Force10 MXL Blade Switch (10/40GbE) and available modules............................... 7
Figure 2.
FlexIO Modules that can be used as part of the Dell Force10 MXL switch ....................... 7
Figure 3.
Port mapping for Dell Force10 MXL expansion modules ............................................. 8
Figure 4.
General overview of deployment ........................................................................ 9
Figure 5.
Simple 1-link connection between devices .......................................................... 11
Figure 6.
Deployment planning and configuration ............................................................. 12
Figure 7.
Deployment planning and configuration continued from previous flowchart – ............... 13
Figure 8.
Flowchart overview of Dell Force10 MXL configuration ........................................... 14
Figure 9.
Example commands for Dell Force10 MXL (can be copied and pasted) ........................ 15
Figure 10.
Cisco Nexus 5000 series configuration sequence ................................................... 18
Figure 11.
Sample CLI for Cisco Nexus 5020 (can be copied and pasted) ................................... 19
Figure 12.
Additional steps for using Intel x520 CNA ............................................................ 21
Figure 13.
Addition steps for using Intel x520 CNA .............................................................. 21
Figure 14.
M1000e Chassis Management Controller -> Server Overview -> Properties -> WWN/MAC
information for Blade Server 3’s “B” fabric CNA port 2 (B2). ............................................. 22
Figure 15.
“show interface brief” command ..................................................................... 23
Figure 16.
“show spanning-tree summary” command .......................................................... 24
Figure 17.
“show flogi database” command ...................................................................... 24
Figure 18.
Example of show zoneset active command .......................................................... 25
Figure 19.
“show interfaces status” results ...................................................................... 25
Figure 20.
“show fip-snooping config” ............................................................................. 26
Figure 21.
“show fip-snooping fcf” ................................................................................. 26
Figure 22.
“show fip-snooping enode” ............................................................................. 26
Figure 23.
“show fip-snooping sessions” .......................................................................... 27
Figure 24.
“show fip-snooping statistics” ......................................................................... 27
Figure 25.
“show fip-snooping statistics”- continued ........................................................... 28
Figure 26.
“show interfaces dcbx detail” ......................................................................... 29
Figure 27.
“show interfaces dcbx detail” - continued .......................................................... 30
Figure 28.
“show interfaces pfc detail” ........................................................................... 31
Figure 29.
“show interfaces ets detail” ........................................................................... 32
Figure 30.
“show interfaces ets detail” - continued ............................................................ 33
Figure 31.
“show interfaces ets detail” - continued ............................................................ 34
Figure 32.
Basic troubleshooting areas ............................................................................ 35
Figure 33.
Multiple port link (LAG) configuration between switches and storage ......................... 37
Figure 34.
Cisco Nexus 5000 series configuration sequence – multiple links................................ 38
Figure 35.
Multiple port link (port-channel/LAG) Cisco Nexus 5548 configuration ........................ 39
