Dell Force10 S25-01-GE-24P Setup and Buffer Tuning of the S25P for Storage Env

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Basic Layer 2 Setup and Buffer Tuning of the

S25P for Storage Environments

Introduction

This document is intended for the users of S-Series S25P switches running FTOS 7.8.1.0 and configured

for use in a storage environment. This document describes:

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Using the console port to enable all ports on the switch for Layer 2 switching

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Verifying that the installed FTOS software is FTOS 7.8.1.0

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Setting up passwords for managing the switch. For details on management, see the Management

chapter in the

FTOS Configuration Guide for the S-Series

and the Control and Monitoring chapter in

the

FTOS Command Reference

for the S-Series

.

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Optimizing the buffer for use in pure storage environments

This document does not cover:

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Installing optional modules. For installation details, see the document

Installing S25P Systems

. For a

configuration example, see

Figure 7 on page 6

here.

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Adding the switch to an S-Series stack. For stacking configuration details, see the Stacking chapters in

the

Configuration Guide

and the

Command Reference

listed above.

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Layer 3 (IP addressing) configuration. For details, see the Interfaces and IP Addressing chapters in the

Configuration Guide

and Interface Commands chapter in the

Command Reference

listed above.

The full S-Series documentation set is available on the Technical Documentation CD-ROM and from the

Documentation tab of iSupport at the Force10 Networks website:

This document contains the following sections:

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Accessing the Console Port on page 2

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Setting Up Passwords on page 3

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Setting Up Layer 2 Switching on page 4

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Managing the Buffer Profile and Setting up Flow Control on page 5