Dell Force10 S25-01-GE-24P Setup and Buffer Tuning of the S25P for Storage Env - Page 4

Setting Up Layer 2 Switching Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode 1 Select all ports. interface range gi 0/1 - 24 CONFIGURATION This example assumes that the stack ID is 0. (A space is required before and The prompt changes to: after the dash in the command.) Force10(conf-if-range-gi-0/1-24)# 2 Enable the selected ports for Layer 2 switching. switchport INTERFACE RANGE 3 Set the maximum Link MTU (frame size) to handle mtu 9252 Jumbo frames. INTERFACE RANGE 4 Administratively enable all ports. no shutdown INTERFACE RANGE 5 Return to CONFIGURATION mode. exit INTERFACE RANGE 6 Repeat the above sequence for the 10GbE ports. interface range te 0/25 - 28 CONFIGURATION 7 After physically connecting the ports, use the show do show ip interfaces brief INTERFACE RANGE ip interfaces brief command to inspect administrative status (the Status field in the output) and link status (the Protocol field). The following screenshot illustrates the use of these commands (use a space before and after the hyphen): Force10(config)#interface range gigabitethernet 0/1 - 24 Force10(conf-if-range-gi-0/1-48)#switchport Force10(conf-if-range-gi-0/1-48)#mtu 9252 Force10(conf-if-range-gi-0/1-48)#no shutdown 21:22:23: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-ASTATE_UP: Changed interface Admin state to up: Gi 0/1 21:22:23: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-ASTATE_UP: Changed interface Admin state to up: Gi 0/2 21:22:23: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-ASTATE_UP: Changed interface Admin state to up: Gi 0/3 21:22:23: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-ASTATE_UP: Changed interface Admin state to up: Gi 0/4 21:22:23: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-ASTATE_UP: Changed interface Admin state to up: Gi 0/5 21:22:23: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-ASTATE_UP: Changed interface Admin state to up: Gi 0/6 21:22:23: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-ASTATE_UP: Changed interface Admin state to up: Gi 0/7 21:22:23: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-ASTATE_UP: Changed interface Admin state to up: Gi 0/8 21:22:23: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %IFMGR-5-ASTATE_UP: Changed interface Admin state to up: Gi 0/9 output truncated Force10#show ip interface brief Interface IP-Address OK Method Status GigabitEthernet 0/0 unassigned NO Manual up GigabitEthernet 0/1 unassigned NO Manual up GigabitEthernet 0/2 unassigned NO Manual up GigabitEthernet 0/3 unassigned NO Manual up GigabitEthernet 0/4 unassigned NO Manual up GigabitEthernet 0/5 unassigned NO Manual up GigabitEthernet 0/6 unassigned NO Manual up GigabitEthernet 0/7 unassigned NO Manual up GigabitEthernet 0/8 unassigned NO Manual up GigabitEthernet 0/9 unassigned NO Manual up output truncated Protocol down down down down down down down down down down 4 Basic Layer 2 Setup and Buffer Tuning of the S25P for Storage Environments