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53-1002116-01 07 December 2010 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 2
the DELL logo, Inspiron, Dell Precision, Dimension, OptiPlex, Latitude, PowerEdge, PowerVault, PowerApp, and Dell OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Intel, Pentium, and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries; Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, MS - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 3
8 Flow Control 8 FCoE Initialization Protocol 8 FIP discovery 8 FIP login 9 FIP logout 10 FCoE login 10 FCoE logout 10 Logincfg 11 Name server 11 FC zoning 11 Registered State Change Notification (RSCN 12 FCoE queuing 12 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide iii 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 4
and clearing IP static routes 29 Configuring VLANs Using the CEE CLI In this chapter 31 VLAN overview 31 Ingress VLAN filtering 31 VLAN configuration guidelines and restrictions 33 Default VLAN configuration 33 iv Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 5
STP on Dell FCoE hardware 44 RSTP overview 45 MSTP overview 47 Configuring MSTP on Dell FCoE hardware 48 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration guidelines and restrictions . . . 49 Default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration 50 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide v 53-1002116 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 6
Aggregation Control Protocol 68 Dynamic link aggregation 68 Static link aggregation 68 Dell-proprietary aggregation 68 LAG distribution process 68 LACP configuration guidelines and restrictions 69 Default LACP configuration 69 vi Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 7
72 LACP troubleshooting tips 72 Configuring LLDP using Control (PFC 79 DCBX interaction with other vendor devices 79 LLDP configuration guidelines and restrictions 79 Default LLDP configuration 80 LLDP configuration Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide vii 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 8
115 Packet counter samples 115 Configuring the sFlow protocol globally 116 Interface-specific administrative tasks for sFlow 116 Disabling sFlow on specific interfaces 116 Configuring sFlow on specific interfaces 117 viii Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 9
132 Enabling or disabling an FCoE port 132 Configuring FCMAP values for a VLAN 132 Configuring FIP multicast advertisement intervals 132 Clearing logins 133 Displaying FCoE configuration-related information 133 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide ix 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 10
file 141 Archive a startup configuration from Flash 141 Restore a startup configuration file from Flash 142 CEE configuration management commands 142 Flash file management commands 142 Debugging and logging commands 143 x Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 11
-Example 1 67 Configuring LAGs for a top-of-the-rack CEE switch-Example 2 67 Queue depth 100 Strict priority schedule - two queues 104 WRR schedule - two queues 105 Strict priority and Weighted Round Robin scheduler 106 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide xi 53-1002116 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 12
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mapping 106 Default CEE Priority Group Table configuration 108 Default CEE priority table 108 CEE configuration management commands 142 CEE Flash memory file management commands 143 Debugging and logging commands 143 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide xiii 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 14
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Quality of Service (QoS). • Chapter 11, "Configuring 802.1x Port Authentication,"describes how to configure the 802.1x Port Authentication protocol. • Chapter 12, "Configuring sFlow using the CEE CLI,"describes how to configure sFlow. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide xv 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 16
configuration management," describes how to perform the administrative tasks required by the Dell FCoE hardware. Supported hardware and software The following hardware platforms are supported in this release: • Dell M8428-k Within this manual Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 17
guide are presented in mixed lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically or cause damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide xvii 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 18
your investment in our products remains cost-effective. If you need assistance, or find errors in the manuals, contact Dell Technical Support. Contacting Dell For customers in the United States, call 800-WWW.DELL (800.999.3355). NOTE If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 19
devices may be FCoE end nodes (ENodes) such as servers, storage arrays, or tape drives on one end and FCoE Forwarders on the other end. FCoE Forwarders (FCFs) are switches providing FC fabric services and FCoE-to-FC bridging. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 1 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 20
the same physical link. Utilizing this technology, Dell FCoE hardware provides a unique platform that connects servers to both LAN and SAN environments. Within this manual, any appearance of the term "Dell FCoE hardware" refers to any of Dell's FCoE products. NOTE The intermediate switching devices - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 21
Ethernet switch Host 3 Host 1 Dell M8428-k Switch CNA or classic NIC FC switch Classic NIC Host 2 CNA or classic NIC FC switch Storage Layer 2 forwarding Layer 2 Ethernet frames are forwarded on the CEE ports. 802.1Q VLAN support is used to tag incoming frames to specific VLANs, and 802.3ac - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 22
with a VLAN ID are passed through unchanged. NOTE Only a single switch-wide VLAN is capable of forwarding FCoE traffic. For detailed information on configuring VLANs, see "Configuring VLANs Using the CEE CLI" on page 31. 4 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 23
Class of Service (CoS). The 802.1p Ethernet priority is used to tag frames in a VLAN with a Layer 2 CoS to prioritize traffic in the VLAN. The Dell FCoE on configuring QoS, see "Configuring QoS using the CEE CLI" on page 93. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 5 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 24
overview Congestion control and queuing The Dell FCoE hardware supports several congestion control and the port is set to accept externally tagged Layer 2 frames, the user priority is set to the Layer 2 CoS of the inbound frames. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 25
"Configuring ACLs using the CEE CLI" on page 87. Access Gateway All ports on the switch come from the factory set to Access Gateway mode, with the default Access Gateway mapping. See the "Access Gateway Administrator's Guide" for full details. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 26
with the combined bandwidth of all the individual links. For detailed information on configuring LACP, see "Configuring Link Aggregation using the CEE CLI" on page 65. NOTE The Dell software supports a maximum 24 LAG interfaces. Flow Control 802.3x Ethernet pause and Ethernet Priority-based Flow - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 27
have the ENode in the login group. • VLAN 1-The Dell FCoE hardware should not forward FIP frames on VLAN 1 because it is reserved for management traffic only. • A fabric-provided MAC address is supported. A server-provided MAC-address is not supported in the Fabric OS v6.3.1_cee release. NOTE In the - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 28
FCoE hardware using FCoE encapsulated, FC Extended Link Service (ELS) frames. FLOGI and FDISC are accepted. Dell FCoE hardware in the fabric maintains the MAC address to WWN/PID mappings per login. Class 2 FLOGI is not supported. • FCoE FLOGI-The Dell FCoE hardware accepts FCoE FLOGI from the ENode - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 29
hardware logincfg mechanism operates as follows: • The logincfg is the mechanism for controlling ENode logins per Dell FCoE hardware. Each unit of Dell FCoE hardware maintains its own logincfg. • Login configuration management is optional-when login management is disabled, the default behavior is to - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 30
be updated. • The FCMAP to VLAN mapping determines the FCoE VLAN allowed for the FCoE session. Modifying this mapping causes the existing sessions to terminate. NOTE Only one FCoE VLAN is supported in the Fabric OS v6.3.1_cee release. 12 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 31
enables Dell Web Tools to support the following features for configuring and managing a Converged Ethernet Network: • CEE interface display and configuration • FCoE trunk display and configuration • CEE configuration including link aggregation (LACP), Virtual LANs (VLANs), Quality of Service (QoS - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 32
the running-config file to the startup-config file. switch# write memory Overwrite the startup config file (y/n): y Building configuration... CEE CLI RBAC permissions Role-Based Action Control (RBAC) defines the capabilities that a user account has based on the role the account has been assigned - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 33
switch:admin> NOTE Multiple users can Telnet and issue configuration Port-channel 10-Gigabit Ethernet VLAN LLDP Spanning-tree CEE map ACLs Console Virtual terminal Table 3 lists the CEE CLI command modes and describes how to access them. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 34
user. configuration mode, specify a protocol by entering one of the following protocol types: • protocol lldp • protocol spanning-tree mstp • protocol spanning-tree rstp • protocol spanning-tree stp Access and configure protocols. 16 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 35
access the command mode Description Feature configuration CEE map: switch(config-ceemap)# Standard ACL: switch(conf-macl-std)# From the global configuration mode, specify a CEE feature commands entered from all terminals. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 17 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 36
Access Control If the question mark (?) is typed within an incomplete keyword but the keyword matches several keywords, the CLI displays help for all the matching keywords. switch#show i? interface Interface status and configuration ip Internet Protocol (IP) 18 Dell Converged Enhanced - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 37
the last few lines of the command output. Redirects the command output to the specified file. Note that this modifier also displays the command output. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 19 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 38
assigned to ports 15 through 22. The usual format for the 10 Gbps Ethernet interface is either intengigabitethernet slot/port or extengigabitethernet slot/port. 20 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 39
Ethernet Command Reference Supporting Fabric OS v6.4.0 (53-1001762-01). All of the CLI commands are entered using the Telnet or console interface on the Dell FCoE hardware. See "CEE CLI command modes" on page 15 for complete instructions on logging into the Dell FCoE hardware. Configuring the FCoE - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 40
not be able to delete or rename this map. By default, if there are no other conflicting configurations, the FCoE VLAN associated to the FCoE map is FCoE VLAN (1002) and the CEE map -map :default fcoe-vlan :6 interface(s) : 22 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 41
Dell FCoE hardware to the distribution layer switches will carry traffic for multiple VLANs, they are configured as 802.1q trunk ports. The downstream CEE ports connected to the server CNAs are configured or rename this map. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 23 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 42
and allow CEE-specific parameters-such must be enabled to support FCoE on a CEE link: configure the TLVs for DCBX, perform the following steps in global configuration mode. 1. Set the protocol type to LLDP. switch(config)#protocol lldp 24 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 43
Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol Spanning Tree Protocol is a mechanism to detect and avoid loops in Ethernet networks by establishing a fixed path between all the switches in a LAN. The Dell FCoE hardware supports to VLANs. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 25 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 44
configuration mode. 1. Create the VLAN interfaces on the Dell FCoE hardware using the CEE CLI. For details, see "Creating a VLAN interface" on page 35. The following example creates two VLAN interfaces and assigning each one to a server bits inthe I2C control registers and generating interrupts - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 45
static routes are not automatically updated and are manually reconfigured. Routes generated by control. In general, most networks use dynamic routing protocols to communicate between networking devices but may have one or two static routes configured for special cases. Fabric OS v6.3.1_cee supports - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 46
; that is, an interface that is both up and has IPv4 enabled on it. This configuration is not recommended because when the next hop of a static route points to an interface, rejected ECMP routes must be re-added manually. 28 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 47
supports one level of recursion. Beyond this level of recursion the routes are held as inactive routes. Dell does not recommend manually configuring 1 Total 2 2 Overhead 64 128 192 Memory (bytes) 160 320 1180 1660 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 29 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 48
4 Configuring IP static routes 2. Display the detailed information IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user static route o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route Gateway of last resort is 10.32.144.1 to network Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 49
NOTE Currently only one VLAN can be configured as the FCoE VLAN. Ingress VLAN filtering A frame arriving at Dell FCoE hardware is either associated with a specific port or with a VLAN, depending . This is called access mode. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 31 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 50
configured native VLAN are processed. - For ingress and egress, non-native VLAN tagged frames are processed according to the allowed VLAN user specifications Port VLAN membership is configured through the CEE CLI. • Dynamic VLAN registration is not supported. • The Dell FCoE hardware does VLAN - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 51
learned by the switch. • The dynamic updating of FDB entries using learning is supported (if the port state permits). • Dynamic FDB entries are not created for multicast group addresses. • Dynamic FDB entries are aged out based on the aging time configured per Dell FCoE hardware. The aging time is - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 52
on Dell FCoE hardware, refer to Chapter 3, "Initial FCoE and CEE Configuration". NOTE You need to enter either the copy running-config startup-config command or the write memory command to save your configuration changes to Flash so that they are not lost if there is a system reload or power outage - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 53
and management 5 Creating a VLAN interface On Dell FCoE hardware, VLANs are treated as interfaces from a configuration point of view. By default all the CEE ports are assigned . switch(conf-if-vl-55)#spanning-tree shutdown Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 35 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 54
intengigabitethernet 0/1 3. Enter the no shutdown command to enable the CEE interface. 4. Enter the switchport command to configure the CEE interface as a Layer 2 switch port. switch(conf-if-te-0/1)#switchport access vlan 20 36 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 55
interface port supports admission policies based on whether the frames are untagged or tagged. Converged mode admits both tagged and untagged frames. Any tagged frames coming with a VLAN tag equal to the configured native VLAN are dropped. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 37 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 56
Configuring protocol-based VLAN classifier rules You can configure VLAN classifier rules to define specific supported: • Ethernet hexadecimal (0x0000 through 0xffff) • Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) 38 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 57
the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Create a VLAN classifier group and add a rule. switch(config)#vlan classifier group 1 add rule 1 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 39 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 58
a number of unicast and multicast address entries without flooding any frames. Dell FCoE hardware has a configurable aging timer. If a MAC address remains inactive for a specified number "Layer 2 Ethernet overview" on page 3. 40 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 59
to access global configuration mode. 2. Add the static address 0011.2222.3333 to the MAC address table with a packet received on VLAN 100: switch(config)#mac-address-table static 0011.2222.3333 forward intengigabitethernet 0/1 vlan 100 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 41 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 60
5 Configuring the MAC address table 42 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 61
and MSTP configuration guidelines and restrictions 49 •Default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration 50 •STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 51 •Configuring STP, RSTP, . • Forwarding-The interface forwards frames. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 43 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 62
STP)" on page 61. Configuring STP on Dell FCoE hardware The process for configuring STP on your Dell FCoE hardware is as follows. 1. Enter Global Configuration mode. 2. Enable RSTP switch • The root port • The designated port 44 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 63
tree is blocked. NOTE Dell recommends leaving other STP variables at their default values. For more information on STP, see "STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management" on page Yes Forwarding Forwarding Yes Yes Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 45 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 64
configuration and management" on page 51. Configuring RSTP on Dell FCoE hardware The basic process for configuring RSTP on your Dell FCoE hardware is as follows. 1. Enter Global Configuration Configure the bridge forward delay 20 5. Configure the bridge 7. Configure the 60 9. Configure the port- - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 65
MSTP overview 6 10. Configure the bridge hello time value. For details, see "Specifying the bridge tree instances needed to support a large number of VLANs. Each MSTP instance has a spanning tree topology independent of other Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 47 53-1002116- - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 66
interconnected switches that have the same MSTP configuration is called an MSTP region. NOTE Dell supports 16 MSTP instances and one MSTP region number for an MSTP configuration" on page 56. switch(conf-mstp)#revision 1 48 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 67
number, and the same name. • Spanning Tree topologies must not be enabled on any direct server connections to the front-end Ten Gigabit Ethernet ports that may run FCoE traffic. This may result in lost or dropped FCoE logins. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 49 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 68
the 10-Gigabit Ethernet CEE interface-specific configuration. TABLE 11 Default 10-Gigabit Ethernet CEE interface-specific configuration Parameter Default setting Spanning tree Automatic a root port. Restriction is disabled 50 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 69
Dell M8428-k switch, refer to Chapter 3, "Initial FCoE and CEE Configuration". NOTE You need to enter either the copy running-config startup-config command or the write memory command to save your configuration changes to Flash so that they are not lost if there is a system reload or power outage - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 70
in the network are powered up, they start the configuration mode. 2. Enter the protocol command to enable STP, RSTP, or MSTP. switch(config)#protocol spanning-tree stp 3. Specify the bridge forward delay. switch(conf-stp)#forward-delay 20 52 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 71
configuration mode. 2. Enter the protocol command to enable STP, RSTP, or MSTP. switch(config)#protocol spanning-tree stp 3. Specify the time in seconds it takes for an interface to time out. switch(conf-stp)#error-disable-timeout interval 60 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 72
transmit hold count, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Specify the transmit hold count. switch(config)#transmit-holdcount 5 54 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 73
Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter the protocol command to enable MSTP. switch(config)#protocol spanning-tree mstp 3. Map a VLAN to an MSTP instance. switch(conf-mstp)#instance 5 vlan 4096 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 55 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 74
global configuration mode. 2. Enter the protocol command to enable MSTP. switch(config)#protocol spanning-tree mstp 3. Enter the revision command to specify a revision number for an MSTP configuration. switch(conf-mstp)#revision 17 56 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 75
Dell method causes less flushing. To flush the MAC addresses from the VLAN FDB, perform the following steps. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration associated with a specific port-channel or Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 57 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 76
with a specific port-channel configure the path cost for spanning tree calculations. The lower the path cost means there is a greater chance of the interface becoming the root. The range is 1 through 200000000. The default path cost is 2000. 58 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 77
the port as an edge port to allow the port to quickly transition to the forwarding state. To configure a port as an edge port, follow these guidelines: • A port can become an edge port if . By default, guard root is disabled. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 59 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 78
to access global configuration mode from Privileged EXEC mode. 2. Enter the interface command to specify the CEE interface type and slot/port number. switch(config)#interface intengigabitethernet 0/1 3. Enter the no shutdown command to enable the CEE interface. 60 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 79
perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter the interface command to specify the CEE interface of 16. The default is 128. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 61 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 80
the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter the interface command to specify the CEE interface By default, spanning tree is disabled. 62 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 81
the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter the interface command to specify the CEE switch(conf-if-te-0/1)#spanning-tree shutdown Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 63 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 82
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can be done by manually configuring the LAG or by dynamically configuring the LAG using the IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). NOTE availability. • Load sharing. • Rapid configuration and reconfiguration. The Dell FCoE hardware supports the following trunk types: • Static, - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 84
link aggregation control: • Maintains configuration information to control port aggregation. • Exchanges configuration information with configurations using LAGs. In a data center the Dell M8428-k switch fits into the top-of-the-rack use case where all the servers in a rack are connected to the Dell - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 85
(Dell M8428-k) Dell M8428-k Switch Router Dell M8428-k Switch Data Center Database Server Layer Servers Servers FIGURE 5 Configuring Dell M8428-k) Dell M8428-k Switch Router Dell M8428-k Switch Data Center Database Server Layer Servers Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 86
guarantee the following: • Inserting and capturing control PDUs. • Restricting the traffic of a given conversation to a specific link. • Load balancing between individual links. • Handling dynamic changes in LAG membership. 68 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 87
-config startup-config command or the write memory command to save your configuration changes to Flash memory so that they are not lost if there is a system reload or power outage. NOTE To see the minimum configuration required to enable FCoE on the Dell M8428-k switch, refer to Chapter 3, "Initial - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 88
below three, the port-channel is declared operationally DOWN. To configure this feature, perform the following steps under global configuration mode. 1. Select the interface. switch(config)#interface intengigabitethernet 0/1 70 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 89
interfaces 0/15,0/16, and 0/17. Perform the following steps from global configuration mode. 1. Select the internal interface to use as the tracking monitor. switch specified LAG group number. switch#clear lacp 42 counters Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 71 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 90
. LACP troubleshooting tips To troubleshoot problems with your LACP configuration, use the following troubleshooting tips. If a standard IEEE 802.3ad-based dynamic trunk is configured on a sys-id command on both switches. 72 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 91
LACP troubleshooting tips 7 • Make When a link has this problem, the show port-channel command displays the following: Mux machine state : Deskew not OK. If a Dell-based static trunk is configured on a link and the the link. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 73 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 92
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LAN troubleshooting in multi-vendor environments. To efficiently and effectively operate the various devices in a LAN you must ensure the correct and valid configuration of and is available to network management systems. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 75 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 94
type, length, value (TLV) field. LLDP keeps a database for both local and remote configurations. The LLDP standard currently supports three categories of TLVs. Dell's LLDP implementation adds a proprietary Dell extension TLV set. The four TLV sets are described as follows: • Basic management TLV set - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 95
of the local interface. It also indicates whether the current settings were configured through auto-negotiation or through manual configuration. - Power through media dependent interface (MDI) TLV-Indicates the power capabilities of the LAN device. - Link aggregation TLV-Indicates whether the link - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 96
control specific control supported between link partners. The DCBX protocol and feature TLVs are treated as a superset of the LLDP standard. • QoS management-DCBX capabilities exchanged with a link partner are passed down to the QoS management entity to set up the Dell FCoE hardware to control Dell - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 97
version for the link (auto-sense is off). LLDP configuration guidelines and restrictions Follow these LLDP configuration guidelines and restrictions when configuring LLDP: • Dell's implementation of LLDP supports Dell-specific TLV exchange in addition to the standard LLDP information. • Mandatory - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 98
command or the write memory command to save your configuration changes to Flash so that they are not lost if there is a system reload or power outage. Enabling LLDP globally The protocol lldp command enables LLDP globally on all interfaces unless it has been specifically disabled on an interface - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 99
Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter LLDP configuration mode. switch(config)#protocol lldp 3. Specify a user description for LLDP. switch(conf-lldp)#description Dell-LLDP-installed-july-25 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 81 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 100
the optional LLDP TLVs, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter LLDP configuration mode. switch(config)#protocol lldp 82 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 101
value is 0x08. NOTE FCoE traffic is only supported on the priority level that also has flow control enabled. This means that the final advertised FCoE priority consists of the configured FCoE priority setting and the per-priority flow control setting. To configure the FCoE priority bits, perform the - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 102
mode tx rx 6. Configure the transmission frequency of LLDP updates. switch(conf-lldp-profile-UK_LLDP_IT)#hello 10 7. Configure the hold time for tlv LLDPs if your network contains CNAs from non-Dell vendors,. This configuration may cause functionality problems. 10. Enter the copy command to save the - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 103
as 0x0-0xff. switch(conf-if-te-0/10)#fcoe-priority-bits 0x0-0xff 4. Configure the DCBX version for an interface for CEE. For detailed information on these version show lldp neighbors interface intengigabitethernet 0/1 detail Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 85 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 104
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configuration 88 •ACL configuration guidelines and restrictions 88 •ACL configuration and management 88 ACL overview NOTE In the Dell Fabric OS release, only Layer 2 MAC access control lists (ACLs) are supported. ACLs filter traffic for the Dell or users. • Reduce the chance of denial of service ( - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 106
-config startup-config command or the write memory command to save your configuration changes to Flash so that they are not lost if there is a system reload or power outage. NOTE To see the minimum configuration required to enable FCoE on the Dell M8428-k switch, refer to Chapter 3, "Initial FCoE - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 107
the seq command to create MAC ACL rules in a specific sequence. switch(conf-macl-std)#seq 100 deny 0011. configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Create an extended MAC ACL and enter ACL configuration Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 89 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 108
ACL, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter the mac command to specify and delete the ACL that has a sequence number of 60. 90 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 109
MAC ACL to a CEE interface Ensure that the ACL that you want to apply exists and is configured to filter traffic in the manner that you need for this CEE interface. An ACL does not take -if-vl-82)# mac access-group test_02 in Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 91 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 110
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be adapted for congestion control techniques and the replication of frames by switching devices can exacerbate this problem. Multicast rate limiting controls frame replication to minimize the impact of multicast traffic. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 93 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 112
supports a hybrid policy combining SP and DWRR servicing. Under a hybrid scheduler configuration, the highest priority queues are serviced port default user priority value of 0 (best effort), unless configured to a different value. 94 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53- - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 113
User Priority 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 Configuring the QoS trust mode The QoS trust mode controls user priority mapping of incoming traffic. The Class of Service (CoS) mode sets the user trust mode. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 95 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 114
configuration mode. switch#configure configuration Configuring user-priority mappings To configure user-priority mappings, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure configuration configuration mode. switch#configure the configuration mode - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 115
to the startup-config file. switch#copy running-config startup-config Traffic class mapping The Dell M8428-k supports eight unicast traffic classes for isolation and to control servicing for different priorities of application data. Traffic classes are numbered from 0 through 7, with higher values - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 116
across any queueing incurred on the ingress and the egress ports. Multicast traffic Fabric OS v6.3.1_cee supports four multicast traffic classes for isolation and to control servicing for different priorities of application data. Traffic classes are numbered from 0 through 7, with higher values - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 117
steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. Verify the CoS-Traffic-Class mapping specifying a name and the mapping. switch(config)#show qos map cos-traffic-class test Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 99 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 118
Tail drop queueing is the most basic form of congestion control. Frames are queued in FIFO order and queue buildup can continue until all buffer memory is exhausted. This is the default behavior when no additional QoS has been configured. The basic tail drop algorithm does not have any knowledge - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 119
exert any control per VLAN or per priority, so it is disruptive to all traffic on the link. Ethernet Pause includes the following features: • All configuration parameters can be for the duration specified in the Pause frame. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 101 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 120
Ethernet Priority Flow Control because they are incompatible. Enabling an Ethernet PFC To enable Ethernet PFC, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 102 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 121
Multicast rate limiting provides a mechanism to control multicast frame replication and cap the effect . • Four explicit multicast rate limit values are supported, one for each traffic class. The rate limit configure terminal Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 103 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 122
configuration Dell M8428-k supports both Strict Priority (SP) and Deficit Weighted Round Robin (DWRR) scheduling algorithms. Also supported support service lower priority traffic classes. A danger with this type of service scheduler servicing two controlled sharing queue to be serviced in a set - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 123
traffic classes are considered higher priority. The Dell M8428-k provides full flexibility in controlling the number of SP-to-WRR queues. The number of SP queues is specified in N (SP1 through 8), then the highest priority traffic classes are configured for SP service and the remaining eight are WRR - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 124
are considered strictly higher priority than WRR so they are serviced first. Once all SP queues are drained, then the EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. Specify the schedule to 106 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 125
simultaneously supports SP+WRR service and multiple physical queues with the same service level control (PFC) configuration. There are 16 rows in the CEE Priority Group Table. Table 22 presents the default CEE Priority Group Table configuration. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 126
Group, and completes PFC configuration. There are eight rows in the CEE Priority Table. Table 23 details the default CEE Priority Table configuration. TABLE 23 CoS Default CEE priority table PGID 0 15.7 1 15.6 2 15.5 108 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 127
map, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. Specify the name of the CEE map to define. In this . switch#copy running-config startup-config Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 109 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 128
the CEE map, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. Verify the CEE map provisioning for a specified name. switch(config)#show cee maps default 110 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 129
these 802.1x configuration guidelines and restrictions when configuring 802.1x: • If you globally disable 802.1x, then all interface ports with 802.1x authentication enabled automatically switch to force-authorized port-control mode. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 111 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 130
.1x authentication configuration tasks", use the administrative tasks in this section to make any necessary customizations to specific interface port settings. NOTE 802.1x port authentication functions only on external ports. 112 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 131
config startup-config Configuring 802.1x timeouts on specific interface ports NOTE While you are free to modify the timeouts, Dell recommends that Configure reauthentication for the interface port. switch(conf-if-te-0/16)#dot1x reauthentication Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 132
re-authperiod 4000 Disabling 802.1x on specific interface ports To disable 802.1x authentication on a specific interface port, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Use the interface command to select - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 133
device and sFlow collector that resides on a central server. An sFlow agent collects statistics from the switch and the sFlow octet and packet counter for a specific interface are sent to the collector, but the configured. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 115 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 134
the sFlow protocol globally Configuring the sFlow protocol globally Dell recommends that you globally configure sFlow on the switch first, then make custom alterations to specific interface ports. For details, see "Interface-specific administrative tasks for sFlow" on page 116. NOTE For complete - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 135
status on the specific interface. switch(conf-if-te-1/16)#exit switch(config)#exit switch#>show sflow interface extengigabitethernet 1/16 te 1/16 Configured sampling rate :8192 Actual sampling rate :8192 Counter polling interval :135 Samples rcvd from h/w :33 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 136
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A BP port is not supported as a source or destination mirror port, because this interface is not exposed to the user. • Only one port per chip can be configured as a destination port for burst traffic is not mirrored. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 119 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 138
Mirroring To configure Port Mirroring for packets traveling in both directions, perform the following steps in global configuration mode. 1. Open a monitor session and assign a session number switch(config)# monitor session 1 120 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 139
Mirroring session, perform the following steps in global configuration mode. 1. Display the existing configuration of the monitor session. switch#show monitor session the connection deletion. switch#show monitor session 1 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 121 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 140
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not enabled. Configuring RMON settings To configure RMON alarms and events, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 123 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 142
steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. Enter the interface command to specify the CEE interface type and slot/port number. 124 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 143
switch#copy running-config startup-config Configuring RMON history collection The RMON history RMON history. switch#show rmon history RMON history control entry 1 interface: ifIndex.1745682445 InTengigabitEthernet 0/13 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 125 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 144
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control (Join/Leave) packets received on them. The Layer-2 switch also provides for a way to configure forwarding states statically through the CLI. NOTE Dell Fabric OS supports IGMPv1 assuming there are no active listeners. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 127 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 146
snooping enable 3. Configure a VLAN port member Configuring IGMP snooping querier If your multicast traffic is not routed because Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) and IGMP are not configured, use the IGMP snooping querier in a VLAN. 128 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 147
, or specific groups on specific interfaces. switch#show ip igmp groups 3. Use the show ip igmp statistics command to display the IGMP statistics for a VLAN or interface. switch#show ip igmp snooping statistics interface vlan 1 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 129 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 148
information for all VLANs, or a specific VLAN. switch#show ip igmp snooping mrouter - or - switch#show ip igmp snooping mrouter interface vlan 1 5. When you have reviewed the IGMP statistics for the switch, refer to "Configuring IGMP" on page 128 or "Configuring IGMP snooping querier" on page 128 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 149
Dell M8428-k switch or the FCOE10-24 blade: - Virtual fabrics - Admin Domains - Port-based zoning - QoS zoning - Adaptive networking - FC-SP for the FCoE ports - Interop mode - FC routing - Integrated routing - Hot Code Load (HCL) firmware download - Extended fabrics - FICON • The CEE configuration - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 150
-vlan vid fcmapid switch:admin> fcoe --fcmapunset -vlan vid Configuring FIP multicast advertisement intervals NOTE For information on the FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP), see "FCoE Initialization Protocol" on page 8. 132 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 151
command allows only configured ENode VN_ports to log in. Use the fcoelogingroup command to configure allowed ENode VN_ports. The default is disabled. Disabling the fcoelogincfg command allows unrestricted login on ENode VN_ports. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 133 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 152
the effective configuration. switch:admin> fcoelogincfg --purge -conflicting Perform a cleanup of all login groups for non-existing switches from the effective configuration. switch:admin> fcoelogincfg --purge -nonexisting 134 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 153
managing the FCoE login group configuration Another important task in administrating FCoE is configuring the FCoE login information. Creating an FCoE login group The FCoE login group enables you to configure login policies. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 135 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 154
16 Creating and managing the FCoE login group configuration To create an FCoE login group, perform the following task. Task Command Syntax is the name of the login group. switch:admin> fcoelogingroup --delete lgname 136 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 155
Creating and managing the FCoE login group configuration 16 Renaming an FCoE login group To rename an FCoE login group, perform are allowed to log into the switch. switch:admin> fcoelogingroup --rename lgname newlgname Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 137 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 156
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a remote location. • Downloading a configuration file from a remote location to the switch to serve as the startup-config file or the running-config file. • Downloading a configuration file from a remote location to the switch Flash. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 139 53 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 158
, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter the write command to erase the startup configuration file. switch#write erase 140 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 159
from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter the copy command to restore the archived configuration file. switch#copy startup-config flash://config_filename Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 141 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 160
configuration file. NOTE: This command does not affect the running configuration file. switch#write erase Copy the running configuration file to the archive folder on an FTP server information on all available CLI commands. 142 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 161
. switch#show logging Display the collection of information needed for technical support. switch#show tech-support NOTE: The supportsave command in Fabric OS includes the debugging data provided by the above commands. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 143 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 162
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the port priority for STP, RSTP, MSTP, 61 CEE map, configuring, 109 CEE maps, verifying, 110 CEE provisioning map, applying, 110 Cisco interoperability, disabling for MSTP, 55 Cisco interoperability, enabling for MSTP, 55 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 145 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 164
Flow Control, 79 TLV sets, 24 Dell FCoE hardware, 2 document conventions, xvi dynamic link aggregation, 68 E EAP, 27, 111 edge detection, configuring for , 4 FCoE initialization protocol See FIP filtering VLAN ingress, 31 146 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 165
, 69 important notes, 69 default LACP configuration, 69 overview troubleshooting tips, 72 LAGs 802.1x, 27, 111 distribution process, 68 overview top-of-the-rack configuration, 67 Layer 2 ACL Ethernet overview, 3 Layer 2 forwarding, 3 link aggregation Dell-proprietary, 68 dynamic, 68 LACP, 68 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 166
congestion control, 100 multicast rate limiting, 103 overview, 93, 115, 119 queuing traffic class mapping, 97 user-priority mapping, 94 queuing overview, 94 rewriting frame header field, 94 scheduling, 104 Quality of Service See QoS Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 167
hold count, configuring for RSTP, MSTP, 54 troubleshooting tips, LACP, 72 trunk interface, configuring, 36 trunk mode, 31, 36 trunking, 8 U unsupported features, 131 user-priority mapping, QoS, 94 V Virtual LANs See VLAN Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 149 53-1002116 - Dell PowerEdge M420 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 168
34 VLAN classifier groups, 39 VLAN classifier rules, 38 default configuration, 33 FDB flushing, 57 overview, 32 forwarding, 4 important management notes, 34 ingress VLAN filtering, 31 overview, 31 tagging, 4 Z zoning, FC, 11 150 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01
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