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53-1002116-01 07 December 2010 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 3
How this document is organized xv Supported hardware and software xvi Document conventions xvi Text formatting xvi Command syntax conventions xvii Notes, cautions, and warnings xvii Notice to the reader xviii Getting technical help xviii Contacting Dell xviii Chapter 1 Introducing FCoE In - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 6
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 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 7
statistics on all LAG groups 72 Displaying LACP information 72 LACP troubleshooting tips 72 Configuring LLDP using the CEE CLI In this chapter 75 LLDP overview interface 91 Applying a MAC ACL to a VLAN interface 91 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide vii 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 16
OS CLI. • Chapter 17, "CEE 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, any appearance of the term - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 17
of this guide are presented in mixed lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes to warn of these conditions or situations. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide xvii 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 18
several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell for sales, technical support, or customer service issues: 1. Visit http://www.support.dell.com. 2. Click your country or - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 21
Multiple switch fabric configuration Classic Layer 2 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 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 23
The 802.1p Ethernet priority tagging is done using the Layer 2 Class of Service (CoS). The 802.1p Ethernet priority is used to tag frames in a VLAN 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 24
Layer 2 CoS field based on the settings of the CEE port or VLAN. The Dell FCoE hardware supports a combination of two scheduling strategies to queue frames to the egress ports; Priority queuing to the set threshold values. 6 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 26
detailed information on configuring LLDP and DCBX, see "Configuring LLDP using the configuring LACP, see "Configuring Link Aggregation using the CEE CLI" on page 65. NOTE The Dell software supports on configuring Ethernet pause and PFC, see "Configuring QoS This software version supports the October 8, - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 28
LOGO)-The Dell FCoE on the Dell FCoE hardware. 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 FCMAP-The Dell FCoE hardware Dell on the Dell FCoE hardware. - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 29
ENode logins per Dell FCoE hardware. Each unit of Dell FCoE hardware maintains its own logincfg. • Login configuration management is LOGO, or implicit logout), the entry is removed from the name server. • ENode data-The Dell FCoE hardware maintains a VN_port table. The table tracks the ENode MAC - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 30
FCoE queuing The QOS configuration controls the FCoE traffic distribution. Note that changing these settings requires changes on both the Dell FCoE hardware and the FCoE VLAN is supported in the Fabric OS v6.3.1_cee release. 12 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 32
either the write memory command or the copy command to commit the running-config file to the startup--config file. Saving configuration changes with the copy N = access not allowed OM N BasicSwitchAdmin SecurityAdmin N O 14 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 33
CLI features Console and VTY (line) 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 15 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 34
the global 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 53 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 36
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 Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 42
there are two TLVs that must be enabled to support FCoE on a CEE link: • dcbx-fcoe-app- 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 43
all the switches in a LAN. The Dell FCoE hardware supports three spanning tree variations: Standard Spanning Tree . The following example performed from the CEE CLI configures the switch for RSTP and sets the bridge priority Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 25 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 44
the following steps in global 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 group. switch(config)#interface - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 45
either configured manually or dynamically supported for the following features TABLE 6 IP static route features and capabilities Feature Capability Interface with IP Address 128 ECMP 63 Members per ECMP 64 LAG 63 Members per LAG 64 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 48
4 Configuring IP static routes 2. Display the detailed information about all the IP static routes. switch>show ip route all Codes: C - connected, S - static command to remove all static ip routes. switch>clear ip route all 30 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 49
on page 36). 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 in on. This is called access mode. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 31 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 50
VLAN membership. • Port VLAN membership is configured through the CEE CLI. • Dynamic VLAN registration is not supported. • The Dell FCoE hardware does VLAN filtering at both the determines the forwarding of an incoming frame. 32 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 51
entry can be overwritten by the ACL. • The Dell CEE switch supports Ethernet DIX frames and 802.2 LLC SNAP encapsulated frames only. Default VLAN configuration Table 7 lists the default VLAN configuration. TABLE 7 Default VLAN configuration Parameter Default setting Default VLAN Interface VLAN - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 52
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 and disabling an interface port NOTE CEE interfaces are disabled by default. NOTE CEE interfaces do not support auto-negotiation of Ethernet - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 54
supports FCoE VF_ports. It is the equivalent of an FC switch. A VLAN can be made FCF-capable. Only FCF-capable VLANs can carry FCoE traffic. To configure configure terminal command to access global configuration to configure the configure terminal command to access global configuration configure the CEE - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 56
classifier rules (1 through 256) are a set of configurable rules that reside in one of these categories: • 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 68
lists the switch defaults that apply only to MSTP configurations. TABLE 10 Default MSTP configuration Parameter Default setting Cisco interoperability Switch priority (when mapping a root port. Restriction is disabled 50 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 73
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 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 75
the 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 interfaces or on the specified interface. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 57 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 76
this command to 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 53-1002116 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 82
6 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 64 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 83
configuration guidelines and restrictions 69 •Default LACP configuration 69 •LACP configuration and management 69 •LACP troubleshooting be done by manually configuring the LAG or by dynamically configuring the LAG using Rapid configuration and reconfiguration. The Dell FCoE hardware supports the - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 84
SAN 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 M8428-k to provide redundancy and improved bandwidth. 66 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 86
to te0/15, and te0/16 to te0/23, respectively. • A maximum of four Dell LAGs can be created per port-group. LAG distribution process The LAG aggregator is associated with the . • Handling dynamic changes in LAG membership. 68 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 87
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 . 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 96
the LLDP infrastructure to communicate capabilities supported between link partners. The DCBX protocol QoS management entity to set up the Dell FCoE hardware to control the scheduling in Table 13 are translated to priority groups in the Dell FCoE hardware. TABLE 13 Priority ETS priority grouping of - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 97
of the pre-CEE 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 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 98
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. Enabling LLDP globally The protocol lldp command enables LLDP globally on all interfaces - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 99
between switches. By default, the "host-name" from the chassis/entity MIB is used. By specifying a descriptive system name, you will find it easier to configure the switch for LLDP. To specify a global system name for the Dell FCoE hardware, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 101
)#protocol lldp 3. Configure the FCoE priority bits. switch(conf-lldp)#lldp fcoe-priority-bits 3 Configuring LLDP profiles You can configure up to 64 profiles on a switch. Using the no profile NAME command deletes the entire profile. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 83 53 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 102
against advertising dot1.tlv and dot3.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 running-config file to the startup-config file. switch(conf-lldp-profile-UK_LLDP_IT)#exit switch - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 the chance of denial of service (DOS) attacks. There - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 107
EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Create an extended MAC ACL and enter ACL configuration mode. The following example sets the recreate it with the desired changes. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 89 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 110
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•Scheduling 104 •Converged Enhanced Ethernet map configuration 107 QoS overview Quality of Service (QoS) provides you with the capability problem. Multicast rate limiting controls frame replication to minimize the impact of multicast traffic. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 112
The scheduler supports a hybrid policy combining SP and DWRR servicing. Under a hybrid scheduler configuration, the highest priority queues are serviced by SP while of 0 (best effort), unless configured to a different value. 94 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 113
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 priority based on interface in the CoS trust mode. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 95 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 114
configuration mode. switch#configure the configuration mode Configuring user-priority mappings To configure configuration mode. switch#configure the configuration mode Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. 5 4 6 7 3. Exit the configuration mode and return to EXEC mode. switch - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 115
Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. -te-0/2)#qos trust cos 5. Exit the configuration mode and return to EXEC mode. switch Dell M8428-k supports eight unicast traffic classes for isolation and to control servicing 2 default traffic class mapping supported for a COS-based user - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 116
traffic Fabric OS v6.3.1_cee supports four multicast traffic classes for isolation and to control servicing for different priorities of the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. Create the CoS-Traffic-Class mapping by specifying - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 117
supporting 8 Traffic Classes. switch:admin>cmsh switch>enable switch#configure terminal Enter configuration global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal enable switch#configure terminal Enter configuration commands, 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. Verify the - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 118
all buffer memory is exhausted. This is the default behavior when no additional QoS has been configured. The basic memory then you can also ensure that a single CoS does not monopolize the entire shared memory pool allocated to the port. 100 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 119
: • All configuration parameters can be specified independently per interface. • Pause On/Off can be specified independently for TX and RX directions. No support is provided for for the duration specified in the Pause frame. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 101 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 120
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 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 121
both ingress and egress queueing. • Four explicit multicast rate limit values are supported, one for each traffic class. The rate limit values represent the maximum multicast admin>cmsh switch>enable switch#configure terminal Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 103 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 SP scheduler servicing two SP each queue to be serviced in a set ordering, - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 123
traffic classes are configured for SP service and the remaining eight are WRR serviced. Table 20 describes the set of scheduling configurations supported. When you configure the QoS queue WRR1 WRR1 WRR1 WRR1 WRR1 SP1 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 105 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 125
configuration are inherited from the equivalent unicast traffic class. See Table 20 on page 105 for details on exact mapping equivalencies. Unicast ingress and egress queueing utilizes a hybrid scheduler that simultaneously supports SP+WRR service switch#configure terminal Enter configuration - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 128
EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. Specify the name of Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. Specify enable switch#configure terminal Enter configuration commands, 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. Verify - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 129
-v0 protocols are supported by the RADIUS server and are transparent to the authenticator switch. When the supplicant logs off, it sends an EAP-logoff message to the Dell FCoE hardware which then sets the port back to the "unauthorized" state. 802.1x configuration guidelines and restrictions Follow - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 130
Reference. Configure authentication between the switch and CNA or NIC For complete information on the aaaConfig command, see the Fabric OS Command Reference and the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. NOTE The aaaConfig command attempts to connect to the first RADIUS server. If the RADIUS server is - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 131
extengigabitethernet 0/16 3. Enable 802.1x authentication for the interface port. switch(conf-if-te-0/16)#dot1x enable 4. Configure reauthentication for the interface port. switch(conf-if-te-0/16)#dot1x reauthentication Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 113 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 132
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 the interface )#end switch#copy running-config startup-config 114 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 133
an sFlow agent that resides on the device and sFlow collector that resides on a central server. An sFlow agent collects statistics from the switch and forwards the data to the sFlow the polling interval remains as configured. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 115 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 134
Confirm the sFlow configuration status. switch#show sflow sFlow services are enabled Global default sampling rate: 4096 Global default counter polling interval: 135 1 collectors configured Collector IP the interface port. 116 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 135
(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 Administrator's Guide 117 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 136
12 Interface-specific administrative tasks for sFlow 118 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 137
Mirror port should not be configured to carry normal traffic. • A port can not be mirrored to multiple locations in the same direction. • A BP port is not supported as a source or destination mirror traffic is not mirrored. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 119 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 140
13 Deleting a Port Mirroring session 122 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 141
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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 142
configuration and management 2. Configure startup-config Configuring RMON events You configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. switch#configure terminal 2. Configure Configuring RMON be configured configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. switch#configure - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 143
-te-0/1)#exit switch(config)#end switch#copy running-config startup-config Configuring RMON history collection The RMON history collection command collects the periodic file. switch#copy running-config startup-config Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 125 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 144
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The Layer-2 switch also provides for a way to configure forwarding states statically through the CLI. NOTE Dell Fabric OS supports IGMPv1 and IGMPv2. Active IGMP snooping IGMP snooping is there are no active listeners. Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 127 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 146
Configuring were received. Configuring IGMP By default configure IGMP on a CEE/FCoE switch. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration (config)#ip igmp snooping enable 3. Configure a VLAN port member to be with additional features. Configuring IGMP snooping querier If - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 147
groups for the switch. Use this command to display the IGMP database, including configured entries for either all groups on all interfaces, or all groups on specific switch#show ip igmp snooping statistics interface vlan 1 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 129 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 148
the switch, refer to "Configuring IGMP" on page 128 or "Configuring IGMP snooping querier" on page 128 to make any needed corrections. NOTE Refer to the CEE Command Reference for additional information on IGMP CLI commands. 130 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 149
133 •Creating and managing the FCoE login group configuration 135 FCoE configuration guidelines and restrictions Follow these FCoE configuration guidelines and restrictions when configuring FCoE: • Speed negotiation-The Dell M8428-k switch supports auto-negotiated FC link speeds of 2, 4, and 8 Gbps - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 150
configuration tasks require mostly configuration of the interface ports on the switch. NOTE To assist you in configuring :admin> fcoe --disable port Configuring FCMAP values for a VLAN configure FCMAP values for a VLAN, perform the following tasks. Task Configure -vlan vid Configuring FIP multicast - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 152
configuration management. Task Command Enable the FCoE login configuration configuration transaction NOTE The configuration The login configuration is configuration transaction. Task Command Display the current configuration transaction. Abort the current configuration configuration configuration - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 156
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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 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 162
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server configuring, 36 access mode, 31, 36 ACL configuration guidelines and restrictions, 88 configuration sequence numbers, 90 default configuration, 88 extended ACL, 91 configuring for STP, RSTP, MSTP, 58 configuring the port fast, 61 path cost, configuring for STP, RSTP, MSTP, map, configuring, 109 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 164
, 79 TLV sets, 24 Dell FCoE hardware, 2 document conventions, xvi dynamic link aggregation, 68 E EAP, 27, 111 edge detection, configuring for STP, RSTP, MSTP, 4 FCoE initialization protocol See FIP filtering VLAN ingress, 31 146 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | 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 M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 166
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 53-1002116-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 167
, 27, 111 switch port configuration, 36 system priority, configuring for LACP, 70 T T11-FC-BB5, 1 technical help, xviii telnet, 15 terminology FCoE, 1 timeout period, configuring for LACP, 70 TLV sets basic management TLV, 76 Dell extension TLV set, 77 configuring, 24 IEEE 802.1 organizational - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide - Page 168
configuration guidelines and restrictions, 33 configuration procedures clearing VLAN counters, 40 configuring a CEE interface as a Layer 2 switch port, 36 configuring a CEE interface as an access or trunk interface, 36 configuring VLAN classifier rules, 38 default configuration, 33 FDB flushing, 57
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