Dell Force10 MXL - Table of Contents

Stacking Dell Force10 MXL 10/40G Switches
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Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3
Redundancy ........................................................................................................... 4
Failover roles ......................................................................................................... 4
Stacking LAG .......................................................................................................... 4
Enablement of LAG/LACP on blade servers ..................................................................... 4
Meta-data ............................................................................................................. 4
Restoring factory defaults .......................................................................................... 5
Constant stack configuration ...................................................................................... 5
Bare Metal Provisioning ............................................................................................. 6
Identifying physical units and ports in a stack .................................................................... 6
Port numbering ....................................................................................................... 7
Combining split 10GbE SFP+ ports into a single 40GbE QSFP+ port ......................................... 8
Master selection criteria .............................................................................................. 9
Manually selecting a Master during initial stack setup ........................................................ 9
Stacking scenarios .................................................................................................... 10
Creating the MXL stack ........................................................................................... 13
Adding new members to an existing stack .................................................................... 17
Updating firmware on a stack ................................................................................... 17
Un-stacking (removing member units) ......................................................................... 20
Renumbering stack units ......................................................................................... 21
Appendix A – Stacking scenarios ...................................................................................... 23
Appendix B – Port mapping ............................................................................................ 24
Appendix C - Network switch versions ............................................................................... 25
Figures
Figure 1. Dell Force10 MXL (10/40G Ethernet) ................................................................... 3
Figure 2. I/O module overview from the CMC .................................................................... 6
Figure 3. Port mapping for QSFP+ ports............................................................................ 7
Figure 4. QSFP+ two 40GbE port expansion for the MXL ...................................................... 10
Figure 5. Stacking multiple MXL switches in a single M1000e ................................................ 12
Figure 6. Stacking MXL switches across multiple M1000e chassis using two ports between members 12