Dell Force10 MXL User Manual

Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL
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Configuring the Dell Force10 MXL for FIP-Snooping
The Dell Force10 MXL switches will monitor FIP packets and will establish the proper filtering, and
priorities for the FCoE traffic that is passed through the configured links. To see an example of the full
configuration see Appendix-A - MXL Example.
Flowchart overview of Dell Force10 MXL configuration Figure 8.
Turn on FCoE
(fip-snooping
features) and
global settings
Connect to
switch
Configure downlink
server facing ports
feature fip-snooping
fip-snooping enable
protocol lldp
Service-class dynamic dot1p
interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/1
portmode hybrid
switchport
protocol lldp
dcbx port-role auto-downstream
spanning-tree pvst edge-port
no shutdown
Configure uplink FCF
switch facing ports
interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/52
portmode hybrid
switchport
fip-snooping port-mode fcf
protocol lldp
no advertise dcbx-tlv ets-reco
dcbx port-role auto-upstream
no shutdown
default vlan-id 20
Configure VLAN interfaces
for switch and assign ports
interface Vlan 20
interface Vlan 1000
tagged TenGigabitEthernet 0/1,52
fip-snooping enable
no shutdown
Configure default
VLAN for switch

Dell Force10 MXL Specifications

General

Manageable	Yes
Product Series	Force10 MXL
Operating Temperature	0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
QoS Support	Yes
Power Supply	Dual, hot-swappable
Product Type	Switch
Jumbo Frame Support	Up to 9216 bytes
Management	CLI, SNMP, Web-based GUI
VLAN Support	Yes