Dell Force10 MXL User Manual

Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL
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Configuring the Dell Force10 MXL switch for a PortChannel connection into Cisco Nexus 5000
series switch with vPC configured
Flowchart of MXL configuration to connection into dual Nexus vPC configuration. Figure 47.
Connect to
switch
Configure downlink
server facing ports with
any basic configuration
interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/1
no shutdown
Configure uplinks
(Nexus switch
facing ports)
interface Range
TenGigabitEthernet 0/49 – 52
port-channel-protocol LACP
port-channel 5 mode active
no shutdown
default vlan-id 20
Configure Port-Channel
for uplinks (Nexus switch
facing ports)
interface Port-channel 5
no ip address
portmode hybrid
switchport
no shutdown
Configure
default VLAN
for switch
Key Items
· Both MXL switches (MXL-1 and MXL-2 from our example) will the basic settings
configured for Ethernet traffic on the downlink (server facing ports).
· The 4 uplinks (te 0/49-52) to the Cisco Nexus switches will all be configured for the
same PortChannel even though 2 of these will be split off to go to the secondary Cisco
Nexus. A different PortChannel number should be used on the different MXL just for
troubleshooting.
· Note also that the portmode hybrid and switchport settings are not configured on the
individual uplink ports but only on the PortChannel. If these configurations are done on
the individual ports they will have to be removed for later configuration.

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