Dell Force10 MXL User Manual

Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL
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Configuring the Dell Force10 MXL switch with connections to Cisco Nexus
vPC configuration with FCoE
Flowchart for MXL FCoE configuraton to Nexus vPC Figure 53.
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 range TenGigabitEthernet 0/1 – 0/32
portmode hybrid
switchport
protocol lldp
dcbx port-role auto-downstream
spanning-tree pvst edge-port
no shutdown
Configure uplink FCF
switch facing ports
interface range TenGigabitEthernet 0/43 – 0/44
port-channel-protocol LACP
port-channel 10 mode active
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 1000
tagged TenGigabitEthernet 0/1-52
fip-snooping enable
no shutdown
Configure default
VLAN for switch
Configure LAG/
PortChannel for FCoE
uplink to Cisco Nexus
interface port-channel 10
portmode hybrid
switchport
fip-snooping fcf
no shutdown

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