Dell Force10 MXL User Manual

Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL
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Step by step explanation of CLI example
o service-class dynamic dot1p – This sets the switch to globally honor dot1p priorities for traffic on
the switch.
o feature fip-snooping – This configures the global enablement of the FIP-Snooping feature on the
switch.
o protocol lldp – Sets the global enablement of LLDP on the switch.
o default vlan-id 20 – This established the default and native vlan for the switch (in this case 20 is
used).
o interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/1 – configure internal interfaces that connect to the blade
servers.
 portmode hybrid – configuring portmode hybrid will allow for the native VLAN untagged,
and a tagged VLAN to exist on the port together. This is similar to switchport mode trunk in
industry standard CLI.
 switchport – this configures the port as a layer 2 port.
 protocol lldp – this moves into the lldp protocol settings.
 dcbx port-role auto-downstream – with this command the port-role is established
as a dcbx capable downstream port to communicate with blade server CNA ports.
 spanning-tree pvst edge-port – configure port as an edge port for spanning-tree behavior
 no shutdown – configures the port as active.
 exit – exits interface configuration mode
o interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/43
 port-channel-protocol LACP – configures the port for LACP port-channel
 port-channel 10 mode active –sets the port-channel to 5 and sets mode to be active
 protocol lldp – this moves into the lldp protocol settings.
o no advertise dcbx-tlv ets-reco – this settings establishes that the ETS recommended
configuration TLV’s should not be advertised for manual type settings. Instead they
should be determined via negotiations
o dcbx port-role auto-upstream – with this command the port-role is established as a
dcbx capable upstream port to communicate with top-of-rack FCF switches such as the
Cisco Nexus 5000 series.
 no shutdown – configures the port as active.
 exit – exit from interface configuration mode
o interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/44
 port-channel-protocol LACP – configures the port for LACP port-channel
· port-channel 10 mode active –sets the port-channel to 5 and sets mode to be active
 protocol lldp – this moves into the lldp protocol settings.
o no advertise dcbx-tlv ets-reco – this settings establishes that the ETS recommended
configuration TLV’s should not be advertised for manual type settings. Instead they
should be determined via negotiations
o dcbx port-role auto-upstream – with this command the port-role is established as a
dcbx capable upstream port to communicate with top-of-rack FCF switches such as the
Cisco Nexus 5000 series.
 no shutdown – configures the port as active.
 exit – exit from interface configuration mode
o interface port-channel 10 – this moves into the port-channel 5 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