Dell Force10 MXL User Manual

Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL
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 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.
 fip-snooping port-mode fcf– enables the port for fip-snooping from an FCF connection
 no shutdown
 exit – exit the interface configuration
o interface Vlan 1000 – Initializes VLAN 1000 for use. This VLAN will be the FCoE VLAN that will pass
the storage traffic after the intial FIP negotiations occur on the native or default VLAN.
 tagged TenGigabitEthernet 0/1-52 – This adds these ports to the tagged VLAN 1000.
 fip-snooping enable – Enables FIP-snooping for this VLAN which will set all ports involved
to have MTU or Jumbo Frames (mini) of size 2500
 no shutdown – activates VLAN 1000.
 exit – exits interface configuration mode
Validation:
This complex configuration is validated in two different manners. First determine that the Ethernet
behavior of the switch is correct in the configuration with the vPC. This will consist of basic ping and
link check validation. Spanning tree should not be a consideration if the vPC is working properly.
Second determine that the FCoE configuration is working as expected, previously mentioned
validation steps will aid in checking those areas.

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