Dell Force10 MXL

Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL
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Introduction
The new Dell™ Force10 MXL has the T11, BB-5 compliant FIP- Snooping Bridge featureset. With an
available FCF (Fiber Channel Forwarder), this switch will pass FCoE traffic for storage availability.
This document provides an easy-to-use guide for configuring FIP-Snooping on the Dell Force10 MXL Dell
Force10 MXL (Figure 1).
Dell Force10 MXL Blade Switch (10/40GbE) and available modules Figure 1.
IO Bay 2
IO Bay 1
Fixed QSFP+ Ports
FlexIO Modules that can be used as part of the Dell Force10 MXL switch Figure 2.
FlexIO 10GbE SFP+
FlexIO 40GbE QSFP+
FlexIO 10GBASE-T