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Identifies the intended audience for this configuration guide.
Provides a summary of the switch specifications.
Illustrates the recommended physical connection between servers and switches.
Initial steps to power on, connect serial port, and configure terminal settings.
Verifies the switch firmware version against the recommended minimum.
Resets the switch to factory defaults by deleting the startup configuration.
Explains how switch port profiles affect available front-panel ports.
Configures S4148U-ON specific unified ports to Ethernet mode.
Sets up an IP address for the Out-of-Band management interface.
Establishes username and password for accessing the switch CLI.
Configures high-speed QSFP+ and QSFP28 ports as multiple 10GbE ports.
Configures and enables individual or ranges of switch ports.
Enables iSCSI auto-detection and auto-configuration for storage arrays.
Optional configuration for jumbo frames and flow control settings.
Sets spanning tree port type to 'edge' for connected devices.
Saves the current running configuration to the startup configuration.
Repeats configuration steps for a second switch.
Disables iSCSI and session monitoring features.
Turns off standard Ethernet flow control on all ports.
Activates Data Center Bridging (DCB) features on the switch.
Creates and configures a VLAN for network segmentation.
Defines a QoS policy to trust Layer 2 priority (dot1p) values.
Configures a traffic class for PFC based on QoS group.
Configures network QoS policy maps for pause and PFC.
Sets up QoS mapping and class maps for ETS traffic.
Creates an ETS policy to allocate bandwidth percentages.
Applies system-wide QoS policies for input and application traffic.
Assigns VLANs, QoS, and PFC policies to edge ports.
Re-enables iSCSI and session monitoring.
Saves the current configuration.
Provides commands to check DCBx, ETS, and PFC status.
Repeats DCB configuration steps for additional switches.
Disables DCB and DCBX functionality.
Disables iSCSI and session monitoring.
Removes DCB policies and enables standard flow control.
Resets switch ports to the default native VLAN.
Removes various QoS, ETS, and PFC configurations.
Re-enables iSCSI and session monitoring.
Saves the current configuration.
Restarts the switch to apply configuration changes.
Checks the DCB status on switch ports.
Repeats section 4 commands to disable DCB on other switches.
Links to additional documentation and resources.
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