Page 2 - DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL; Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated
DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Copyright © 2006-2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Brocade, the B-wing symbol, BigIron, DCX, Fabric OS, FastIron, IronPoint, IronShield, IronView, IronWare, JetCore, NetIron, SecureIron, ServerIron, StorageX, and TurboIron are registered trade...
Page 3 - Contents; About This Document
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide iii 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Contents About This Document In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 5 - Chapter 5
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide v 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Ingress VLAN filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 VLAN configuration guidelines and restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Default VLAN configurati...
Page 6 - Chapter 6
vi Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management . . . . . . . . . . 51 Enabling STP, RSTP, or MSTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Disabling STP, RSTP, or MSTP . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 8 - Configuring 802.1x Port Authentication
viii Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Rewriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Queueing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 9 - FCoE configuration using the Fabric OS CLI
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide ix 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL RMON configuration and management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Default RMON configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Configuring RMON settings . . . . . . . ...
Page 10 - Index
x Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Index
Page 11 - Figures
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide xi 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Figures Figure 1 Multiple switch fabric configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Figure 2 CEE CLI command mode hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 13 - Tables
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide xiii 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Tables Table 1 FCoE terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Table 2 CEE RBAC permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 15 - In this chapter
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide xv 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL About This Document In this chapter • How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv • Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 16 - Supported hardware and software
xvi Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Chapter 11, “Configuring IGMP,” describes how to configure IGMP snooping on the Brocade FCoE hardware. • Chapter 12, “Configuring RMON using the CEE CLI,” describes how to configure remote monitoring (R...
Page 17 - What’s new in this document; Text formatting; Command syntax conventions
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide xvii 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL To obtain information about an OS version other than 6.4.0, refer to the documentation specific to that OS version. What’s new in this document This document has been updated for 6.4.0. The following inf...
Page 18 - NOTE; Key terms
xviii Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Notes, cautions, and warnings The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of increasing severity of potential hazards. NOTE A note provides a tip, guidan...
Page 19 - Notice to the reader; Additional information; Brocade resources; Other industry resources; Getting technical help
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide xix 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Notice to the reader This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations. These trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations. These referen...
Page 20 - Document feedback
xx Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 1. General Information • Switch model • Switch operating system version • Software name and software version, if applicable • Error numbers and messages received • supportSave command output • Detailed des...
Page 23 - Chapter; Introducing FCoE; FCoE overview; TABLE 1
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 1 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 1 Introducing FCoE In this chapter • FCoE terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 • FCoE overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 24 - FCoE hardware
2 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 FCoE overview 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL The motivation behind using CEE networks as a transport mechanism for FC arises from the desire to simplify host protocol stacks and consolidate network interfaces in data center environment...
Page 25 - Layer 2 Ethernet overview; FIGURE 1; Layer 2 forwarding
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 3 53-1001761-01 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Layer 2 Ethernet overview The Brocade FCoE hardware contain CEE ports that support FCoE forwarding. The CEE ports are also backwards compatible and support classic Layer 2 Ethern...
Page 26 - VLAN tagging
4 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL The Brocade FCoE hardware handles Ethernet frames as follows: • When the destination MAC address is not in the lookup table, the frame is flooded on all ports except the ingress ...
Page 27 - Loop-free network environment
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 5 53-1001761-01 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Loop-free network environment The Brocade FCoE hardware uses the following protocols to maintain a loop-free network environment: • 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)—STP is req...
Page 28 - Congestion control and queuing
6 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Congestion control and queuing The Brocade FCoE hardware supports several congestion control and queuing strategies. As an output queue approaches congestion, Random Early Detect...
Page 29 - Access control
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 7 53-1001761-01 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL - Multicast output queuing—A typical multicast output queuing example is where several ports carry multicast inbound traffic. Each port has a different priority setting. Traffic ...
Page 30 - Trunking; Flow Control; FCoE Initialization Protocol; FIP discovery
8 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 FCoE Initialization Protocol 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Trunking NOTE The term “trunking” in an Ethernet network refers to the use of multiple network links (ports) in parallel to increase the link speed beyond the limits of any on...
Page 31 - FIP login
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 9 53-1001761-01 FCoE Initialization Protocol 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • The Brocade FCoE hardware uses the FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP). Enodes discover FCFs and initialize the FCoE connection through the FIP. • VF_port configuration—An FC...
Page 32 - FIP logout; FCoE login; FCoE logout
10 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 FCoE Initialization Protocol 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL FIP logout FIP logout operates as follows: • ENodes can log out from the Brocade FCoE hardware using FIP. The Brocade FCoE hardware in the fabric updates the MAC address, WWN...
Page 33 - Logincfg; FC zoning
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 11 53-1001761-01 FCoE Initialization Protocol 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Logincfg The Brocade FCoE hardware logincfg mechanism operates as follows: • The logincfg is the mechanism for controlling ENode logins per Brocade FCoE hardware. Each unit o...
Page 34 - Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); FCoE queuing
12 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 FCoE queuing 1 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • ENodes can access all FC devices with no zoning—ENodes can access all FC devices in the fabric when cfgdisable is issued and Default Zone is set to All Access Mode. • Field replacement—Whe...
Page 35 - Using the CEE CLI; CEE Command Line Interface
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 13 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 2 Using the CEE CLI In this chapter • Management Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 • CEE Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 36 - Saving your configuration changes; Saving configuration changes with the copy command; CEE CLI RBAC permissions; TABLE 2
14 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 CEE Command Line Interface 2 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE The CEE configuration is not affected by configUpload and configDownload commands entered in the Fabric OS shell. Saving your configuration changes Any configuration chang...
Page 37 - Accessing the CEE CLI through the console or Telnet; Accessing the CEE CLI from the Fabric OS shell; CEE CLI command modes; FIGURE 2
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 15 53-1001761-01 CEE Command Line Interface 2 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Accessing the CEE CLI through the console or Telnet NOTE While this example uses the admin role to log in to the switch, any role listed in the “CEE CLI RBAC permissions” secti...
Page 39 - TABLE 3; TABLE 4
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 17 53-1001761-01 CEE Command Line Interface 2 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE Pressing Ctrl+Z or entering the end command in any mode returns you to Privileged EXEC mode. Entering exit in any mode returns you to the previous mode. CEE CLI keyboard s...
Page 40 - Using the do command as a shortcut; Displaying CEE CLI commands and command syntax
18 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 CEE Command Line Interface 2 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Using the do command as a shortcut You can use the do command to save time when you are working in any configuration mode and you want to run a command in the EXEC or Privilege...
Page 41 - CEE CLI command completion; TABLE 5
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 19 53-1001761-01 CEE Command Line Interface 2 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL The CEE CLI accepts abbreviations for commands. This example is the abbreviation for the show qos interface all command. switch# sh q i a If the switch does not recognize a com...
Page 43 - Standard CEE Integrations and Configurations; SAN Integration
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 21 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 3 Standard CEE Integrations and Configurations In this chapter • Overview of standard CEE integrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 • SAN Integration . . . . . . . ....
Page 44 - Integrating a Brocade 8000 switch on a SAN; CEE and LAN integration
22 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 CEE and LAN integration 3 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL FCoE devices log in to one of the six FCoE ports on the Brocade 8000 switch. The FCoE ports provide FC services to FCoE initiators and enable bridging between FCoE initiators and ...
Page 45 - FIGURE 3; About CEE map attributes
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 23 53-1001761-01 CEE and LAN integration 3 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Figure 3 illustrates a representative data center LAN with Brocade FCoE hardware. The information and procedures that follow outline the configuration process for introducing the ...
Page 46 - Creating the CEE map
24 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 CEE and LAN integration 3 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Which traffic type needs lossless behavior. Brocade uses CEE Maps to simplify the configuration of QoS and flow control. Users assign different priorities to different traffic t...
Page 47 - FIGURE 4; Configuring DCBX
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 25 53-1001761-01 CEE and LAN integration 3 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Bandwidth requirements for each PGID are then chosen. The administrator decides to give IP traffic 60 percent of the schedule and FCoE traffic 40 percent. Finally, since FCoE traf...
Page 48 - Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol
26 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 CEE and LAN integration 3 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL To configure the TLVs for DCBX, perform the following steps in global configuration mode. 1. Set the protocol type to LLDP. switch(config)# protocol lldp 2. Activate the protocol....
Page 49 - Configuring the CEE Interfaces
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 27 53-1001761-01 CEE and LAN integration 3 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL In the sample network shown in Figure 5, there are three VLANs: VLAN 100, VLAN 10, and VLAN 20. VLAN 10 and 20 are used to isolate the L2 traffic from the two server groups. These...
Page 51 - Server connections to the Brocade 8000 switch; FIGURE 5; Fibre Channel configuration for the CNA; Minimum CEE configuration to allow FCoE traffic flow
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 29 53-1001761-01 Server connections to the Brocade 8000 switch 3 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Server connections to the Brocade 8000 switch Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) support FCoE and Ethernet LAN communication over the same cable from the serv...
Page 53 - Configuring VLANs Using the CEE CLI; Ingress VLAN filtering
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 31 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 4 Configuring VLANs Using the CEE CLI In this chapter • VLAN overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 • Ingress VLAN filtering ....
Page 54 - FIGURE 6
32 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Ingress VLAN filtering 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Admit VLAN tagged and untagged frames—All tagged and untagged frames would be processed as follows: - All untagged frames are classified into native VLANs. - All frames egressing...
Page 55 - VLAN configuration guidelines and restrictions; TABLE 6
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 33 53-1001761-01 VLAN configuration guidelines and restrictions 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Additionally, there are important facts you should know about the VLAN FDB: • The VLAN FDB contains information that helps determine the forwarding of an ar...
Page 56 - VLAN configuration and management; Enabling and disabling an interface port; Configuring the MTU on an interface port
34 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 VLAN configuration and management 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL VLAN configuration and management NOTE To see the minimum configuration required to enable FCoE on Brocade FCoE hardware, refer to “Minimum CEE configuration to allow FC...
Page 57 - Creating a VLAN interface; Enabling STP on a VLAN; Disabling STP on a VLAN
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 35 53-1001761-01 VLAN configuration and management 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Example of setting the MTU value to 4200. switch(conf-if-te-0/1)# mtu 4200 Creating a VLAN interface On Brocade FCoE hardware, VLANs are treated as interfaces from a con...
Page 58 - Configuring a VLAN interface to forward FCoE traffic; Configuring an interface port as a Layer 2 switch port; Configuring an interface port as an access interface
36 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 VLAN configuration and management 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Example of selecting the VLAN interface number “55”. switch(config)# interface vlan 55 3. Enter the spanning-tree shutdown command to disable spanning tree on VLAN 1002....
Page 59 - Configuring an interface port as a trunk interface; Disabling a VLAN on a trunk interface
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 37 53-1001761-01 VLAN configuration and management 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter the interface command to specify the CEE interface type and slot/port number. Examp...
Page 60 - Configuring an interface port as a converged interface; Disabling a VLAN on a converged interface; Configuring protocol-based VLAN classifier rules
38 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Configuring protocol-based VLAN classifier rules 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 4. Enter the switchport command to place the CEE interface into trunk mode. switch(conf-if-te-0/10)# switchport mode trunk none Configuring an interface p...
Page 61 - Configuring a VLAN classifier rule; Configuring MAC address-based VLAN classifier rules
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 39 53-1001761-01 Configuring protocol-based VLAN classifier rules 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE Multiple VLAN classifier rules can be applied per interface provided the resulting VLAN IDs are unique for the different rules. 802.1Q protocol-based...
Page 62 - Creating a VLAN classifier group and adding rules; Activating a VLAN classifier group with an interface port; Clearing VLAN counter statistics; Displaying VLAN information
40 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Configuring protocol-based VLAN classifier rules 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Creating a VLAN classifier group and adding rules VLAN classifier groups (1 through 16) can contain any number of VLAN classifier rules. To configure a VL...
Page 63 - Configuring the MAC address table; Specifying or disabling the aging time for MAC addresses; Adding static addresses to the MAC address table
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 41 53-1001761-01 Configuring the MAC address table 4 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Configuring the MAC address table Each CEE port has a MAC address table. The MAC address table stores a number of unicast and multicast address entries without flooding ...
Page 65 - Configuring STP, RSTP, and MSTP using the CEE CLI
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 43 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 5 Configuring STP, RSTP, and MSTP using the CEE CLI In this chapter • STP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 • RSTP over...
Page 66 - Configuring STP on Brocade FCoE hardware
44 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 STP overview 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Disabled—The interface is not participating in spanning tree because of a shutdown port, no link on the port, or no spanning tree instance running on the port. A port participating in span...
Page 67 - RSTP overview; TABLE 7
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 45 53-1001761-01 RSTP overview 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 6. Enable the guard root feature with the spanning-tree guard root command. The guard root feature provides a way to enforce the root bridge placement in the network. For detailed informati...
Page 68 - Configuring RSTP on Brocade FCoE hardware
46 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 RSTP overview 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL With RSTP, the port roles for the new interface states are also different. RSTP differentiates explicitly between the state of the port and the role it plays in the topology. RSTP uses the ...
Page 69 - MSTP overview
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 47 53-1001761-01 MSTP overview 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 10. Configure the bridge hello time value. For details, see “Specifying the bridge hello time (STP and RSTP)” on page 54. switch(conf-stp)# hello-time 5 11. Flush the MAC addresses from the...
Page 70 - Configuring MSTP on Brocade FCoE hardware
48 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 MSTP overview 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL spanning tree instances. With MSTP you can have multiple forwarding paths for data traffic. A failure in one instance does not affect other instances. With MSTP, you are able to more effect...
Page 71 - STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration guidelines and restrictions
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 49 53-1001761-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration guidelines and restrictions 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 5. Map a VLAN to an MSTP instance using the instance command. For more details see “Mapping a VLAN to an MSTP instance” on page 55. switch(co...
Page 72 - Default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration; TABLE 8; TABLE 9
50 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration Table 8 lists the default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration. Table 9 lists the switch defaults that apply only to MSTP ...
Page 73 - STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management; Shutting down STP, RSTP, or MSTP globally
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 51 53-1001761-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management NOTE To see the minimum configuration required to enable FCoE on the Brocade 8000 switch, refer to “Minim...
Page 74 - Specifying the bridge priority; Specifying the bridge forward delay
52 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Specifying the bridge priority In any mode (STP, RSTP, or MSTP), use this command to specify the priority of the switch. After you decide on the root swit...
Page 75 - Specifying the bridge maximum aging time; Enabling the error disable timeout timer; Specifying the error disable timeout interval
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53 53-1001761-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Specifying the bridge maximum aging time In any mode (STP, RSTP, or MSTP), use this command to control the maximum length of time that passes before an in...
Page 76 - Specifying the port-channel path cost; Specifying the bridge hello time (STP and RSTP); Specifying the transmit hold count (RSTP and MSTP)
54 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Specifying the port-channel path cost In any mode (STP, RSTP, or MSTP), use this command to specify the port-channel path cost. The default port cost is s...
Page 77 - Mapping a VLAN to an MSTP instance
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 55 53-1001761-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Enabling Cisco interoperability (MSTP) In MSTP mode, use this command to enable or disable the ability of the Brocade FCoE hardware to interoperate with c...
Page 78 - Specifying a name for an MSTP region; Specifying a revision number for an MSTP configuration
56 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Specifying the maximum number of hops for a BPDU (MSTP) In MSTP mode, use this command to configure the maximum number of hops for a BPDU in an MSTP regio...
Page 79 - Clearing spanning tree counters; Clearing spanning tree-detected protocols
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 57 53-1001761-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Flushing MAC addresses (RSTP and MSTP) For RSTP and MSTP, use this command to flush the MAC addresses from the VLAN filtering database (FDB). The VLAN FDB...
Page 80 - Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports; Enabling automatic edge detection; Configuring the path cost
58 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL To restart the protocol migration process, perform the following tasks from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the appropriate form of the clear command ...
Page 81 - Enabling a port (interface) as an edge port; Enabling the guard root
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 59 53-1001761-01 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL To configure the path cost for spanning tree calculations on the CEE interface, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the c...
Page 82 - Specifying the MSTP hello time; Specifying restrictions for an MSTP instance
60 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Guard root protects the root bridge from malicious attacks and unintentional misconfigurations where a bridge device that is not intended to be the r...
Page 83 - Specifying a link type; Specifying the port priority
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 61 53-1001761-01 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 4. Enter the spanning-tree command to specify the restrictions for an MSTP instance on a CEE interface. switch(conf-if-te-0/1)# spanning-tree instanc...
Page 84 - Restricting the port from becoming a root port; Restricting the topology change notification; Enabling spanning tree
62 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL To specify the port priority on the CEE interface, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to ...
Page 85 - Disabling spanning tree
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 63 53-1001761-01 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 5 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL To enable spanning tree on the CEE interface, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to acces...
Page 87 - Configuring Link Aggregation using the CEE CLI; Link Aggregation Group configuration
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 65 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 6 Configuring Link Aggregation using the CEE CLI In this chapter • Link aggregation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 • LACP configuration gu...
Page 89 - FIGURE 7
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 67 53-1001761-01 Link aggregation overview 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL The Brocade 8000 switch interoperates with all of the major Layer 2/Layer 3 aggregation routers including Foundry Networks, Cisco Systems, and Force10 Networks. FIGURE 7 Configu...
Page 90 - Link Aggregation Control Protocol; LAG distribution process
68 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Link aggregation overview 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Link Aggregation Control Protocol Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is an IEEE 802.3ad standards-based protocol that allows two partner systems to dynamically negotiate a...
Page 91 - LACP configuration guidelines and restrictions; LACP configuration and management; Enabling LACP on a CEE interface
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 69 53-1001761-01 LACP configuration guidelines and restrictions 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL LACP configuration guidelines and restrictions This section applies to standards-based and Brocade-proprietary LAG configurations except where specifically ...
Page 92 - Configuring the LACP system priority; Configuring the LACP timeout period on a CEE interface; Clearing LACP counter statistics on a LAG
70 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 LACP configuration and management 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 3. Enter the no shutdown command to enable the CEE interface. 4. Enter the channel-group command to configure the LACP for the CEE interface. Example switch(conf-if)# ch...
Page 93 - Clearing LACP counter statistics on all LAG groups; Displaying LACP information; LACP troubleshooting tips
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 71 53-1001761-01 LACP troubleshooting tips 6 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Clearing LACP counter statistics on all LAG groups To clear LACP counter statistics, perform the following task from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the clear command to clear th...
Page 95 - Configuring LLDP using the CEE CLI
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 73 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 7 Configuring LLDP using the CEE CLI In this chapter • LLDP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 • Layer 2 topology mapping ...
Page 96 - Layer 2 topology mapping
74 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Layer 2 topology mapping 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Layer 2 topology mapping The LLDP protocol lets network management systems accurately discover and model Layer 2 network topologies. As LLDP devices transmit and receive advertis...
Page 98 - DCBX overview
76 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 DCBX overview 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL DCBX overview Storage traffic requires a lossless communication which is provided by CEE. The Data Center Bridging (DCB) Capability Exchange Protocol (DCBX) is used to exchange CEE-related ...
Page 99 - DCBX interaction with other vendor devices; LLDP configuration guidelines and restrictions
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 77 53-1001761-01 DCBX interaction with other vendor devices 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Priority Flow Control (PFC) With PFC, it is important to provide lossless frame delivery for certain traffic classes while maintaining existing LAN behavior for...
Page 100 - Default LLDP configuration; LLDP configuration and management; Enabling LLDP globally; Disabling and resetting LLDP globally
78 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Default LLDP configuration 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Default LLDP configuration Table 13 lists the default LLDP configuration. LLDP configuration and management NOTE You need to enter either the copy running-config startup-config...
Page 101 - Configuring LLDP global command options; Specifying a system name for the Brocade FCoE hardware; Specifying a user description for LLDP
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 79 53-1001761-01 LLDP configuration and management 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Configuring LLDP global command options After entering the protocol lldp command from global configuration mode, you are in LLDP configuration mode which is designated w...
Page 102 - Configuring the transmit frequency of LLDP frames
80 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 LLDP configuration and management 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Example switch(conf-lldp)# description Brocade-LLDP-installed-july-25 Enabling and disabling the receiving and transmitting of LLDP frames By default both transmit and r...
Page 103 - Configuring the advertisement of LLDP DCBX -related TLVs; Configuring FCoE priority bits
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 81 53-1001761-01 LLDP configuration and management 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter LLDP configuration mode. switch(config)# protocol lldp 3. Advertise the optional LL...
Page 105 - Configuring LLDP interface-level command options; Clearing LLDP-related information
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 83 53-1001761-01 LLDP configuration and management 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Configuring LLDP interface-level command options Only one LLDP profile can be assigned to an interface. If you do not use the lldp profile option at the interface level,...
Page 106 - Displaying LLDP-related information
84 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 LLDP configuration and management 7 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Displaying LLDP-related information To display LLDP-related information, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Use the show lldp neighbors command to...
Page 107 - Configuring ACLs using the CEE CLI
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 85 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 8 Configuring ACLs using the CEE CLI In this chapter • ACL overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 • Default ACL configuratio...
Page 108 - Default ACL configuration; Creating a standard MAC ACL and adding rules
86 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Default ACL configuration 8 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • VLANs Default ACL configuration Table 14 lists the default ACL configuration. ACL configuration guidelines and restrictions Follow these ACL configuration guidelines and restr...
Page 109 - Creating an extended MAC ACL and adding rules; Modifying MAC ACL rules
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 87 53-1001761-01 ACL configuration and management 8 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 3. Enter the deny command to create a rule in the MAC ACL to drop traffic with the source MAC address. switch(conf-macl-std)# deny 0022.3333.4444 count 4. Enter the permi...
Page 110 - Removing a MAC ACL; Reordering the sequence numbers in a MAC ACL
88 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 ACL configuration and management 8 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Use a sequence number to specify the rule you wish to modify. Without a sequence number, a new rule is added to the end of the list, and the existing rule is unchanged. N...
Page 111 - Applying a MAC ACL to a CEE interface; Applying a MAC ACL to a VLAN interface
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 89 53-1001761-01 ACL configuration and management 8 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL To reorder the rules in a MAC ACL, perform the following task from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the resequence command to assign sequence numbers to the rules contained...
Page 113 - Configuring QoS using the CEE CLI
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 91 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 9 Configuring QoS using the CEE CLI In this chapter • QoS overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 • Rewriting . . . . . . . ....
Page 114 - Rewriting; User-priority mapping; Default user-priority mappings for untrusted interfaces
92 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Rewriting 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL • Scheduling—When multiple queues are active and contending for output on a common physical port the scheduling algorithm selects the order the queues are serviced. Scheduling algorithms includ...
Page 115 - Configuring the QoS trust mode
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 93 53-1001761-01 Queueing 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Table 15 presents the Layer 2 QoS untrusted user priority generation table. NOTE Non-tagged Ethernet frames are interpreted as incoming CoS value of 0 (zero). You can override the default user-p...
Page 117 - Traffic class mapping
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 95 53-1001761-01 Queueing 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Creating a CoS-to-CoS mutation QoS map Perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode to create a CoS-to-CoS mutation. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch# configure terminal 2. Cr...
Page 120 - Congestion control; Tail drop
98 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Congestion control 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Verifying a mapping CoS-to-Traffic-Class Perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode to verify a CoS-to-Traffic-Class mapping. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch# con...
Page 121 - FIGURE 9; Changing the Tail Drop threshold
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 99 53-1001761-01 Congestion control 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL consume the full buffer memory. Thresholds can also be used to bound the maximum queueing delay for each traffic class. Additionally if the sum of the thresholds for a port is set belo...
Page 122 - Ethernet pause; Enabling Ethernet Pause
100 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Congestion control 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL switch# copy running-config startup-config Ethernet pause Ethernet Pause is an IEEE 802.3 standard mechanism for back pressuring a neighboring device. Pause messages are sent by utili...
Page 123 - Ethernet Priority Flow Control; Enabling an Ethernet PFC; Multicast rate limiting
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 101 53-1001761-01 Multicast rate limiting 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Ethernet Priority Flow Control Ethernet Priority Flow Control (PFC) is a basic extension of the Ethernet Pause. The Pause MAC control message is extended with eight 2-byte pause ...
Page 124 - Creating a receive queue multicast rate-limit; Scheduling; Strict priority scheduling
102 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Scheduling 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Multicast rate limit is applied to the output of each multicast receive queue. Rate limits apply equally to ingress receive queueing (first level expansion) and egress receive queueing (secon...
Page 125 - Deficit weighted round robin scheduling; Traffic class scheduling policy
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 103 53-1001761-01 Scheduling 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Figure 10 describes the frame scheduling order for an SP scheduler servicing two SP queues. The higher numbered queue, SP2, has a higher priority. FIGURE 10 Strict priority schedule — two que...
Page 126 - Scheduling the QoS queue
104 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Scheduling 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Figure 12 shows that extending the frame scheduler to a hybrid SP+WRR system is fairly straightforward. All SP queues are considered strictly higher priority than WRR so they are serviced fir...
Page 127 - Multicast queue scheduling; Scheduling the QoS multicast queue
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 105 53-1001761-01 Scheduling 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Multicast queue scheduling The multicast traffic classes are numbered from 0 to 3; higher numbered traffic classes are considered higher priority. A fixed mapping from multicast traffic class...
Page 128 - Converged Enhanced Ethernet map configuration
106 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Converged Enhanced Ethernet map configuration 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Converged Enhanced Ethernet map configuration The CEE QoS covers frame classification, priority and traffic class (queue) mapping, congestion control, and s...
Page 129 - Creating a CEE map; Defining a priority group table
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 107 53-1001761-01 Converged Enhanced Ethernet map configuration 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL CEE Priority Table defines each CoS mapping to Priority Group, and completes PFC configuration. There are eight rows in the CEE Priority Table. Table 22 det...
Page 130 - Defining a priority-table map
108 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Converged Enhanced Ethernet map configuration 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Example of defining a CEE map with a Priority Group Table. switch:admin> cmsh switch> enable switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, ...
Page 132 - Verifying the CEE maps
110 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Converged Enhanced Ethernet map configuration 9 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Applying a CEE provisioning map to an interface Perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode apply a CEE provisioning map. 1. Enter global configur...
Page 133 - x configuration guidelines and restrictions
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 111 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 10 Configuring 802.1x Port Authentication In this chapter • 802.1x protocol overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 • 802.1x configuration guidel...
Page 134 - x authentication configuration tasks; Interface-specific administrative tasks for 802.1x; Configuring 802.1x on specific interface ports
112 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 802.1x authentication configuration tasks 10 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 802.1x authentication configuration tasks The tasks in this section describe the common 802.1x operations that you will need to perform. For a complete descrip...
Page 136 - Disabling 802.1x on specific interface ports
114 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Interface-specific administrative tasks for 802.1x 10 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Disabling 802.1x on specific interface ports To disable 802.1x authentication on a specific interface port, perform the following steps from Privilege...
Page 137 - Configuring IGMP; Active IGMP snooping
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 115 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 11 Configuring IGMP In this chapter • About IGMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 • Configuring IGMP . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 138 - Multicast routing
116 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Configuring IGMP 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Multicast routing Multicast routers use IGMP to learn which groups have members on each of their attached physical networks. A multicast router keeps a list of multicast group membersh...
Page 139 - Configuring IGMP snooping querier; Monitoring IGMP
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 117 53-1001761-01 Configuring IGMP snooping querier 11 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Configuring IGMP snooping querier If your multicast traffic is not routed because Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) and IGMP are not configured, use the IGMP snoopi...
Page 141 - Configuring RMON using the CEE CLI; Default RMON configuration
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 119 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 12 Configuring RMON using the CEE CLI In this chapter • RMON overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 • RMON configuration and man...
Page 142 - Configuring RMON events
120 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 RMON configuration and management 12 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 2. Configure the RMON alarms. Example of an alarm that tests every sample for a rising threshold switch(config)# rmon alarm 5 1.3.6.1.2.1.16.1.1.1.5.65535 interval 30 ...
Page 146 - Managing and displaying the FCoE configuration; Enabling or disabling an FCoE port; Configuring FIP multicast advertisement intervals
124 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Managing and displaying the FCoE configuration 13 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Managing and displaying the FCoE configuration FCoE technology bridges the boundary between the SAN and LAN sections of your network. FCoE configuration t...
Page 147 - Clearing logins; Displaying FCoE configuration-related information; Managing and displaying the FCoE login configuration
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 125 53-1001761-01 Managing and displaying the FCoE login configuration 13 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Perform the following task to configure FIP multicast advertisement intervals. Clearing logins Perform the following task to clear logins. Displayin...
Page 148 - Cleaning up login groups and VN_port mappings
126 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Managing and displaying the FCoE login configuration 13 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Perform one of the following tasks to toggle the availability of FCoE login configuration management. Displaying or aborting the current configurati...
Page 149 - Displaying the FCoE login configuration; Creating and managing the FCoE login group configuration; Creating an FCoE login group
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 127 53-1001761-01 Creating and managing the FCoE login group configuration 13 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Displaying the FCoE login configuration Perform the following tasks to display the FCoE login configuration. Saving the current FCoE configurati...
Page 150 - Modifying the FCoE login group device list
128 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Creating and managing the FCoE login group configuration 13 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Perform the following task to create an FCoE login group. Modifying the FCoE login group device list Perform the following tasks to add or remov...
Page 151 - Renaming an FCoE login group
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 129 53-1001761-01 Creating and managing the FCoE login group configuration 13 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Renaming an FCoE login group Perform the following task to rename an FCoE login group. Task Command Rename an FCoE login group. Syntax is as fol...
Page 153 - CEE configuration management
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 131 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Chapter 14 CEE configuration management In this chapter • CEE configuration management guidelines and restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . 131 • CEE configuration management tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 154 - Display the running configuration file; Saving the running configuration file; Erasing the startup configuration file.; Archiving the running configuration file
132 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 CEE configuration management tasks 14 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Display the running configuration file To display the running configuration, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal co...
Page 155 - Restore an archived running configuration file; Restore a startup configuration file from Flash
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 133 53-1001761-01 CEE configuration management tasks 14 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter the copy command to archive the running configuration file. switch# copy running...
Page 156 - CEE configuration management commands; Flash file management commands
134 Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1001761-01 Flash file management commands 14 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL switch# copy flash://config_filename startup-config CEE configuration management commands Table 23 lists the common CEE configuration management commands. Flash file mana...
Page 157 - Debugging and logging commands
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 135 53-1001761-01 Debugging and logging commands 14 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Debugging and logging commands Table 25 describes the tasks related to debugging and logging commands on the Brocade 8000 switch. The Converged Enhanced Ethernet Command ...
Page 159 - Symbols
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 137 53-1001761-01 DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Index Symbols Numerics 8000 CEE switch congestion control and queuing , 6 flow control , 8 Layer 2 Ethernet , 3 Layer 2 forwarding , 3 loop-free , 5 tagging , 4 trunking , 8 802.1x LAG , 111 overview , 11...
