Page 3 - Contents
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide iii 53-1002116-01 Contents About This Document In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Sup...
Page 11 - Figures
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide xi 53-1002116-01 Figures Figure 1 Multiple switch fabric configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Figure 2 CEE CLI command mode hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 13 - Tables
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide xiii 53-1002116-01 Tables Table 1 FCoE terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Table 2 CEE RBAC permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 15 - In this chapter
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide xv 53-1002116-01 About This Document In this chapter • How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv • Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 16 - Supported hardware and software; Text formatting
xvi Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 • Chapter 13, “Configuring Port Mirroring using the CEE CLI,” describes how to configure Port Mirroring. • Chapter 14, “Configuring RMON using the CEE CLI,” describes how to configure remote monitoring (RMON). • Chapter 15, “Co...
Page 17 - Command syntax conventions
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide xvii 53-1002116-01 For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifica...
Page 18 - Notice to the reader; Getting technical help; Contacting Dell
xviii Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 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 references are made for info...
Page 19 - Chapter; Introducing FCoE; FCoE overview
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 1 53-1002116-01 Chapter 1 Introducing FCoE In this chapter • FCoE terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 • FCoE overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 20 - FCoE hardware
2 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 FCoE overview 1 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 environments. FC standards allow f...
Page 21 - Layer 2 Ethernet overview; Layer 2 forwarding
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 3 53-1002116-01 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 Layer 2 Ethernet overview The Dell FCoE hardware contain CEE ports that support FCoE forwarding. The CEE ports are also backwards compatible and support classic Layer 2 Ethernet networks (see Figure 1 ...
Page 22 - VLAN tagging
4 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 The Dell 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 port. • When the destinati...
Page 23 - Loop-free network environment
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 5 53-1002116-01 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 Loop-free network environment The Dell FCoE hardware uses the following protocols to maintain a loop-free network environment: • 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)—STP is required to create a loop-fre...
Page 24 - Congestion control and queuing
6 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 Congestion control and queuing The Dell FCoE hardware supports several congestion control and queuing strategies. As an output queue approaches congestion, Random Early Detection (RED) is used to selec...
Page 25 - Access control; Access Gateway
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 7 53-1002116-01 Layer 2 Ethernet overview 1 - 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 from all ports is switc...
Page 26 - Trunking; Flow Control; FCoE Initialization Protocol; FIP discovery
8 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 FCoE Initialization Protocol 1 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 one single link or port, ...
Page 27 - FIP login
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 9 53-1002116-01 FCoE Initialization Protocol 1 The Dell FCoE hardware FIP discovery phase operates as follows: • The Dell FCoE hardware uses the FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP). Enodes discover FCFs and initialize the FCoE connection through ...
Page 28 - FIP logout; FCoE login; FCoE logout
10 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 FCoE Initialization Protocol 1 FIP logout FIP logout operates as follows: • ENodes can log out from the Dell FCoE hardware using FIP. The Dell FCoE hardware in the fabric updates the MAC address, WWN, and PID mappings upon logou...
Page 29 - Logincfg; Name server; FC zoning
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 11 53-1002116-01 FCoE Initialization Protocol 1 Logincfg The Dell FCoE hardware logincfg mechanism operates as follows: • The logincfg is the mechanism for controlling ENode logins per Dell FCoE hardware. Each unit of Dell FCoE hardware maintain...
Page 30 - Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); FCoE queuing
12 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 FCoE queuing 1 • 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—When a Dell FCoE hardware ...
Page 31 - Using the CEE CLI; CEE Command Line Interface
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 13 53-1002116-01 Chapter 2 Using the CEE CLI In this chapter • Management Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 • CEE Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 32 - Saving your configuration changes; Saving configuration changes with the copy command; CEE CLI RBAC permissions
14 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 CEE Command Line Interface 2 NOTE The CEE configuration is not affected by configUpload and configDownload commands entered in the Fabric OS shell. Saving your configuration changes Any configuration changes made to the switch a...
Page 33 - Accessing the CEE CLI through the console or Telnet; Accessing the CEE CLI from the Fabric OS shell; CEE CLI command modes
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 15 53-1002116-01 CEE Command Line Interface 2 Accessing the CEE CLI through the console or Telnet NOTE While this example uses the UserID role to log in to the switch, any role listed in the “CEE CLI RBAC permissions” section can be used. The pr...
Page 36 - Using the do command as a shortcut; Displaying CEE CLI commands and command syntax
18 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 CEE Command Line Interface 2 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 Privileged EXEC mode. For exampl...
Page 37 - CEE CLI command completion
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 19 53-1002116-01 CEE Command Line Interface 2 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 command after Enter is pre...
Page 38 - Internal and external 10 Gbps Ethernet interfaces syntax
20 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Internal and external 10 Gbps Ethernet interfaces syntax 2 Internal and external 10 Gbps Ethernet interfaces syntax Fabric OS v6.3.1_cee uses two separate interface operands to refer to internal and external 10Gbps Ethernet port...
Page 39 - Initial FCoE and CEE Configuration; Configuring the FCoE interfaces
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 21 53-1002116-01 Chapter 3 Initial FCoE and CEE Configuration In this chapter • Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 • Configuring the FCoE interfaces . . . . . ....
Page 40 - Configuring FCoE VLAN
22 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Configuring the FCoE interfaces 3 Only a single FCoE map is allowed, which is created automatically with the name “default.” You are not be able to delete or rename this map. By default, if there are no other conflicting configu...
Page 41 - Assigning FCoE map on to an interface; Configuring the CEE interfaces
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 23 53-1002116-01 Configuring the CEE interfaces 3 Assigning FCoE map on to an interface The FCoE map cannot be edited, if it is associated to any interfaces. The FCoE map can be applied, irrespective of whether the interface is in ‘switchport’ o...
Page 42 - Configuring DCBX
24 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Configuring DCBX 3 To configure the CEE interfaces, perform the following steps in global configuration mode. 1. Assign VLANs to the uplink Ethernet port. NOTE You must repeat this step for all uplink interfaces. For details, se...
Page 43 - Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol; Configuring VLAN membership
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 25 53-1002116-01 Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol 3 2. Activate the protocol. switch(conf-lldp)# no disable 3. Activate the TLV formats using the advertise command in Protocol LLDP Configuration Mode. switch(conf-lldp)# advertise dcbx-fcoe-app...
Page 44 - Configuring protect mode
26 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Configuring protect mode 3 To configure VLAN membership, perform the following steps in global configuration mode. 1. Create the VLAN interfaces on the Dell FCoE hardware using the CEE CLI. For details, see “Creating a VLAN inte...
Page 45 - Configuring IP static routes
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 27 53-1002116-01 Chapter 4 Configuring IP static routes In this chapter • IP static routes overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 • Configuring IP static routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 47 - Recursive IP static routes
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 29 53-1002116-01 Configuring IP static routes 4 Recursive IP static routes In a recursive IP static route, only the next hop is specified. The output interface is derived from the next hop. A recursive IP static route is valid (that is, it is a ...
Page 49 - Configuring VLANs Using the CEE CLI; Ingress VLAN filtering
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 31 53-1002116-01 Chapter 5 Configuring VLANs Using the CEE CLI In this chapter • VLAN overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 • Ingress VLAN filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 51 - VLAN configuration guidelines and restrictions
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 33 53-1002116-01 VLAN configuration guidelines and restrictions 5 Additionally, there are important facts you should know about the VLAN FDB: • The VLAN FDB contains information that helps determine the forwarding of an arriving frame based on M...
Page 52 - VLAN configuration and management; Enabling and disabling an interface port; Configuring the MTU on an interface port
34 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 VLAN configuration and management 5 VLAN configuration and management NOTE To see the minimum configuration required to enable FCoE on Dell FCoE hardware, refer to Chapter 3, “Initial FCoE and CEE Configuration” . NOTE You need ...
Page 53 - Creating a VLAN interface; Enabling STP on a VLAN; Disabling STP on a VLAN
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 35 53-1002116-01 VLAN configuration and management 5 Creating a VLAN interface On Dell FCoE hardware, VLANs are treated as interfaces from a configuration point of view. By default all the CEE ports are assigned to VLAN 1 (VLAN ID equals 1). The...
Page 54 - 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 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 VLAN configuration and management 5 Configuring a VLAN interface to forward FCoE traffic An FCoE Forwarder (FCF) is an FCoE device that supports FCoE VF_ports. It is the equivalent of an FC switch. A VLAN can be made FCF-capable...
Page 55 - Configuring an interface port as a trunk interface; Disabling a VLAN on a trunk interface; Configuring an interface port as a converged interface
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 37 53-1002116-01 VLAN configuration and management 5 Configuring an interface port as a trunk interface Each CEE interface port supports admission policies based on whether the frames are untagged or tagged. Trunk mode admits only VLAN-tagged fr...
Page 56 - Disabling a VLAN on a converged interface; Configuring protocol-based VLAN classifier rules
38 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Configuring protocol-based VLAN classifier rules 5 To configure the interface as converged interface, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration ...
Page 57 - Configuring a VLAN classifier rule; Configuring MAC address-based VLAN classifier rules; Creating a VLAN classifier group and adding rules
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 39 53-1002116-01 Configuring protocol-based VLAN classifier rules 5 • FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) • IP version 6 (IPv6) NOTE For complete information on all available VLAN classifier rule options, see the Converged Enhanced Ethernet Comma...
Page 58 - Activating a VLAN classifier group with an interface port; Clearing VLAN counter statistics; Displaying VLAN information; Configuring the MAC address table
40 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Configuring the MAC address table 5 Activating a VLAN classifier group with an interface port To associate a VLAN classifier group with an interface port, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the confi...
Page 59 - Specifying or disabling the aging time for MAC addresses; Adding static addresses to the MAC address table
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 41 53-1002116-01 Configuring the MAC address table 5 Specifying or disabling the aging time for MAC addresses You can set the length of time that a dynamic entry remains in the MAC address table after the entry is used or updated. Static address...
Page 61 - Configuring STP, RSTP, and MSTP using the CEE CLI
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 43 53-1002116-01 Chapter 6 Configuring STP, RSTP, and MSTP using the CEE CLI In this chapter • STP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 • RSTP overview . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 62 - Configuring STP on Dell FCoE hardware
44 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 STP overview 6 • 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 spanning tree moves through...
Page 63 - RSTP overview
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 45 53-1002116-01 RSTP overview 6 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 information, refer to “Enabling ...
Page 64 - Configuring RSTP on Dell FCoE hardware
46 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 RSTP overview 6 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 root port and designate...
Page 65 - MSTP overview
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 47 53-1002116-01 MSTP overview 6 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 VLAN FDB. For details,...
Page 66 - Configuring MSTP on Dell FCoE hardware
48 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 MSTP overview 6 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 effectively utilize the physi...
Page 67 - STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration guidelines and restrictions
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 49 53-1002116-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration guidelines and restrictions 6 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(conf-mstp)# instance 1 vl...
Page 68 - Default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration
50 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration 6 Default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration Table 9 lists the default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration. Table 10 lists the switch defaults that apply only to MSTP configurations. Table ...
Page 69 - STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management; Shutting down STP, RSTP, or MSTP globally
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 51 53-1002116-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 6 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management NOTE To see the minimum configuration required to enable FCoE on the Dell M8428-k switch, refer to Chapter 3, “Initial FCoE and ...
Page 70 - Specifying the bridge priority; Specifying the bridge forward delay
52 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 6 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 switch, set the appropriate...
Page 71 - Specifying the bridge maximum aging time; Enabling the error disable timeout timer; Specifying the error disable timeout interval
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53 53-1002116-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 6 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 interface saves its Bridg...
Page 72 - Specifying the port-channel path cost; Specifying the bridge hello time (STP and RSTP); Specifying the transmit hold count (RSTP and MSTP)
54 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 6 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 standard. The path cost ...
Page 73 - Mapping a VLAN to an MSTP instance
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 55 53-1002116-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 6 Enabling Cisco interoperability (MSTP) In MSTP mode, use this command to enable or disable the ability of the Dell FCoE hardware to interoperate with certain legacy Cisco switch...
Page 74 - Specifying a name for an MSTP region; Specifying a revision number for an MSTP configuration
56 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 6 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 region. Specifying the maxim...
Page 75 - Clearing spanning tree counters; Clearing spanning tree-detected protocols
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 57 53-1002116-01 STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration and management 6 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 determines the forward...
Page 76 - Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports; Enabling automatic edge detection; Configuring the path cost
58 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 6 To restart the protocol migration process, perform the following tasks from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the appropriate form of the clear command based on what you want ...
Page 77 - Enabling a port (interface) as an edge port; Enabling the guard root
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 59 53-1002116-01 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 6 To configure the path cost for spanning tree calculations on the CEE interface, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal comma...
Page 78 - Specifying the MSTP hello time; Specifying restrictions for an MSTP instance
60 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 6 Guard root protects the root bridge from malicious attacks and unintentional misconfigurations where a bridge device that is not intended to be the root bridge becomes the ...
Page 79 - Specifying a link type; Specifying the port priority
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 61 53-1002116-01 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 6 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 instance 5 cost 3550 restricte...
Page 80 - Restricting the port from becoming a root port; Restricting the topology change notification; Enabling spanning tree
62 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 6 To specify the port priority on the CEE interface, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configura...
Page 81 - Disabling spanning tree
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 63 53-1002116-01 Configuring STP, RSTP, or MSTP on CEE interface ports 6 To enable spanning tree on the CEE interface, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration ...
Page 83 - Configuring Link Aggregation using the CEE CLI; Link Aggregation Group configuration
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 65 53-1002116-01 Chapter 7 Configuring Link Aggregation using the CEE CLI In this chapter • Link aggregation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 • LACP configuration guidelines and restrictio...
Page 86 - Link Aggregation Control Protocol; LAG distribution process
68 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Link aggregation overview 7 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 attributes of physical l...
Page 87 - LACP configuration guidelines and restrictions; LACP configuration and management; Enabling LACP on a CEE interface
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 69 53-1002116-01 LACP configuration guidelines and restrictions 7 LACP configuration guidelines and restrictions This section applies to standards-based and Dell-proprietary LAG configurations except where specifically noted otherwise. Follow th...
Page 88 - Configuring the LACP system priority; Configuring minimum links feature
70 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 LACP configuration and management 7 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. switch(conf-if)# channel-group 4 mode active type ...
Page 89 - Configuring interface tracking; Clearing LACP counter statistics on a LAG
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 71 53-1002116-01 LACP configuration and management 7 2. Enter the port-channel sub-mode. switch(conf-if-te-0/1)# interface port-channel 63 3. Configure the minimum links. switch(conf-if-po-63)# minimum-links 3 Configuring interface tracking The ...
Page 90 - Clearing LACP counter statistics on all LAG groups; Displaying LACP information; LACP troubleshooting tips
72 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 LACP troubleshooting tips 7 Clearing LACP counter statistics on all LAG groups To clear LACP counter statistics, enter the clear command to clear the LACP counter statistics for all LAG groups. Example switch# clear lacp counter...
Page 93 - Configuring LLDP using the CEE CLI
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 75 53-1002116-01 Chapter 8 Configuring LLDP using the CEE CLI In this chapter • LLDP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 • Layer 2 topology mapping . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 94 - Layer 2 topology mapping
76 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Layer 2 topology mapping 8 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 advertisements, the devices sto...
Page 96 - DCBX overview
78 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 DCBX overview 8 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 parameters with neighbo...
Page 97 - DCBX interaction with other vendor devices; LLDP configuration guidelines and restrictions
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 79 53-1002116-01 DCBX interaction with other vendor devices 8 Priority Flow Control (PFC) With PFC, it is important to provide lossless frame delivery for certain traffic classes while maintaining existing LAN behavior for other traffic classes ...
Page 98 - Default LLDP configuration; LLDP configuration and management; Enabling LLDP globally; Disabling and resetting LLDP globally
80 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Default LLDP configuration 8 Default LLDP configuration Table 14 lists the default LLDP configuration. LLDP configuration and management NOTE You need to enter either the copy running-config startup-config command or the write m...
Page 99 - Configuring LLDP global command options; Specifying a system name for the Dell FCoE hardware; Specifying an LLDP system description for the Dell FCoE hardware; Specifying a user description for LLDP
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 81 53-1002116-01 LLDP configuration and management 8 Configuring LLDP global command options After entering the protocol lldp command from global configuration mode, you are in LLDP configuration mode which is designated with the switch(conf-lld...
Page 100 - Configuring the transmit frequency of LLDP frames
82 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 LLDP configuration and management 8 Enabling and disabling the receiving and transmitting of LLDP frames By default both transmit and receive for LLDP frames is enabled. To enable or disable the receiving (rx) and transmitting (...
Page 101 - Configuring the advertisement of LLDP DCBX -related TLVs; Configuring FCoE priority bits; Configuring LLDP profiles
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 83 53-1002116-01 LLDP configuration and management 8 3. Advertise the optional LLDP TLVs. switch(conf-lldp)# advertise optional-tlv [port-description |system-name | system-capabilities | system-description | management-address] Configuring the a...
Page 102 - Configuring LLDP interface-level command options
84 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 LLDP configuration and management 8 To configure LLDP profiles, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 2. Enter LLDP configuration mode...
Page 103 - Clearing LLDP-related information
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 85 53-1002116-01 LLDP configuration and management 8 2. Apply an LLDP profile to the interface. The following example applies the LLDP profile “network_standard” to the current interface. switch(conf-if-te-0/10)# lldp profile network_standard 3....
Page 105 - Configuring ACLs using the CEE CLI
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 87 53-1002116-01 Chapter 9 Configuring ACLs using the CEE CLI In this chapter • ACL overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 • Default ACL configuration . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 106 - Default ACL configuration; Creating a standard MAC ACL and adding rules
88 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Default ACL configuration 9 MAC ACLs are supported on the following interface types: • Physical interfaces • Logical interfaces (LAGs) • VLANs Default ACL configuration Table 15 lists the default ACL configuration. ACL configura...
Page 107 - Creating an extended MAC ACL and adding rules; Modifying MAC ACL rules
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 89 53-1002116-01 ACL configuration and management 9 In this example, the name of the standard MAC ACL is “test_01.” switch(config)# mac access-list standard test_01 switch(conf-macl-std)# 3. Enter the deny command to create a rule in the MAC ACL...
Page 108 - Removing a MAC ACL; Reordering the sequence numbers in a MAC ACL
90 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 ACL configuration and management 9 If you need to add more rules between existing rules than the current sequence numbering allows, you can use the resequence command to reassign sequence numbers. For detailed information, see “...
Page 109 - Applying a MAC ACL to a CEE interface; Applying a MAC ACL to a VLAN interface
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 91 53-1002116-01 ACL configuration and management 9 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 in the MAC ACL. switch...
Page 112 - Rewriting; User-priority mapping; Default user-priority mappings for untrusted interfaces
94 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Rewriting 10 • 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 include Strict Priority (SP)...
Page 113 - Configuring the QoS trust mode
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 95 53-1002116-01 Queueing 10 Table 16 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-priority mapping by app...
Page 114 - Configuring user-priority mappings
96 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Queueing 10 To configure the QoS trust mode, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch# configure terminal 2. Specify the 10-gigabit Ethernet interface. switch(config)# int...
Page 115 - Traffic class mapping; Unicast traffic
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 97 53-1002116-01 Queueing 10 Applying a CoS-to-CoS mutation QoS map To apply a CoS-to-CoS mutation QoS map, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch# configure terminal 2. Specify the 10-g...
Page 116 - Multicast traffic
98 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Queueing 10 You are allowed to override these default traffic class mappings per port. Once the traffic class mapping has been resolved it is applied consistently across any queueing incurred on the ingress and the egress ports....
Page 118 - Congestion control; Tail drop
100 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Congestion control 10 Congestion control Queues can begin filling up due to a number of reasons, such as over subscription of a link or backpressure from a downstream device. Sustained, large queue buildups generally indicate c...
Page 119 - Changing the Tail Drop threshold; Ethernet pause
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 101 53-1002116-01 Congestion control 10 Changing the Tail Drop threshold To change the Tail Drop threshold, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch# configure terminal 2. Change the Tail ...
Page 120 - Enabling Ethernet Pause; Ethernet Priority Flow Control; Enabling an Ethernet PFC
102 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Congestion control 10 Enabling Ethernet Pause To enable Ethernet Pause, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch# configure terminal 2. Specify the 10-gigabit Ethernet in...
Page 121 - Multicast rate limiting; Creating a receive queue multicast rate-limit
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 103 53-1002116-01 Multicast rate limiting 10 2. Specify the 10-gigabit Ethernet interface. switch(config)# interface intengigabitethernet 0/2 3. Enable an Ethernet PFC on the interface. switch(conf-if-te-0/2)# qos flowcontrol pfc 3 tx on rx on T...
Page 122 - Scheduling; Strict priority scheduling; Deficit weighted round robin scheduling
104 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Scheduling 10 Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. switch(config)# qos rcv-queue multicast rate-limit 10000 switch(config)#end 3. Enter the copy command to save the running-config file to the startup-con...
Page 123 - Traffic class scheduling policy
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 105 53-1002116-01 Scheduling 10 Figure 8 describes the frame scheduling order for a WRR scheduler servicing two WRR queues. The higher numbered queue is considered higher priority (WRR2) and the weights indicate the network bandwidth should be a...
Page 124 - Scheduling the QoS queue; Multicast queue scheduling
106 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Scheduling 10 Figure 9 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 first. Once all SP queues ...
Page 125 - Scheduling the QoS multicast queue; Converged Enhanced Ethernet map configuration
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 107 53-1002116-01 Converged Enhanced Ethernet map configuration 10 Once the multicast traffic class equivalence mapping has been applied, then scheduling and any scheduler configuration are inherited from the equivalent unicast traffic class. Se...
Page 127 - Creating a CEE map; Defining a priority group table
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 109 53-1002116-01 Converged Enhanced Ethernet map configuration 10 Creating a CEE map Only a single CEE map is allowed, which is created automatically with the name “default.” You are not be able to delete or rename this map. To create a CEE map...
Page 128 - Defining a priority-table map
110 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Converged Enhanced Ethernet map configuration 10 Defining a priority-table map To define a priority-table map, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter global configuration mode. switch# configure termina...
Page 129 - Configuring 802.1x Port Authentication; x configuration guidelines and restrictions
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 111 53-1002116-01 Chapter 11 Configuring 802.1x Port Authentication In this chapter • 802.1x protocol overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 • 802.1x configuration guidelines and restrictions ....
Page 130 - x authentication configuration tasks; Interface-specific administrative tasks for 802.1x
112 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 802.1x authentication configuration tasks 11 802.1x authentication configuration tasks The tasks in this section describe the common 802.1x operations that you will need to perform. For a complete description of all the availab...
Page 131 - Configuring 802.1x on specific interface ports
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 113 53-1002116-01 Interface-specific administrative tasks for 802.1x 11 Configuring 802.1x on specific interface ports To configure 802.1x port authentication on a specific interface port, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. R...
Page 132 - Disabling 802.1x on specific interface ports
114 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Interface-specific administrative tasks for 802.1x 11 switch(conf-if-te-0/16)# dot1x timeout re-authperiod 4000 Disabling 802.1x on specific interface ports To disable 802.1x authentication on a specific interface port, perform...
Page 133 - Configuring sFlow using the CEE CLI; Interface flow samples; Packet counter samples
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 115 53-1002116-01 Chapter 12 Configuring sFlow using the CEE CLI In this chapter • sFlow protocol overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 • Configuring the sFlow protocol globally . . . . . . ...
Page 134 - Configuring the sFlow protocol globally; Interface-specific administrative tasks for sFlow; Disabling sFlow on specific interfaces
116 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Configuring the sFlow protocol globally 12 Configuring the sFlow protocol globally Dell recommends that you globally configure sFlow on the switch first, then make custom alterations to specific interface ports. For details, se...
Page 135 - Configuring sFlow on specific interfaces
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 117 53-1002116-01 Interface-specific administrative tasks for sFlow 12 To disable sFlow on a specific interface, perform the following steps in global configuration mode. 1. Enter interface mode for the port switch(config)#interface intengigabit...
Page 137 - Port Mirroring limitations
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 119 53-1002116-01 Chapter 13 Configuring Port Mirroring using the CEE CLI In this chapter • Port Mirroring protocol overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 • Configuring ingress Port Mirroring . . . . . ....
Page 138 - Configuring ingress Port Mirroring; Configuring egress Port Mirroring; Configuring bidirectional Port Mirroring
120 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Configuring ingress Port Mirroring 13 Configuring ingress Port Mirroring To configure Port Mirroring for incoming packets only, perform the following steps in global configuration mode. 1. Open a monitor session and assign a se...
Page 139 - Deleting a Port Mirroring connection from a session
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 121 53-1002116-01 Deleting a Port Mirroring connection from a session 13 2. Configure the source port and the destination port, with the both parameter for all packets. The destination port is always an external port. switch(config-mon-sess-1)# ...
Page 141 - Configuring RMON using the CEE CLI; Default RMON configuration
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 123 53-1002116-01 Chapter 14 Configuring RMON using the CEE CLI In this chapter • RMON overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 • RMON configuration and management . . . . . . . ....
Page 142 - Configuring RMON events
124 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 RMON configuration and management 14 2. Configure the RMON alarms. The following example creates 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 abso...
Page 143 - Configuring RMON history collection
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 125 53-1002116-01 RMON configuration and management 14 switch(config)# interface intengigabitethernet 0/1 3. Enable the CEE interface. switch(conf-if-te-0/1)# no shutdown 4. Configure RMON group statistics on the interface. switch(conf-if-te-0/1...
Page 145 - Configuring IGMP; Active IGMP snooping
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 127 53-1002116-01 Chapter 15 Configuring IGMP In this chapter • About IGMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 • Configuring IGMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 146 - Multicast routing; Configuring IGMP snooping querier
128 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Configuring IGMP 15 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 memberships for each attached n...
Page 147 - Monitoring IGMP
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 129 53-1002116-01 Monitoring IGMP 15 IGMP snooping querier sends out IGMP queries to trigger IGMP responses from switches that wish to receive IP multicast traffic. IGMP snooping listens for these responses to map the appropriate forwarding addr...
Page 149 - FCoE configuration using the Fabric OS CLI
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 131 53-1002116-01 Chapter 16 FCoE configuration using the Fabric OS CLI In this chapter • FCoE configuration guidelines and restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 • Managing and displaying the FCoE configuration . . . . . . ...
Page 150 - Managing and displaying the FCoE configuration; Enabling or disabling an FCoE port; Configuring FIP multicast advertisement intervals
132 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Managing and displaying the FCoE configuration 16 Managing and displaying the FCoE configuration FCoE technology bridges the boundary between the SAN and LAN sections of your network. FCoE configuration tasks require mostly con...
Page 151 - Clearing logins; Displaying FCoE configuration-related information; Managing and displaying the FCoE login configuration
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 133 53-1002116-01 Managing and displaying the FCoE login configuration 16 To configure FIP multicast advertisement intervals, perform the following task. Clearing logins To clear logins, perform the following task. Displaying FCoE configuration-...
Page 152 - Cleaning up login groups and VN_port mappings
134 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Managing and displaying the FCoE login configuration 16 Perform one of the following tasks to toggle the availability of FCoE login configuration management. Displaying or aborting the current configuration transaction NOTE The...
Page 153 - Displaying the FCoE login configuration; Creating and managing the FCoE login group configuration; Creating an FCoE login group
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 135 53-1002116-01 Creating and managing the FCoE login group configuration 16 Displaying the FCoE login configuration To display the FCoE login configuration, perform the following tasks. Saving the current FCoE configuration To save the current...
Page 154 - Modifying the FCoE login group device list
136 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Creating and managing the FCoE login group configuration 16 To create an FCoE login group, perform the following task. Modifying the FCoE login group device list To add or remove VN_port devices from the FCoE login group, perfo...
Page 155 - Renaming an FCoE login group
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 137 53-1002116-01 Creating and managing the FCoE login group configuration 16 Renaming an FCoE login group To rename an FCoE login group, perform the following task. Task Command Rename an FCoE login group. Syntax is as follows: • lgname —Specif...
Page 158 - Display the running configuration file; Saving the running configuration file; Erasing the startup configuration file.
140 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 CEE configuration management tasks 17 Display the running configuration file To display the running configuration, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode. 1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global ...
Page 159 - Archiving the running configuration file
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 141 53-1002116-01 CEE configuration management tasks 17 Archiving the running configuration file This tasks allows you to archive the running configuration to an archive folder on an FTP site, so that it can be stored without changing the startu...
Page 160 - Restore a startup configuration file from Flash; CEE configuration management commands; Flash file management commands
142 Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 53-1002116-01 Flash file management commands 17 Restore a startup configuration file from Flash This task also works for running configuration files. To restore the startup configuration, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode...
Page 161 - Debugging and logging commands
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 143 53-1002116-01 Debugging and logging commands 17 NOTE Use of the flash:// prefix is optional. Debugging and logging commands Table 26 describes the tasks related to debugging and logging commands on the switch. The Converged Enhanced Ethernet...
Page 163 - Index; Symbols
Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide 145 53-1002116-01 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 , 27 , 111 overview , 27 , 111 timeouts , ...
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