Dell Force10 S25N-S50N- User Manual
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Table of Contents:
- Page 2 – After typing; Enter; . The system replies with the type of output shown below. In this; System Name; ” and “; Software version; ” is “; show inventory; S-Series and FTOS Release; Step; twice to get the EXEC mode prompt. You; Task; Display the installed FTOS version and S-Series model.; show inventory; EXEC
- Page 3 – Setting Up Passwords; FTOS Configuration Guide for the S-Series; enable mode; username admin password admin; name; enable password; password
- Page 4 – Setting Up Layer 2 Switching
- Page 5 – Managing the Buffer Profile and Setting up Flow Control; or; Figure 1; Buffer Carving for 1Gig Interfaces in a Standalone Unit; buffer-profile global 1Q; exit; CONFIGURATION; write memory; EXEC privilege; EXEC privilege
- Page 7 – ”) designated would depend on the S-Series model. The following; slot
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Basic Layer 2 Setup and Buffer Tuning of the
S25P for Storage Environments
Introduction
This document is intended for the users of S-Series S25P switches running FTOS 7.8.1.0 and configured
for use in a storage environment. This document describes:
•
Using the console port to enable all ports on the switch for Layer 2 switching
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Verifying that the installed FTOS software is FTOS 7.8.1.0
•
Setting up passwords for managing the switch. For details on management, see the Management
chapter in the
FTOS Configuration Guide for the S-Series
and the Control and Monitoring chapter in
the
FTOS Command Reference
for the S-Series
.
•
Optimizing the buffer for use in pure storage environments
This document does not cover:
•
Installing optional modules. For installation details, see the document
Installing S25P Systems
. For a
configuration example, see
here.
•
Adding the switch to an S-Series stack. For stacking configuration details, see the Stacking chapters in
the
Configuration Guide
and the
Command Reference
listed above.
•
Layer 3 (IP addressing) configuration. For details, see the Interfaces and IP Addressing chapters in the
Configuration Guide
and Interface Commands chapter in the
Command Reference
listed above.
The full S-Series documentation set is available on the Technical Documentation CD-ROM and from the
Documentation tab of iSupport at the Force10 Networks website:
https://www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/KnowledgeBase/Documentation.aspx
This document contains the following sections:
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Accessing the Console Port on page 2
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Setting Up Passwords on page 3
•
Setting Up Layer 2 Switching on page 4
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Managing the Buffer Profile and Setting up Flow Control on page 5
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Summary
2 Basic Layer 2 Setup and Buffer Tuning of the S25P for Storage Environments Accessing the Console Port Verifying the Software Release and S-Series Model Unless you know that your system has already been installed with FTOS 7.8.1.0 or later, verify that the required version is installed. After typin...
101-00337-00 3 Setting Up Passwords The following screenshot illustrates the use of these commands: You can see the result of setting up a password, or of the other configuration changes that you make by entering, in EXEC privilege mode, show running-config . The following screenshot shows the runni...
4 Basic Layer 2 Setup and Buffer Tuning of the S25P for Storage Environments Setting Up Layer 2 Switching The following screenshot illustrates the use of these commands (use a space before and after the hyphen): Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode 1 Select all ports. This example assumes that the ...
