Dell Force10 MXL Deployment Manual

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Contents

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Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL3Table of ContentsIntroduction .............................................................................................................. 7Configuration scenarios ............................................................................................... 9Prior to deployment ............................................................................................... 10CNA’s Used for this deployment document ................................................................... 10Scenario 1: Deploying the Dell Force10 MXL FSB in a Cisco 5000 series switch (NPIV) environment . 11Configuring the Dell Force10 MXL for FIP-Snooping.......................................................... 14Configuring the Cisco 5000 series switch with firmware ver 5.x for a single connection from theDell Force10 MXL ................................................................................................... 18Special instructions concerning deployment with Intel x520 CNA ........................................ 21Basic validation for the Force10 MXL configuration ......................................................... 25Basic Troubleshooting Areas ..................................................................................... 35Scenario 2: Configuring multiple uplinks into LAG for Cisco Nexus 5000 series switch (switch - NPIV)environment .......................................................................................................... 37Configuring the Cisco Nexus 5000 series switch for a multiple link LAG/PortChannel (linkaggregation) connection at the Top-of-Rack.................................................................. 38Configuring the Dell Force10 MXL for FIP-Snooping.......................................................... 41Scenario 3: Configuring multiple uplinks (LAG/PortChannel) for Cisco Nexus 5000 series switch (NPVmode) environment ................................................................................................. 46Configuring the Cisco Nexus 5000 series switch with firmware ver 5.x in NPV mode for a multiplelink LAG (link aggregation) connection from the Dell Force10 MXL ...................................... 47Configuring the Dell Force10 MXL for FIP-snooping with Cisco Nexus 5000 series switch in NPVmode. ................................................................................................................ 48Scenario 4: Configuring multiple uplinks into vPC on Cisco Nexus 5000 series switch .................. 49Configuring the Cisco 5000 series switch for vPC and connections from the Dell Force10 MXL ..... 50Configuring the Dell Force10 MXL switch for a PortChannel connection into Cisco Nexus 5000 seriesswitch with vPC configured ...................................................................................... 56Configuring the Cisco 5000 series switch with vPC and connections from the Dell Force10 MXL withFCoE .................................................................................................................. 60Configuring the Dell Force10 MXL switch with connections to Cisco Nexus vPC configuration withFCoE .................................................................................................................. 64Appendix A – Basic terminology .................................................................................... 68CLI .................................................................................................................... 68CMC ................................................................................................................... 68FIP-Snooping ........................................................................................................ 68FIP-Snooping bridge (FSB) ........................................................................................ 68FCF ................................................................................................................... 68