Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL56Configuring the Dell Force10 MXL switch for a PortChannel connection into Cisco Nexus 5000series switch with vPC configuredFlowchart of MXL configuration to connection into dual Nexus vPC configuration.Figure 47.Connect toswitchConfigure downlinkserver facing ports withany basic configurationinterface TenGigabitEthernet 0/1no shutdownConfigure uplinks(Nexus switchfacing ports)interface RangeTenGigabitEthernet 0/49 – 52port-channel-protocol LACPport-channel 5 mode activeno shutdowndefault vlan-id 20Configure Port-Channelfor uplinks (Nexus switchfacing ports)interface Port-channel 5no ip addressportmode hybridswitchportno shutdownConfiguredefault VLANfor switchKey Items· Both MXL switches (MXL-1 and MXL-2 from our example) will the basic settingsconfigured for Ethernet traffic on the downlink (server facing ports).· The 4 uplinks (te 0/49-52) to the Cisco Nexus switches will all be configured for thesame PortChannel even though 2 of these will be split off to go to the secondary CiscoNexus. A different PortChannel number should be used on the different MXL just fortroubleshooting.· Note also that the portmode hybrid and switchport settings are not configured on theindividual uplink ports but only on the PortChannel. If these configurations are done onthe individual ports they will have to be removed for later configuration.
