Dell PowerEdge M420 Getting Started Manual

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Dell M8428-k Getting Started Guide 15 of 192MHWKY A01You can also enter the ag ––mapshow command to display the F_Port to N_Port mapping. Enter ag ––helpcommand to display a list of all NPIV actions.Verify FCOE connectivity in NPIV aggregator modeWhen the switch mode is set to Access Gateway mode enabled, the F_Ports connect to the Enterprise fabric asN_Ports rather than as E_Ports. Therefore at least one of the external FC ports must be connected to an external FCswitch fabric in order for the internal ports connected to Converged Network Adapter's (CNA's) to be able to login tothe FCoE ports on the switch module.The connectivity of the switch module with the CNA's can be verified using the FOS commands switchshow and fcoe--loginshow. The internal ports should show "online" State, with connectivity of internal FCoE VF-ports to the CNAVN-ports shown by the session MAC address. See "AccessGateway_AG_v630" admin guide for details on the NPIVaggregator mode.Once the switch module FC port is connected to an FC SAN switch, the ports may need to be enabled. From theswitch module FOS CLI enter the following command for the ports being used (this can also be enabled from theswitch GUI):M8428-k:admin> portcfgpersistentenable <port#>, where the port# is 25, 26, 27 or 0.Backing up the configurationPerform these steps to back up the switch module configuration to an FTP server.1. Open a Telnet or SSH session to the switch module.2. Enter the following command to upload the basic configuration of the switch module:configUploadYou are then presented with a series of prompts.3. Follow the prompts to upload the configuration.4. When the upload completes, enter the following command to access the CEE CLI:cmsh5. Enter the following command to upload the current CEE configuration:copy running-config ftp://[username@server/path]You are then prompted for a password. When you enter the ftp password, the copy procedure begins.These commands upload the switch module configurations to the server, making it available for downloading to areplacement switch module if necessary. Dell recommends backing up the configuration on a regular basis toensure that a complete configuration is available for downloading to a replacement switch module.