Users Guide

c. From the Network Type drop-down list, select one or more networks that you want to assign to the uplink.
The Network Name(s) column displays the networks that are assigned to the uplinks.
To delete an uplink, click the Delete icon left to the corresponding uplinks.
3. Repeat step 2 to define multiple uplinks.
4. Click Save.
After you define and save uplink, uplink is available to get applied to switch.
Upload Switch Configuration File
This feature is supported for MXL in M1000e Chassis only.
By using this feature, you can upload a preconfigured switch configuration file instead of configuring through the I/O Module
Configuration.
To upload switch configuration file:
1. Select Upload Switch Configuration File option. After you select the option, File Name, File Description field, Upload File
field tab are appeared.
Enter the result of your step here (optional).
2. Type the file name which you want to upload in File name field.
3. Type a file description which about the file in File Description field.
4. Click Browse beside Upload File tab. It directs you to your local system where you have saved the file.
5. Select the file and click Open to upload it.
NOTE: After you upload the switch configuration file, it gets uploaded on switch. It takes existing IPs from the
switch and pulls it out and upload to the configuration file. It gets applied on all selected switches what you have
chosen to configure. It also pulls out the host name and credentials.
Configuring uplink ports on all chassis independently
1. On the I/O Module Configuration page, select the Configure Uplinks check box.
2. Select Configure Uplink Ports on All Chassis independently option.
Select the arrow left to the section title to expand the section.
3. Select any one of the following options from the Spanning Tree Mode drop-down menu:
• RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)
• MSTP (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol)
• PVST (Per VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol)
• None
NOTE: The Spanning Tree Mode option is applicable only for Dell networking MXL switches in Dell PowerEdge
M1000e.
4. In the Configure Uplinks area, expand the chassis section, and perform one of the following actions:
• Select the Configure uplinks on each I/O Module Independently check box to configure different ports as uplink ports in
each I/O module.
The table lists ports that are available in each I/O module in separate columns.
• Clear the Configure the uplinks on each I/O Module Independently check box to configure the same ports as uplink ports
across all I/O modules.
The table displays the following information:
– IO modules (Model Name) that is present in each fabric.
– Ports that are available in each IO module.
5. In the table, select the Quadport mode check box if you want to run the port in Quad mode.
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