Administrator Guide

Contents 23
What Information Does the Switch Track in iSCSI
Traffic Flows?
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How Does iSCSI Optimization Interact With Dell
EqualLogic and Compellant Arrays? . . . . . . . . 627
How Does iSCSI Optimization Interact with Other
SAN Arrays? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
How Does iSCSI Optimization Interact with
DCBx?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628
iSCSI CoS and Priority Flow Control/Enhanced
Transmission Selection Interactions
. . . . . . . . 629
Default iSCSI Optimization Values
. . . . . . . . . . . 630
Configuring iSCSI Optimization (Web)
. . . . . . . . . 631
iSCSI Global Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
Configuring iSCSI Optimization (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . 632
iSCSI Optimization Configuration Examples
. . . . . . 633
Configuring iSCSI Optimization Between Servers
and a Disk Array
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
18 Port Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
Port Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
What Physical Port Characteristics Can Be
Configured?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
Auto-Negotiation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
Maximum Transmission Unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . 639
What is Link Dependency?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
What Interface Types are Supported?
. . . . . . . 642
What is Interface Configuration Mode?
. . . . . . 642
What Are the Green Ethernet Features?
. . . . . . 644
Switchport Modes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645