Deployment Guide

3 PowerEdge FX2 – FN I/O Module – VLT Deployment Guide | Version 2.2
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 The Dell FX2 and FN I/O Modules ............................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 FN I/O Modules description ................................................................................................................................ 9
2.2 Networking Block FN Series Operational Modes ............................................................................................... 9
3 Initial out-of-box connectivity check and default settings ........................................................................................... 11
4 VLT and the example environments .......................................................................................................................... 12
4.1 Benefits of VLT ................................................................................................................................................. 13
4.2 Typographical conventions and common abbreviations .................................................................................. 15
5 FN IOM Dell Blade I/O manager and internal port mapping features ........................................................................ 15
5.1 FN IOM Dell Blade I/O manager GUI ............................................................................................................... 15
5.2 FN IOM internal port mapping -- detailed overview .......................................................................................... 18
6 Environment One: Basic VLT deployment with VLT mode ........................................................................................ 22
6.1 Environment One: VLT mode configuration ..................................................................................................... 23
6.2 Testing VLT functionality .................................................................................................................................. 29
7 Environment Two: Dell Networking switches with mVLT and IOM in Full Switch mode ............................................ 32
7.1 Environment Two: IOM Full Switch mode configuration .................................................................................. 33
7.1.1 Configuring the IOM for Full Switch mode ........................................................................................................ 34
7.1.2 Configuring the VLTi peer link .......................................................................................................................... 35
7.2 Environment Two: Configuring the Dell Networking S4810 ............................................................................. 39
7.3 Verifying VLT Connectivity ............................................................................................................................... 42
8 Environment Three: Dell Networking switches with mVLT and FN IOM in programmable MUX mode. ................... 51
8.1 Environment Three: FN IOM configuration ....................................................................................................... 52
8.1.1 Configuring the FN IOM for programmable MUX mode ................................................................................... 53
8.1.2 Configuring VLT on the FN IOM ....................................................................................................................... 54
8.2 Environment Three: Configuring the Dell Networking S4810 ........................................................................... 58
8.3 Environment Three: Verifying VLT Connectivity ............................................................................................... 61
9 Environment Four: VLT interoperability with Cisco vPC ............................................................................................ 70
9.1 Environment Four: FN IOM configuration ......................................................................................................... 71
9.1.1 Configuring the FN IOM for programmable MUX mode ................................................................................... 71
9.1.2 Configuring VLT on the FN IOM ....................................................................................................................... 72