Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Dell FX2 and FN I/O Modules
- 3 Initial out-of-box connectivity check and default settings
- 4 VLT and the example environments
- 5 FN IOM Dell Blade I/O manager and internal port mapping features
- 6 Environment One: Basic VLT deployment with VLT mode
- 7 Environment Two: Dell Networking switches with mVLT and IOM in Full Switch mode
- 8 Environment Three: Dell Networking switches with mVLT and FN IOM in programmable MUX mode.
- 9 Environment Four: VLT interoperability with Cisco vPC
- A References
- B Components
- C Terminology
- D Reset FN IOM to Default Factory Configuration
- E FN IOM initial out-of-box configuration and default settings
- F Support and feedback
83 PowerEdge FX2 – FN I/O Module – VLT Deployment Guide | Version 2.2
Port Channel 200 is created and connectivity to the external network is configured.
Nx5672-1
Nx5672-2
Configure the port channel and port
channel members for upstream
connectivity to the external network
Configure the port channel and port
channel members for upstream
connectivity to the external network
interface port-channel 200
description “vPC to
External Network”
switchport mode trunk
switchport mode trunk
allowed vlan all
vpc 200
no shutdown
exit
interface port-channel 200
description “vPC to
External Network”
switchport mode trunk
switchport mode trunk
allowed vlan all
vpc 200
no shutdown
exit
Assign an interface to the port
channel and enable LACP
Assign an interface to the port
channel and enable LACP
interface ethernet 1/24
description “Link to
External Network”
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 200 mode
active
no shutdown
exit
interface ethernet 1/24
description “Link to
External Network”
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 200 mode
active
no shutdown
exit
Port channel configuration to external network from vPC
9.3 Environment Four: Verify VLT connectivity
VLT connectivity can be checked using the VLT commands listed in Table 14.
show commands
Command
Purpose
show vlt brief
Displays brief information about the VLT configuration
show vlt detail
Displays running configuration for VLT members
show mac-address-table
Displays the MAC address table
See section 8.3 Environment Three: Verifying VLT Connectivity for sample output of the above
commands.