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Chapter 1: About this Guide.........................................................................................................29
Audience.............................................................................................................................................................................. 29
Conventions........................................................................................................................................................................29
Information Symbols.........................................................................................................................................................29
Related Documents...........................................................................................................................................................30
Chapter 2: Before You Start.........................................................................................................31
Operational Modes.............................................................................................................................................................31
Default Settings.................................................................................................................................................................32
Other Auto-Configured Settings................................................................................................................................... 32
Data Center Bridging Support........................................................................................................................................33
FCoE Connectivity and FIP Snooping....................................................................................................................33
iSCSI Operation................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Link Aggregation............................................................................................................................................................ 34
Link Tracking...................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Configuring VLANs............................................................................................................................................................34
Uplink LAG.....................................................................................................................................................................34
Server-Facing LAGs....................................................................................................................................................34
Where to Go From Here...............................................................................................................................................34
Chapter 3: Configuration Fundamentals...................................................................................... 36
Accessing the Command Line........................................................................................................................................ 36
CLI Modes........................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Navigating CLI Modes................................................................................................................................................ 37
The do Command.............................................................................................................................................................. 38
Undoing Commands..........................................................................................................................................................38
Obtaining Help....................................................................................................................................................................39
Entering and Editing Commands................................................................................................................................... 39
Command History..............................................................................................................................................................40
Filtering show Command Outputs.................................................................................................................................40
Multiple Users in Configuration Mode...........................................................................................................................41
Chapter 4: Getting Started..........................................................................................................42
Console Access..................................................................................................................................................................43
Serial Console............................................................................................................................................................... 43
External Serial Port with a USB Connector.......................................................................................................... 45
Accessing the CLI Interface and Running Scripts Using SSH................................................................................45
Boot Process...................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Default Configuration....................................................................................................................................................... 47
Configuring a Host Name................................................................................................................................................ 47
Configuring a Unique Host Name on the System......................................................................................................48
Accessing the System Remotely................................................................................................................................... 48
Configure the Management Port IP Address....................................................................................................... 48
Configure a Management Route..............................................................................................................................49
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