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Contents

1 About this Guide..................................................................................................14

Audience.............................................................................................................................................. 14

Conventions.........................................................................................................................................14

Information Symbols........................................................................................................................... 15

Related Documents.............................................................................................................................15

2 Before You Start.................................................................................................. 16

IOA Operational Modes.......................................................................................................................16

Standalone mode.......................................................................................................................... 16

VLT mode.......................................................................................................................................16

Programmable MUX mode............................................................................................................16

Stacking mode............................................................................................................................... 17

Default Settings....................................................................................................................................17

Other Auto-Configured Settings.........................................................................................................17

Data Center Bridging Support.............................................................................................................18

FCoE Connectivity and FIP Snooping.................................................................................................18

iSCSI Operation................................................................................................................................... 19

Link Aggregation..................................................................................................................................19

Link Tracking........................................................................................................................................19

Configuring VLANs..............................................................................................................................20

Uplink LAG.....................................................................................................................................20

Server-Facing LAGs.......................................................................................................................20

Where to Go From Here.....................................................................................................................20

3 Configuration Fundamentals........................................................................... 22

Accessing the Command Line............................................................................................................22

CLI Modes............................................................................................................................................22

Navigating CLI Modes................................................................................................................... 23

The do Command...............................................................................................................................24

Undoing Commands...........................................................................................................................25

Obtaining Help.................................................................................................................................... 25

Entering and Editing Commands....................................................................................................... 26

Command History...............................................................................................................................27

Filtering show Command Outputs..................................................................................................... 27

Multiple Users in Configuration Mode............................................................................................... 28

4 Data Center Bridging (DCB)............................................................................. 30

Supported Modes................................................................................................................................30