Reference Guide

ManualsBrandsDell ManualsComputer equipmentPowerEdge M IO Aggregator

Contents

1 About this Guide......................................................................................................13

Audience.............................................................................................................................................. 13

Conventions.........................................................................................................................................13

Related Documents.............................................................................................................................13

2 Before You Start...................................................................................................... 15

IOA Operational Modes.......................................................................................................................15

Standalone mode...........................................................................................................................15

Stacking mode............................................................................................................................... 15

VLT mode.......................................................................................................................................15

Programmable MUX mode............................................................................................................15

Default Settings................................................................................................................................... 16

Other Auto-Configured Settings........................................................................................................ 16

Data Center Bridging Support.............................................................................................................17

FCoE Connectivity and FIP Snooping.................................................................................................17

iSCSI Operation....................................................................................................................................17

Link Aggregation..................................................................................................................................18

Link Tracking........................................................................................................................................18

Configuring VLANs.............................................................................................................................. 18

Uplink LAG..................................................................................................................................... 18

Server-Facing LAGs....................................................................................................................... 19

Where to Go From Here......................................................................................................................19

3 Configuration Fundamentals...............................................................................21

Accessing the Command Line............................................................................................................ 21

CLI Modes............................................................................................................................................ 21

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

The do Command...............................................................................................................................23

Undoing Commands...........................................................................................................................24

Obtaining Help.................................................................................................................................... 24

Entering and Editing Commands........................................................................................................25

Command History...............................................................................................................................26

Filtering show Command Outputs.....................................................................................................26

Multiple Users in Configuration Mode................................................................................................27

4 Data Center Bridging (DCB).................................................................................29

Ethernet Enhancements in Data Center Bridging............................................................................. 29

Priority-Based Flow Control...............................................................................................................30