Users Guide

VLAN Membership.........................................................................................................................................................103
Default VLAN ...........................................................................................................................................................104
Port-Based VLANs...................................................................................................................................................104
VLANs and Port Tagging.........................................................................................................................................104
Conguring VLAN Membership............................................................................................................................. 105
Displaying VLAN Membership................................................................................................................................ 106
Adding an Interface to a Tagged VLAN.................................................................................................................106
Adding an Interface to an Untagged VLAN...........................................................................................................107
VLAN Conguration on Physical Ports and Port-Channels.................................................................................107
Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................108
Port Channel Denitions and Standards................................................................................................................109
Port Channel Benets..............................................................................................................................................109
Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................. 109
1GbE and 10GbE Interfaces in Port Channels........................................................................................................110
Uplink Port Channel: VLAN Membership...............................................................................................................110
Server-Facing Port Channel: VLAN Membership................................................................................................. 110
Displaying Port Channel Information.......................................................................................................................110
Interface Range............................................................................................................................................................... 112
Bulk Conguration Examples................................................................................................................................... 112
Monitor and Maintain Interfaces................................................................................................................................... 113
Maintenance Using TDR...........................................................................................................................................114
Conguring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics................................................................................................. 115
Flow Control Using Ethernet Pause Frames................................................................................................................115
Enabling Pause Frames...................................................................................................................................................115
MTU Size..........................................................................................................................................................................116
Setting the Speed and Duplex Mode of Ethernet Interfaces.................................................................................... 117
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces.....................................................................................................................118
Setting Auto-Negotiation Options..........................................................................................................................120
Viewing Interface Information........................................................................................................................................121
Clearing Interface Counters.................................................................................................................................... 122
Enabling the Management Address TLV on All Interfaces of an Aggregator..........................................................122
Enhanced Validation of Interface Ranges....................................................................................................................122
Enhanced Control of Remote Fault Indication Processing........................................................................................ 123
10 iSCSI Optimization....................................................................................................................................124
Supported Modes...........................................................................................................................................................124
iSCSI Optimization Overview........................................................................................................................................124
Monitoring iSCSI Trac Flows......................................................................................................................................125
Information Monitored in iSCSI Trac Flows..............................................................................................................126
Detection and Auto conguration for Dell EqualLogic Arrays................................................................................... 126
iSCSI Optimization: Operation...................................................................................................................................... 126
Displaying iSCSI Optimization Information...................................................................................................................127
11 Isolated Networks for Aggregators............................................................................................................ 129
Conguring and Verifying Isolated Network Settings................................................................................................ 129
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