Users Guide

Contents
1 About this Guide........................................................................................................................................... 14
Audience............................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Conventions...................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Information Symbols.........................................................................................................................................................14
Related Documents..........................................................................................................................................................15
2 Before You Start.......................................................................................................................................... 16
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.................................................................................................................................................................18
Link Aggregation...............................................................................................................................................................18
Link Tracking..................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Configuring VLANs...........................................................................................................................................................19
Uplink LAG...................................................................................................................................................................19
Server-Facing LAGs...................................................................................................................................................19
Where to Go From Here..................................................................................................................................................19
Deploying FN I/O Module...............................................................................................................................................20
Configuration Examples.............................................................................................................................................21
Ensuring the FN IOM system is in Standalone Mode............................................................................................22
Configure Interfaces and Port Channel.................................................................................................................. 23
Verifying the Configurations.....................................................................................................................................23
3 Configuration Fundamentals........................................................................................................................25
Accessing the Command Line........................................................................................................................................25
CLI Modes.........................................................................................................................................................................26
Navigating CLI Modes...............................................................................................................................................26
The do Command.............................................................................................................................................................27
Undoing Commands........................................................................................................................................................ 28
Obtaining Help..................................................................................................................................................................28
Entering and Editing Commands................................................................................................................................... 28
Command History............................................................................................................................................................29
Filtering show Command Outputs.................................................................................................................................29
Multiple Users in Configuration Mode............................................................................................................................31
Configuring a Unique Host Name on the System........................................................................................................ 31
Enabling Secured CLI Mode............................................................................................................................................31
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