Users Guide

VLAN Membership.........................................................................................................................................................103
Default VLAN ...........................................................................................................................................................104
Port-Based VLANs...................................................................................................................................................104
VLANs and Port Tagging.........................................................................................................................................104
Configuring VLAN Membership............................................................................................................................. 105
Displaying VLAN Membership................................................................................................................................ 106
Adding an Interface to a Tagged VLAN................................................................................................................ 106
Adding an Interface to an Untagged VLAN.......................................................................................................... 107
VLAN Configuration on Physical Ports and Port-Channels................................................................................107
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 108
Port Channel Definitions and Standards............................................................................................................... 109
Port Channel Benefits............................................................................................................................................. 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 Configuration Examples...................................................................................................................................112
Monitor and Maintain Interfaces...................................................................................................................................113
Maintenance Using TDR.......................................................................................................................................... 114
Configuring 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 Traffic Flows.....................................................................................................................................125
Information Monitored in iSCSI Traffic Flows............................................................................................................ 126
Detection and Auto configuration for Dell EqualLogic Arrays.................................................................................. 126
iSCSI Optimization: Operation......................................................................................................................................126
Displaying iSCSI Optimization Information.................................................................................................................. 127
11 Isolated Networks for Aggregators............................................................................................................129
Configuring and Verifying Isolated Network Settings............................................................................................... 129
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