Deployment Guide

Conguring a Static Route for a Management Interface....................................................................................105
VLAN Membership.........................................................................................................................................................105
Default VLAN ...........................................................................................................................................................106
Port-Based VLANs...................................................................................................................................................106
VLANs and Port Tagging.........................................................................................................................................106
Conguring VLAN Membership..............................................................................................................................107
Displaying VLAN Membership................................................................................................................................ 108
Adding an Interface to a Tagged VLAN................................................................................................................. 108
Adding an Interface to an Untagged VLAN.......................................................................................................... 109
VLAN Conguration on Physical Ports and Port-Channels................................................................................ 109
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................. 110
Port Channel Denitions and Standards................................................................................................................. 111
Port Channel Benets............................................................................................................................................... 111
Port Channel Implementation...................................................................................................................................111
1GbE and 10GbE Interfaces in Port Channels........................................................................................................112
Uplink Port Channel: VLAN Membership...............................................................................................................112
Server-Facing Port Channel: VLAN Membership................................................................................................. 112
Displaying Port Channel Information.......................................................................................................................112
Interface Range............................................................................................................................................................... 114
Bulk Conguration Examples................................................................................................................................... 114
Monitor and Maintain Interfaces................................................................................................................................... 115
Maintenance Using TDR...........................................................................................................................................116
Conguring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics................................................................................................. 117
Flow Control Using Ethernet Pause Frames................................................................................................................117
Enabling Pause Frames...................................................................................................................................................117
MTU Size..........................................................................................................................................................................118
Setting the Speed and Duplex Mode of Ethernet Interfaces.................................................................................... 119
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces....................................................................................................................120
Setting Auto-Negotiation Options..........................................................................................................................122
Viewing Interface Information.......................................................................................................................................123
Clearing Interface Counters.................................................................................................................................... 124
Enabling the Management Address TLV on All Interfaces of an Aggregator..........................................................124
Enhanced Validation of Interface Ranges....................................................................................................................124
Enhanced Control of Remote Fault Indication Processing........................................................................................125
10 iSCSI Optimization....................................................................................................................................126
Supported Modes...........................................................................................................................................................126
iSCSI Optimization Overview........................................................................................................................................126
Monitoring iSCSI Trac Flows......................................................................................................................................127
Information Monitored in iSCSI Trac Flows..............................................................................................................128
Detection and Auto conguration for Dell EqualLogic Arrays................................................................................... 128
iSCSI Optimization: Operation...................................................................................................................................... 128
Displaying iSCSI Optimization Information.................................................................................................................. 129
11 Isolated Networks for Aggregators............................................................................................................. 131
Conguring and Verifying Isolated Network Settings.................................................................................................131
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