Getting Started Guide

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Contents

1 About this Guide........................................................................................................5

2 Introduction............................................................................................................... 7

Product Description...............................................................................................................................7

3 Hardware Overview..................................................................................................9

Internal Ports......................................................................................................................................... 9

Front Panel.............................................................................................................................................9

Port Numbering.....................................................................................................................................9

USB Console Port..................................................................................................................................9

System Status.......................................................................................................................................10

4 Installation................................................................................................................13

Unpacking the Aggregator..................................................................................................................13

Unpacking Steps.................................................................................................................................. 13

5 Installing and Configuring the Aggregator...................................................... 15

Installing a switch in a Dell PowerEdge FX2 Server Chassis.............................................................. 16

Connecting a Console Terminal.........................................................................................................16

Invoking the X-Loader and U-Boot CLIs............................................................................................ 17

Reconfiguring Default Settings........................................................................................................... 17

Before You Start.............................................................................................................................17

Reconfiguration Using the CMC Interface................................................................................... 18

Reconfiguration Using the CLI......................................................................................................18

Aggregator Auto-Configuration......................................................................................................... 19

Data Center Bridging Support...................................................................................................... 20

FCoE Connectivity........................................................................................................................ 20

iSCSI Operation............................................................................................................................. 20

Link Aggregation........................................................................................................................... 20

Link Tracking................................................................................................................................. 20

Configuring VLANs.............................................................................................................................. 21

Uplink LAG......................................................................................................................................21

Server-Facing LAGs....................................................................................................................... 21

Mode Transitions........................................................................................................................... 21

6 Assembling a VLT....................................................................................................23

Cabling the VLT...................................................................................................................................23

Configuring and Bringing Up a VLT....................................................................................................23