Specifications

4 Contents
4 Installing and Configuring the Aggregator 16
Installing the Aggregator in a PowerEdge Chassis . . . 18
Connecting a Console Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Invoking the X-Loader and U-Boot CLIs
. . . . . . . . . 21
Reconfiguring Default Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Before You Start
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Reconfiguration Using the CMC Interface
. . . . . 22
Reconfiguration Using the CLI
. . . . . . . . . . . 22
Aggregator Auto-Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
DCB Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
FCoE Connectivity
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
iSCSI Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Link Aggregation
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Link Tracking
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Configuring VLANs
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Uplink LAG
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Server-Facing LAGs
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Stacking Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5 Assembling a Switch Stack . . . . . . . . . . 29
Cabling the Switch Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack
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Managing a Stack
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Master and Member Switches
. . . . . . . . . . . 32
Stack Startup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32