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Dell Networking Configuration Guide for the MXL
10/40GbE Switch I/O Module
9.11(0.0)
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2017 - 01
Rev. A00
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1 About this Guide...........................................................................................................................................32
Audience............................................................................................................................................................................32
Conventions......................................................................................................................................................................32
Information Symbols........................................................................................................................................................32
Related Documents......................................................................................................................................................... 33
2 Configuration Fundamentals........................................................................................................................34
Accessing the Command Line........................................................................................................................................34
CLI Modes.........................................................................................................................................................................34
Navigating CLI Modes...............................................................................................................................................35
The do Command............................................................................................................................................................ 38
Undoing Commands........................................................................................................................................................ 38
Obtaining Help..................................................................................................................................................................39
Entering and Editing Commands................................................................................................................................... 39
Command History............................................................................................................................................................40
Filtering show Command Outputs.................................................................................................................................40
Multiple Users in Configuration Mode............................................................................................................................41
3 Getting Started........................................................................................................................................... 43
Console Access................................................................................................................................................................44
Serial Console.............................................................................................................................................................44
External Serial Port with a USB Connector............................................................................................................46
Accessing the CLI Interface and Running Scripts Using SSH................................................................................... 46
Entering CLI commands Using an SSH Connection..............................................................................................46
Executing Local CLI Scripts Using an SSH Connection........................................................................................46
Boot Process.................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Default Configuration...................................................................................................................................................... 48
Configuring a Host Name............................................................................................................................................... 48
Configuring a Unique Host Name on the System........................................................................................................49
Accessing the System Remotely................................................................................................................................... 49
Accessing the Switch Remotely.............................................................................................................................. 49
Configure the Management Port IP Address.........................................................................................................49
Configure a Management Route............................................................................................................................. 50
Configuring a Username and Password..................................................................................................................50
Configuring the Enable Password................................................................................................................................. 50
Configuration File Management..................................................................................................................................... 51
Copy Files to and from the System..........................................................................................................................51
Save the Running-Configuration............................................................................................................................. 52
Viewing Files...............................................................................................................................................................53
Managing the File System.............................................................................................................................................. 54
View the Command History........................................................................................................................................... 55
Using HTTP for File Transfers....................................................................................................................................... 55
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Upgrading and Downgrading the Dell Networking OS............................................................................................... 56
Verify Software Images Before Installation..................................................................................................................56
4 Management............................................................................................................................................... 58
Configuring Privilege Levels........................................................................................................................................... 58
Creating a Custom Privilege Level.......................................................................................................................... 59
Customizing a Privilege Level...................................................................................................................................59
Applying a Privilege Level to a Username................................................................................................................61
Applying a Privilege Level to a Terminal Line.......................................................................................................... 61
Configuring Logging.........................................................................................................................................................61
Audit and Security Logs............................................................................................................................................62
Configuring Logging Format .................................................................................................................................. 63
Setting Up a Secure Connection to a Syslog Server............................................................................................ 64
Display the Logging Buffer and the Logging Configuration.......................................................................................65
Log Messages in the Internal Buffer.............................................................................................................................65
Configuration Task List for System Log Management.........................................................................................66
Disabling System Logging...............................................................................................................................................66
Sending System Messages to a Syslog Server............................................................................................................66
Configuring a UNIX System as a Syslog Server.................................................................................................... 66
Changing System Logging Settings.............................................................................................................................. 67
Display the Logging Buffer and the Logging Configuration....................................................................................... 68
Configuring a UNIX Logging Facility Level................................................................................................................... 68
Synchronizing Log Messages.........................................................................................................................................69
Enabling Timestamp on Syslog Messages....................................................................................................................70
Enabling Secure Management Mode............................................................................................................................ 70
Enabling Secured CLI Mode............................................................................................................................................ 71
File Transfer Services.......................................................................................................................................................71
Configuration Task List for File Transfer Services................................................................................................. 71
Enabling the FTP Server............................................................................................................................................71
Configuring FTP Server Parameters....................................................................................................................... 72
Configuring FTP Client Parameters.........................................................................................................................72
Terminal Lines...................................................................................................................................................................73
Denying and Permitting Access to a Terminal Line............................................................................................... 73
Configuring Login Authentication for Terminal Lines............................................................................................ 74
Setting Time Out of EXEC Privilege Mode...................................................................................................................74
Using Telnet to get to Another Network Device.........................................................................................................75
Lock CONFIGURATION Mode.......................................................................................................................................76
Viewing the Configuration Lock Status.................................................................................................................. 76
Limit Concurrent Login Sessions................................................................................................................................... 76
Restrictions for Limiting the Number of Concurrent Sessions............................................................................ 77
Configuring Concurrent Session Limit.....................................................................................................................77
Enabling the System to Clear Existing Sessions.................................................................................................... 77
Track Login Activity.........................................................................................................................................................78
Restrictions for Tracking Login Activity..................................................................................................................78
Configuring Login Activity Tracking.........................................................................................................................78
Display Login Statistics..............................................................................................................................................79
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Recovering from a Forgotten Password...................................................................................................................... 80
Recovering from a Forgotten Enable Password.......................................................................................................... 81
Recovering from a Failed Start...................................................................................................................................... 82
5 802.1X......................................................................................................................................................... 83
The Port-Authentication Process..................................................................................................................................86
EAP over RADIUS......................................................................................................................................................87
Configuring 802.1X...........................................................................................................................................................87
Related Configuration Tasks.....................................................................................................................................87
Important Points to Remember..................................................................................................................................... 88
Enabling 802.1X................................................................................................................................................................88
Configuring Request Identity Re-Transmissions....................................................................................................89
Configuring a Quiet Period after a Failed Authentication.....................................................................................90
Configuring dot1x Profile ................................................................................................................................................ 91
Configuring MAC addresses for a do1x Profile.............................................................................................................91
Configuring the Static MAB and MAB Profile .............................................................................................................92
Configuring Critical VLAN ..............................................................................................................................................92
Forcibly Authorizing or Unauthorizing a Port...............................................................................................................93
Re-Authenticating a Port................................................................................................................................................94
Configuring Timeouts......................................................................................................................................................95
Configuring Dynamic VLAN Assignment with Port Authentication.......................................................................... 96
Guest and Authentication-Fail VLANs.................................................................................................................... 97
Configuring a Guest VLAN....................................................................................................................................... 98
Configuring an Authentication-Fail VLAN...............................................................................................................98
6 Access Control List (ACL) VLAN Groups and Content Addressable Memory (CAM)................................. 100
Optimizing CAM Utilization During the Attachment of ACLs to VLANs................................................................ 100
Guidelines for Configuring ACL VLAN groups.............................................................................................................101
Configuring ACL VLAN Groups and Configuring FP Blocks for VLAN Parameters.............................................. 102
Configuring ACL VLAN Groups..............................................................................................................................102
Configuring FP Blocks for VLAN Parameters.......................................................................................................103
Viewing CAM Usage...................................................................................................................................................... 103
Allocating FP Blocks for VLAN Processes..................................................................................................................105
7 Access Control Lists (ACLs)...................................................................................................................... 106
IP Access Control Lists (ACLs).................................................................................................................................... 107
Implementing ACL on the Dell Networking OS.......................................................................................................... 108
ACLs and VLANs............................................................................................................................................................108
ACL Optimization........................................................................................................................................................... 108
Determine the Order in which ACLs are Used to Classify Traffic........................................................................... 108
Example of the order Keyword to Determine ACL Sequence............................................................................108
IP Fragment Handling.................................................................................................................................................... 109
IP Fragments ACL Examples........................................................................................................................................ 109
Layer 4 ACL Rules Examples........................................................................................................................................ 109
Configure a Standard IP ACL........................................................................................................................................ 110
Configuring a Standard IP ACL Filter............................................................................................................................ 111
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Configure an Extended IP ACL......................................................................................................................................112
Configuring Filters with a Sequence Number..............................................................................................................112
Configuring Filters Without a Sequence Number....................................................................................................... 113
Established Flag...............................................................................................................................................................113
Configure Layer 2 and Layer 3 ACLs............................................................................................................................113
Assign an IP ACL to an Interface.................................................................................................................................. 114
Applying an IP ACL..........................................................................................................................................................114
Counting ACL Hits.......................................................................................................................................................... 115
Configure Ingress ACLs..................................................................................................................................................115
Configure Egress ACLs.................................................................................................................................................. 116
Applying Egress Layer 3 ACLs (Control-Plane).......................................................................................................... 116
IP Prefix Lists...................................................................................................................................................................117
Implementation Information.....................................................................................................................................117
Configuration Task List for Prefix Lists........................................................................................................................ 117
Creating a Prefix List...................................................................................................................................................... 118
Creating a Prefix List Without a Sequence Number.................................................................................................. 118
Viewing Prefix Lists.........................................................................................................................................................119
Applying a Prefix List for Route Redistribution.......................................................................................................... 120
Applying a Filter to a Prefix List (OSPF).....................................................................................................................120
ACL Resequencing..........................................................................................................................................................121
Resequencing an ACL or Prefix List............................................................................................................................. 121
Route Maps.....................................................................................................................................................................123
Implementation Information.................................................................................................................................... 123
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................................................123
Configuration Task List for Route Maps..................................................................................................................... 123
Creating a Route Map....................................................................................................................................................123
Configure Route Map Filters.........................................................................................................................................125
Configuring Match Routes............................................................................................................................................125
Configuring Set Conditions........................................................................................................................................... 126
Configure a Route Map for Route Redistribution.......................................................................................................127
Configure a Route Map for Route Tagging.................................................................................................................127
Continue Clause..............................................................................................................................................................128
Logging of ACL Processes............................................................................................................................................128
Guidelines for Configuring ACL Logging..................................................................................................................... 129
Configuring ACL Logging.............................................................................................................................................. 129
Flow-Based Monitoring Support for ACLs..................................................................................................................130
Behavior of Flow-Based Monitoring...................................................................................................................... 130
Enabling Flow-Based Monitoring.................................................................................................................................. 131
8 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)..................................................................................................133
How BFD Works.............................................................................................................................................................133
BFD Packet Format................................................................................................................................................. 134
BFD Sessions............................................................................................................................................................ 135
BFD Three-Way Handshake................................................................................................................................... 136
Session State Changes............................................................................................................................................138
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................................................138
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Configure BFD................................................................................................................................................................ 138
Configure BFD for Physical Ports.......................................................................................................................... 139
Enabling BFD Globally.............................................................................................................................................. 139
Changing Physical Port Session Parameters........................................................................................................140
Disabling and Re-Enabling BFD.............................................................................................................................. 140
Configure BFD for Static Routes..................................................................................................................................141
Related Configuration Tasks....................................................................................................................................141
Establishing Sessions for Static Routes.................................................................................................................141
Establishing Static Route Sessions on Specific Neighbors.................................................................................142
Changing Static Route Session Parameters.........................................................................................................143
Disabling BFD for Static Routes............................................................................................................................. 143
Configure BFD for OSPF...............................................................................................................................................143
Related Configuration Tasks...................................................................................................................................144
Establishing Sessions with OSPF Neighbors........................................................................................................ 144
Changing OSPF Session Parameters.................................................................................................................... 145
Disabling BFD for OSPF.......................................................................................................................................... 145
Configure BFD for OSPFv3.......................................................................................................................................... 146
Related Configuration Tasks...................................................................................................................................146
Establishing Sessions with OSPFv3 Neighbors....................................................................................................146
Changing OSPFv3 Session Parameters................................................................................................................ 146
Disabling BFD for OSPFv3...................................................................................................................................... 147
Configure BFD for BGP................................................................................................................................................. 147
Prerequisites..............................................................................................................................................................147
Establishing Sessions with BGP Neighbors...........................................................................................................147
Disabling BFD for BGP.............................................................................................................................................149
Use BFD in a BGP Peer Group...............................................................................................................................150
Displaying BFD for BGP Information..................................................................................................................... 150
Configure BFD for VRRP.............................................................................................................................................. 154
Related Configuration Tasks...................................................................................................................................154
Establishing Sessions with All VRRP Neighbors...................................................................................................154
Establishing VRRP Sessions on VRRP Neighbors............................................................................................... 155
Changing VRRP Session Parameters.................................................................................................................... 156
Disabling BFD for VRRP.......................................................................................................................................... 156
Configure BFD for VLANs.............................................................................................................................................156
Related Configuration Task.....................................................................................................................................157
Establish Sessions with VLAN Neighbors............................................................................................................. 157
Changing VLAN Session Parameters.................................................................................................................... 158
Disabling BFD for VLANs.........................................................................................................................................158
Configure BFD for Port-Channels................................................................................................................................158
Related Configuration Tasks...................................................................................................................................158
Establish Sessions on Port-Channels.................................................................................................................... 159
Changing Physical Port Session Parameters........................................................................................................159
Disabling BFD for Port-Channels........................................................................................................................... 160
Configuring Protocol Liveness......................................................................................................................................160
Troubleshooting BFD.....................................................................................................................................................160
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9 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)....................................................................................................162
Autonomous Systems (AS)...........................................................................................................................................162
Sessions and Peers........................................................................................................................................................ 164
Establish a Session...................................................................................................................................................164
Route Reflectors............................................................................................................................................................ 165
Communities............................................................................................................................................................. 166
BGP Attributes............................................................................................................................................................... 166
Best Path Selection Criteria....................................................................................................................................166
Weight....................................................................................................................................................................... 168
Local Preference...................................................................................................................................................... 168
Multi-Exit Discriminators (MEDs).......................................................................................................................... 169
Origin..........................................................................................................................................................................170
AS Path.......................................................................................................................................................................171
Next Hop.................................................................................................................................................................... 171
Multiprotocol BGP...........................................................................................................................................................171
Implement BGP with the Dell Networking OS............................................................................................................172
Additional Path (Add-Path) Support..................................................................................................................... 172
Advertise IGP Cost as MED for Redistributed Routes........................................................................................ 172
Ignore Router-ID for Some Best-Path Calculations.............................................................................................173
Four-Byte AS Numbers........................................................................................................................................... 173
AS4 Number Representation.................................................................................................................................. 173
AS Number Migration.............................................................................................................................................. 175
BGP4 Management Information Base (MIB)........................................................................................................176
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................176
Configuration Information..............................................................................................................................................177
BGP Configuration..........................................................................................................................................................177
Enabling BGP............................................................................................................................................................ 178
Enabling MBGP Configurations............................................................................................................................. 208
BGP Regular Expression Optimization........................................................................................................................209
Debugging BGP............................................................................................................................................................. 209
Storing Last and Bad PDUs.................................................................................................................................... 210
PDU Counters............................................................................................................................................................211
Sample Configurations................................................................................................................................................... 211
10 Content Addressable Memory (CAM)...................................................................................................... 220
CAM Allocation.............................................................................................................................................................. 220
Test CAM Usage............................................................................................................................................................ 221
View CAM-ACL Settings...............................................................................................................................................221
CAM Optimization......................................................................................................................................................... 222
11 Control Plane Policing (CoPP)..................................................................................................................223
Configure Control Plane Policing.................................................................................................................................224
Configuring CoPP for Protocols............................................................................................................................225
Configuring CoPP for CPU Queues...................................................................................................................... 226
Show Commands.....................................................................................................................................................227
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12 Data Center Bridging (DCB).....................................................................................................................229
Ethernet Enhancements in Data Center Bridging.....................................................................................................229
Priority-Based Flow Control...................................................................................................................................230
Enhanced Transmission Selection..........................................................................................................................231
Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol (DCBx).............................................................................................. 232
Data Center Bridging in a Traffic Flow................................................................................................................. 233
Enabling Data Center Bridging.....................................................................................................................................233
Configuring DCB Maps and its Attributes............................................................................................................234
Data Center Bridging: Default Configuration............................................................................................................. 237
Interworking of DCB Map With DCB Buffer Threshold Settings............................................................................ 237
Configuring Priority-Based Flow Control....................................................................................................................238
Configuring Lossless Queues................................................................................................................................. 239
Configuring the PFC Buffer in a Switch Stack....................................................................................................240
Priority-Based Flow Control Using Dynamic Buffer Method.............................................................................240
Configure Enhanced Transmission Selection.............................................................................................................242
ETS Prerequisites and Restrictions.......................................................................................................................242
Creating an ETS Priority Group............................................................................................................................. 242
ETS Operation with DCBx......................................................................................................................................243
Configuring Bandwidth Allocation for DCBx CIN................................................................................................ 244
Hierarchical Scheduling in ETS Output Policies...................................................................................................245
Applying DCB Policies with an ETS Configuration.................................................................................................... 245
PFC and ETS Configuration Examples....................................................................................................................... 245
Using PFC and ETS to Manage Data Center Traffic..........................................................................................246
Using PFC and ETS to Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic in a Switch Stack............................................ 248
Applying DCB Policies in a Switch Stack....................................................................................................................248
Configure a DCBx Operation........................................................................................................................................248
DCBx Operation.......................................................................................................................................................248
DCBx Port Roles......................................................................................................................................................249
DCB Configuration Exchange................................................................................................................................250
Configuration Source Election...............................................................................................................................250
Propagation of DCB Information............................................................................................................................251
Auto-Detection and Manual Configuration of the DCBx Version...................................................................... 251
DCBx Example......................................................................................................................................................... 252
DCBx Prerequisites and Restrictions.................................................................................................................... 253
Configuring DCBx....................................................................................................................................................253
Verifying the DCB Configuration.................................................................................................................................256
QoS dot1p Traffic Classification and Queue Assignment.........................................................................................264
Configuring the Dynamic Buffer Method...................................................................................................................265
13 Debugging and Diagnostics.......................................................................................................................267
Offline Diagnostics.........................................................................................................................................................267
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 267
Running Offline Diagnostics................................................................................................................................... 268
Trace Logs......................................................................................................................................................................270
Auto Save on Crash or Rollover.............................................................................................................................270
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Using the Show Hardware Commands.......................................................................................................................270
Enabling Environmental Monitoring.............................................................................................................................272
Recognize an Over-Temperature Condition........................................................................................................ 273
Troubleshoot an Over-Temperature Condition....................................................................................................273
Recognize an Under-Voltage Condition................................................................................................................274
Troubleshoot an Under-Voltage Condition...........................................................................................................274
Troubleshooting Packet Loss.......................................................................................................................................275
Displaying Drop Counters....................................................................................................................................... 275
Dataplane Statistics.................................................................................................................................................276
Display Stack Port Statistics.................................................................................................................................. 277
Displaying Stack Member Counters...................................................................................................................... 278
Enabling Application Core Dumps................................................................................................................................279
Mini Core Dumps........................................................................................................................................................... 279
Enabling TCP Dumps.................................................................................................................................................... 280
Enabling Buffer Statistics Tracking .............................................................................................................................281
14 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).........................................................................................283
DHCP Packet Format and Options............................................................................................................................. 283
Assign an IP Address using DHCP.........................................................................................................................285
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 285
Configure the System to be a DHCP Server.............................................................................................................286
Configuring the Server for Automatic Address Allocation................................................................................. 286
Configuration Tasks.................................................................................................................................................287
Specifying a Default Gateway................................................................................................................................288
Enabling the DHCP Server.....................................................................................................................................288
Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution..................................................................................................... 289
Creating Manual Binding Entries........................................................................................................................... 290
Debugging the DHCP Server.................................................................................................................................290
Using DHCP Clear Commands.............................................................................................................................. 290
Configure the System to be a Relay Agent................................................................................................................ 291
Configure the System to be a DHCP Client...............................................................................................................293
Configuring the DHCP Client System...................................................................................................................293
DHCP Client on a Management Interface............................................................................................................296
DHCP Client Operation with Other Features.......................................................................................................297
Configure Secure DHCP...............................................................................................................................................298
Option 82..................................................................................................................................................................298
DHCP Snooping.......................................................................................................................................................298
Configuring the DHCP secondary-subnet............................................................................................................302
Drop DHCP Packets on Snooped VLANs Only................................................................................................... 302
Dynamic ARP Inspection........................................................................................................................................ 303
Configuring Dynamic ARP Inspection................................................................................................................... 304
Source Address Validation......................................................................................................................................305
15 Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)................................................................................................................307
ECMP for Flow-Based Affinity.................................................................................................................................... 307
Enabling Deterministic ECMP Next Hop.............................................................................................................. 307
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Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 307
Managing ECMP Group Paths.................................................................................................................................... 308
RTAG7.............................................................................................................................................................................308
Flow-based Hashing for ECMP................................................................................................................................... 309
16 FC FLEXIO FPORT................................................................................................................................... 313
FC FLEXIO FPORT........................................................................................................................................................ 313
Configuring Switch Mode to FCF Port Mode............................................................................................................ 314
Name Server...................................................................................................................................................................315
FCoE Maps......................................................................................................................................................................315
Creating an FCoE Map.................................................................................................................................................. 316
Zoning.............................................................................................................................................................................. 317
Creating Zone and Adding Members...........................................................................................................................318
Creating Zone Alias and Adding Members..................................................................................................................318
Creating Zonesets..........................................................................................................................................................318
Activating a Zoneset......................................................................................................................................................319
Displaying the Fabric Parameters.................................................................................................................................319
17 FCoE Transit............................................................................................................................................ 322
Fibre Channel over Ethernet........................................................................................................................................322
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network............................................................................................322
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges.............................................................................................................................. 324
FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack...................................................................................................................................325
Using FIP Snooping....................................................................................................................................................... 326
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................326
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature....................................................................................................................... 326
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs.............................................................................................................................326
Configure the FC-MAP Value................................................................................................................................ 327
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link.......................................................................................................327
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link...........................................................................................................327
Impact on Other Software Features..................................................................................................................... 327
FIP Snooping Prerequisites.................................................................................................................................... 328
FIP Snooping Restrictions...................................................................................................................................... 328
Configuring FIP Snooping.......................................................................................................................................328
Displaying FIP Snooping Information...........................................................................................................................329
FCoE Transit Configuration Example..........................................................................................................................334
18 FIPS Cryptography...................................................................................................................................336
Preparing the System................................................................................................................................................... 336
Enabling FIPS Mode...................................................................................................................................................... 336
Generating Host-Keys...................................................................................................................................................337
Monitoring FIPS Mode Status......................................................................................................................................337
Disabling FIPS Mode..................................................................................................................................................... 338
19 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP).................................................................................................. 339
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................339
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Ring Status...............................................................................................................................................................340
Multiple FRRP Rings................................................................................................................................................ 341
Important FRRP Points...........................................................................................................................................342
Important FRRP Concepts.....................................................................................................................................343
Implementing FRRP.......................................................................................................................................................344
FRRP Configuration...................................................................................................................................................... 344
Creating the FRRP Group...................................................................................................................................... 344
Configuring the Control VLAN...............................................................................................................................344
Configuring and Adding the Member VLANs.......................................................................................................346
Setting the FRRP Timers........................................................................................................................................347
Clearing the FRRP Counters..................................................................................................................................347
Viewing the FRRP Configuration...........................................................................................................................347
Viewing the FRRP Information.............................................................................................................................. 348
Troubleshooting FRRP..................................................................................................................................................348
Configuration Checks..............................................................................................................................................348
Sample Configuration and Topology........................................................................................................................... 349
FRRP Support on VLT..................................................................................................................................................350
Example Scenario.....................................................................................................................................................351
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................352
20 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP).............................................................................................353
Important Points to Remember...................................................................................................................................353
Configure GVRP............................................................................................................................................................ 353
Related Configuration Tasks..................................................................................................................................354
Enabling GVRP Globally................................................................................................................................................ 354
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface....................................................................................................................... 355
Configure GVRP Registration......................................................................................................................................355
Configure a GARP Timer..............................................................................................................................................356
21 Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP).........................................................................................357
IGMP Protocol Overview..............................................................................................................................................357
IGMP Version 2........................................................................................................................................................357
IGMP Version 3........................................................................................................................................................359
IGMP Snooping..............................................................................................................................................................362
IGMP Snooping Implementation Information.......................................................................................................362
Configuring IGMP Snooping...................................................................................................................................363
Enabling IGMP Immediate-Leave.......................................................................................................................... 363
Disabling Multicast Flooding...................................................................................................................................364
Specifying a Port as Connected to a Multicast Router......................................................................................364
Configuring the Switch as Querier........................................................................................................................ 364
Fast Convergence after MSTP Topology Changes..................................................................................................365
Designating a Multicast Router Interface...................................................................................................................365
22 Interfaces................................................................................................................................................ 366
Basic Interface Configuration...................................................................................................................................... 366
Advanced Interface Configuration.............................................................................................................................. 366
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Interface Types.............................................................................................................................................................. 367
View Basic Interface Information.................................................................................................................................367
Configuring the Default Interface................................................................................................................................369
Enabling a Physical Interface........................................................................................................................................370
Physical Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................................370
Configuration Task List for Physical Interfaces................................................................................................... 370
Overview of Layer Modes....................................................................................................................................... 371
Configuring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode.................................................................................................................. 371
Configuring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 372
Configuring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...................................................................................................................372
Configuring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode.................................................................................................................. 373
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................373
Configuring Management Interfaces on the Switch...........................................................................................374
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 375
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................376
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 376
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................376
Port Channel Definition and Standards.................................................................................................................377
Port Channel Benefits............................................................................................................................................. 377
Port Channel Implementation.................................................................................................................................377
100/1000/10000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels.......................................................................................... 378
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................378
Creating a Port Channel......................................................................................................................................... 378
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.................................................................................................... 379
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel............................................................................................... 380
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...............................................................................381
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN..............................................................................................381
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel..........................................................................................................382
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.....................................................................................................................382
Load Balancing through Port Channels...................................................................................................................... 382
Changing the Hash Algorithm......................................................................................................................................383
Server Ports................................................................................................................................................................... 384
Default Configuration without Start-up Config...................................................................................................384
Bulk Configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 384
Interface Range....................................................................................................................................................... 384
Bulk Configuration Examples................................................................................................................................. 385
Defining Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................386
Define the Interface Range.................................................................................................................................... 387
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro....................................................................................................................387
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces....................................................................................................................... 387
Maintenance Using TDR.........................................................................................................................................388
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports...........................................................................................................................389
Merging SFP+ Ports to QSFP 40G Ports............................................................................................................389
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface............................................................................................................. 390
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port................................................................................. 390
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Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................391
Example Scenarios................................................................................................................................................... 391
Configuring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics................................................................................................391
Layer 2 Flow Control Using Ethernet Pause Frames................................................................................................392
Enabling Pause Frames...........................................................................................................................................392
Configure MTU Size on an Interface.......................................................................................................................... 393
Port-Pipes.......................................................................................................................................................................393
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces...................................................................................................................393
Setting the Speed and Duplex Mode of Ethernet Interfaces............................................................................ 394
View Advanced Interface Information........................................................................................................................ 396
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size.............................................................................................................. 397
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally....................................................................................................398
Dynamic Counters...................................................................................................................................................399
Enhanced Control of Remote Fault Indication Processing...................................................................................... 400
Assigning a Front-end Port to a Management VRF................................................................................................. 400
23 Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)..........................................................................................................402
Configuring IPSec .........................................................................................................................................................402
24 IPv4 Routing............................................................................................................................................404
IP Addresses...................................................................................................................................................................404
Implementation Information................................................................................................................................... 405
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses.................................................................................................................. 405
IPv4 Path MTU Discovery Overview.......................................................................................................................... 407
Using the Configured Source IP Address in ICMP Messages................................................................................. 408
Configuring the ICMP Source Interface...............................................................................................................408
Configuring the Duration to Establish a TCP Connection........................................................................................408
Enabling Directed Broadcast........................................................................................................................................409
Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................................................409
Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names......................................................................................................409
Specifying the Local System Domain and a List of Domains..............................................................................410
Configuring DNS with Traceroute..........................................................................................................................410
ARP...................................................................................................................................................................................411
Configuration Tasks for ARP...................................................................................................................................411
ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP................................................................................................................................413
ARP Learning via ARP Request....................................................................................................................................413
Configuring ARP Retries................................................................................................................................................414
ICMP................................................................................................................................................................................415
Configuration Tasks for ICMP................................................................................................................................415
UDP Helper..................................................................................................................................................................... 415
Configure UDP Helper............................................................................................................................................. 415
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................415
Enabling UDP Helper................................................................................................................................................416
Configurations Using UDP Helper................................................................................................................................416
UDP Helper with Broadcast-All Addresses...........................................................................................................416
UDP Helper with Subnet Broadcast Addresses................................................................................................... 417
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UDP Helper with Configured Broadcast Addresses.............................................................................................417
UDP Helper with No Configured Broadcast Addresses...................................................................................... 418
Troubleshooting UDP Helper........................................................................................................................................ 418
25 IPv6 Addressing.......................................................................................................................................420
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................420
Extended Address Space........................................................................................................................................ 421
Stateless Autoconfiguration....................................................................................................................................421
IPv6 Header Fields.........................................................................................................................................................422
Version (4 bits)........................................................................................................................................................ 422
Traffic Class (8 bits)................................................................................................................................................422
Flow Label (20 bits)................................................................................................................................................ 422
Payload Length (16 bits).........................................................................................................................................422
Next Header (8 bits)............................................................................................................................................... 423
Hop Limit (8 bits).....................................................................................................................................................423
Source Address (128 bits)...................................................................................................................................... 424
Destination Address (128 bits)...............................................................................................................................424
Extension Header Fields................................................................................................................................................424
Hop-by-Hop Options Header.................................................................................................................................424
Addressing......................................................................................................................................................................425
Link-local Addresses................................................................................................................................................425
Static and Dynamic Addressing............................................................................................................................. 425
Implementing IPv6 with the Dell Networking OS......................................................................................................426
ICMPv6...........................................................................................................................................................................429
Path MTU Discovery.....................................................................................................................................................430
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery..............................................................................................................................................430
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery of MTU Packets........................................................................................................... 431
Configuring the IPv6 Recursive DNS Server........................................................................................................431
Debugging IPv6 RDNSS Information Sent to the Host .....................................................................................432
Displaying IPv6 RDNSS Information......................................................................................................................432
IPv6 Multicast................................................................................................................................................................ 432
Secure Shell (SSH) Over an IPv6 Transport............................................................................................................. 432
Configuration Task List for IPv6..................................................................................................................................433
Adjusting Your CAM-Profile................................................................................................................................... 433
Assigning an IPv6 Address to an Interface...........................................................................................................434
Assigning a Static IPv6 Route................................................................................................................................434
Configuring Telnet with IPv6................................................................................................................................. 435
SNMP over IPv6......................................................................................................................................................435
Showing IPv6 Information......................................................................................................................................435
Showing an IPv6 Interface..................................................................................................................................... 436
Showing IPv6 Routes..............................................................................................................................................436
Showing the Running-Configuration for an Interface.........................................................................................437
Clearing IPv6 Routes...............................................................................................................................................438
26 iSCSI Optimization.................................................................................................................................. 439
iSCSI Optimization Overview.......................................................................................................................................439
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Monitoring iSCSI Traffic Flows...............................................................................................................................441
Information Monitored in iSCSI Traffic Flows.......................................................................................................441
Detection and Auto-Configuration for Dell EqualLogic Arrays........................................................................... 441
Configuring Detection and Ports for Dell Compellent Arrays............................................................................ 442
iSCSI Optimization: Operation............................................................................................................................... 442
Default iSCSI Optimization Values.........................................................................................................................442
Displaying iSCSI Optimization Information................................................................................................................. 443
27 Intermediate System to Intermediate System..........................................................................................445
IS-IS Protocol Overview............................................................................................................................................... 445
IS-IS Addressing.............................................................................................................................................................445
Multi-Topology IS-IS..................................................................................................................................................... 446
Transition Mode.......................................................................................................................................................446
Interface Support.....................................................................................................................................................447
Adjacencies...............................................................................................................................................................447
Graceful Restart.............................................................................................................................................................447
Timers........................................................................................................................................................................447
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 448
Configuration Information.............................................................................................................................................448
Configuration Tasks for IS-IS.................................................................................................................................449
IS-IS Metric Styles.........................................................................................................................................................463
Configure Metric Values...............................................................................................................................................463
Maximum Values in the Routing Table..................................................................................................................463
Change the IS-IS Metric Style in One Level Only................................................................................................463
Leaks from One Level to Another......................................................................................................................... 465
Sample Configurations..................................................................................................................................................466
28 Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)..............................................................................................470
Introduction to Dynamic LAGs and LACP.................................................................................................................. 470
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 470
LACP Modes............................................................................................................................................................. 471
Configuring LACP Commands................................................................................................................................471
LACP Configuration Tasks............................................................................................................................................472
Creating a LAG.........................................................................................................................................................472
Configuring the LAG Interfaces as Dynamic........................................................................................................ 472
Setting the LACP Long Timeout............................................................................................................................473
Shared LAG State Tracking..........................................................................................................................................474
Configuring Shared LAG State Tracking.................................................................................................................... 474
Important Points about Shared LAG State Tracking.......................................................................................... 476
LACP Basic Configuration Example............................................................................................................................ 476
Configure a LAG on ALPHA................................................................................................................................... 476
29 Layer 2.................................................................................................................................................... 485
Manage the MAC Address Table................................................................................................................................ 485
Clearing the MAC Address Table.......................................................................................................................... 485
Setting the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries........................................................................................................485
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Configuring a Static MAC Address....................................................................................................................... 486
Displaying the MAC Address Table....................................................................................................................... 486
MAC Learning Limit.......................................................................................................................................................486
Setting the MAC Learning Limit............................................................................................................................ 487
mac learning-limit Dynamic.....................................................................................................................................487
mac learning-limit station-move.............................................................................................................................487
Learning Limit Violation Actions.............................................................................................................................487
Setting Station Move Violation Actions................................................................................................................488
Recovering from Learning Limit and Station Move Violations...........................................................................488
Disabling MAC Address Learning on the System................................................................................................489
NIC Teaming...................................................................................................................................................................489
MAC Move Optimization.........................................................................................................................................491
30 Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).....................................................................................................492
802.1AB (LLDP) Overview........................................................................................................................................... 492
Protocol Data Units.................................................................................................................................................492
Optional TLVs.................................................................................................................................................................493
Management TLVs..................................................................................................................................................493
TIA-1057 (LLDP-MED) Overview............................................................................................................................... 495
TIA Organizationally Specific TLVs....................................................................................................................... 495
Extended Power via MDI TLV................................................................................................................................499
Configure LLDP............................................................................................................................................................. 499
Related Configuration Tasks..................................................................................................................................499
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................500
LLDP Compatibility..................................................................................................................................................500
CONFIGURATION versus INTERFACE Configurations........................................................................................... 500
Enabling LLDP................................................................................................................................................................ 501
Disabling and Undoing LLDP...................................................................................................................................501
Advertising TLVs............................................................................................................................................................ 501
Viewing the LLDP Configuration.................................................................................................................................502
Viewing Information Advertised by Adjacent LLDP Agents.....................................................................................503
Configuring LLDPDU Intervals.....................................................................................................................................504
Configuring Transmit and Receive Mode...................................................................................................................504
Configuring a Time to Live........................................................................................................................................... 505
Debugging LLDP............................................................................................................................................................506
Relevant Management Objects................................................................................................................................... 507
31 Microsoft Network Load Balancing...........................................................................................................512
NLB Unicast Mode Scenario.........................................................................................................................................512
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario......................................................................................................................................512
Limitations With Enabling NLB on Switches...............................................................................................................513
Benefits and Working of Microsoft Clustering...........................................................................................................513
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding ............................................................................................................................. 513
Configuring a Switch for NLB ..................................................................................................................................... 513
Multicast NLB Mode................................................................................................................................................514
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32 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)......................................................................................... 515
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 515
Anycast RP......................................................................................................................................................................517
Implementation Information..........................................................................................................................................518
Configure the Multicast Source Discovery Protocol................................................................................................. 518
Related Configuration Tasks...................................................................................................................................518
Enabling MSDP.............................................................................................................................................................. 522
Manage the Source-Active Cache..............................................................................................................................523
Viewing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................ 523
Limiting the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................ 523
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................524
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache.......................................................................................................524
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check..................................................................................... 524
Specifying Source-Active Messages.......................................................................................................................... 528
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer.................................................................................................. 529
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source...................................................................................................... 529
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source................................................................................................. 530
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source.................................................................................................530
Logging Changes in Peership States...........................................................................................................................531
Terminating a Peership..................................................................................................................................................531
Clearing Peer Statistics.................................................................................................................................................532
Debugging MSDP.......................................................................................................................................................... 532
MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................533
Configuring Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................534
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding........................................................................................................ 535
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages..............................................................................................535
MSDP Sample Configurations......................................................................................................................................537
33 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)................................................................................................540
Protocol Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 540
Spanning Tree Variations.............................................................................................................................................. 541
Implementation Information..........................................................................................................................................541
Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol................................................................................................................541
Related Configuration Tasks..................................................................................................................................542
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally......................................................................................................................542
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances............................................................................................................... 542
Influencing MSTP Root Selection............................................................................................................................... 543
Interoperate with Non-Dell Networking OS Bridges.................................................................................................544
Changing the Region Name or Revision.....................................................................................................................544
Modifying Global Parameters.......................................................................................................................................545
Enable BPDU Filtering Globally.................................................................................................................................... 546
Modifying the Interface Parameters...........................................................................................................................546
Configuring an EdgePort.............................................................................................................................................. 547
Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change.......................................................................................................548
MSTP Sample Configurations......................................................................................................................................548
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Router 1 Running-ConfigurationRouter 2 Running-ConfigurationRouter 3 Running-
ConfigurationSFTOS Example Running-Configuration...................................................................................... 549
Debugging and Verifying MSTP Configurations........................................................................................................552
34 Multicast Features...................................................................................................................................554
Enabling IP Multicast.....................................................................................................................................................554
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 554
First Packet Forwarding for Lossless Multicast........................................................................................................ 555
Multicast Policies...........................................................................................................................................................555
IPv4 Multicast Policies..................................................................................................................................................555
Limiting the Number of Multicast Routes............................................................................................................556
Preventing a Host from Joining a Group..............................................................................................................556
Rate Limiting IGMP Join Requests....................................................................................................................... 559
Preventing a PIM Router from Forming an Adjacency.......................................................................................559
Preventing a Source from Registering with the RP........................................................................................... 559
Preventing a PIM Router from Processing a Join...............................................................................................562
Understanding Multicast Traceroute (mtrace)......................................................................................................... 562
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................563
Printing Multicast Traceroute (mtrace) Paths..........................................................................................................563
Supported Error Codes.................................................................................................................................................564
mtrace Scenarios...........................................................................................................................................................565
35 Object Tracking........................................................................................................................................571
Object Tracking Overview.............................................................................................................................................571
Track Layer 2 Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................572
Track Layer 3 Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................572
Track IPv4 and IPv6 Routes...................................................................................................................................572
Set Tracking Delays.................................................................................................................................................572
VRRP Object Tracking............................................................................................................................................573
Object Tracking Configuration.....................................................................................................................................573
Tracking a Layer 2 Interface...................................................................................................................................573
Tracking a Layer 3 Interface...................................................................................................................................574
Track an IPv4/IPv6 Route......................................................................................................................................575
Displaying Tracked Objects.......................................................................................................................................... 576
36 Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)................................................................................... 578
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................578
Autonomous System (AS) Areas...........................................................................................................................578
Area Types................................................................................................................................................................579
Networks and Neighbors........................................................................................................................................580
Router Types............................................................................................................................................................580
Link-State Advertisements (LSAs)....................................................................................................................... 582
Router Priority and Cost.........................................................................................................................................583
OSPF with the Dell Networking OS............................................................................................................................584
Graceful Restart...................................................................................................................................................... 585
Fast Convergence (OSPFv2, IPv4 Only)............................................................................................................. 586
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Processing SNMP and Sending SNMP Traps.....................................................................................................586
OSPF ACK Packing.................................................................................................................................................586
Setting OSPF Adjacency with Cisco Routers......................................................................................................586
Configuration Information.............................................................................................................................................587
Configuration Task List for OSPFv2 (OSPF for IPv4)....................................................................................... 587
Troubleshooting OSPFv2....................................................................................................................................... 598
Configuration Task List for OSPFv3 (OSPF for IPv6)............................................................................................. 602
Enabling IPv6 Unicast Routing...............................................................................................................................603
Applying cost for OSPFv3......................................................................................................................................603
Assigning IPv6 Addresses on an Interface........................................................................................................... 603
Assigning Area ID on an Interface......................................................................................................................... 604
Assigning OSPFv3 Process ID and Router ID Globally....................................................................................... 604
Configuring Stub Areas.......................................................................................................................................... 605
Configuring Passive-Interface............................................................................................................................... 605
Redistributing Routes............................................................................................................................................. 605
Configuring a Default Route.................................................................................................................................. 606
Enabling OSPFv3 Graceful Restart.......................................................................................................................606
Displaying Graceful Restart....................................................................................................................................607
OSPFv3 Authentication Using IPsec.................................................................................................................... 608
37 Policy-based Routing (PBR).................................................................................................................... 616
Overview......................................................................................................................................................................... 616
Implementing Policy-based Routing with Dell Networking OS.................................................................................618
Configuration Task List for Policy-based Routing......................................................................................................618
PBR Exceptions (Permit)....................................................................................................................................... 620
Sample Configuration....................................................................................................................................................622
Create the Redirect-List GOLDAssign Redirect-List GOLD to Interface 2/11View Redirect-List GOLD....623
38 PIM Sparse-Mode (PIM-SM).................................................................................................................. 627
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 627
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................627
Requesting Multicast Traffic..................................................................................................................................628
Refuse Multicast Traffic.........................................................................................................................................628
Send Multicast Traffic............................................................................................................................................ 628
Configuring PIM-SM.....................................................................................................................................................629
Related Configuration Tasks..................................................................................................................................629
Enable PIM-SM..............................................................................................................................................................629
Configuring S,G Expiry Timers.....................................................................................................................................630
Configuring a Static Rendezvous Point.......................................................................................................................631
Overriding Bootstrap Router Updates...................................................................................................................631
Configuring a Designated Router................................................................................................................................ 632
Creating Multicast Boundaries and Domains............................................................................................................. 632
Enabling PIM-SM Graceful Restart.............................................................................................................................633
39 PIM Source-Specific Mode (PIM-SSM).................................................................................................. 634
Configure PIM-SMM.....................................................................................................................................................634
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