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Dell Configuration Guide for the S4820T
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9.10(0.0)
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2016 - 04
Rev. A00
Contents
1 About this Guide.................................................................................................................................................... 32
Audience.....................................................................................................................................................................32
Conventions.............................................................................................................................................................. 32
Related Documents................................................................................................................................................. 32
2 Configuration Fundamentals.............................................................................................................................. 33
Accessing the Command Line...............................................................................................................................33
CLI Modes.................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Navigating CLI Modes........................................................................................................................................35
The do Command.................................................................................................................................................... 37
Undoing Commands............................................................................................................................................... 38
Obtaining Help..........................................................................................................................................................39
Entering and Editing Commands..........................................................................................................................39
Command History....................................................................................................................................................40
Filtering show Command Outputs.......................................................................................................................40
Example of the grep Keyword......................................................................................................................... 40
Multiple Users in Configuration Mode................................................................................................................. 41
3 Getting Started...................................................................................................................................................... 42
Console Access.........................................................................................................................................................43
Serial Console......................................................................................................................................................43
Accessing the CLI Interface and Running Scripts Using SSH..........................................................................44
Entering CLI commands Using an SSH Connection...................................................................................44
Executing Local CLI Scripts Using an SSH Connection............................................................................. 44
Default Configuration..............................................................................................................................................45
Configuring a Host Name.......................................................................................................................................45
Accessing the System Remotely........................................................................................................................... 45
Accessing the System Remotely..................................................................................................................... 45
Configure the Management Port IP Address................................................................................................46
Configure a Management Route.....................................................................................................................46
Configuring a Username and Password........................................................................................................46
Configuring the Enable Password.........................................................................................................................47
Configuration File Management............................................................................................................................47
Copy Files to and from the System.................................................................................................................47
Mounting an NFS File System.......................................................................................................................... 48
Save the Running-Configuration.................................................................................................................... 50
Configure the Overload Bit for a Startup Scenario..................................................................................... 50
Viewing Files........................................................................................................................................................ 50
Managing the File System....................................................................................................................................... 51
Enabling Software Features on Devices Using a Command Option.............................................................52
View Command History..........................................................................................................................................52
Upgrading Dell Networking OS............................................................................................................................. 53
Using HTTP for File Transfers.................................................................................................................................53
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Verify Software Images Before Installation......................................................................................................... 53
4 Management.......................................................................................................................................................... 55
Configuring Privilege Levels...................................................................................................................................55
Creating a Custom Privilege Level.................................................................................................................. 55
Removing a Command from EXEC Mode.................................................................................................... 56
Moving a Command from EXEC Privilege Mode to EXEC Mode............................................................. 56
Allowing Access to CONFIGURATION Mode Commands........................................................................ 56
Allowing Access to Different Modes.............................................................................................................. 56
Applying a Privilege Level to a Username..................................................................................................... 58
Applying a Privilege Level to a Terminal Line............................................................................................... 58
Configuring Logging................................................................................................................................................58
Audit and Security Logs.....................................................................................................................................59
Configuring Logging Format ......................................................................................................................... 60
Display the Logging Buffer and the Logging Configuration......................................................................61
Setting Up a Secure Connection to a Syslog Server...................................................................................62
Log Messages in the Internal Buffer..................................................................................................................... 63
Configuration Task List for System Log Management............................................................................... 63
Disabling System Logging...................................................................................................................................... 63
Sending System Messages to a Syslog Server....................................................................................................63
Configuring a UNIX System as a Syslog Server............................................................................................64
Track Login Activity..................................................................................................................................................64
Restrictions for Tracking Login Activity......................................................................................................... 64
Configuring Login Activity Tracking............................................................................................................... 64
Display Login Statistics...................................................................................................................................... 65
Limit Concurrent Login Sessions.......................................................................................................................... 66
Restrictions for Limiting the Number of Concurrent Sessions.................................................................66
Configuring Concurrent Session Limit.......................................................................................................... 66
Enabling the System to Clear Existing Sessions........................................................................................... 67
Changing System Logging Settings......................................................................................................................68
Display the Logging Buffer and the Logging Configuration........................................................................... 68
Configuring a UNIX Logging Facility Level......................................................................................................... 69
Synchronizing Log Messages.................................................................................................................................70
Enabling Timestamp on Syslog Messages.......................................................................................................... 70
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 Timeout for EXEC Privilege Mode...........................................................................................................75
Using Telnet to get to Another Network Device............................................................................................... 75
Lock CONFIGURATION Mode...............................................................................................................................76
Viewing the Configuration Lock Status..........................................................................................................76
Recovering from a Forgotten Password..............................................................................................................76
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Recovering from a Forgotten Enable Password...........................................................................................77
Recovering from a Failed Start.............................................................................................................................. 78
Restoring the Factory Default Settings................................................................................................................ 78
Important Points to Remember.......................................................................................................................79
Restoring Factory Default Environment Variables.......................................................................................79
5 802.1X...................................................................................................................................................................... 81
Port-Authentication Process................................................................................................................................. 83
EAP over RADIUS................................................................................................................................................84
Configuring 802.1X.................................................................................................................................................. 85
Related Configuration Tasks............................................................................................................................ 85
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................ 85
Enabling 802.1X........................................................................................................................................................ 86
Configuring MAC addresses for a do1x Profile.................................................................................................. 87
Configuring Request Identity Re-Transmissions...............................................................................................88
Configuring a Quiet Period after a Failed Authentication......................................................................... 88
Forcibly Authorizing or Unauthorizing a Port.................................................................................................... 89
Re-Authenticating a Port........................................................................................................................................90
Configuring Timeouts..............................................................................................................................................91
Configuring Dynamic VLAN Assignment with Port Authentication...............................................................92
Guest and Authentication-Fail VLANs..................................................................................................................93
Configuring a Guest VLAN................................................................................................................................93
Configuring an Authentication-Fail VLAN.....................................................................................................93
Configuring dot1x Profile ...................................................................................................................................... 94
Configuring the Static MAB and MAB Profile .................................................................................................... 95
Configuring Critical VLAN ......................................................................................................................................95
6 Access Control List (ACL) VLAN Groups and Content Addressable Memory (CAM).................................97
Optimizing CAM Utilization During the Attachment of ACLs to VLANs....................................................... 97
Guidelines for Configuring ACL VLAN Groups.................................................................................................. 98
Configuring ACL VLAN Groups and Configuring FP Blocks for VLAN Parameters....................................98
Configuring ACL VLAN Groups....................................................................................................................... 98
Configuring FP Blocks for VLAN Parameters................................................................................................99
Viewing CAM Usage.............................................................................................................................................. 100
Allocating FP Blocks for VLAN Processes..........................................................................................................101
7 Access Control Lists (ACLs)............................................................................................................................... 103
IP Access Control Lists (ACLs)............................................................................................................................. 104
CAM Usage.........................................................................................................................................................105
Implementing ACLs on Dell Networking OS.............................................................................................. 105
IP Fragment Handling............................................................................................................................................107
IP Fragments ACL Examples...........................................................................................................................107
Layer 4 ACL Rules Examples.......................................................................................................................... 107
Configure a Standard IP ACL............................................................................................................................... 108
Configuring a Standard IP ACL Filter............................................................................................................109
Configure an Extended IP ACL............................................................................................................................ 110
Configuring Filters with a Sequence Number.............................................................................................110
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Configuring Filters Without a Sequence Number...................................................................................... 111
Configure Layer 2 and Layer 3 ACLs...................................................................................................................112
Assign an IP ACL to an Interface..........................................................................................................................112
Applying an IP ACL..................................................................................................................................................113
Counting ACL Hits............................................................................................................................................ 113
Configure Ingress ACLs......................................................................................................................................... 114
Configure Egress ACLs.......................................................................................................................................... 114
Applying Egress Layer 3 ACLs (Control-Plane)........................................................................................... 115
IP Prefix Lists............................................................................................................................................................ 115
Implementation Information.......................................................................................................................... 116
Configuration Task List for Prefix Lists......................................................................................................... 116
ACL Resequencing.................................................................................................................................................120
Resequencing an ACL or Prefix List..............................................................................................................120
Route Maps...............................................................................................................................................................121
Implementation Information.......................................................................................................................... 121
Important Points to Remember...........................................................................................................................122
Configuration Task List for Route Maps.......................................................................................................122
Configuring Match Routes..............................................................................................................................124
Configuring Set Conditions............................................................................................................................ 125
Configure a Route Map for Route Redistribution......................................................................................126
Configure a Route Map for Route Tagging................................................................................................. 127
Continue Clause................................................................................................................................................127
Logging of ACL Processes.................................................................................................................................... 127
Guidelines for Configuring ACL Logging.....................................................................................................128
Configuring ACL Logging............................................................................................................................... 129
Flow-Based Monitoring Support for ACLs........................................................................................................ 129
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
Configure BFD.........................................................................................................................................................138
Configure BFD for Physical Ports..................................................................................................................139
Configure BFD for Static Routes................................................................................................................... 142
Configure BFD for OSPF................................................................................................................................. 144
Configure BFD for OSPFv3............................................................................................................................. 146
Configure BFD for IS-IS...................................................................................................................................148
Configure BFD for BGP................................................................................................................................... 150
Configure BFD for VRRP..................................................................................................................................157
Configuring Protocol Liveness.......................................................................................................................159
Troubleshooting BFD.......................................................................................................................................159
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9 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)..........................................................................................................161
Autonomous Systems (AS)....................................................................................................................................161
Sessions and Peers................................................................................................................................................. 163
Establish a Session............................................................................................................................................164
Route Reflectors.....................................................................................................................................................164
BGP Attributes......................................................................................................................................................... 165
Best Path Selection Criteria............................................................................................................................166
Weight.................................................................................................................................................................168
Local Preference...............................................................................................................................................168
Multi-Exit Discriminators (MEDs)...................................................................................................................168
Origin...................................................................................................................................................................169
AS Path................................................................................................................................................................ 170
Next Hop.............................................................................................................................................................170
Multiprotocol BGP..................................................................................................................................................170
Implement BGP with Dell Networking OS.........................................................................................................171
Additional Path (Add-Path) Support.............................................................................................................. 171
Advertise IGP Cost as MED for Redistributed Routes................................................................................171
Ignore Router-ID in Best-Path Calculation.................................................................................................172
Four-Byte AS Numbers....................................................................................................................................172
AS4 Number Representation..........................................................................................................................172
AS Number Migration.......................................................................................................................................174
BGP4 Management Information Base (MIB)............................................................................................... 176
Important Points to Remember.....................................................................................................................176
Configuration Information....................................................................................................................................177
BGP Configuration..................................................................................................................................................177
Enabling BGP..................................................................................................................................................... 178
Configuring AS4 Number Representations................................................................................................. 181
Configuring Peer Groups................................................................................................................................182
Configuring BGP Fast Fall-Over.................................................................................................................... 185
Configuring Passive Peering...........................................................................................................................186
Maintaining Existing AS Numbers During an AS Migration...................................................................... 187
Allowing an AS Number to Appear in its Own AS Path............................................................................ 188
Enabling Graceful Restart............................................................................................................................... 189
Enabling Neighbor Graceful Restart.............................................................................................................190
Filtering on an AS-Path Attribute.................................................................................................................. 190
Regular Expressions as Filters.........................................................................................................................191
Redistributing Routes.......................................................................................................................................193
Enabling Additional Paths............................................................................................................................... 193
Configuring IP Community Lists................................................................................................................... 194
Configuring an IP Extended Community List............................................................................................. 195
Filtering Routes with Community Lists........................................................................................................ 196
Manipulating the COMMUNITY Attribute....................................................................................................196
Changing MED Attributes............................................................................................................................... 198
Changing the LOCAL_PREFERENCE Attribute...........................................................................................198
Configuring the local System or a Different System to be the Next Hop for BGP-Learned
Routes................................................................................................................................................................. 199
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Changing the WEIGHT Attribute................................................................................................................... 199
Enabling Multipath...........................................................................................................................................200
Filtering BGP Routes........................................................................................................................................200
Filtering BGP Routes Using Route Maps......................................................................................................201
Filtering BGP Routes Using AS-PATH Information................................................................................... 202
Configuring BGP Route Reflectors...............................................................................................................203
Aggregating Routes......................................................................................................................................... 203
Configuring BGP Confederations.................................................................................................................204
Enabling Route Flap Dampening.................................................................................................................. 204
Changing BGP Timers.....................................................................................................................................206
Enabling BGP Neighbor Soft-Reconfiguration.......................................................................................... 207
Route Map Continue....................................................................................................................................... 208
Enabling MBGP Configurations.......................................................................................................................... 208
BGP Regular Expression Optimization.............................................................................................................. 209
Debugging BGP......................................................................................................................................................209
Storing Last and Bad PDUs.............................................................................................................................210
Capturing PDUs................................................................................................................................................. 211
PDU Counters....................................................................................................................................................212
Sample Configurations..........................................................................................................................................212
10 Content Addressable Memory (CAM)............................................................................................................218
CAM Allocation....................................................................................................................................................... 218
Test CAM Usage..................................................................................................................................................... 220
View CAM Profiles..................................................................................................................................................220
View CAM-ACL Settings........................................................................................................................................221
View CAM Usage.................................................................................................................................................... 222
CAM Optimization..................................................................................................................................................223
Troubleshoot CAM Profiling................................................................................................................................ 223
QoS CAM Region Limitation.......................................................................................................................... 223
11 Control Plane Policing (CoPP)........................................................................................................................224
Configure Control Plane Policing.......................................................................................................................226
Configuring CoPP for Protocols................................................................................................................... 226
Configuring CoPP for CPU Queues............................................................................................................. 228
CoPP for OSPFv3 Packets.............................................................................................................................. 229
Configuring CoPP for OSPFv3.......................................................................................................................232
Displaying CoPP Configuration ....................................................................................................................233
12 Data Center Bridging (DCB)............................................................................................................................ 235
Ethernet Enhancements in Data Center Bridging...........................................................................................235
Priority-Based Flow Control.......................................................................................................................... 236
Enhanced Transmission Selection................................................................................................................ 237
Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol (DCBx).....................................................................................238
Data Center Bridging in a Traffic Flow.........................................................................................................239
Enabling Data Center Bridging............................................................................................................................239
DCB Maps and its Attributes.......................................................................................................................... 240
Data Center Bridging: Default Configuration...................................................................................................241
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Configuring Priority-Based Flow Control..........................................................................................................241
Configuring Lossless Queues........................................................................................................................ 242
Configuring PFC in a DCB Map...........................................................................................................................243
PFC Configuration Notes................................................................................................................................243
PFC Prerequisites and Restrictions...............................................................................................................244
Applying a DCB Map on a Port............................................................................................................................244
Configuring PFC without a DCB Map................................................................................................................245
Configuring Lossless QueuesExample:....................................................................................................... 245
Priority-Based Flow Control Using Dynamic Buffer Method........................................................................247
Pause and Resume of Traffic......................................................................................................................... 247
Buffer Sizes for Lossless or PFC Packets..................................................................................................... 247
Behavior of Tagged Packets................................................................................................................................ 248
Configuration Example for DSCP and PFC Priorities..................................................................................... 248
Using PFC to Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic.........................................................................................249
Configure Enhanced Transmission Selection..................................................................................................249
ETS Prerequisites and Restrictions............................................................................................................... 249
Creating an ETS Priority Group..................................................................................................................... 250
ETS Operation with DCBx...............................................................................................................................251
Configuring Bandwidth Allocation for DCBx CIN......................................................................................251
Configuring ETS in a DCB Map......................................................................................................................252
Hierarchical Scheduling in ETS Output Policies.............................................................................................. 253
Using ETS to Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic......................................................................................... 254
Applying DCB Policies in a Switch Stack...........................................................................................................254
Configure a DCBx Operation.............................................................................................................................. 254
DCBx Operation................................................................................................................................................255
DCBx Port Roles............................................................................................................................................... 255
DCB Configuration Exchange....................................................................................................................... 256
Configuration Source Election...................................................................................................................... 257
Propagation of DCB Information.................................................................................................................. 257
Auto-Detection and Manual Configuration of the DCBx Version......................................................... 257
DCBx Example.................................................................................................................................................. 258
DCBx Prerequisites and Restrictions............................................................................................................258
Configuring DCBx............................................................................................................................................ 259
Verifying the DCB Configuration........................................................................................................................ 262
Sample DCB Configuration..................................................................................................................................270
PFC and ETS Configuration Command Examples.................................................................................... 272
QoS dot1p Traffic Classification and Queue Assignment..............................................................................272
Configuring the Dynamic Buffer Method..........................................................................................................273
13 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)...........................................................................................275
DHCP Packet Format and Options.....................................................................................................................275
Assign an IP Address using DHCP.......................................................................................................................277
Implementation Information............................................................................................................................... 278
Configure the System to be a DHCP Server.....................................................................................................278
Configuring the Server for Automatic Address Allocation...................................................................... 279
Specifying a Default Gateway........................................................................................................................280
Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution...........................................................................................281
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Using DNS for Address Resolution................................................................................................................281
Using NetBIOS WINS for Address Resolution.............................................................................................281
Creating Manual Binding Entries................................................................................................................... 281
Debugging the DHCP Server......................................................................................................................... 282
Using DHCP Clear Commands..................................................................................................................... 282
Configure the System to be a Relay Agent.......................................................................................................282
Configure the System to be a DHCP Client.....................................................................................................284
DHCP Client Operation with Other Features.............................................................................................284
DHCP Client on a Management Interface.................................................................................................. 285
Configure the System for User Port Stacking (Option 230)......................................................................... 286
Configure Secure DHCP.......................................................................................................................................286
Option 82...........................................................................................................................................................286
DHCP Snooping................................................................................................................................................287
Configuring the DHCP secondary-subnet................................................................................................. 290
Drop DHCP Packets on Snooped VLANs Only..........................................................................................290
Dynamic ARP Inspection.................................................................................................................................291
Configuring Dynamic ARP Inspection......................................................................................................... 292
Source Address Validation....................................................................................................................................293
Enabling IP Source Address Validation........................................................................................................ 293
DHCP MAC Source Address Validation....................................................................................................... 294
Enabling IP+MAC Source Address Validation............................................................................................ 294
Viewing the Number of SAV Dropped Packets..........................................................................................295
Clearing the Number of SAV Dropped Packets......................................................................................... 295
14 Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)........................................................................................................................296
ECMP for Flow-Based Affinity............................................................................................................................. 296
Configuring the Hash Algorithm...................................................................................................................296
Enabling Deterministic ECMP Next Hop.....................................................................................................296
Configuring the Hash Algorithm Seed.........................................................................................................297
Link Bundle Monitoring.........................................................................................................................................297
Managing ECMP Group Paths....................................................................................................................... 298
Creating an ECMP Group Bundle.................................................................................................................298
Modifying the ECMP Group Threshold....................................................................................................... 298
RTAG7.......................................................................................................................................................................299
Flow-based Hashing for ECMP...........................................................................................................................300
15 FIP Snooping......................................................................................................................................................303
Fibre Channel over Ethernet................................................................................................................................303
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network..................................................................................303
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges..................................................................................................................... 305
FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack........................................................................................................................... 307
Using FIP Snooping................................................................................................................................................307
FIP Snooping Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................307
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................... 307
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature............................................................................................................... 308
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs.................................................................................................................... 308
Configure the FC-MAP Value........................................................................................................................ 309
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Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link............................................................................................ 309
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link.................................................................................................309
Impact on Other Software Features.............................................................................................................309
FIP Snooping Restrictions...............................................................................................................................310
Configuring FIP Snooping...............................................................................................................................310
Displaying FIP Snooping Information................................................................................................................. 311
FCoE Transit Configuration Example................................................................................................................. 316
16 FIPS Cryptography............................................................................................................................................ 318
Configuration Tasks............................................................................................................................................... 318
Preparing the System.............................................................................................................................................318
Enabling FIPS Mode............................................................................................................................................... 319
Generating Host-Keys........................................................................................................................................... 319
Monitoring FIPS Mode Status...............................................................................................................................319
Disabling FIPS Mode..............................................................................................................................................320
17 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)........................................................................................................ 321
Protocol Overview..................................................................................................................................................321
Ring Status......................................................................................................................................................... 322
Multiple FRRP Rings......................................................................................................................................... 322
Important FRRP Points.................................................................................................................................... 323
Important FRRP Concepts..............................................................................................................................324
Implementing FRRP............................................................................................................................................... 325
FRRP Configuration............................................................................................................................................... 325
Creating the FRRP Group............................................................................................................................... 325
Configuring the Control VLAN...................................................................................................................... 326
Configuring and Adding the Member VLANs............................................................................................. 327
Setting the FRRP Timers..................................................................................................................................328
Clearing the FRRP Counters.......................................................................................................................... 328
Viewing the FRRP Configuration...................................................................................................................328
Viewing the FRRP Information...................................................................................................................... 328
Troubleshooting FRRP.......................................................................................................................................... 329
Configuration Checks..................................................................................................................................... 329
Sample Configuration and Topology................................................................................................................ 329
18 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)................................................................................................... 331
Important Points to Remember...........................................................................................................................331
Configure GVRP......................................................................................................................................................332
Related Configuration Tasks.......................................................................................................................... 332
Enabling GVRP Globally........................................................................................................................................333
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface............................................................................................................... 333
Configure GVRP Registration.............................................................................................................................. 333
Configure a GARP Timer...................................................................................................................................... 334
RPM Redundancy...................................................................................................................................................334
19 High Availability (HA)........................................................................................................................................336
Component Redundancy.....................................................................................................................................336
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RPM Redundancy............................................................................................................................................. 336
Automatic and Manual Stack Unit Failover.................................................................................................338
Support for RPM Redundancy by Dell Networking OS Version.............................................................339
Synchronization between Management and Standby Units...................................................................339
Configuring RPM Redundancy...................................................................................................................... 339
Online Insertion and Removal.............................................................................................................................340
RPM Online Insertion and Removal..............................................................................................................341
Linecard Online Insertion and Removal...................................................................................................... 341
Hitless Behavior...................................................................................................................................................... 342
Graceful Restart......................................................................................................................................................343
Software Resiliency................................................................................................................................................343
Software Component Health Monitoring................................................................................................... 343
System Health Monitoring..............................................................................................................................343
Failure and Event Logging.............................................................................................................................. 343
Hot-Lock Behavior................................................................................................................................................ 344
Process Restartability............................................................................................................................................ 344
Enabling Process Restartability......................................................................................................................345
20 Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)........................................................................................... 346
IGMP Implementation Information....................................................................................................................346
IGMP Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................346
IGMP Version 2................................................................................................................................................. 346
IGMP Version 3................................................................................................................................................. 348
Configure IGMP......................................................................................................................................................350
Related Configuration Tasks...........................................................................................................................351
Viewing IGMP Enabled Interfaces....................................................................................................................... 351
Selecting an IGMP Version....................................................................................................................................351
Viewing IGMP Groups........................................................................................................................................... 352
Adjusting Timers..................................................................................................................................................... 352
Adjusting Query and Response Timers........................................................................................................352
Enabling IGMP Immediate-Leave....................................................................................................................... 353
IGMP Snooping.......................................................................................................................................................353
IGMP Snooping Implementation Information............................................................................................353
Configuring IGMP Snooping..........................................................................................................................353
Removing a Group-Port Association........................................................................................................... 354
Disabling Multicast Flooding..........................................................................................................................354
Specifying a Port as Connected to a Multicast Router.............................................................................355
Configuring the Switch as Querier............................................................................................................... 355
Fast Convergence after MSTP Topology Changes.........................................................................................356
Egress Interface Selection (EIS) for HTTP and IGMP Applications...............................................................356
Protocol Separation.........................................................................................................................................356
Enabling and Disabling Management Egress Interface Selection..........................................................357
Handling of Management Route Configuration........................................................................................358
Handling of Switch-Initiated Traffic............................................................................................................. 359
Handling of Switch-Destined Traffic............................................................................................................359
Handling of Transit Traffic (Traffic Separation)..........................................................................................360
Mapping of Management Applications and Traffic Type.........................................................................360
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Behavior of Various Applications for Switch-Initiated Traffic ................................................................ 361
Behavior of Various Applications for Switch-Destined Traffic .............................................................. 362
Interworking of EIS With Various Applications...........................................................................................363
Designating a Multicast Router Interface..........................................................................................................363
21 Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 365
Basic Interface Configuration..............................................................................................................................365
Advanced Interface Configuration..................................................................................................................... 365
Interface Types....................................................................................................................................................... 366
View Basic Interface Information....................................................................................................................... 366
Resetting an Interface to its Factory Default State......................................................................................... 368
Enabling Energy Efficient Ethernet.....................................................................................................................369
View EEE Information............................................................................................................................................369
Clear EEE Counters................................................................................................................................................373
Enabling a Physical Interface............................................................................................................................... 374
Physical Interfaces..................................................................................................................................................374
Configuration Task List for Physical Interfaces..........................................................................................374
Overview of Layer Modes............................................................................................................................... 375
Configuring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode......................................................................................................... 375
Configuring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode..........................................................................................................376
Configuring Layer 3 (Network) Mode...........................................................................................................376
Configuring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode..........................................................................................................376
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)........................................................................................................................... 377
Important Points to Remember.....................................................................................................................377
Configuring EIS..................................................................................................................................................377
Management Interfaces........................................................................................................................................378
Configuring Management Interfaces........................................................................................................... 378
Configuring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port.....................................................................379
VLAN Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................380
Loopback Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................. 381
Null Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................... 381
Port Channel Interfaces........................................................................................................................................ 381
Port Channel Definition and Standards.......................................................................................................382
Port Channel Benefits..................................................................................................................................... 382
Port Channel Implementation.......................................................................................................................382
Interfaces in Port Channels............................................................................................................................383
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces......................................................................................383
Creating a Port Channel................................................................................................................................. 383
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.......................................................................................... 384
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel......................................................................................385
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel..................................................................386
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN...................................................................................386
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel.................................................................................................387
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.......................................................................................................... 388
Load Balancing Through Port Channels..................................................................................................... 388
Changing the Hash Algorithm.......................................................................................................................388
Bulk Configuration.................................................................................................................................................389
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Interface Range................................................................................................................................................ 389
Bulk Configuration Examples........................................................................................................................ 390
Defining Interface Range Macros........................................................................................................................391
Define the Interface Range.............................................................................................................................391
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro...........................................................................................................391
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces............................................................................................................. 392
Maintenance Using TDR................................................................................................................................. 393
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports.....................................................................................................................393
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port..........................................................................394
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................... 394
Example Scenarios........................................................................................................................................... 395
Configuring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics.................................................................................... 398
Link Dampening..................................................................................................................................................... 398
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................... 399
Enabling Link Dampening...............................................................................................................................399
Link Bundle Monitoring........................................................................................................................................ 400
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control.............................................................................................. 401
Enabling Pause Frames................................................................................................................................... 402
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.......................................................................................................... 402
Port-Pipes................................................................................................................................................................403
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces.........................................................................................................403
Setting the Speed and Duplex Mode of Ethernet Interfaces.................................................................. 403
Set Auto-Negotiation Options...................................................................................................................... 405
View Advanced Interface Information...............................................................................................................406
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size.................................................................................................... 406
Dynamic Counters.................................................................................................................................................407
Clearing Interface Counters...........................................................................................................................407
Compressing Configuration Files.......................................................................................................................408
22 Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)................................................................................................................. 412
Configuring IPSec ..................................................................................................................................................412
23 IPv4 Routing...................................................................................................................................................... 414
IP Addresses.............................................................................................................................................................415
Implementation Information..........................................................................................................................415
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses.................................................................................................................415
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface.............................................................................................................. 415
Configuring Static Routes.....................................................................................................................................416
Configure Static Routes for the Management Interface................................................................................417
IPv4 Path MTU Discovery Overview...................................................................................................................418
Using the Configured Source IP Address in ICMP Messages........................................................................418
Configuring the ICMP Source Interface...................................................................................................... 418
Configuring the Duration to Establish a TCP Connection............................................................................ 419
Enabling Directed Broadcast............................................................................................................................... 419
Resolution of Host Names................................................................................................................................... 419
Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names................................................................................................ 420
Specifying the Local System Domain and a List of Domains....................................................................... 420
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Configuring DNS with Traceroute...................................................................................................................... 421
ARP............................................................................................................................................................................ 421
Configuration Tasks for ARP................................................................................................................................422
Configuring Static ARP Entries............................................................................................................................ 422
Enabling Proxy ARP................................................................................................................................................422
Clearing ARP Cache...............................................................................................................................................423
ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP........................................................................................................................423
Enabling ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP.......................................................................................................423
ARP Learning via ARP Request............................................................................................................................ 424
Configuring ARP Retries....................................................................................................................................... 424
ICMP..........................................................................................................................................................................425
Configuration Tasks for ICMP............................................................................................................................. 425
Enabling ICMP Unreachable Messages............................................................................................................. 425
UDP Helper..............................................................................................................................................................426
Configure UDP Helper.................................................................................................................................... 426
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................... 426
Enabling UDP Helper.............................................................................................................................................426
Configuring a Broadcast Address....................................................................................................................... 426
Configurations Using UDP Helper......................................................................................................................427
UDP Helper with Broadcast-All Addresses....................................................................................................... 427
UDP Helper with Subnet Broadcast Addresses............................................................................................... 428
UDP Helper with Configured Broadcast Addresses....................................................................................... 428
UDP Helper with No Configured Broadcast Addresses.................................................................................429
Troubleshooting UDP Helper..............................................................................................................................429
24 IPv6 Routing......................................................................................................................................................430
Protocol Overview.................................................................................................................................................430
Extended Address Space.................................................................................................................................431
Stateless Autoconfiguration........................................................................................................................... 431
IPv6 Headers......................................................................................................................................................431
IPv6 Header Fields............................................................................................................................................432
Extension Header Fields..................................................................................................................................434
Addressing..........................................................................................................................................................435
Implementing IPv6 with Dell Networking OS..................................................................................................436
ICMPv6..................................................................................................................................................................... 437
Path MTU Discovery..............................................................................................................................................438
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery......................................................................................................................................438
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery of MTU Packets..................................................................................................439
Configuration Task List for IPv6 RDNSS............................................................................................................439
Configuring the IPv6 Recursive DNS Server...............................................................................................439
Debugging IPv6 RDNSS Information Sent to the Host ...........................................................................440
Displaying IPv6 RDNSS Information............................................................................................................ 440
Secure Shell (SSH) Over an IPv6 Transport.......................................................................................................441
Configuration Tasks for IPv6................................................................................................................................441
Adjusting Your CAM-Profile........................................................................................................................... 441
Assigning an IPv6 Address to an Interface..................................................................................................442
Assigning a Static IPv6 Route.........................................................................................................................443
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Configuring Telnet with IPv6.........................................................................................................................443
SNMP over IPv6................................................................................................................................................ 443
Displaying IPv6 Information...........................................................................................................................444
Displaying an IPv6 Interface Information....................................................................................................444
Showing IPv6 Routes.......................................................................................................................................445
Showing the Running-Configuration for an Interface.............................................................................446
Clearing IPv6 Routes....................................................................................................................................... 447
Configuring IPv6 RA Guard..................................................................................................................................447
Configuring IPv6 RA Guard on an Interface...............................................................................................449
Monitoring IPv6 RA Guard..............................................................................................................................449
25 iSCSI Optimization........................................................................................................................................... 450
iSCSI Optimization Overview.............................................................................................................................. 450
Monitoring iSCSI Traffic Flows.......................................................................................................................451
Application of Quality of Service to iSCSI Traffic Flows...........................................................................452
Information Monitored in iSCSI Traffic Flows............................................................................................ 452
Detection and Auto-Configuration for Dell EqualLogic Arrays..............................................................453
Configuring Detection and Ports for Dell Compellent Arrays................................................................453
Synchronizing iSCSI Sessions Learned on VLT-Lags with VLT-Peer.................................................... 454
Enable and Disable iSCSI Optimization.......................................................................................................454
Default iSCSI Optimization Values......................................................................................................................455
iSCSI Optimization Prerequisites........................................................................................................................ 455
Configuring iSCSI Optimization..........................................................................................................................455
Displaying iSCSI Optimization Information...................................................................................................... 457
26 Intermediate System to Intermediate System.............................................................................................459
IS-IS Protocol Overview....................................................................................................................................... 459
IS-IS Addressing......................................................................................................................................................459
Multi-Topology IS-IS.............................................................................................................................................460
Transition Mode............................................................................................................................................... 460
Interface Support..............................................................................................................................................461
Adjacencies........................................................................................................................................................461
Graceful Restart...................................................................................................................................................... 461
Timers................................................................................................................................................................. 461
Implementation Information............................................................................................................................... 462
Configuration Information...................................................................................................................................462
Configuration Tasks for IS-IS.........................................................................................................................463
Configuring the Distance of a Route........................................................................................................... 470
Changing the IS-Type......................................................................................................................................471
Redistributing IPv4 Routes..............................................................................................................................473
Redistributing IPv6 Routes............................................................................................................................. 474
Configuring Authentication Passwords....................................................................................................... 475
Setting the Overload Bit..................................................................................................................................475
Debugging IS-IS................................................................................................................................................476
IS-IS Metric Styles...................................................................................................................................................477
Configure Metric Values........................................................................................................................................477
Maximum Values in the Routing Table........................................................................................................ 477
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Change the IS-IS Metric Style in One Level Only...................................................................................... 477
Leaks from One Level to Another.................................................................................................................479
Sample Configurations.........................................................................................................................................480
27 Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)..................................................................................................482
Introduction to Dynamic LAGs and LACP........................................................................................................ 482
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................... 482
LACP Modes...................................................................................................................................................... 483
Configuring LACP Commands......................................................................................................................483
LACP Configuration Tasks................................................................................................................................... 484
Creating a LAG..................................................................................................................................................484
Configuring the LAG Interfaces as Dynamic..............................................................................................484
Setting the LACP Long Timeout....................................................................................................................485
Monitoring and Debugging LACP.................................................................................................................485
Shared LAG State Tracking.................................................................................................................................. 486
Configuring Shared LAG State Tracking......................................................................................................486
Important Points about Shared LAG State Tracking................................................................................. 487
LACP Basic Configuration Example................................................................................................................... 488
Configure a LAG on ALPHA........................................................................................................................... 488
28 Layer 2.................................................................................................................................................................497
Manage the MAC Address Table.........................................................................................................................497
Clearing the MAC Address Table.................................................................................................................. 497
Setting the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries.............................................................................................. 497
Configuring a Static MAC Address............................................................................................................... 498
Displaying the MAC Address Table...............................................................................................................498
MAC Learning Limit............................................................................................................................................... 498
Setting the MAC Learning Limit.................................................................................................................... 499
mac learning-limit Dynamic..........................................................................................................................499
mac learning-limit mac-address-sticky......................................................................................................499
mac learning-limit station-move................................................................................................................. 500
mac learning-limit no-station-move...........................................................................................................500
Learning Limit Violation Actions................................................................................................................... 500
Setting Station Move Violation Actions........................................................................................................501
Recovering from Learning Limit and Station Move Violations................................................................501
Disabling MAC Address Learning on the System.......................................................................................502
NIC Teaming........................................................................................................................................................... 502
Configure Redundant Pairs..................................................................................................................................503
Important Points about Configuring Redundant Pairs.............................................................................505
Far-End Failure Detection....................................................................................................................................506
FEFD State Changes.........................................................................................................................................507
Configuring FEFD.............................................................................................................................................508
Enabling FEFD on an Interface......................................................................................................................508
Debugging FEFD...............................................................................................................................................509
29 Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)........................................................................................................... 511
802.1AB (LLDP) Overview......................................................................................................................................511
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Protocol Data Units.......................................................................................................................................... 511
Optional TLVs.......................................................................................................................................................... 512
Management TLVs............................................................................................................................................513
TIA-1057 (LLDP-MED) Overview.........................................................................................................................514
TIA Organizationally Specific TLVs................................................................................................................515
Configure LLDP.......................................................................................................................................................518
Related Configuration Tasks.......................................................................................................................... 519
Important Points to Remember.....................................................................................................................519
LLDP Compatibility...........................................................................................................................................519
CONFIGURATION versus INTERFACE Configurations...................................................................................519
Enabling LLDP.........................................................................................................................................................520
Disabling and Undoing LLDP.........................................................................................................................520
Advertising TLVs..................................................................................................................................................... 520
Viewing the LLDP Configuration.........................................................................................................................521
Viewing Information Advertised by Adjacent LLDP Agents...........................................................................522
Configuring LLDPDU Intervals.............................................................................................................................523
Configuring Transmit and Receive Mode......................................................................................................... 523
Configuring the Time to Live Value....................................................................................................................524
Debugging LLDP.....................................................................................................................................................525
Relevant Management Objects...........................................................................................................................525
30 Microsoft Network Load Balancing...............................................................................................................531
NLB Unicast Mode Scenario.................................................................................................................................531
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario..............................................................................................................................531
Limitations of the NLB Feature............................................................................................................................532
Microsoft Clustering.............................................................................................................................................. 532
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding ................................................................................................................... 532
Configuring a Switch for NLB .............................................................................................................................532
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB.............................................................................................................533
31 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)..............................................................................................534
Protocol Overview................................................................................................................................................. 534
Anycast RP............................................................................................................................................................... 535
Implementation Information............................................................................................................................... 536
Configure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol.............................................................................................536
Related Configuration Tasks..........................................................................................................................536
Enable MSDP...........................................................................................................................................................540
Manage the Source-Active Cache......................................................................................................................541
Viewing the Source-Active Cache................................................................................................................ 541
Limiting the Source-Active Cache................................................................................................................541
Clearing the Source-Active Cache...............................................................................................................542
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache............................................................................................. 542
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check.............................................................................542
Specifying Source-Active Messages.................................................................................................................. 545
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer.........................................................................................546
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source.............................................................................................546
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source........................................................................................ 547
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Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source........................................................................................ 547
Logging Changes in Peership States..................................................................................................................548
Terminating a Peership.........................................................................................................................................548
Clearing Peer Statistics......................................................................................................................................... 549
Debugging MSDP...................................................................................................................................................549
MSDP with Anycast RP..........................................................................................................................................550
Configuring Anycast RP.........................................................................................................................................551
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding...............................................................................................552
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages.......................................................................................552
MSDP Sample Configurations............................................................................................................................. 554
32 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)..................................................................................................... 557
Protocol Overview................................................................................................................................................. 557
Spanning Tree Variations......................................................................................................................................558
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................... 558
Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol.................................................................................................... 558
Related Configuration Tasks..........................................................................................................................558
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally........................................................................................................... 559
Adding and Removing Interfaces........................................................................................................................559
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances......................................................................................................559
Influencing MSTP Root Selection....................................................................................................................... 561
Interoperate with Non-Dell Bridges...................................................................................................................561
Changing the Region Name or Revision........................................................................................................... 561
Modifying Global Parameters.............................................................................................................................. 562
Modifying the Interface Parameters...................................................................................................................563
Configuring an EdgePort......................................................................................................................................564
Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change............................................................................................. 565
MSTP Sample Configurations..............................................................................................................................565
Router 1 Running-ConfigurationRouter 2 Running-ConfigurationRouter 3 Running-
ConfigurationSFTOS Example Running-Configuration........................................................................... 565
Debugging and Verifying MSTP Configurations..............................................................................................568
33 Multicast Features.............................................................................................................................................570
Enabling IP Multicast............................................................................................................................................. 570
Implementation Information............................................................................................................................... 570
Multicast Policies.................................................................................................................................................... 571
IPv4 Multicast Policies......................................................................................................................................571
34 Object Tracking.................................................................................................................................................579
Object Tracking Overview....................................................................................................................................579
Track Layer 2 Interfaces..................................................................................................................................580
Track Layer 3 Interfaces..................................................................................................................................580
Track IPv4 and IPv6 Routes............................................................................................................................581
Set Tracking Delays..........................................................................................................................................582
VRRP Object Tracking..................................................................................................................................... 582
Object Tracking Configuration........................................................................................................................... 582
Tracking a Layer 2 Interface...........................................................................................................................582
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Tracking a Layer 3 Interface...........................................................................................................................583
Track an IPv4/IPv6 Route............................................................................................................................... 585
Displaying Tracked Objects................................................................................................................................. 588
35 Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)......................................................................................... 590
Protocol Overview.................................................................................................................................................590
Autonomous System (AS) Areas....................................................................................................................590
Area Types..........................................................................................................................................................591
Networks and Neighbors................................................................................................................................592
Router Types..................................................................................................................................................... 592
Designated and Backup Designated Routers.............................................................................................594
Link-State Advertisements (LSAs)................................................................................................................. 594
Router Priority and Cost................................................................................................................................. 595
OSPF with Dell Networking OS...........................................................................................................................596
Graceful Restart................................................................................................................................................ 597
Fast Convergence (OSPFv2, IPv4 Only).......................................................................................................598
Multi-Process OSPFv2 with VRF................................................................................................................... 598
RFC-2328 Compliant OSPF Flooding..........................................................................................................598
OSPF ACK Packing........................................................................................................................................... 599
Setting OSPF Adjacency with Cisco Routers..............................................................................................599
Configuration Information...................................................................................................................................600
Configuration Task List for OSPFv2 (OSPF for IPv4)................................................................................ 600
Sample Configurations for OSPFv2.................................................................................................................... 613
Basic OSPFv2 Router Topology.....................................................................................................................613
OSPF Area 0 — Te 1/1 and 1/2....................................................................................................................... 613
OSPF Area 0 — Te 3/1 and 3/2...................................................................................................................... 614
OSPF Area 0 — Te 2/1 and 2/2...................................................................................................................... 614
Configuration Task List for OSPFv3 (OSPF for IPv6)....................................................................................... 614
Enabling IPv6 Unicast Routing.......................................................................................................................615
Applying cost for OSPFv3............................................................................................................................... 615
Assigning IPv6 Addresses on an Interface...................................................................................................616
Assigning Area ID on an Interface.................................................................................................................616
Assigning OSPFv3 Process ID and Router ID Globally..............................................................................616
Assigning OSPFv3 Process ID and Router ID to a VRF..............................................................................617
Configuring Stub Areas....................................................................................................................................617
Configuring Passive-Interface....................................................................................................................... 618
Redistributing Routes.......................................................................................................................................618
Configuring a Default Route.......................................................................................................................... 618
Enabling OSPFv3 Graceful Restart................................................................................................................619
OSPFv3 Authentication Using IPsec............................................................................................................. 621
Troubleshooting OSPFv3................................................................................................................................627
36 Policy-based Routing (PBR)............................................................................................................................629
Overview..................................................................................................................................................................629
Implementing PBR.................................................................................................................................................630
Configuration Task List for Policy-based Routing..........................................................................................630
PBR Exceptions (Permit)..................................................................................................................................631
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