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Dell Configuration Guide for the S4820T System
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2017 - 01
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1 About this Guide...........................................................................................................................................34
Audience............................................................................................................................................................................34
Conventions......................................................................................................................................................................34
Related Documents......................................................................................................................................................... 34
2 Configuration Fundamentals........................................................................................................................35
Accessing the Command Line........................................................................................................................................35
CLI Modes.........................................................................................................................................................................35
Navigating CLI Modes............................................................................................................................................... 37
The do Command............................................................................................................................................................ 40
Undoing Commands........................................................................................................................................................ 40
Obtaining Help...................................................................................................................................................................41
Entering and Editing Commands.................................................................................................................................... 41
Command History............................................................................................................................................................42
Filtering show Command Outputs.................................................................................................................................42
Example of the grep Keyword..................................................................................................................................42
Multiple Users in Configuration Mode...........................................................................................................................43
3 Getting Started........................................................................................................................................... 44
Console Access................................................................................................................................................................45
Serial Console.............................................................................................................................................................45
Accessing the CLI Interface and Running Scripts Using SSH................................................................................... 46
Entering CLI commands Using an SSH Connection..............................................................................................46
Executing Local CLI Scripts Using an SSH Connection........................................................................................46
Default Configuration...................................................................................................................................................... 47
Configuring a Host Name................................................................................................................................................47
Accessing the System Remotely................................................................................................................................... 47
Accessing the System Remotely............................................................................................................................. 47
Configure the Management Port IP Address.........................................................................................................48
Configure a Management Route............................................................................................................................. 48
Configuring a Username and Password..................................................................................................................48
Configuring the Enable Password................................................................................................................................. 49
Configuration File Management.....................................................................................................................................49
Copy Files to and from the System.........................................................................................................................49
Mounting an NFS File System................................................................................................................................. 50
Save the Running-Configuration............................................................................................................................. 52
Configure the Overload Bit for a Startup Scenario...............................................................................................52
Viewing Files...............................................................................................................................................................52
Managing the File System.............................................................................................................................................. 53
Enabling Software Features on Devices Using a Command Option.........................................................................54
View Command History.................................................................................................................................................. 54
Upgrading Dell Networking OS......................................................................................................................................55
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Using HTTP for File Transfers....................................................................................................................................... 55
Verify Software Images Before Installation..................................................................................................................55
4 Management................................................................................................................................................57
Configuring Privilege Levels........................................................................................................................................... 57
Creating a Custom Privilege Level.......................................................................................................................... 58
Removing a Command from EXEC Mode..............................................................................................................58
Moving a Command from EXEC Privilege Mode to EXEC Mode....................................................................... 58
Allowing Access to CONFIGURATION Mode Commands................................................................................... 58
Allowing Access to Different Modes.......................................................................................................................58
Applying a Privilege Level to a Username...............................................................................................................60
Applying a Privilege Level to a Terminal Line......................................................................................................... 60
Configuring Logging........................................................................................................................................................ 60
Audit and Security Logs.............................................................................................................................................61
Configuring Logging Format .................................................................................................................................. 63
Display the Logging Buffer and the Logging Configuration................................................................................. 63
Setting Up a Secure Connection to a Syslog Server............................................................................................ 64
Log Messages in the Internal Buffer.............................................................................................................................65
Configuration Task List for System Log Management.........................................................................................65
Disabling System Logging...............................................................................................................................................65
Sending System Messages to a Syslog Server............................................................................................................65
Configuring a UNIX System as a Syslog Server.................................................................................................... 66
Track Login Activity.........................................................................................................................................................66
Restrictions for Tracking Login Activity..................................................................................................................66
Configuring Login Activity Tracking........................................................................................................................ 66
Display Login Statistics..............................................................................................................................................67
Limit Concurrent Login Sessions................................................................................................................................... 68
Restrictions for Limiting the Number of Concurrent Sessions............................................................................68
Configuring Concurrent Session Limit.................................................................................................................... 68
Enabling the System to Clear Existing Sessions....................................................................................................69
Enabling Secured CLI Mode........................................................................................................................................... 70
Changing System Logging Settings.............................................................................................................................. 70
Display the Logging Buffer and the Logging Configuration........................................................................................ 71
Configuring a UNIX Logging Facility Level.................................................................................................................... 71
Synchronizing Log Messages.........................................................................................................................................72
Enabling Timestamp on Syslog Messages.................................................................................................................... 73
File Transfer Services......................................................................................................................................................73
Configuration Task List for File Transfer Services.................................................................................................74
Enabling the FTP Server........................................................................................................................................... 74
Configuring FTP Server Parameters....................................................................................................................... 74
Configuring FTP Client Parameters.........................................................................................................................75
Terminal Lines...................................................................................................................................................................75
Denying and Permitting Access to a Terminal Line............................................................................................... 75
Configuring Login Authentication for Terminal Lines............................................................................................ 76
Setting Timeout for EXEC Privilege Mode................................................................................................................... 77
Using Telnet to get to Another Network Device.........................................................................................................78
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Lock CONFIGURATION Mode.......................................................................................................................................78
Viewing the Configuration Lock Status.................................................................................................................. 78
Recovering from a Forgotten Password.......................................................................................................................79
Recovering from a Forgotten Enable Password....................................................................................................80
Recovering from a Failed Start.......................................................................................................................................81
Restoring the Factory Default Settings.........................................................................................................................81
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................81
Restoring Factory Default Environment Variables................................................................................................ 82
5 802.1X......................................................................................................................................................... 84
Port-Authentication Process..........................................................................................................................................86
EAP over RADIUS......................................................................................................................................................86
Configuring 802.1X...........................................................................................................................................................87
Related Configuration Tasks.....................................................................................................................................87
Important Points to Remember..................................................................................................................................... 87
Enabling 802.1X................................................................................................................................................................88
Configuring MAC addresses for a do1x Profile............................................................................................................ 89
Configuring Request Identity Re-Transmissions......................................................................................................... 90
Configuring a Quiet Period after a Failed Authentication.....................................................................................90
Forcibly Authorizing or Unauthorizing a Port................................................................................................................91
Re-Authenticating a Port................................................................................................................................................92
Configuring Timeouts......................................................................................................................................................93
Configuring Dynamic VLAN Assignment with Port Authentication.......................................................................... 94
Guest and Authentication-Fail VLANs.......................................................................................................................... 95
Configuring a Guest VLAN....................................................................................................................................... 95
Configuring an Authentication-Fail VLAN.............................................................................................................. 95
Configuring dot1x Profile ............................................................................................................................................... 96
Configuring the Static MAB and MAB Profile .............................................................................................................97
Configuring Critical VLAN ..............................................................................................................................................98
6 Access Control List (ACL) VLAN Groups and Content Addressable Memory (CAM)...................................99
Optimizing CAM Utilization During the Attachment of ACLs to VLANs..................................................................99
Guidelines for Configuring ACL VLAN Groups...........................................................................................................100
Configuring ACL VLAN Groups and Configuring FP Blocks for VLAN Parameters..............................................100
Configuring ACL VLAN Groups..............................................................................................................................100
Configuring FP Blocks for VLAN Parameters....................................................................................................... 101
Viewing CAM Usage...................................................................................................................................................... 102
Allocating FP Blocks for VLAN Processes.................................................................................................................. 103
7 Access Control Lists (ACLs)...................................................................................................................... 105
IP Access Control Lists (ACLs)....................................................................................................................................106
CAM Usage............................................................................................................................................................... 107
Implementing ACLs on Dell Networking OS..........................................................................................................107
IP Fragment Handling.................................................................................................................................................... 109
IP Fragments ACL Examples.................................................................................................................................. 109
Layer 4 ACL Rules Examples.................................................................................................................................. 109
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Configure a Standard IP ACL........................................................................................................................................ 110
Configuring a Standard IP ACL Filter...................................................................................................................... 111
Configure an Extended IP ACL......................................................................................................................................112
Configuring Filters with a Sequence Number........................................................................................................112
Configuring Filters Without a Sequence Number................................................................................................. 113
Configure Layer 2 and Layer 3 ACLs............................................................................................................................114
Assign an IP ACL to an Interface.................................................................................................................................. 115
Applying an IP ACL..........................................................................................................................................................115
Counting ACL Hits.................................................................................................................................................... 116
Configure Ingress ACLs..................................................................................................................................................116
Configure Egress ACLs.................................................................................................................................................. 116
Applying Egress Layer 3 ACLs (Control-Plane).................................................................................................... 117
IP Prefix Lists...................................................................................................................................................................118
Implementation Information.....................................................................................................................................118
Configuration Task List for Prefix Lists..................................................................................................................118
ACL Resequencing.........................................................................................................................................................122
Resequencing an ACL or Prefix List...................................................................................................................... 122
Route Maps.....................................................................................................................................................................124
Implementation Information.................................................................................................................................... 124
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................................................124
Configuration Task List for Route Maps............................................................................................................... 124
Configuring Match Routes......................................................................................................................................126
Configuring Set Conditions..................................................................................................................................... 128
Configure a Route Map for Route Redistribution................................................................................................ 129
Configure a Route Map for Route Tagging.......................................................................................................... 129
Continue Clause........................................................................................................................................................130
Logging of ACL Processes............................................................................................................................................130
Guidelines for Configuring ACL Logging................................................................................................................ 131
Configuring ACL Logging......................................................................................................................................... 131
Flow-Based Monitoring Support for ACLs..................................................................................................................132
Behavior of Flow-Based Monitoring...................................................................................................................... 132
Enabling Flow-Based Monitoring............................................................................................................................133
8 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)..................................................................................................135
How BFD Works.............................................................................................................................................................135
BFD Packet Format................................................................................................................................................. 136
BFD Sessions............................................................................................................................................................ 137
BFD Three-Way Handshake................................................................................................................................... 138
Session State Changes............................................................................................................................................140
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................................................140
Configure BFD................................................................................................................................................................ 140
Configure BFD for Physical Ports...........................................................................................................................141
Configure BFD for Static Routes........................................................................................................................... 142
Configure BFD for OSPF.........................................................................................................................................145
Configure BFD for OSPFv3.................................................................................................................................... 148
Configure BFD for IS-IS...........................................................................................................................................149
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Configure BFD for BGP............................................................................................................................................151
Configure BFD for VRRP........................................................................................................................................ 158
Configuring Protocol Liveness.................................................................................................................................161
Troubleshooting BFD................................................................................................................................................161
9 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)....................................................................................................163
Autonomous Systems (AS)...........................................................................................................................................163
Sessions and Peers........................................................................................................................................................ 165
Establish a Session...................................................................................................................................................165
Route Reflectors............................................................................................................................................................ 166
BGP Attributes................................................................................................................................................................167
Best Path Selection Criteria....................................................................................................................................168
Weight....................................................................................................................................................................... 169
Local Preference...................................................................................................................................................... 169
Multi-Exit Discriminators (MEDs).......................................................................................................................... 170
Origin...........................................................................................................................................................................171
AS Path......................................................................................................................................................................172
Next Hop................................................................................................................................................................... 172
Multiprotocol BGP..........................................................................................................................................................172
Implement BGP with Dell Networking OS...................................................................................................................173
Additional Path (Add-Path) Support..................................................................................................................... 173
Advertise IGP Cost as MED for Redistributed Routes........................................................................................ 173
Ignore Router-ID in Best-Path Calculation............................................................................................................174
Four-Byte AS Numbers........................................................................................................................................... 174
AS4 Number Representation.................................................................................................................................. 174
AS Number Migration.............................................................................................................................................. 176
BGP4 Management Information Base (MIB)........................................................................................................177
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................. 177
Configuration Information............................................................................................................................................. 178
BGP Configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 178
Enabling BGP............................................................................................................................................................ 179
Configuring AS4 Number Representations...........................................................................................................182
Configuring Peer Groups.........................................................................................................................................184
Configuring BGP Fast Fall-Over.............................................................................................................................186
Configuring Passive Peering................................................................................................................................... 188
Maintaining Existing AS Numbers During an AS Migration.................................................................................188
Allowing an AS Number to Appear in its Own AS Path.......................................................................................189
Enabling Graceful Restart....................................................................................................................................... 190
Enabling Neighbor Graceful Restart.......................................................................................................................191
Filtering on an AS-Path Attribute........................................................................................................................... 191
Regular Expressions as Filters................................................................................................................................ 193
Redistributing Routes.............................................................................................................................................. 194
Enabling Additional Paths........................................................................................................................................195
Configuring IP Community Lists.............................................................................................................................195
Configuring an IP Extended Community List........................................................................................................196
Filtering Routes with Community Lists..................................................................................................................197
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Manipulating the COMMUNITY Attribute.............................................................................................................198
Changing MED Attributes.......................................................................................................................................199
Changing the LOCAL_PREFERENCE Attribute..................................................................................................199
Configuring the local System or a Different System to be the Next Hop for BGP-Learned Routes...........200
Changing the WEIGHT Attribute........................................................................................................................... 201
Enabling Multipath....................................................................................................................................................201
Filtering BGP Routes............................................................................................................................................... 201
Filtering BGP Routes Using Route Maps............................................................................................................. 203
Filtering BGP Routes Using AS-PATH Information.............................................................................................203
Configuring BGP Route Reflectors....................................................................................................................... 204
Aggregating Routes................................................................................................................................................ 205
Configuring BGP Confederations..........................................................................................................................205
Enabling Route Flap Dampening............................................................................................................................206
Changing BGP Timers.............................................................................................................................................208
Enabling BGP Neighbor Soft-Reconfiguration.................................................................................................... 208
Enabling or disabling BGP neighbors.....................................................................................................................209
Route Map Continue.................................................................................................................................................211
Enabling MBGP Configurations.....................................................................................................................................211
BGP Regular Expression Optimization.........................................................................................................................212
Debugging BGP.............................................................................................................................................................. 212
Storing Last and Bad PDUs.................................................................................................................................... 213
Capturing PDUs........................................................................................................................................................214
PDU Counters...........................................................................................................................................................215
Sample Configurations...................................................................................................................................................215
10 Content Addressable Memory (CAM)...................................................................................................... 222
CAM Allocation.............................................................................................................................................................. 222
Test CAM Usage........................................................................................................................................................... 224
View CAM Profiles.........................................................................................................................................................224
View CAM-ACL Settings..............................................................................................................................................225
View CAM Usage...........................................................................................................................................................226
CAM Optimization......................................................................................................................................................... 227
Troubleshoot CAM Profiling......................................................................................................................................... 227
QoS CAM Region Limitation...................................................................................................................................227
11 Control Plane Policing (CoPP)..................................................................................................................228
Configure Control Plane Policing.................................................................................................................................229
Configuring CoPP for Protocols............................................................................................................................230
Configuring CoPP for CPU Queues...................................................................................................................... 232
CoPP for OSPFv3 Packets.................................................................................................................................... 233
Configuring CoPP for OSPFv3..............................................................................................................................236
Displaying CoPP Configuration .............................................................................................................................236
12 Data Center Bridging (DCB).....................................................................................................................239
Ethernet Enhancements in Data Center Bridging.....................................................................................................239
Priority-Based Flow Control...................................................................................................................................240
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Enhanced Transmission Selection..........................................................................................................................241
Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol (DCBx).............................................................................................. 242
Data Center Bridging in a Traffic Flow................................................................................................................. 243
Enabling Data Center Bridging.....................................................................................................................................243
DCB Maps and its Attributes................................................................................................................................. 244
Data Center Bridging: Default Configuration.............................................................................................................245
Configuring Priority-Based Flow Control....................................................................................................................245
Configuring Lossless Queues................................................................................................................................. 246
Configuring PFC in a DCB Map................................................................................................................................... 247
PFC Configuration Notes....................................................................................................................................... 247
PFC Prerequisites and Restrictions.......................................................................................................................248
Applying a DCB Map on a Port.................................................................................................................................... 248
Configuring PFC without a DCB Map.........................................................................................................................249
Configuring Lossless QueuesExample:................................................................................................................. 249
Priority-Based Flow Control Using Dynamic Buffer Method....................................................................................251
Pause and Resume of Traffic................................................................................................................................. 251
Buffer Sizes for Lossless or PFC Packets............................................................................................................ 251
Behavior of Tagged Packets........................................................................................................................................252
Configuration Example for DSCP and PFC Priorities............................................................................................... 252
Using PFC to Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic................................................................................................. 253
Configure Enhanced Transmission Selection.............................................................................................................253
ETS Prerequisites and Restrictions.......................................................................................................................253
Creating an ETS Priority Group............................................................................................................................. 253
ETS Operation with DCBx......................................................................................................................................255
Configuring Bandwidth Allocation for DCBx CIN................................................................................................ 255
Configuring ETS in a DCB Map............................................................................................................................. 256
Hierarchical Scheduling in ETS Output Policies.........................................................................................................257
Using ETS to Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic..................................................................................................258
Applying DCB Policies in a Switch Stack....................................................................................................................258
Configure a DCBx Operation....................................................................................................................................... 258
DCBx Operation.......................................................................................................................................................258
DCBx Port Roles......................................................................................................................................................259
DCB Configuration Exchange................................................................................................................................ 260
Configuration Source Election...............................................................................................................................260
Propagation of DCB Information............................................................................................................................261
Auto-Detection and Manual Configuration of the DCBx Version...................................................................... 261
DCBx Example......................................................................................................................................................... 262
DCBx Prerequisites and Restrictions.................................................................................................................... 262
Configuring DCBx....................................................................................................................................................262
Verifying the DCB Configuration.................................................................................................................................266
Sample DCB Configuration...........................................................................................................................................274
PFC and ETS Configuration Command Examples...............................................................................................276
QoS dot1p Traffic Classification and Queue Assignment......................................................................................... 276
Configuring the Dynamic Buffer Method................................................................................................................... 277
13 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).........................................................................................279
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DHCP Packet Format and Options............................................................................................................................. 279
Assign an IP Address using DHCP............................................................................................................................... 281
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 282
Configure the System to be a DHCP Server............................................................................................................. 282
Configuring the Server for Automatic Address Allocation................................................................................. 283
Specifying a Default Gateway................................................................................................................................284
Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution..................................................................................................... 284
Using DNS for Address Resolution........................................................................................................................284
Using NetBIOS WINS for Address Resolution.....................................................................................................285
Creating Manual Binding Entries........................................................................................................................... 285
Debugging the DHCP Server.................................................................................................................................285
Using DHCP Clear Commands.............................................................................................................................. 286
Configure the System to be a Relay Agent................................................................................................................286
Configure the System to be a DHCP Client...............................................................................................................288
DHCP Client Operation with Other Features...................................................................................................... 288
DHCP Client on a Management Interface............................................................................................................289
Configure the System for User Port Stacking (Option 230)...................................................................................290
Configure Secure DHCP...............................................................................................................................................290
Option 82..................................................................................................................................................................290
DHCP Snooping........................................................................................................................................................291
Configuring the DHCP secondary-subnet............................................................................................................294
Drop DHCP Packets on Snooped VLANs Only................................................................................................... 295
Dynamic ARP Inspection........................................................................................................................................ 295
Configuring Dynamic ARP Inspection................................................................................................................... 296
Source Address Validation............................................................................................................................................297
Enabling IP Source Address Validation..................................................................................................................297
DHCP MAC Source Address Validation................................................................................................................298
Enabling IP+MAC Source Address Validation......................................................................................................298
Viewing the Number of SAV Dropped Packets...................................................................................................299
Clearing the Number of SAV Dropped Packets.................................................................................................. 299
14 Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)................................................................................................................300
ECMP for Flow-Based Affinity.................................................................................................................................... 300
Configuring the Hash Algorithm............................................................................................................................ 300
Enabling Deterministic ECMP Next Hop..............................................................................................................300
Configuring the Hash Algorithm Seed...................................................................................................................301
Link Bundle Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................301
Managing ECMP Group Paths.............................................................................................................................. 302
Creating an ECMP Group Bundle..........................................................................................................................302
Modifying the ECMP Group Threshold................................................................................................................ 302
RTAG7.............................................................................................................................................................................303
Flow-based Hashing for ECMP................................................................................................................................... 304
15 FIP Snooping............................................................................................................................................307
Fibre Channel over Ethernet........................................................................................................................................307
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network............................................................................................307
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FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges..............................................................................................................................309
FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack.................................................................................................................................... 311
Using FIP Snooping.........................................................................................................................................................311
FIP Snooping Prerequisites......................................................................................................................................311
Important Points to Remember...............................................................................................................................311
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature........................................................................................................................312
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs..............................................................................................................................313
Configure the FC-MAP Value.................................................................................................................................313
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link....................................................................................................... 313
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link........................................................................................................... 313
Impact on Other Software Features......................................................................................................................313
FIP Snooping Restrictions....................................................................................................................................... 314
Configuring FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................314
Displaying FIP Snooping Information........................................................................................................................... 315
FCoE Transit Configuration Example..........................................................................................................................320
16 FIPS Cryptography...................................................................................................................................322
Configuration Tasks.......................................................................................................................................................322
Preparing the System................................................................................................................................................... 322
Enabling FIPS Mode...................................................................................................................................................... 323
Generating Host-Keys...................................................................................................................................................323
Monitoring FIPS Mode Status..................................................................................................................................... 323
Disabling FIPS Mode..................................................................................................................................................... 324
17 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)...................................................................................................325
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................325
Ring Status...............................................................................................................................................................326
Multiple FRRP Rings............................................................................................................................................... 326
Important FRRP Points...........................................................................................................................................327
Important FRRP Concepts.....................................................................................................................................328
Implementing FRRP.......................................................................................................................................................329
FRRP Configuration...................................................................................................................................................... 329
Creating the FRRP Group...................................................................................................................................... 329
Configuring the Control VLAN...............................................................................................................................330
Configuring and Adding the Member VLANs....................................................................................................... 331
Setting the FRRP Timers........................................................................................................................................332
Clearing the FRRP Counters..................................................................................................................................332
Viewing the FRRP Configuration...........................................................................................................................332
Viewing the FRRP Information.............................................................................................................................. 332
Troubleshooting FRRP..................................................................................................................................................333
Configuration Checks..............................................................................................................................................333
Sample Configuration and Topology........................................................................................................................... 333
FRRP Support on VLT.................................................................................................................................................. 334
Example Scenario.................................................................................................................................................... 335
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................336
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18 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)..............................................................................................337
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................... 337
Configure GVRP............................................................................................................................................................ 338
Related Configuration Tasks.................................................................................................................................. 338
Enabling GVRP Globally................................................................................................................................................ 339
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface....................................................................................................................... 339
Configure GVRP Registration...................................................................................................................................... 339
Configure a GARP Timer.............................................................................................................................................. 340
RPM Redundancy..........................................................................................................................................................340
19 High Availability (HA)............................................................................................................................... 342
Component Redundancy..............................................................................................................................................342
RPM Redundancy....................................................................................................................................................342
Automatic and Manual Stack Unit Failover.......................................................................................................... 344
Support for RPM Redundancy by Dell Networking OS Version........................................................................345
Synchronization between Management and Standby Units............................................................................. 345
Configuring RPM Redundancy.............................................................................................................................. 345
Online Insertion and Removal.......................................................................................................................................346
RPM Online Insertion and Removal.......................................................................................................................347
Linecard Online Insertion and Removal.................................................................................................................347
Hitless Behavior............................................................................................................................................................. 348
Graceful Restart............................................................................................................................................................ 349
Software Resiliency.......................................................................................................................................................349
Software Component Health Monitoring.............................................................................................................349
System Health Monitoring......................................................................................................................................349
Failure and Event Logging......................................................................................................................................349
Hot-Lock Behavior........................................................................................................................................................ 350
Process Restartability................................................................................................................................................... 350
Enabling Process Restartability.............................................................................................................................. 351
20 Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)........................................................................................ 352
IGMP Implementation Information.............................................................................................................................. 352
IGMP Protocol Overview............................................................................................................................................. 352
IGMP Version 2........................................................................................................................................................352
IGMP Version 3........................................................................................................................................................354
Configure IGMP............................................................................................................................................................. 357
Related Configuration Tasks.................................................................................................................................. 357
Viewing IGMP Enabled Interfaces...............................................................................................................................358
Selecting an IGMP Version...........................................................................................................................................358
Viewing IGMP Groups...................................................................................................................................................358
Adjusting Timers............................................................................................................................................................ 359
Adjusting Query and Response Timers.................................................................................................................359
Enabling IGMP Immediate-Leave................................................................................................................................360
IGMP Snooping..............................................................................................................................................................360
IGMP Snooping Implementation Information.......................................................................................................360
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Configuring IGMP Snooping.................................................................................................................................. 360
Removing a Group-Port Association..................................................................................................................... 361
Disabling Multicast Flooding....................................................................................................................................361
Specifying a Port as Connected to a Multicast Router......................................................................................362
Configuring the Switch as Querier........................................................................................................................ 362
Fast Convergence after MSTP Topology Changes..................................................................................................363
Egress Interface Selection (EIS) for HTTP and IGMP Applications....................................................................... 363
Protocol Separation.................................................................................................................................................363
Enabling and Disabling Management Egress Interface Selection......................................................................364
Handling of Management Route Configuration...................................................................................................365
Handling of Switch-Initiated Traffic......................................................................................................................366
Handling of Switch-Destined Traffic.....................................................................................................................366
Handling of Transit Traffic (Traffic Separation)..................................................................................................367
Mapping of Management Applications and Traffic Type................................................................................... 367
Behavior of Various Applications for Switch-Initiated Traffic ...........................................................................368
Behavior of Various Applications for Switch-Destined Traffic .........................................................................369
Interworking of EIS With Various Applications.....................................................................................................370
Designating a Multicast Router Interface....................................................................................................................371
21 Interfaces................................................................................................................................................. 372
Basic Interface Configuration.......................................................................................................................................372
Advanced Interface Configuration...............................................................................................................................372
Interface Types.............................................................................................................................................................. 373
View Basic Interface Information.................................................................................................................................373
Resetting an Interface to its Factory Default State..................................................................................................375
Enabling Energy Efficient Ethernet............................................................................................................................. 376
View EEE Information................................................................................................................................................... 376
Clear EEE Counters.......................................................................................................................................................380
Enabling a Physical Interface........................................................................................................................................ 381
Physical Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................... 381
Configuration Task List for Physical Interfaces...................................................................................................382
Overview of Layer Modes...................................................................................................................................... 382
Configuring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode................................................................................................................. 382
Configuring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode..................................................................................................................383
Configuring Layer 3 (Network) Mode.................................................................................................................. 383
Configuring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode..................................................................................................................384
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)................................................................................................................................. 384
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 384
Configuring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 385
Management Interfaces............................................................................................................................................... 385
Configuring Management Interfaces.................................................................................................................... 385
Configuring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................... 387
VLAN Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................................387
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................388
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................389
Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................................................................389
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Port Channel Definition and Standards................................................................................................................ 389
Port Channel Benefits.............................................................................................................................................389
Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................ 389
Interfaces in Port Channels....................................................................................................................................390
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................390
Creating a Port Channel..........................................................................................................................................391
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.....................................................................................................391
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel............................................................................................... 393
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.............................................................................. 393
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN.............................................................................................394
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel..........................................................................................................395
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.....................................................................................................................395
Load Balancing Through Port Channels............................................................................................................... 395
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................396
Bulk Configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 397
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................397
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................397
Defining Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................399
Define the Interface Range....................................................................................................................................399
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro....................................................................................................................399
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces.......................................................................................................................399
Maintenance Using TDR.........................................................................................................................................400
Configuring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics................................................................................................401
Link Dampening.............................................................................................................................................................. 401
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................402
Enabling Link Dampening........................................................................................................................................402
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 403
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control........................................................................................................404
Enabling Pause Frames...........................................................................................................................................405
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface................................................................................................................... 405
Port-Pipes...................................................................................................................................................................... 406
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces.................................................................................................................. 406
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces............................................................................................................406
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 408
View Advanced Interface Information........................................................................................................................ 408
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size..............................................................................................................409
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally.......................................................................................................... 410
Dynamic Counters...........................................................................................................................................................411
Clearing Interface Counters....................................................................................................................................412
Compressing Configuration Files..................................................................................................................................412
22 Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)...........................................................................................................416
Configuring IPSec ..........................................................................................................................................................416
23 IPv4 Routing.............................................................................................................................................418
IP Addresses................................................................................................................................................................... 419
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Implementation Information....................................................................................................................................419
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses......................................................................................................................... 419
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface.......................................................................................................................419
Configuring Static Routes............................................................................................................................................ 420
Configure Static Routes for the Management Interface.......................................................................................... 421
IPv4 Path MTU Discovery Overview.......................................................................................................................... 422
Using the Configured Source IP Address in ICMP Messages................................................................................. 422
Configuring the ICMP Source Interface...............................................................................................................422
Configuring the Duration to Establish a TCP Connection........................................................................................423
Enabling Directed Broadcast........................................................................................................................................423
Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................................................423
Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................424
Specifying the Local System Domain and a List of Domains................................................................................... 424
Configuring DNS with Traceroute...............................................................................................................................425
ARP................................................................................................................................................................................. 425
Configuration Tasks for ARP....................................................................................................................................... 426
Configuring Static ARP Entries....................................................................................................................................426
Enabling Proxy ARP.......................................................................................................................................................426
Clearing ARP Cache...................................................................................................................................................... 427
ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP............................................................................................................................... 427
Enabling ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP................................................................................................................427
ARP Learning via ARP Request................................................................................................................................... 427
Configuring ARP Retries...............................................................................................................................................428
ICMP............................................................................................................................................................................... 429
Configuration Tasks for ICMP..................................................................................................................................... 429
Enabling ICMP Unreachable Messages...................................................................................................................... 429
UDP Helper.....................................................................................................................................................................429
Configure UDP Helper............................................................................................................................................ 429
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................430
Enabling UDP Helper.....................................................................................................................................................430
Configuring a Broadcast Address................................................................................................................................430
Configurations Using UDP Helper................................................................................................................................431
UDP Helper with Broadcast-All Addresses................................................................................................................. 431
UDP Helper with Subnet Broadcast Addresses........................................................................................................ 432
UDP Helper with Configured Broadcast Addresses..................................................................................................432
UDP Helper with No Configured Broadcast Addresses........................................................................................... 433
Troubleshooting UDP Helper....................................................................................................................................... 433
24 IPv6 Routing............................................................................................................................................434
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................434
Extended Address Space....................................................................................................................................... 435
Stateless Autoconfiguration...................................................................................................................................435
IPv6 Headers............................................................................................................................................................435
IPv6 Header Fields...................................................................................................................................................436
Extension Header Fields..........................................................................................................................................438
Addressing................................................................................................................................................................439
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Implementing IPv6 with Dell Networking OS.............................................................................................................440
ICMPv6............................................................................................................................................................................441
Path MTU Discovery.....................................................................................................................................................442
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery.............................................................................................................................................. 442
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery of MTU Packets.......................................................................................................... 443
Configuration Task List for IPv6 RDNSS....................................................................................................................443
Configuring the IPv6 Recursive DNS Server....................................................................................................... 443
Debugging IPv6 RDNSS Information Sent to the Host .....................................................................................444
Displaying IPv6 RDNSS Information..................................................................................................................... 445
Secure Shell (SSH) Over an IPv6 Transport............................................................................................................. 445
Configuration Tasks for IPv6....................................................................................................................................... 446
Adjusting Your CAM-Profile................................................................................................................................... 446
Assigning an IPv6 Address to an Interface...........................................................................................................447
Assigning a Static IPv6 Route................................................................................................................................447
Configuring Telnet with IPv6................................................................................................................................. 448
SNMP over IPv6......................................................................................................................................................448
Displaying IPv6 Information....................................................................................................................................448
Displaying an IPv6 Interface Information..............................................................................................................449
Showing IPv6 Routes..............................................................................................................................................449
Showing the Running-Configuration for an Interface......................................................................................... 451
Clearing IPv6 Routes............................................................................................................................................... 451
Configuring IPv6 RA Guard...........................................................................................................................................451
Configuring IPv6 RA Guard on an Interface.........................................................................................................453
Monitoring IPv6 RA Guard..................................................................................................................................... 454
25 iSCSI Optimization.................................................................................................................................. 455
iSCSI Optimization Overview.......................................................................................................................................455
Monitoring iSCSI Traffic Flows.............................................................................................................................. 457
Application of Quality of Service to iSCSI Traffic Flows.................................................................................... 457
Information Monitored in iSCSI Traffic Flows......................................................................................................457
Detection and Auto-Configuration for Dell EqualLogic Arrays.......................................................................... 458
Configuring Detection and Ports for Dell Compellent Arrays............................................................................ 458
Synchronizing iSCSI Sessions Learned on VLT-Lags with VLT-Peer.............................................................. 459
Enable and Disable iSCSI Optimization.................................................................................................................459
Default iSCSI Optimization Values.............................................................................................................................. 460
iSCSI Optimization Prerequisites.................................................................................................................................460
Configuring iSCSI Optimization................................................................................................................................... 460
Displaying iSCSI Optimization Information................................................................................................................. 462
26 Intermediate System to Intermediate System..........................................................................................464
IS-IS Protocol Overview............................................................................................................................................... 464
IS-IS Addressing.............................................................................................................................................................464
Multi-Topology IS-IS..................................................................................................................................................... 465
Transition Mode.......................................................................................................................................................465
Interface Support.................................................................................................................................................... 466
Adjacencies...............................................................................................................................................................466
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Graceful Restart............................................................................................................................................................ 466
Timers....................................................................................................................................................................... 466
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 466
Configuration Information.............................................................................................................................................467
Configuration Tasks for IS-IS.................................................................................................................................468
Configuring the Distance of a Route.....................................................................................................................475
Changing the IS-Type............................................................................................................................................. 476
Redistributing IPv4 Routes.....................................................................................................................................478
Redistributing IPv6 Routes.....................................................................................................................................479
Configuring Authentication Passwords................................................................................................................ 480
Setting the Overload Bit.........................................................................................................................................480
Debugging IS-IS........................................................................................................................................................481
IS-IS Metric Styles.........................................................................................................................................................482
Configure Metric Values............................................................................................................................................... 482
Maximum Values in the Routing Table..................................................................................................................483
Change the IS-IS Metric Style in One Level Only................................................................................................483
Leaks from One Level to Another......................................................................................................................... 484
Sample Configurations..................................................................................................................................................485
27 Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)..............................................................................................488
Introduction to Dynamic LAGs and LACP.................................................................................................................. 488
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................488
LACP Modes............................................................................................................................................................ 489
Configuring LACP Commands...............................................................................................................................489
LACP Configuration Tasks........................................................................................................................................... 490
Creating a LAG........................................................................................................................................................ 490
Configuring the LAG Interfaces as Dynamic........................................................................................................490
Setting the LACP Long Timeout............................................................................................................................ 491
Monitoring and Debugging LACP...........................................................................................................................491
Shared LAG State Tracking......................................................................................................................................... 492
Configuring Shared LAG State Tracking.............................................................................................................. 492
Important Points about Shared LAG State Tracking..........................................................................................494
LACP Basic Configuration Example............................................................................................................................ 494
Configure a LAG on ALPHA................................................................................................................................... 494
28 Layer 2.................................................................................................................................................... 503
Manage the MAC Address Table................................................................................................................................ 503
Clearing the MAC Address Table.......................................................................................................................... 503
Setting the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries........................................................................................................503
Configuring a Static MAC Address....................................................................................................................... 504
Displaying the MAC Address Table....................................................................................................................... 504
MAC Learning Limit.......................................................................................................................................................504
Setting the MAC Learning Limit............................................................................................................................505
mac learning-limit Dynamic.................................................................................................................................... 505
mac learning-limit mac-address-sticky.................................................................................................................505
mac learning-limit station-move............................................................................................................................506
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mac learning-limit no-station-move...................................................................................................................... 506
Learning Limit Violation Actions............................................................................................................................ 506
Setting Station Move Violation Actions................................................................................................................507
Recovering from Learning Limit and Station Move Violations...........................................................................507
Disabling MAC Address Learning on the System................................................................................................508
NIC Teaming.................................................................................................................................................................. 508
Configure Redundant Pairs..........................................................................................................................................509
Important Points about Configuring Redundant Pairs......................................................................................... 511
Far-End Failure Detection............................................................................................................................................. 512
FEFD State Changes............................................................................................................................................... 513
Configuring FEFD.....................................................................................................................................................514
Enabling FEFD on an Interface...............................................................................................................................514
Debugging FEFD...................................................................................................................................................... 515
29 Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)..................................................................................................... 517
802.1AB (LLDP) Overview............................................................................................................................................517
Protocol Data Units..................................................................................................................................................517
Optional TLVs................................................................................................................................................................. 518
Management TLVs...................................................................................................................................................518
TIA-1057 (LLDP-MED) Overview............................................................................................................................... 520
TIA Organizationally Specific TLVs....................................................................................................................... 520
Configure LLDP............................................................................................................................................................. 524
Related Configuration Tasks..................................................................................................................................524
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................524
LLDP Compatibility..................................................................................................................................................525
CONFIGURATION versus INTERFACE Configurations........................................................................................... 525
Enabling LLDP................................................................................................................................................................525
Disabling and Undoing LLDP..................................................................................................................................526
Advertising TLVs........................................................................................................................................................... 526
Viewing the LLDP Configuration................................................................................................................................. 527
Viewing Information Advertised by Adjacent LLDP Agents.....................................................................................527
Configuring LLDPDU Intervals.....................................................................................................................................528
Configuring Transmit and Receive Mode...................................................................................................................529
Configuring the Time to Live Value.............................................................................................................................530
Debugging LLDP............................................................................................................................................................530
Relevant Management Objects....................................................................................................................................531
30 Microsoft Network Load Balancing..........................................................................................................537
NLB Unicast Mode Scenario........................................................................................................................................537
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario.....................................................................................................................................537
Limitations of the NLB Feature................................................................................................................................... 538
Microsoft Clustering..................................................................................................................................................... 538
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding ............................................................................................................................ 538
Configuring a Switch for NLB .....................................................................................................................................538
Enabling a Switch for Multicast NLB....................................................................................................................539
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31 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)......................................................................................... 540
Protocol Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 540
Anycast RP......................................................................................................................................................................541
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 542
Configure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol....................................................................................................... 542
Related Configuration Tasks..................................................................................................................................542
Enable MSDP.................................................................................................................................................................546
Manage the Source-Active Cache..............................................................................................................................547
Viewing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................ 547
Limiting the Source-Active Cache.........................................................................................................................547
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................548
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache.......................................................................................................548
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check..................................................................................... 548
Specifying Source-Active Messages...........................................................................................................................551
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer.................................................................................................. 552
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source...................................................................................................... 552
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source................................................................................................. 553
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source.................................................................................................553
Logging Changes in Peership States.......................................................................................................................... 554
Terminating a Peership.................................................................................................................................................554
Clearing Peer Statistics................................................................................................................................................ 555
Debugging MSDP..........................................................................................................................................................555
MSDP with Anycast RP............................................................................................................................................... 556
Configuring Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................557
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding........................................................................................................ 558
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages..............................................................................................558
MSDP Sample Configurations..................................................................................................................................... 560
32 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)................................................................................................563
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................563
Spanning Tree Variations..............................................................................................................................................564
Implementation Information................................................................................................................................... 564
Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol...............................................................................................................564
Related Configuration Tasks..................................................................................................................................565
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally......................................................................................................................565
Adding and Removing Interfaces................................................................................................................................ 565
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances............................................................................................................... 566
Influencing MSTP Root Selection................................................................................................................................567
Interoperate with Non-Dell Bridges.............................................................................................................................567
Changing the Region Name or Revision.....................................................................................................................568
Modifying Global Parameters.......................................................................................................................................568
Modifying the Interface Parameters...........................................................................................................................569
Configuring an EdgePort.............................................................................................................................................. 570
Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change....................................................................................................... 571
MSTP Sample Configurations.......................................................................................................................................571
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Router 1 Running-ConfigurationRouter 2 Running-ConfigurationRouter 3 Running-
ConfigurationSFTOS Example Running-Configuration.......................................................................................572
Debugging and Verifying MSTP Configurations........................................................................................................575
33 Multicast Features................................................................................................................................... 577
Enabling IP Multicast.....................................................................................................................................................577
Implementation Information..........................................................................................................................................577
Multicast Policies........................................................................................................................................................... 578
IPv4 Multicast Policies............................................................................................................................................ 578
Understanding Multicast Traceroute (mtrace)......................................................................................................... 585
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................586
Printing Multicast Traceroute (mtrace) Paths..........................................................................................................586
Supported Error Codes.................................................................................................................................................587
mtrace Scenarios...........................................................................................................................................................588
34 Object Tracking....................................................................................................................................... 594
Object Tracking Overview............................................................................................................................................594
Track Layer 2 Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................595
Track Layer 3 Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................595
Track IPv4 and IPv6 Routes.................................................................................................................................. 596
Set Tracking Delays.................................................................................................................................................597
VRRP Object Tracking............................................................................................................................................597
Object Tracking Configuration.....................................................................................................................................597
Tracking a Layer 2 Interface.................................................................................................................................. 597
Tracking a Layer 3 Interface.................................................................................................................................. 598
Track an IPv4/IPv6 Route..................................................................................................................................... 600
Displaying Tracked Objects..........................................................................................................................................603
35 Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)...................................................................................605
Protocol Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 605
Autonomous System (AS) Areas.......................................................................................................................... 605
Area Types............................................................................................................................................................... 606
Networks and Neighbors........................................................................................................................................607
Router Types............................................................................................................................................................607
Designated and Backup Designated Routers.......................................................................................................609
Link-State Advertisements (LSAs).......................................................................................................................609
Router Priority and Cost......................................................................................................................................... 610
OSPF with Dell Networking OS.................................................................................................................................... 611
Graceful Restart....................................................................................................................................................... 612
Fast Convergence (OSPFv2, IPv4 Only)..............................................................................................................613
Multi-Process OSPFv2 with VRF...........................................................................................................................613
RFC-2328 Compliant OSPF Flooding....................................................................................................................613
OSPF ACK Packing..................................................................................................................................................614
Setting OSPF Adjacency with Cisco Routers.......................................................................................................614
Configuration Information............................................................................................................................................. 615
Configuration Task List for OSPFv2 (OSPF for IPv4)........................................................................................615
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