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Dell Conguration Guide for the S4820T System
9.8(0.0)
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2015 - 05
Rev. A00
Contents
1 About this Guide............................................................................................................ 33
Audience.......................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Conventions..................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Related Documents.......................................................................................................................................................... 33
2 Conguration Fundamentals..........................................................................................34
Accessing the Command Line.......................................................................................................................................... 34
CLI Modes........................................................................................................................................................................34
Navigating CLI Modes................................................................................................................................................ 36
The do Command.............................................................................................................................................................38
Undoing Commands.........................................................................................................................................................39
Obtaining Help..................................................................................................................................................................40
Entering and Editing Commands...................................................................................................................................... 40
Command History............................................................................................................................................................. 41
Filtering show Command Outputs.....................................................................................................................................41
Multiple Users in Conguration Mode...............................................................................................................................42
3 Getting Started............................................................................................................. 44
Console Access................................................................................................................................................................ 44
Serial Console.............................................................................................................................................................44
Accessing the CLI Interface and Running Scripts Using SSH........................................................................................... 45
Entering CLI commands Using an SSH Connection....................................................................................................45
Executing Local CLI Scripts Using an SSH Connection.............................................................................................. 45
Default Conguration....................................................................................................................................................... 46
Conguring a Host Name.................................................................................................................................................46
Accessing the System Remotely...................................................................................................................................... 46
Accessing the System Remotely................................................................................................................................ 46
Congure the Management Port IP Address.............................................................................................................. 47
Congure a Management Route.................................................................................................................................47
Conguring a Username and Password...................................................................................................................... 47
Conguring the Enable Password..................................................................................................................................... 47
Conguration File Management........................................................................................................................................48
Copy Files to and from the System.............................................................................................................................48
Mounting an NFS File System.................................................................................................................................... 49
Save the Running-Conguration................................................................................................................................ 50
Congure the Overload Bit for a Startup Scenario......................................................................................................51
Viewing Files............................................................................................................................................................... 51
Managing the File System................................................................................................................................................ 52
Enabling Software Features on Devices Using a Command Option.................................................................................. 52
View Command History....................................................................................................................................................53
Upgrading Dell Networking OS.........................................................................................................................................53
Using HTTP for File Transfers.......................................................................................................................................... 54
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Using Hashes to Validate Software Images...................................................................................................................... 54
4 Management.................................................................................................................56
Conguring Privilege Levels............................................................................................................................................. 56
Creating a Custom Privilege Level..............................................................................................................................56
Removing a Command from EXEC Mode.................................................................................................................. 56
Moving a Command from EXEC Privilege Mode to EXEC Mode................................................................................56
Allowing Access to CONFIGURATION Mode Commands...........................................................................................56
Allowing Access to the Following Modes.................................................................................................................... 57
Applying a Privilege Level to a Username................................................................................................................... 58
Applying a Privilege Level to a Terminal Line...............................................................................................................59
Conguring Logging......................................................................................................................................................... 59
Audit and Security Logs............................................................................................................................................. 59
Conguring Logging Format ......................................................................................................................................61
Display the Logging Buer and the Logging Conguration..........................................................................................61
Setting Up a Secure Connection to a Syslog Server...................................................................................................62
Log Messages in the Internal Buer................................................................................................................................. 63
Conguration Task List for System Log Management................................................................................................ 63
Disabling System Logging.................................................................................................................................................63
Sending System Messages to a Syslog Server................................................................................................................. 63
Conguring a UNIX System as a Syslog Server..........................................................................................................63
Track Login Activity.......................................................................................................................................................... 64
Restrictions for Tracking Login Activity...................................................................................................................... 64
Conguring Login Activity Tracking............................................................................................................................ 64
Display Login Statistics...............................................................................................................................................65
Limit Concurrent Login Sessions...................................................................................................................................... 65
Restrictions for Limiting the Number of Concurrent Sessions.................................................................................... 66
Conguring Concurrent Session Limit........................................................................................................................ 66
Enabling the System to Clear Existing Sessions......................................................................................................... 66
Changing System Logging Settings.................................................................................................................................. 67
Display the Logging Buer and the Logging Conguration............................................................................................... 68
Conguring a UNIX Logging Facility Level........................................................................................................................ 68
Synchronizing Log Messages........................................................................................................................................... 69
Enabling Timestamp on Syslog Messages.........................................................................................................................70
File Transfer Services....................................................................................................................................................... 70
Conguration Task List for File Transfer Services....................................................................................................... 70
Enabling the FTP Server............................................................................................................................................. 71
Conguring FTP Server Parameters............................................................................................................................71
Conguring FTP Client Parameters............................................................................................................................. 71
Terminal Lines...................................................................................................................................................................72
Denying and Permitting Access to a Terminal Line......................................................................................................72
Conguring Login Authentication for Terminal Lines................................................................................................... 73
Setting Time Out of EXEC Privilege Mode....................................................................................................................... 74
Using Telnet to get to Another Network Device............................................................................................................... 75
Lock CONFIGURATION Mode..........................................................................................................................................75
Viewing the Conguration Lock Status.......................................................................................................................75
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Recovering from a Forgotten Password............................................................................................................................76
Recovering from a Forgotten Enable Password.......................................................................................................... 77
Recovering from a Failed Start......................................................................................................................................... 77
Restoring the Factory Default Settings.............................................................................................................................78
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................................. 78
Restoring Factory Default Environment Variables....................................................................................................... 79
5 802.1ag.......................................................................................................................... 81
Ethernet CFM...................................................................................................................................................................81
Maintenance Domains...................................................................................................................................................... 82
Maintenance Points..........................................................................................................................................................82
Maintenance End Points...................................................................................................................................................83
Implementation Information..............................................................................................................................................83
Conguring the CFM........................................................................................................................................................84
Related Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................... 84
Enabling Ethernet CFM....................................................................................................................................................84
Creating a Maintenance Domain.......................................................................................................................................84
Creating a Maintenance Association.................................................................................................................................85
Create Maintenance Points.............................................................................................................................................. 85
Creating a Maintenance End Point............................................................................................................................. 85
Creating a Maintenance Intermediate Point................................................................................................................86
Displaying the MP Databases..................................................................................................................................... 86
Continuity Check Messages............................................................................................................................................. 87
Enabling CCM............................................................................................................................................................ 88
Enabling Cross-Checking............................................................................................................................................88
Sending Loopback Messages and Responses...................................................................................................................88
Sending Linktrace Messages and Responses................................................................................................................... 89
Caching Link Trace.....................................................................................................................................................89
Enabling CFM SNMP Traps..............................................................................................................................................90
Displaying Ethernet CFM Statistics...................................................................................................................................91
6 802.1X........................................................................................................................... 93
The Port-Authentication Process..................................................................................................................................... 94
EAP over RADIUS...................................................................................................................................................... 95
Conguring 802.1X........................................................................................................................................................... 96
Related Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................... 96
Important Points to Remember........................................................................................................................................ 96
Enabling 802.1X................................................................................................................................................................ 97
Conguring Request Identity Re-Transmissions................................................................................................................ 98
Conguring a Quiet Period after a Failed Authentication............................................................................................ 99
Forcibly Authorizing or Unauthorizing a Port.................................................................................................................. 100
Re-Authenticating a Port................................................................................................................................................ 100
Conguring Timeouts...................................................................................................................................................... 101
Conguring Dynamic VLAN Assignment with Port Authentication..................................................................................102
Guest and Authentication-Fail VLANs.............................................................................................................................103
Conguring a Guest VLAN........................................................................................................................................104
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Conguring an Authentication-Fail VLAN................................................................................................................. 104
7 Access Control List (ACL) VLAN Groups and Content Addressable Memory (CAM).... 106
Optimizing CAM Utilization During the Attachment of ACLs to VLANs.......................................................................... 106
Guidelines for Conguring ACL VLAN Groups.................................................................................................................107
Conguring ACL VLAN Groups and Conguring FP Blocks for VLAN Parameters.......................................................... 107
Conguring ACL VLAN Groups................................................................................................................................. 107
Conguring FP Blocks for VLAN Parameters............................................................................................................108
Viewing CAM Usage....................................................................................................................................................... 109
Allocating FP Blocks for VLAN Processes....................................................................................................................... 110
8 Access Control Lists (ACLs)..........................................................................................111
IP Access Control Lists (ACLs)........................................................................................................................................ 112
CAM Usage............................................................................................................................................................... 112
Implementing ACLs on Dell Networking OS............................................................................................................... 113
IP Fragment Handling...................................................................................................................................................... 114
IP Fragments ACL Examples......................................................................................................................................114
Layer 4 ACL Rules Examples......................................................................................................................................115
Congure a Standard IP ACL........................................................................................................................................... 116
Conguring a Standard IP ACL Filter..........................................................................................................................117
Congure an Extended IP ACL........................................................................................................................................ 118
Conguring Filters with a Sequence Number.............................................................................................................118
Conguring Filters Without a Sequence Number.......................................................................................................119
Congure Layer 2 and Layer 3 ACLs...............................................................................................................................120
Assign an IP ACL to an Interface.....................................................................................................................................120
Applying an IP ACL.......................................................................................................................................................... 121
Counting ACL Hits.....................................................................................................................................................121
Congure Ingress ACLs................................................................................................................................................... 121
Congure Egress ACLs................................................................................................................................................... 122
Applying Egress Layer 3 ACLs (Control-Plane)..........................................................................................................123
IP Prex Lists.................................................................................................................................................................. 124
Implementation Information.......................................................................................................................................124
Conguration Task List for Prex Lists...................................................................................................................... 124
ACL Resequencing..........................................................................................................................................................128
Resequencing an ACL or Prex List.......................................................................................................................... 128
Route Maps.................................................................................................................................................................... 129
Implementation Information...................................................................................................................................... 130
Important Points to Remember.......................................................................................................................................130
Conguration Task List for Route Maps.................................................................................................................... 130
Conguring Match Routes........................................................................................................................................ 132
Conguring Set Conditions....................................................................................................................................... 134
Congure a Route Map for Route Redistribution...................................................................................................... 135
Congure a Route Map for Route Tagging................................................................................................................135
Continue Clause........................................................................................................................................................135
Logging of ACL Processes.............................................................................................................................................. 136
Guidelines for Conguring ACL Logging.................................................................................................................... 137
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Conguring ACL Logging.......................................................................................................................................... 137
Flow-Based Monitoring Support for ACLs.......................................................................................................................138
Behavior of Flow-Based Monitoring..........................................................................................................................138
Enabling Flow-Based Monitoring...............................................................................................................................139
9 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).................................................................... 141
How BFD Works.............................................................................................................................................................. 141
BFD Packet Format.................................................................................................................................................. 142
BFD Sessions............................................................................................................................................................143
BFD Three-Way Handshake...................................................................................................................................... 144
Session State Changes............................................................................................................................................. 146
Important Points to Remember.......................................................................................................................................146
Congure BFD................................................................................................................................................................ 146
Congure BFD for Physical Ports..............................................................................................................................147
Congure BFD for Static Routes.............................................................................................................................. 150
Congure BFD for OSPF........................................................................................................................................... 151
Congure BFD for OSPFv3.......................................................................................................................................153
Congure BFD for IS-IS............................................................................................................................................ 155
Congure BFD for BGP.............................................................................................................................................157
Congure BFD for VRRP.......................................................................................................................................... 163
Conguring Protocol Liveness.................................................................................................................................. 166
Troubleshooting BFD.................................................................................................................................................166
10 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4).................................................................... 168
Autonomous Systems (AS).............................................................................................................................................168
Sessions and Peers......................................................................................................................................................... 170
Establish a Session....................................................................................................................................................170
Route Reectors..............................................................................................................................................................171
BGP Attributes................................................................................................................................................................172
Best Path Selection Criteria...................................................................................................................................... 172
Weight.......................................................................................................................................................................174
Local Preference....................................................................................................................................................... 174
Multi-Exit Discriminators (MEDs)..............................................................................................................................175
Origin........................................................................................................................................................................ 176
AS Path.....................................................................................................................................................................176
Next Hop...................................................................................................................................................................177
Multiprotocol BGP...........................................................................................................................................................177
Implement BGP with Dell Networking OS....................................................................................................................... 178
Additional Path (Add-Path) Support..........................................................................................................................178
Advertise IGP Cost as MED for Redistributed Routes...............................................................................................178
Ignore Router-ID for Some Best-Path Calculations................................................................................................... 179
Four-Byte AS Numbers.............................................................................................................................................179
AS4 Number Representation.....................................................................................................................................179
AS Number Migration................................................................................................................................................ 181
BGP4 Management Information Base (MIB).............................................................................................................182
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................................182
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Conguration Information............................................................................................................................................... 183
BGP Conguration..........................................................................................................................................................183
Enabling BGP............................................................................................................................................................184
Conguring AS4 Number Representations................................................................................................................187
Conguring Peer Groups...........................................................................................................................................189
Conguring BGP Fast Fall-Over................................................................................................................................ 191
Conguring Passive Peering......................................................................................................................................193
Maintaining Existing AS Numbers During an AS Migration........................................................................................ 193
Allowing an AS Number to Appear in its Own AS Path..............................................................................................194
Enabling Graceful Restart......................................................................................................................................... 195
Enabling Neighbor Graceful Restart..........................................................................................................................196
Filtering on an AS-Path Attribute..............................................................................................................................196
Regular Expressions as Filters...................................................................................................................................198
Redistributing Routes............................................................................................................................................... 199
Enabling Additional Paths.........................................................................................................................................200
Conguring IP Community Lists...............................................................................................................................200
Conguring an IP Extended Community List.............................................................................................................201
Filtering Routes with Community Lists..................................................................................................................... 202
Manipulating the COMMUNITY Attribute................................................................................................................ 202
Changing MED Attributes........................................................................................................................................ 204
Changing the LOCAL_PREFERENCE Attribute....................................................................................................... 204
Changing the NEXT_HOP Attribute.........................................................................................................................205
Changing the WEIGHT Attribute..............................................................................................................................205
Enabling Multipath................................................................................................................................................... 206
Filtering BGP Routes................................................................................................................................................206
Filtering BGP Routes Using Route Maps.................................................................................................................. 207
Filtering BGP Routes Using AS-PATH Information................................................................................................... 208
Conguring BGP Route Reectors...........................................................................................................................208
Aggregating Routes................................................................................................................................................. 209
Conguring BGP Confederations............................................................................................................................. 209
Enabling Route Flap Dampening................................................................................................................................210
Changing BGP Timers...............................................................................................................................................212
Enabling BGP Neighbor Soft-Reconguration...........................................................................................................213
Route Map Continue.................................................................................................................................................214
Enabling MBGP Congurations.......................................................................................................................................214
BGP Regular Expression Optimization............................................................................................................................ 215
Debugging BGP.............................................................................................................................................................. 215
Storing Last and Bad PDUs.......................................................................................................................................216
Capturing PDUs........................................................................................................................................................ 217
PDU Counters...........................................................................................................................................................218
Sample Congurations....................................................................................................................................................218
11 Content Addressable Memory (CAM).........................................................................225
CAM Allocation.............................................................................................................................................................. 225
Test CAM Usage............................................................................................................................................................ 227
View CAM Proles..........................................................................................................................................................227
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View CAM-ACL Settings................................................................................................................................................228
View CAM Usage...........................................................................................................................................................230
CAM Optimization..........................................................................................................................................................230
Troubleshoot CAM Proling............................................................................................................................................230
CAM Prole Mismatches..........................................................................................................................................230
QoS CAM Region Limitation.....................................................................................................................................230
12 Control Plane Policing (CoPP)................................................................................... 232
Congure Control Plane Policing.................................................................................................................................... 233
Conguring CoPP for Protocols............................................................................................................................... 234
Conguring CoPP for CPU Queues..........................................................................................................................235
CoPP for OSPFv3 Packets...................................................................................................................................... 236
Conguring CoPP for OSPFv3.................................................................................................................................239
Show Commands.....................................................................................................................................................240
13 Data Center Bridging (DCB)...................................................................................... 242
Ethernet Enhancements in Data Center Bridging........................................................................................................... 242
Priority-Based Flow Control..................................................................................................................................... 243
Enhanced Transmission Selection.............................................................................................................................244
Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol (DCBx).................................................................................................... 245
Data Center Bridging in a Trac Flow...................................................................................................................... 245
Enabling Data Center Bridging........................................................................................................................................245
DCB Maps and its Attributes....................................................................................................................................246
Data Center Bridging: Default Conguration...................................................................................................................247
Conguring Priority-Based Flow Control........................................................................................................................ 247
Conguring Lossless Queues....................................................................................................................................248
Conguring PFC in a DCB Map......................................................................................................................................249
PFC Conguration Notes......................................................................................................................................... 249
PFC Prerequisites and Restrictions.......................................................................................................................... 250
Applying a DCB Map on a Port.......................................................................................................................................250
Conguring PFC without a DCB Map............................................................................................................................. 251
Conguring Lossless QueuesExample:...................................................................................................................... 251
Priority-Based Flow Control Using Dynamic Buer Method...........................................................................................253
Pause and Resume of Trac....................................................................................................................................253
Buer Sizes for Lossless or PFC Packets.................................................................................................................253
Behavior of Tagged Packets...........................................................................................................................................254
Conguration Example for DSCP and PFC Priorities......................................................................................................254
Using PFC to Manage Converged Ethernet Trac........................................................................................................ 255
Congure Enhanced Transmission Selection.................................................................................................................. 255
ETS Prerequisites and Restrictions.......................................................................................................................... 255
Creating an ETS Priority Group................................................................................................................................ 255
ETS Operation with DCBx........................................................................................................................................256
Conguring Bandwidth Allocation for DCBx CIN...................................................................................................... 257
Conguring ETS in a DCB Map................................................................................................................................ 258
Hierarchical Scheduling in ETS Output Policies.............................................................................................................. 259
Using ETS to Manage Converged Ethernet Trac.........................................................................................................259
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Applying DCB Policies in a Switch Stack........................................................................................................................ 260
Congure a DCBx Operation..........................................................................................................................................260
DCBx Operation.......................................................................................................................................................260
DCBx Port Roles...................................................................................................................................................... 260
DCB Conguration Exchange...................................................................................................................................262
Conguration Source Election..................................................................................................................................262
Propagation of DCB Information.............................................................................................................................. 263
Auto-Detection and Manual Conguration of the DCBx Version.............................................................................. 263
DCBx Example......................................................................................................................................................... 263
DCBx Prerequisites and Restrictions........................................................................................................................ 264
Conguring DCBx.................................................................................................................................................... 264
Verifying the DCB Conguration.................................................................................................................................... 268
Sample DCB Conguration............................................................................................................................................. 277
PFC and ETS Conguration Command Examples.....................................................................................................279
QoS dot1p Trac Classication and Queue Assignment.................................................................................................279
Conguring the Dynamic Buer Method........................................................................................................................280
14 Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol (DHCP).......................................................... 282
DHCP Packet Format and Options.................................................................................................................................282
Assign an IP Address using DHCP.................................................................................................................................. 284
Implementation Information............................................................................................................................................284
Congure the System to be a DHCP Server.................................................................................................................. 285
Conguring the Server for Automatic Address Allocation.........................................................................................285
Specifying a Default Gateway...................................................................................................................................287
Congure a Method of Hostname Resolution...........................................................................................................287
Using DNS for Address Resolution........................................................................................................................... 287
Using NetBIOS WINS for Address Resolution...........................................................................................................287
Creating Manual Binding Entries...............................................................................................................................287
Debugging the DHCP Server................................................................................................................................... 288
Using DHCP Clear Commands................................................................................................................................. 288
Congure the System to be a Relay Agent.....................................................................................................................288
Congure the System to be a DHCP Client....................................................................................................................290
DHCP Client Operation with Other Features............................................................................................................290
DHCP Client on a Management Interface................................................................................................................. 291
Congure the System for User Port Stacking (Option 230)............................................................................................291
Congure Secure DHCP.................................................................................................................................................292
Option 82.................................................................................................................................................................292
DHCP Snooping....................................................................................................................................................... 292
Drop DHCP Packets on Snooped VLANs Only.........................................................................................................295
Dynamic ARP Inspection..........................................................................................................................................296
Conguring Dynamic ARP Inspection....................................................................................................................... 297
Source Address Validation..............................................................................................................................................298
Enabling IP Source Address Validation......................................................................................................................298
DHCP MAC Source Address Validation.................................................................................................................... 299
Enabling IP+MAC Source Address Validation........................................................................................................... 299
Viewing the Number of SAV Dropped Packets.........................................................................................................299
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Clearing the Number of SAV Dropped Packets........................................................................................................ 300
15 Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP).................................................................................. 301
ECMP for Flow-Based Anity........................................................................................................................................ 301
Conguring the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................301
Enabling Deterministic ECMP Next Hop................................................................................................................... 301
Conguring the Hash Algorithm Seed.......................................................................................................................301
Link Bundle Monitoring...................................................................................................................................................302
Managing ECMP Group Paths................................................................................................................................. 302
Creating an ECMP Group Bundle............................................................................................................................. 303
Modifying the ECMP Group Threshold.................................................................................................................... 303
16 FCoE Transit..............................................................................................................305
Fibre Channel over Ethernet.......................................................................................................................................... 305
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network.................................................................................................. 305
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges................................................................................................................................. 306
FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack......................................................................................................................................308
Using FIP Snooping........................................................................................................................................................308
FIP Snooping Prerequisites...................................................................................................................................... 308
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................309
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature...........................................................................................................................309
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs................................................................................................................................ 310
Congure the FC-MAP Value................................................................................................................................... 310
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link.............................................................................................................310
Congure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link................................................................................................................ 310
Impact on Other Software Features......................................................................................................................... 310
FIP Snooping Restrictions..........................................................................................................................................311
Conguring FIP Snooping.......................................................................................................................................... 311
Displaying FIP Snooping Information............................................................................................................................... 312
FCoE Transit Conguration Example............................................................................................................................... 317
17 FIPS Cryptography..................................................................................................... 319
Conguration Tasks.........................................................................................................................................................319
Preparing the System..................................................................................................................................................... 319
Enabling FIPS Mode........................................................................................................................................................319
Generating Host-Keys....................................................................................................................................................320
Monitoring FIPS Mode Status........................................................................................................................................320
Disabling FIPS Mode....................................................................................................................................................... 321
18 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP).....................................................................322
Protocol Overview..........................................................................................................................................................322
Ring Status.............................................................................................................................................................. 322
Multiple FRRP Rings................................................................................................................................................ 323
Important FRRP Points............................................................................................................................................ 323
Important FRRP Concepts....................................................................................................................................... 324
Implementing FRRP....................................................................................................................................................... 325
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FRRP Conguration....................................................................................................................................................... 325
Creating the FRRP Group........................................................................................................................................ 325
Conguring the Control VLAN................................................................................................................................. 326
Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs............................................................................................................327
Setting the FRRP Timers......................................................................................................................................... 328
Clearing the FRRP Counters.................................................................................................................................... 328
Viewing the FRRP Conguration..............................................................................................................................328
Viewing the FRRP Information................................................................................................................................. 328
Troubleshooting FRRP....................................................................................................................................................329
Conguration Checks...............................................................................................................................................329
Sample Conguration and Topology............................................................................................................................... 329
19 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)................................................................ 331
Important Points to Remember.......................................................................................................................................331
Congure GVRP............................................................................................................................................................. 331
Related Conguration Tasks..................................................................................................................................... 332
Enabling GVRP Globally..................................................................................................................................................332
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface............................................................................................................................333
Congure GVRP Registration.........................................................................................................................................333
Congure a GARP Timer................................................................................................................................................ 334
RPM Redundancy.......................................................................................................................................................... 334
20 High Availability (HA)................................................................................................ 335
Component Redundancy................................................................................................................................................335
RPM Redundancy....................................................................................................................................................335
Automatic and Manual Stack Unit Failover............................................................................................................... 337
Support for RPM Redundancy by Dell Networking OS Version................................................................................ 337
Synchronization between Management and Standby Units..................................................................................... 338
Conguring RPM Redundancy................................................................................................................................. 338
Online Insertion and Removal......................................................................................................................................... 339
RPM Online Insertion and Removal.......................................................................................................................... 339
Linecard Online Insertion and Removal.....................................................................................................................340
Hitless Behavior.............................................................................................................................................................. 341
Graceful Restart............................................................................................................................................................. 341
Software Resiliency........................................................................................................................................................342
Software Component Health Monitoring..................................................................................................................342
System Health Monitoring........................................................................................................................................342
Failure and Event Logging........................................................................................................................................ 342
Hot-Lock Behavior......................................................................................................................................................... 343
Process Restartability.....................................................................................................................................................343
Enabling Process Restartability................................................................................................................................ 343
21 Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)...........................................................345
IGMP Implementation Information..................................................................................................................................345
IGMP Protocol Overview............................................................................................................................................... 345
IGMP Version 2........................................................................................................................................................345
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IGMP Version 3........................................................................................................................................................ 346
Congure IGMP............................................................................................................................................................. 349
Related Conguration Tasks..................................................................................................................................... 349
Viewing IGMP Enabled Interfaces.................................................................................................................................. 350
Selecting an IGMP Version.............................................................................................................................................350
Viewing IGMP Groups....................................................................................................................................................350
Adjusting Timers............................................................................................................................................................. 351
Adjusting Query and Response Timers......................................................................................................................351
Enabling IGMP Immediate-Leave................................................................................................................................... 352
IGMP Snooping..............................................................................................................................................................352
IGMP Snooping Implementation Information............................................................................................................352
Conguring IGMP Snooping.....................................................................................................................................352
Removing a Group-Port Association........................................................................................................................ 353
Disabling Multicast Flooding.....................................................................................................................................353
Specifying a Port as Connected to a Multicast Router.............................................................................................353
Conguring the Switch as Querier........................................................................................................................... 354
Fast Convergence after MSTP Topology Changes.........................................................................................................354
Egress Interface Selection (EIS) for HTTP and IGMP Applications................................................................................ 354
Protocol Separation................................................................................................................................................. 355
Enabling and Disabling Management Egress Interface Selection.............................................................................. 356
Handling of Management Route Conguration.........................................................................................................357
Handling of Switch-Initiated Trac...........................................................................................................................357
Handling of Switch-Destined Trac.........................................................................................................................358
Handling of Transit Trac (Trac Separation)......................................................................................................... 358
Mapping of Management Applications and Trac Type........................................................................................... 359
Behavior of Various Applications for Switch-Initiated Trac ....................................................................................360
Behavior of Various Applications for Switch-Destined Trac .................................................................................. 360
Interworking of EIS With Various Applications...........................................................................................................361
Designating a Multicast Router Interface....................................................................................................................... 362
22 Interfaces..................................................................................................................363
Basic Interface Conguration.........................................................................................................................................363
Advanced Interface Conguration..................................................................................................................................363
Interface Types...............................................................................................................................................................363
View Basic Interface Information....................................................................................................................................364
Enabling a Physical Interface..........................................................................................................................................365
Physical Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................... 366
Conguration Task List for Physical Interfaces......................................................................................................... 366
Overview of Layer Modes........................................................................................................................................ 366
Conguring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode......................................................................................................................367
Conguring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode...................................................................................................................... 367
Conguring Layer 3 (Network) Mode.......................................................................................................................367
Conguring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode...................................................................................................................... 368
Egress Interface Selection (EIS).....................................................................................................................................369
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................369
Conguring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 369
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Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................. 369
Conguring Management Interfaces........................................................................................................................369
Conguring Management Interfaces on the S-Series................................................................................................371
VLAN Interfaces.............................................................................................................................................................372
Loopback Interfaces....................................................................................................................................................... 372
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................ 373
Port Channel Interfaces..................................................................................................................................................373
Port Channel Denition and Standards..................................................................................................................... 373
Port Channel Benets.............................................................................................................................................. 373
Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................... 373
10/100/1000 Mbps Interfaces in Port Channels........................................................................................................374
Conguration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.......................................................................................................374
Creating a Port Channel........................................................................................................................................... 375
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel..........................................................................................................375
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel...................................................................................................... 377
Conguring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel...................................................................................... 377
.................................................................................................................................................................................378
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel............................................................................................................... 378
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................................................379
Load Balancing Through Port Channels....................................................................................................................379
Load-Balancing Method........................................................................................................................................... 379
Changing the Hash Algorithm.................................................................................................................................. 380
Bulk Conguration...........................................................................................................................................................381
Interface Range........................................................................................................................................................ 381
Bulk Conguration Examples.....................................................................................................................................381
Dening Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................... 382
Dene the Interface Range...................................................................................................................................... 383
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro........................................................................................................................383
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces........................................................................................................................... 383
Maintenance Using TDR...........................................................................................................................................384
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports...............................................................................................................................385
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port......................................................................................... 385
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................386
Example Scenarios...................................................................................................................................................386
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................................. 390
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................390
Enabling Link Dampening......................................................................................................................................... 390
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................... 391
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control..............................................................................................................392
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................ 393
Congure the MTU Size on an Interface........................................................................................................................ 393
Port-Pipes......................................................................................................................................................................394
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces....................................................................................................................... 394
Setting the Speed and Duplex Mode of Ethernet Interfaces.................................................................................... 394
Set Auto-Negotiation Options..................................................................................................................................396
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View Advanced Interface Information............................................................................................................................ 396
Conguring the Interface Sampling Size...................................................................................................................397
Dynamic Counters..........................................................................................................................................................398
Clearing Interface Counters..................................................................................................................................... 399
Enhanced Validation of Interface Ranges.......................................................................................................................399
Compressing Conguration Files....................................................................................................................................399
23 Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)............................................................................ 403
Conguring IPSec ......................................................................................................................................................... 403
24 IPv4 Routing............................................................................................................. 405
IP Addresses.................................................................................................................................................................. 405
Implementation Information..................................................................................................................................... 405
Conguration Tasks for IP Addresses............................................................................................................................. 405
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface...........................................................................................................................406
Conguring Static Routes.............................................................................................................................................. 406
Congure Static Routes for the Management Interface.................................................................................................408
IPv4 Path MTU Discovery Overview..............................................................................................................................409
Using the Congured Source IP Address in ICMP Messages......................................................................................... 409
Conguring the ICMP Source Interface................................................................................................................... 409
Conguring the Duration to Establish a TCP Connection................................................................................................410
Enabling Directed Broadcast........................................................................................................................................... 410
Resolution of Host Names.............................................................................................................................................. 410
Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names.................................................................................................................. 411
Specifying the Local System Domain and a List of Domains............................................................................................ 411
Conguring DNS with Traceroute................................................................................................................................... 412
ARP................................................................................................................................................................................ 412
Conguration Tasks for ARP........................................................................................................................................... 413
Conguring Static ARP Entries....................................................................................................................................... 413
Enabling Proxy ARP........................................................................................................................................................ 413
Clearing ARP Cache........................................................................................................................................................414
ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP................................................................................................................................... 414
Enabling ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP..................................................................................................................... 414
ARP Learning via ARP Request.......................................................................................................................................415
Conguring ARP Retries................................................................................................................................................. 415
ICMP.............................................................................................................................................................................. 416
Conguration Tasks for ICMP......................................................................................................................................... 416
Enabling ICMP Unreachable Messages...........................................................................................................................416
UDP Helper.....................................................................................................................................................................417
Congure UDP Helper...............................................................................................................................................417
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................................417
Enabling UDP Helper.......................................................................................................................................................417
Conguring a Broadcast Address.................................................................................................................................... 417
Congurations Using UDP Helper................................................................................................................................... 418
UDP Helper with Broadcast-All Addresses......................................................................................................................418
UDP Helper with Subnet Broadcast Addresses...............................................................................................................419
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UDP Helper with Congured Broadcast Addresses.........................................................................................................419
UDP Helper with No Congured Broadcast Addresses.................................................................................................. 420
Troubleshooting UDP Helper.......................................................................................................................................... 420
25 IPv6 Routing..............................................................................................................421
Protocol Overview.......................................................................................................................................................... 421
Extended Address Space.......................................................................................................................................... 421
Stateless Autoconguration...................................................................................................................................... 421
IPv6 Headers........................................................................................................................................................... 422
IPv6 Header Fields................................................................................................................................................... 422
Extension Header Fields........................................................................................................................................... 424
Addressing............................................................................................................................................................... 425
Implementing IPv6 with Dell Networking OS..................................................................................................................426
ICMPv6..........................................................................................................................................................................427
Path MTU Discovery......................................................................................................................................................428
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery................................................................................................................................................428
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery of MTU Packets............................................................................................................... 429
Conguration Task List for IPv6 RDNSS........................................................................................................................ 429
Conguring the IPv6 Recursive DNS Server............................................................................................................429
Debugging IPv6 RDNSS Information Sent to the Host ............................................................................................430
Displaying IPv6 RDNSS Information......................................................................................................................... 430
Secure Shell (SSH) Over an IPv6 Transport....................................................................................................................431
Conguration Tasks for IPv6........................................................................................................................................... 431
Adjusting Your CAM-Prole.......................................................................................................................................431
Assigning an IPv6 Address to an Interface................................................................................................................432
Assigning a Static IPv6 Route.................................................................................................................................. 433
Conguring Telnet with IPv6.................................................................................................................................... 433
SNMP over IPv6...................................................................................................................................................... 433
Showing IPv6 Information........................................................................................................................................ 434
Showing an IPv6 Interface....................................................................................................................................... 434
Showing IPv6 Routes...............................................................................................................................................435
Showing the Running-Conguration for an Interface............................................................................................... 436
Clearing IPv6 Routes................................................................................................................................................436
Conguring IPv6 RA Guard............................................................................................................................................ 437
Conguring IPv6 RA Guard on an Interface..............................................................................................................438
Monitoring IPv6 RA Guard....................................................................................................................................... 439
26 iSCSI Optimization.................................................................................................... 440
iSCSI Optimization Overview......................................................................................................................................... 440
Monitoring iSCSI Trac Flows.................................................................................................................................. 441
Application of Quality of Service to iSCSI Trac Flows.............................................................................................441
Information Monitored in iSCSI Trac Flows............................................................................................................442
Detection and Auto-Conguration for Dell EqualLogic Arrays...................................................................................442
Conguring Detection and Ports for Dell Compellent Arrays.................................................................................... 443
Synchronizing iSCSI Sessions Learned on VLT-Lags with VLT-Peer..........................................................................443
Enable and Disable iSCSI Optimization..................................................................................................................... 444
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Default iSCSI Optimization Values.................................................................................................................................. 444
iSCSI Optimization Prerequisites.................................................................................................................................... 445
Conguring iSCSI Optimization...................................................................................................................................... 445
Displaying iSCSI Optimization Information...................................................................................................................... 447
27 Intermediate System to Intermediate System............................................................ 449
IS-IS Protocol Overview.................................................................................................................................................449
IS-IS Addressing.............................................................................................................................................................449
Multi-Topology IS-IS.......................................................................................................................................................450
Transition Mode....................................................................................................................................................... 450
Interface Support.....................................................................................................................................................450
Adjacencies..............................................................................................................................................................450
Graceful Restart............................................................................................................................................................. 451
Timers.......................................................................................................................................................................451
Implementation Information............................................................................................................................................ 451
Conguration Information...............................................................................................................................................452
Conguration Tasks for IS-IS....................................................................................................................................452
Conguring the Distance of a Route........................................................................................................................ 460
Changing the IS-Type...............................................................................................................................................460
Redistributing IPv4 Routes.......................................................................................................................................463
Redistributing IPv6 Routes.......................................................................................................................................463
Conguring Authentication Passwords.....................................................................................................................464
Setting the Overload Bit.......................................................................................................................................... 465
Debugging IS-IS....................................................................................................................................................... 465
IS-IS Metric Styles......................................................................................................................................................... 466
Congure Metric Values.................................................................................................................................................466
Maximum Values in the Routing Table...................................................................................................................... 467
Change the IS-IS Metric Style in One Level Only......................................................................................................467
Leaks from One Level to Another.............................................................................................................................468
Sample Congurations................................................................................................................................................... 469
28 Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)................................................................ 472
Introduction to Dynamic LAGs and LACP.......................................................................................................................472
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................ 472
LACP Modes............................................................................................................................................................473
Conguring LACP Commands..................................................................................................................................473
LACP Conguration Tasks.............................................................................................................................................. 474
Creating a LAG.........................................................................................................................................................474
Conguring the LAG Interfaces as Dynamic............................................................................................................. 474
Setting the LACP Long Timeout.............................................................................................................................. 475
Monitoring and Debugging LACP............................................................................................................................. 475
Shared LAG State Tracking............................................................................................................................................ 476
Conguring Shared LAG State Tracking................................................................................................................... 476
Important Points about Shared LAG State Tracking..................................................................................................477
LACP Basic Conguration Example................................................................................................................................478
Congure a LAG on ALPHA......................................................................................................................................478
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29 Layer 2...................................................................................................................... 486
Manage the MAC Address Table.................................................................................................................................... 486
Clearing the MAC Address Table.............................................................................................................................. 486
Setting the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries.............................................................................................................486
Conguring a Static MAC Address...........................................................................................................................486
Displaying the MAC Address Table............................................................................................................................487
MAC Learning Limit........................................................................................................................................................487
Setting the MAC Learning Limit............................................................................................................................... 488
mac learning-limit Dynamic...................................................................................................................................... 488
mac learning-limit mac-address-sticky..................................................................................................................... 488
mac learning-limit station-move............................................................................................................................... 488
mac learning-limit no-station-move..........................................................................................................................489
Learning Limit Violation Actions................................................................................................................................489
Setting Station Move Violation Actions.................................................................................................................... 489
Recovering from Learning Limit and Station Move Violations...................................................................................490
NIC Teaming.................................................................................................................................................................. 490
Congure Redundant Pairs............................................................................................................................................. 491
Important Points about Conguring Redundant Pairs...............................................................................................493
Far-End Failure Detection...............................................................................................................................................494
FEFD State Changes................................................................................................................................................495
Conguring FEFD.....................................................................................................................................................495
Enabling FEFD on an Interface.................................................................................................................................496
Debugging FEFD...................................................................................................................................................... 497
30 Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).......................................................................499
802.1AB (LLDP) Overview............................................................................................................................................. 499
Protocol Data Units..................................................................................................................................................499
Optional TLVs................................................................................................................................................................ 500
Management TLVs...................................................................................................................................................500
TIA-1057 (LLDP-MED) Overview................................................................................................................................... 502
TIA Organizationally Specic TLVs........................................................................................................................... 502
Congure LLDP............................................................................................................................................................. 506
Related Conguration Tasks.....................................................................................................................................506
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................506
LLDP Compatibility.................................................................................................................................................. 506
CONFIGURATION versus INTERFACE Congurations...................................................................................................506
Enabling LLDP................................................................................................................................................................507
Disabling and Undoing LLDP.................................................................................................................................... 507
Advertising TLVs............................................................................................................................................................ 507
Viewing the LLDP Conguration.................................................................................................................................... 508
Viewing Information Advertised by Adjacent LLDP Agents............................................................................................ 509
Conguring LLDPDU Intervals........................................................................................................................................ 510
Conguring Transmit and Receive Mode.........................................................................................................................510
Conguring a Time to Live...............................................................................................................................................511
Debugging LLDP.............................................................................................................................................................512
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Relevant Management Objects.......................................................................................................................................513
31 Microsoft Network Load Balancing.............................................................................518
NLB Unicast Mode Scenario...........................................................................................................................................518
NLB Multicast Mode Scenario........................................................................................................................................ 518
Limitations of the NLB Feature....................................................................................................................................... 519
Microsoft Clustering....................................................................................................................................................... 519
Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding ................................................................................................................................ 519
Conguring a Switch for NLB ....................................................................................................................................... 520
................................................................................................................................................................................ 520
32 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)........................................................... 521
Protocol Overview.......................................................................................................................................................... 521
Anycast RP.................................................................................................................................................................... 522
Implementation Information............................................................................................................................................522
Congure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol............................................................................................................. 522
Related Conguration Tasks..................................................................................................................................... 523
Enable MSDP................................................................................................................................................................. 527
Manage the Source-Active Cache................................................................................................................................. 528
Viewing the Source-Active Cache............................................................................................................................528
Limiting the Source-Active Cache............................................................................................................................528
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................... 529
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache............................................................................................................529
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check.............................................................................................529
Specifying Source-Active Messages.............................................................................................................................. 533
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer.........................................................................................................534
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source............................................................................................................ 534
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source........................................................................................................ 535
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source....................................................................................................... 535
Logging Changes in Peership States.............................................................................................................................. 536
Terminating a Peership...................................................................................................................................................536
Clearing Peer Statistics.................................................................................................................................................. 537
Debugging MSDP...........................................................................................................................................................537
MSDP with Anycast RP.................................................................................................................................................538
Conguring Anycast RP.................................................................................................................................................539
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding............................................................................................................. 540
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages....................................................................................................540
MSDP Sample Congurations........................................................................................................................................543
33 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)..................................................................546
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 546
Spanning Tree Variations................................................................................................................................................ 547
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................547
Congure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol.....................................................................................................................547
Related Conguration Tasks..................................................................................................................................... 547
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally.......................................................................................................................... 548
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Adding and Removing Interfaces....................................................................................................................................548
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances.....................................................................................................................548
Inuencing MSTP Root Selection...................................................................................................................................549
Interoperate with Non-Dell Networking OS Bridges.......................................................................................................550
Changing the Region Name or Revision.........................................................................................................................550
Modifying Global Parameters.......................................................................................................................................... 551
Modifying the Interface Parameters...............................................................................................................................552
Conguring an EdgePort................................................................................................................................................553
Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change.............................................................................................................553
MSTP Sample Congurations........................................................................................................................................ 554
Router 1 Running-CongurationRouter 2 Running-CongurationRouter 3 Running-CongurationSFTOS
Example Running-Conguration...............................................................................................................................554
Debugging and Verifying MSTP Congurations..............................................................................................................557
34 Multicast Features.................................................................................................... 559
Enabling IP Multicast..................................................................................................................................................... 559
Implementation Information........................................................................................................................................... 559
Multicast Policies...........................................................................................................................................................560
IPv4 Multicast Policies.............................................................................................................................................560
35 Object Tracking......................................................................................................... 567
Object Tracking Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 567
Track Layer 2 Interfaces...........................................................................................................................................568
Track Layer 3 Interfaces...........................................................................................................................................568
Track IPv4 and IPv6 Routes..................................................................................................................................... 568
Set Tracking Delays..................................................................................................................................................569
VRRP Object Tracking..............................................................................................................................................570
Object Tracking Conguration........................................................................................................................................ 570
Tracking a Layer 2 Interface..................................................................................................................................... 570
Tracking a Layer 3 Interface...................................................................................................................................... 571
Track an IPv4/IPv6 Route........................................................................................................................................ 572
Displaying Tracked Objects.............................................................................................................................................575
36 Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)..................................................... 578
Protocol Overview..........................................................................................................................................................578
Autonomous System (AS) Areas.............................................................................................................................. 578
Area Types................................................................................................................................................................579
Networks and Neighbors......................................................................................................................................... 580
Router Types............................................................................................................................................................580
Designated and Backup Designated Routers............................................................................................................582
Link-State Advertisements (LSAs)........................................................................................................................... 582
Router Priority and Cost.......................................................................................................................................... 583
OSPF with Dell Networking OS......................................................................................................................................584
Graceful Restart...................................................................................................................................................... 585
Fast Convergence (OSPFv2, IPv4 Only)..................................................................................................................586
Multi-Process OSPFv2 with VRF.............................................................................................................................586
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