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Dell Networking Configuration Guide for the
C9010 Series
Version 9.11(0.0)
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2016 - 12
Rev. A00
Contents
1 About this Guide...........................................................................................................................................35
Audience........................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Conventions......................................................................................................................................................................35
Related Documents......................................................................................................................................................... 35
2 Configuration Fundamentals........................................................................................................................36
Accessing the Command Line........................................................................................................................................36
CLI Modes.........................................................................................................................................................................36
Navigating CLI Modes...............................................................................................................................................38
The do Command............................................................................................................................................................. 41
Undoing Commands........................................................................................................................................................ 42
Obtaining Help..................................................................................................................................................................42
Entering and Editing Commands................................................................................................................................... 42
Command History............................................................................................................................................................43
Filtering show Command Outputs.................................................................................................................................44
Multiple Users in Configuration Mode...........................................................................................................................45
3 Getting Started........................................................................................................................................... 46
Console Access................................................................................................................................................................46
Serial Console............................................................................................................................................................. 47
Mounting an NFS File System........................................................................................................................................48
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................... 48
Default Configuration...................................................................................................................................................... 49
Configuring a Host Name............................................................................................................................................... 49
Accessing the System Remotely...................................................................................................................................50
Accessing the System Remotely.............................................................................................................................50
Configure the Management Port IP Address.........................................................................................................50
Configure a Management Route............................................................................................................................. 50
Configuring a Username and Password.................................................................................................................. 51
Configuring the Enable Password.................................................................................................................................. 51
Manage Configuration Files.............................................................................................................................................51
File Storage.................................................................................................................................................................52
Copy Files to and from the System.........................................................................................................................52
Save the Running-Configuration............................................................................................................................. 53
Configure the Overload Bit for a Startup Scenario...............................................................................................54
Viewing Files...............................................................................................................................................................54
Changes in Configuration Files................................................................................................................................ 55
Viewing Command History.............................................................................................................................................55
Upgrading the Dell Networking OS............................................................................................................................... 55
4 Switch Management....................................................................................................................................57
Configuring Privilege Levels........................................................................................................................................... 57
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Creating a Custom Privilege Level...........................................................................................................................57
Removing a Command from EXEC Mode.............................................................................................................. 57
Moving a Command from EXEC Privilege Mode to EXEC Mode....................................................................... 57
Allowing Access to CONFIGURATION Mode Commands................................................................................... 58
Allowing Access to the Following Modes............................................................................................................... 58
Applying a Privilege Level to a Username...............................................................................................................59
Applying a Privilege Level to a Terminal Line......................................................................................................... 60
Configuring Logging........................................................................................................................................................ 60
Audit and Security Logs............................................................................................................................................60
Configuring Logging Format .................................................................................................................................. 62
Setting Up a Secure Connection to a Syslog Server............................................................................................ 62
Track Login Activity.........................................................................................................................................................64
Restrictions for Tracking Login Activity..................................................................................................................64
Configuring Login Activity Tracking........................................................................................................................ 64
Display Login Statistics............................................................................................................................................. 64
Limit Concurrent Login Sessions................................................................................................................................... 66
Restrictions for Limiting the Number of Concurrent Sessions............................................................................66
Configuring Concurrent Session Limit.................................................................................................................... 66
Enabling the System to Clear Existing Sessions.................................................................................................... 67
Enabling Secured CLI Mode........................................................................................................................................... 67
Log Messages in the Internal Buffer............................................................................................................................. 68
Configuration Task List for System Log Management.........................................................................................68
Disabling System Logging...............................................................................................................................................68
Sending System Messages to a Syslog Server............................................................................................................68
Configuring a UNIX System as a Syslog Server.................................................................................................... 69
Display the Logging Buffer and the Logging Configuration....................................................................................... 69
Changing System Logging Settings.............................................................................................................................. 70
Configuring a UNIX Logging Facility Level................................................................................................................... 70
Synchronizing Log Messages..........................................................................................................................................71
Enabling Timestamp on Syslog Messages.................................................................................................................... 72
File Transfer Services......................................................................................................................................................72
Configuration Task List for File Transfer Services.................................................................................................72
Enabling the FTP Server........................................................................................................................................... 73
Configuring FTP Server Parameters....................................................................................................................... 73
Configuring FTP Client Parameters.........................................................................................................................73
Terminal Lines...................................................................................................................................................................74
Denying and Permitting Access to a Terminal Line............................................................................................... 74
Configuring Login Authentication for Terminal Lines............................................................................................75
Setting Time Out of EXEC Privilege Mode...................................................................................................................75
Using Telnet to Access Another Network Device....................................................................................................... 76
Lock CONFIGURATION Mode.......................................................................................................................................77
Viewing the Configuration Lock Status...................................................................................................................77
Recovering from a Forgotten Password ......................................................................................................................78
Ignoring the Startup Configuration and Booting from the Factory-Default Configuration....................................78
Recovering from a Failed Start...................................................................................................................................... 79
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Restoring Factory-Default Settings...............................................................................................................................79
Important Point to Remember................................................................................................................................. 79
Restoring Factory-Default Boot Environment Variables...................................................................................... 80
Using Hashes to Verify Software Images Before Installation..................................................................................... 81
Verifying System Images on C9010 Components....................................................................................................... 82
When System Images on C9010 Components Do Not Match............................................................................ 83
Manually Resetting the System Image on a C9010 Component......................................................................... 83
Logging in to the Virtual Console of a C9010 Component...................................................................................84
Booting the C9010 from an Image on a Network Server..................................................................................... 84
Configuring C9010 Components to Boot from the RPM CP Image...................................................................84
5 802.1X......................................................................................................................................................... 86
The Port-Authentication Process..................................................................................................................................88
EAP over RADIUS......................................................................................................................................................89
Configuring 802.1X.......................................................................................................................................................... 90
Related Configuration Tasks.................................................................................................................................... 90
Important Points to Remember..................................................................................................................................... 90
Enabling 802.1X.................................................................................................................................................................91
Configuring dot1x Profile ................................................................................................................................................93
Configuring MAC addresses for a do1x Profile............................................................................................................ 93
Configuring the Static MAB and MAB Profile .............................................................................................................94
Configuring Critical VLAN ..............................................................................................................................................95
Configuring Request Identity Re-Transmissions......................................................................................................... 95
Configuring a Quiet Period after a Failed Authentication...........................................................................................96
Forcibly Authorizing or Unauthorizing a Port............................................................................................................... 97
Re-Authenticating a Port................................................................................................................................................98
Configuring Dynamic VLAN Assignment with Port Authentication.......................................................................... 98
Guest and Authentication-Fail VLANs.......................................................................................................................... 99
Configuring a Guest VLAN......................................................................................................................................100
Configuring an Authentication-Fail VLAN..............................................................................................................101
Configuring Timeouts...............................................................................................................................................102
Multi-Host Authentication.............................................................................................................................................103
Configuring Multi-Host AuthenticationConfiguring Single-Host Authentication.............................................104
Multi-Supplicant Authentication...................................................................................................................................105
Configuring Multi-Supplicant AuthenticationRestricting Multi-Supplicant Authentication............................106
MAC Authentication Bypass.........................................................................................................................................107
MAB in Single-host and Multi-Host Mode............................................................................................................ 107
MAB in Multi-Supplicant Authentication Mode....................................................................................................108
Configuring MAC Authentication Bypass..............................................................................................................108
Dynamic CoS with 802.1X.............................................................................................................................................109
6 Access Control Lists (ACLs)........................................................................................................................111
IP Access Control Lists (ACLs)......................................................................................................................................111
CAM Usage................................................................................................................................................................112
User-Configurable CAM Allocation.........................................................................................................................113
Allocating CAM for Ingress ACLs on the Port Extender......................................................................................113
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Allocating CAM for Egress ACLs on the Port Extender...................................................................................... 115
Implementing ACLs ..................................................................................................................................................116
IP Fragment Handling..................................................................................................................................................... 117
IP Fragments ACL Examples................................................................................................................................... 117
Layer 4 ACL Rules Examples................................................................................................................................... 118
Configure a Standard IP ACL........................................................................................................................................ 119
Configuring a Standard IP ACL Filter.....................................................................................................................120
Configure an Extended IP ACL.....................................................................................................................................120
Configuring Filters with a Sequence Number........................................................................................................121
Configuring Filters Without a Sequence Number................................................................................................ 122
Configure Layer 2 and Layer 3 ACLs...........................................................................................................................122
Using ACL VLAN Groups...............................................................................................................................................123
Guidelines for Configuring ACL VLAN Groups..................................................................................................... 123
Configuring an ACL VLAN Group...........................................................................................................................124
Allocating ACL VLAN CAM.....................................................................................................................................125
Applying an IP ACL to an Interface..............................................................................................................................125
Applying Ingress ACLs on the Port Extender....................................................................................................... 126
Applying Egress ACLs.............................................................................................................................................. 127
Applying Layer 3 Egress ACLs on Control-Plane Traffic.....................................................................................127
Counting ACL Hits....................................................................................................................................................128
IP Prefix Lists..................................................................................................................................................................128
Implementation Information.................................................................................................................................... 128
Configuration Task List for Prefix Lists................................................................................................................. 129
ACL Resequencing.........................................................................................................................................................132
Resequencing an ACL or Prefix List...................................................................................................................... 133
Route Maps.....................................................................................................................................................................134
Implementation Information.................................................................................................................................... 134
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................................................134
Configuration Task List for Route Maps............................................................................................................... 134
Configuring Match Routes...................................................................................................................................... 137
Configuring Set Conditions..................................................................................................................................... 138
Configure a Route Map for Route Redistribution................................................................................................ 139
Configure a Route Map for Route Tagging.......................................................................................................... 139
Continue Clause........................................................................................................................................................140
Configuring a UDF ACL................................................................................................................................................. 140
Hot-Lock Behavior......................................................................................................................................................... 142
7 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)..................................................................................................143
How BFD Works.............................................................................................................................................................143
BFD Packet Format................................................................................................................................................. 144
BFD Sessions............................................................................................................................................................ 145
BFD Three-Way Handshake................................................................................................................................... 146
Session State Changes............................................................................................................................................148
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................................................148
Configure BFD................................................................................................................................................................ 148
Configure BFD for Physical Ports.......................................................................................................................... 149
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Configure BFD for Static Routes...........................................................................................................................150
Configure BFD for OSPF.........................................................................................................................................153
Configure BFD for OSPFv3.................................................................................................................................... 156
Configure BFD for IS-IS...........................................................................................................................................157
Configure BFD for BGP...........................................................................................................................................160
Configure BFD for VRRP........................................................................................................................................ 166
Configuring Protocol Liveness................................................................................................................................169
8 Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4).................................................................................................... 170
Autonomous Systems (AS)...........................................................................................................................................170
Sessions and Peers.........................................................................................................................................................172
Establish a Session................................................................................................................................................... 172
Route Reflectors.............................................................................................................................................................173
Communities..............................................................................................................................................................174
BGP Attributes................................................................................................................................................................174
Best Path Selection Criteria....................................................................................................................................174
Weight........................................................................................................................................................................176
Local Preference...................................................................................................................................................... 176
Multi-Exit Discriminators (MEDs)...........................................................................................................................177
Origin..........................................................................................................................................................................178
AS Path......................................................................................................................................................................178
Next Hop................................................................................................................................................................... 179
Multiprotocol BGP..........................................................................................................................................................179
Implement BGP ..............................................................................................................................................................179
Additional Path (Add-Path) Support..................................................................................................................... 179
Advertise IGP Cost as MED for Redistributed Routes........................................................................................180
Ignore Router-ID for Some Best-Path Calculations............................................................................................ 180
Four-Byte AS Numbers........................................................................................................................................... 180
AS4 Number Representation...................................................................................................................................181
AS Number Migration.............................................................................................................................................. 182
BGP4 Management Information Base (MIB)....................................................................................................... 184
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................184
Configuration Information............................................................................................................................................. 185
BGP Configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 185
Enabling BGP............................................................................................................................................................ 186
Configuring AS4 Number Representations...........................................................................................................189
Configuring Peer Groups.........................................................................................................................................190
Configuring BGP Fast Fail-Over.............................................................................................................................193
Configuring Passive Peering................................................................................................................................... 194
Maintaining Existing AS Numbers During an AS Migration.................................................................................195
Allowing an AS Number to Appear in its Own AS Path.......................................................................................196
Enabling Neighbor Graceful Restart...................................................................................................................... 197
Filtering on an AS-Path Attribute...........................................................................................................................197
Regular Expressions as Filters................................................................................................................................ 198
Redistributing Routes............................................................................................................................................. 200
Enabling Additional Paths....................................................................................................................................... 200
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Configuring IP Community Lists.............................................................................................................................201
Configuring an IP Extended Community List.......................................................................................................202
Filtering Routes with Community Lists.................................................................................................................203
Manipulating the COMMUNITY Attribute............................................................................................................203
Changing MED Attributes...................................................................................................................................... 205
Changing the LOCAL_PREFERENCE Attribute................................................................................................. 205
Configuring the local System or a Different System to be the Next Hop for BGP-Learned Routes...........206
Changing the WEIGHT Attribute...........................................................................................................................206
Enabling Multipath...................................................................................................................................................207
Filtering BGP Routes...............................................................................................................................................207
Filtering BGP Routes Using Route Maps............................................................................................................. 208
Filtering BGP Routes Using AS-PATH Information.............................................................................................209
Configuring BGP Route Reflectors........................................................................................................................210
Aggregating Routes................................................................................................................................................. 210
Configuring BGP Confederations............................................................................................................................211
Enabling Route Flap Dampening..............................................................................................................................211
Changing BGP Timers..............................................................................................................................................214
Enabling BGP Neighbor Soft-Reconfiguration..................................................................................................... 214
Enabling or disabling BGP neighbors..................................................................................................................... 215
Route Map Continue................................................................................................................................................217
Enabling MBGP Configurations.................................................................................................................................... 217
BGP Regular Expression Optimization.........................................................................................................................218
Debugging BGP.............................................................................................................................................................. 218
Storing Last and Bad PDUs.................................................................................................................................... 219
Capturing PDUs.......................................................................................................................................................220
PDU Counters...........................................................................................................................................................221
Sample Configurations...................................................................................................................................................221
9 Content Addressable Memory (CAM)....................................................................................................... 230
CAM Allocation.............................................................................................................................................................. 230
Test CAM Usage........................................................................................................................................................... 232
View CAM-ACL Settings..............................................................................................................................................232
View CAM Usage...........................................................................................................................................................233
Return to the Default CAM Configuration................................................................................................................. 233
CAM Optimization......................................................................................................................................................... 234
Applications for CAM Profiling.....................................................................................................................................234
LAG HashingLAG Hashing Based on Bidirectional Flow.....................................................................................234
Unified Forwarding Table (UFT) Modes.....................................................................................................................234
Configuring UFT Modes......................................................................................................................................... 235
10 Control Plane Policing (CoPP)................................................................................................................. 236
CoPP Implementation................................................................................................................................................... 236
Protocol-based Control Plane Policing................................................................................................................. 236
Queue-based Control Plane Policing.....................................................................................................................236
CoPP Example............................................................................................................................................................... 238
Configure Control Plane Policing.................................................................................................................................239
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Configuring CoPP for Protocols............................................................................................................................239
Examples of Configuring CoPP for Protocols......................................................................................................240
Configuring CoPP for CPU Queues.......................................................................................................................241
Examples of Configuring CoPP for CPU Queues................................................................................................242
Displaying CoPP Configuration..............................................................................................................................243
Troubleshooting CoPP Operation................................................................................................................................246
Enabling CPU Traffic Statistics............................................................................................................................. 246
Viewing CPU Traffic Statistics.............................................................................................................................. 246
Troubleshooting CPU Packet Loss........................................................................................................................247
Viewing Per-Protocol CoPP Counters..................................................................................................................248
Viewing Per-Queue CoPP Counters......................................................................................................................251
11 Data Center Bridging (DCB)..................................................................................................................... 252
Enabling Data Center Bridging.....................................................................................................................................252
Ethernet Enhancements in Data Center Bridging.....................................................................................................253
Priority-Based Flow Control...................................................................................................................................254
Enhanced Transmission Selection.........................................................................................................................255
Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol (DCBx)..............................................................................................256
Data Center Bridging in a Traffic Flow................................................................................................................. 256
QoS dot1p Traffic Classification and Queue Assignment......................................................................................... 257
SNMP Support for PFC and Buffer Statistics Tracking...........................................................................................257
DCB Maps and its Attributes....................................................................................................................................... 258
DCB Map: Configuration Procedure..................................................................................................................... 258
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................259
Applying a DCB Map on a Port..............................................................................................................................259
Configuring PFC without a DCB Map...................................................................................................................260
Configuring Lossless Queues.................................................................................................................................260
Applying a DCB Map on a Line Card......................................................................................................................261
Data Center Bridging: Default Configuration............................................................................................................. 262
Configuration Notes: PFC and ETS in a DCB Map................................................................................................... 262
PFC Configuration Notes....................................................................................................................................... 262
ETS Configuration Notes........................................................................................................................................263
ETS Prerequisites and Restrictions.......................................................................................................................264
Priority-Group Configuration Notes......................................................................................................................264
Configuring Priority-Based Flow Control....................................................................................................................264
Configuring Lossless Queues.................................................................................................................................265
Configuring Enhanced Transmission Selection..........................................................................................................266
Creating an ETS Priority Group............................................................................................................................. 266
ETS Operation with DCBx......................................................................................................................................267
Configure a DCBx Operation........................................................................................................................................267
DCBx Operation.......................................................................................................................................................268
DCBx Port Roles......................................................................................................................................................268
DCB Configuration Exchange................................................................................................................................ 269
Configuration Source Election............................................................................................................................... 270
Propagation of DCB Information........................................................................................................................... 270
Auto-Detection and Manual Configuration of the DCBx Version...................................................................... 271
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Behavior of Tagged Packets...................................................................................................................................271
Configuration Example for DSCP and PFC Priorities..........................................................................................272
DCBx Example..........................................................................................................................................................272
DCBx Prerequisites and Restrictions.................................................................................................................... 273
Configuring DCBx.................................................................................................................................................... 274
Verifying the DCB Configuration................................................................................................................................. 277
Performing PFC Using DSCP Bits Instead of 802.1p Bits........................................................................................ 287
PFC and ETS Configuration Examples........................................................................................................................287
Using PFC and ETS to Manage Data Center Traffic................................................................................................288
PFC and ETS Configuration Command Examples.............................................................................................. 289
Using PFC and ETS to Manage Converged Ethernet Traffic........................................................................... 289
Hierarchical Scheduling in ETS Output Policies...................................................................................................290
Priority-Based Flow Control Using Dynamic Buffer Method...................................................................................290
Pause and Resume of Traffic.................................................................................................................................290
Buffer Sizes for Lossless or PFC Packets............................................................................................................ 291
Configuring the Dynamic Buffer Method....................................................................................................................291
12 Debugging and Diagnostics...................................................................................................................... 293
Offline Diagnostics.........................................................................................................................................................293
Running Port Extender Offline Diagnostics on the Switch................................................................................293
Running Offline Diagnostics on a Standalone Switch.........................................................................................300
TRACE Logs...................................................................................................................................................................320
Auto Save on Reload, Crash, or Rollover.............................................................................................................. 321
Uploading Trace Logs.............................................................................................................................................. 321
Last Restart Reason.......................................................................................................................................................321
show hardware Commands..........................................................................................................................................322
Environmental Monitoring............................................................................................................................................ 324
Displaying Port Extender Environment Information ...........................................................................................324
Display Power Supply Status................................................................................................................................. 324
Display Fan Status...................................................................................................................................................325
Display Transceiver Type........................................................................................................................................325
Recognize an Over-Temperature Condition........................................................................................................ 327
Troubleshoot an Over-Temperature Condition................................................................................................... 328
Troubleshooting Packet Loss.......................................................................................................................................330
Displaying Drop Counters....................................................................................................................................... 330
Displaying Dataplane Statistics...............................................................................................................................331
Displaying Line-Card Counters...............................................................................................................................333
Accessing Application Core Dumps.............................................................................................................................333
Mini Core Dumps........................................................................................................................................................... 334
Full Kernel Core Dumps................................................................................................................................................ 335
Enabling TCP Dumps.................................................................................................................................................... 335
Accessing Port Extender Core and Mini Core Dumps..............................................................................................336
13 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).........................................................................................337
DHCP Packet Format and Options............................................................................................................................. 337
Assign an IP Address using DHCP...............................................................................................................................339
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Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 340
Configure the System to be a DHCP Server.............................................................................................................340
Configuring the Server for Automatic Address Allocation..................................................................................341
Specifying a Default Gateway................................................................................................................................342
Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution..................................................................................................... 342
Using DNS for Address Resolution........................................................................................................................342
Using NetBIOS WINS for Address Resolution..................................................................................................... 343
Creating Manual Binding Entries............................................................................................................................343
Debugging the DHCP Server................................................................................................................................. 343
Using DHCP Clear Commands...............................................................................................................................344
Configure the System to be a Relay Agent................................................................................................................344
Configure the System to be a DHCP Client...............................................................................................................346
DHCP Client on a Management Interface............................................................................................................346
DHCP Client Operation with Other Features...................................................................................................... 346
Configure Secure DHCP...............................................................................................................................................347
Option 82.................................................................................................................................................................. 347
DHCP Snooping.......................................................................................................................................................348
Drop DHCP Packets on Snooped VLANs Only................................................................................................... 350
Dynamic ARP Inspection......................................................................................................................................... 351
Configuring Dynamic ARP Inspection................................................................................................................... 352
Source Address Validation............................................................................................................................................353
Enabling IP Source Address Validation................................................................................................................. 353
DHCP MAC Source Address Validation................................................................................................................354
Enabling IP+MAC Source Address Validation......................................................................................................354
Viewing the Number of SAV Dropped Packets...................................................................................................354
Clearing the Number of SAV Dropped Packets.................................................................................................. 355
14 Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)................................................................................................................356
ECMP for Flow-Based Affinity.................................................................................................................................... 356
Enabling Deterministic ECMP Next Hop..............................................................................................................356
Configuring the Hash Algorithm Seed.................................................................................................................. 356
Link Bundle Monitoring........................................................................................................................................... 357
Managing ECMP Group Paths.....................................................................................................................................357
Creating an ECMP Group Bundle................................................................................................................................358
Modifying the ECMP Group Threshold...................................................................................................................... 358
BGP Multipath Operation with Link Bankwidth.........................................................................................................359
Dynamic Re-calculation of Link Bankwidth................................................................................................................360
Weighted ECMP for Static Routes..............................................................................................................................361
ECMP Support in L3 Host and LPM Tables............................................................................................................... 361
15 FCoE Transit............................................................................................................................................ 362
Fibre Channel over Ethernet........................................................................................................................................362
Ensure Robustness in a Converged Ethernet Network............................................................................................362
FIP Snooping on Ethernet Bridges..............................................................................................................................364
FIP Snooping in a Switch Stack...................................................................................................................................366
Using FIP Snooping....................................................................................................................................................... 366
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FIP Snooping Prerequisites.................................................................................................................................... 366
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................366
Enabling the FCoE Transit Feature....................................................................................................................... 367
Enable FIP Snooping on VLANs.............................................................................................................................367
Configure the FC-MAP Value................................................................................................................................ 367
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-Bridge Link...................................................................................................... 368
Configure a Port for a Bridge-to-FCF Link.......................................................................................................... 368
Impact on Other Software Features.....................................................................................................................368
FIP Snooping Restrictions...................................................................................................................................... 368
Configuring FIP Snooping.............................................................................................................................................369
Displaying FIP Snooping Information...........................................................................................................................370
FCoE Transit Configuration Example..........................................................................................................................375
16 FIPS Cryptography...................................................................................................................................377
Configuration Tasks.......................................................................................................................................................377
Preparing the System....................................................................................................................................................377
Enabling FIPS Mode...................................................................................................................................................... 378
Generating Host-Keys...................................................................................................................................................378
Monitoring FIPS Mode Status......................................................................................................................................378
Disabling FIPS Mode......................................................................................................................................................379
17 Flex Hash and Optimized Boot-Up............................................................................................................380
Flex Hash Capability Overview.................................................................................................................................... 380
Configuring the Flex Hash Mechanism.......................................................................................................................380
LACP Fast Switchover.................................................................................................................................................. 381
Configuring LACP Fast Switchover.............................................................................................................................381
LACP................................................................................................................................................................................381
LACP Fast Switchover............................................................................................................................................ 381
RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Overview................................................................................................381
Sample Configurations..................................................................................................................................................383
................................................................................................................................................................................... 383
Preserving 802.1Q VLAN Tag Value for Lite Subinterfaces.....................................................................................386
18 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)...................................................................................................387
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................387
Ring Status...............................................................................................................................................................388
Multiple FRRP Rings............................................................................................................................................... 388
Important FRRP Points...........................................................................................................................................389
Implementing FRRP.................................................................................................................................................389
Important FRRP Concepts.....................................................................................................................................390
FRRP Configuration.......................................................................................................................................................391
Creating the FRRP Group.......................................................................................................................................391
Configuring the Control VLAN................................................................................................................................391
Configuring and Adding the Member VLANs.......................................................................................................392
Setting the FRRP Timers........................................................................................................................................393
Clearing the FRRP Counters..................................................................................................................................394
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Viewing the FRRP Configuration...........................................................................................................................394
Viewing the FRRP Information.............................................................................................................................. 394
Troubleshooting FRRP..................................................................................................................................................394
Configuration Checks..............................................................................................................................................394
Sample Configuration and Topology...........................................................................................................................395
FRRP Support on VLT.................................................................................................................................................. 396
Example Scenario.....................................................................................................................................................397
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................398
19 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)............................................................................................. 399
Important Points to Remember...................................................................................................................................399
Configure GVRP............................................................................................................................................................400
Related Configuration Tasks..................................................................................................................................400
Enabling GVRP Globally.................................................................................................................................................401
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface........................................................................................................................ 401
Configure GVRP Registration.......................................................................................................................................401
Configure a GARP Timer.............................................................................................................................................. 402
20 High Availability (HA).............................................................................................................................. 403
High Availability on Chassis.......................................................................................................................................... 403
High Availability in a PE Stack......................................................................................................................................403
Online Insertion and Removal.......................................................................................................................................404
RPM Online Insertion.............................................................................................................................................. 404
Line Card Online Insertion...................................................................................................................................... 404
Pre-configuring a Slot for a Line-Card Type........................................................................................................404
Replacing a Line Card............................................................................................................................................. 405
Hitless Behavior.............................................................................................................................................................405
Graceful Restart............................................................................................................................................................ 406
Software Resiliency.......................................................................................................................................................406
System Health Monitoring......................................................................................................................................406
Failure and Event Logging......................................................................................................................................406
Trace Log..................................................................................................................................................................406
Core Dumps..............................................................................................................................................................407
System Log...............................................................................................................................................................407
Control Plane Redundancy...........................................................................................................................................407
Control-Plane Failover.............................................................................................................................................407
RPM Synchronization............................................................................................................................................. 408
Forcing an RPM Failover........................................................................................................................................ 408
Specifying an Auto-Failover Limit..........................................................................................................................409
Disabling Auto-Reboot............................................................................................................................................409
21 Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)......................................................................................... 410
IGMP Implementation Information...............................................................................................................................410
IGMP Protocol Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 410
IGMP Version 2.........................................................................................................................................................410
IGMP Version 3.........................................................................................................................................................412
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Configure IGMP..............................................................................................................................................................415
Related Configuration Tasks...................................................................................................................................415
Viewing IGMP Enabled Interfaces................................................................................................................................416
Selecting an IGMP Version........................................................................................................................................... 416
Viewing IGMP Groups................................................................................................................................................... 416
Enabling IGMP Immediate-Leave................................................................................................................................. 417
IGMP Snooping...............................................................................................................................................................417
IGMP Snooping Implementation Information........................................................................................................417
Configuring IGMP Snooping....................................................................................................................................417
Removing a Group-Port Association..................................................................................................................... 418
Disabling Multicast Flooding....................................................................................................................................419
Specifying a Port as Connected to a Multicast Router.......................................................................................419
Configuring the Switch as Querier.........................................................................................................................419
Fast Convergence after MSTP Topology Changes..................................................................................................420
Designating a Multicast Router Interface...................................................................................................................420
22 Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................421
Basic Interface Configuration....................................................................................................................................... 421
Advanced Interface Configuration............................................................................................................................... 421
Port Numbering............................................................................................................................................................. 422
Interface Types..............................................................................................................................................................425
View Basic Interface Information................................................................................................................................ 425
Resetting an Interface to its Factory Default State...................................................................................................431
Enabling a Physical Interface........................................................................................................................................432
Physical Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................................432
Port Pipes................................................................................................................................................................. 432
Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces............................................................................................................432
Configuration Task List for Physical Interfaces...................................................................................................433
Overview of Layer Modes...................................................................................................................................... 433
Configuring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode................................................................................................................. 434
Configuring Layer 2 (Interface) Mode..................................................................................................................434
Configuring Layer 3 (Network) Mode.................................................................................................................. 435
Configuring Layer 3 (Interface) Mode..................................................................................................................435
Egress Interface Selection (EIS)................................................................................................................................. 436
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................436
Configuring EIS........................................................................................................................................................ 436
Management Interfaces................................................................................................................................................437
Configuring a Dedicated Management Interface ............................................................................................... 437
Configuring a Management Interface on an Ethernet Port............................................................................... 438
Port Extender Interfaces..............................................................................................................................................439
VLAN Interfaces............................................................................................................................................................ 439
Loopback Interfaces......................................................................................................................................................440
Null Interfaces................................................................................................................................................................440
Port Channel Interfaces.................................................................................................................................................441
Port Channel Definition and Standards................................................................................................................. 441
Port Channel Benefits..............................................................................................................................................441
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Port Channel Implementation................................................................................................................................. 441
10/40 Gbps Interfaces in Port Channels.............................................................................................................. 442
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces................................................................................................442
Creating a Port Channel......................................................................................................................................... 442
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.................................................................................................... 443
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel............................................................................................... 445
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.............................................................................. 445
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN.............................................................................................446
Assigning an IP Address to a Port Channel..........................................................................................................446
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.....................................................................................................................446
Load Balancing Through Port Channels................................................................................................................447
Changing the Hash Algorithm................................................................................................................................ 447
Bulk Configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 448
Interface Range....................................................................................................................................................... 448
Bulk Configuration Examples..................................................................................................................................448
Defining Interface Range Macros................................................................................................................................450
Define the Interface Range....................................................................................................................................450
Choosing an Interface-Range Macro....................................................................................................................450
Monitoring and Maintaining Interfaces.......................................................................................................................450
Maintenance Using TDR..........................................................................................................................................451
Displaying Traffic Statistics on HiGig Ports............................................................................................................... 452
Link Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 452
Monitoring HiGig Link Bundles.....................................................................................................................................453
Guidelines for Monitoring HiGig Link-Bundles .................................................................................................... 454
Enabling HiGig Link-Bundle Monitoring................................................................................................................ 454
Non Dell-Qualified Transceivers.................................................................................................................................. 455
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports...........................................................................................................................456
Converting a QSFP or QSFP+ Port to an SFP or SFP+ Port........................................................................... 456
Configuring wavelength for 10–Gigabit SFP+ optics............................................................................................... 457
Link Dampening............................................................................................................................................................. 458
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................458
Enabling Link Dampening........................................................................................................................................458
Using Ethernet Pause Frames for Flow Control........................................................................................................460
Threshold Settings.................................................................................................................................................. 460
Enabling Pause Frames............................................................................................................................................461
Configure the MTU Size on an Interface.................................................................................................................... 461
Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces...................................................................................................................462
Set Auto-Negotiation Options............................................................................................................................... 463
Provisioning Combo Ports............................................................................................................................................463
View Advanced Interface Information........................................................................................................................ 464
Configuring the Interface Sampling Size..............................................................................................................465
Configuring the Traffic Sampling Size Globally..........................................................................................................466
Dynamic Counters......................................................................................................................................................... 467
Clearing Interface Counters................................................................................................................................... 467
23 Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)..........................................................................................................469
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Configuring IPSec .........................................................................................................................................................469
24 IPv4 Routing.............................................................................................................................................471
IP Addresses....................................................................................................................................................................471
Implementation Information.................................................................................................................................... 471
Configuration Tasks for IP Addresses.........................................................................................................................472
Assigning IP Addresses to an Interface.......................................................................................................................472
Configuring Static Routes............................................................................................................................................ 473
Configure Static Routes for the Management Interface..........................................................................................474
Enabling Directed Broadcast........................................................................................................................................474
Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................................................475
Enabling Dynamic Resolution of Host Names............................................................................................................475
Specifying the Local System Domain and a List of Domains................................................................................... 475
Configuring DNS with Traceroute...............................................................................................................................476
ARP..................................................................................................................................................................................477
Configuration Tasks for ARP..................................................................................................................................477
Configuring Static ARP Entries..............................................................................................................................477
Configuring ARP Inspection Trust.........................................................................................................................478
Configuring ARP Timeout.......................................................................................................................................478
Enabling Proxy ARP.................................................................................................................................................479
Clearing ARP Cache................................................................................................................................................ 479
ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP......................................................................................................................... 479
Enabling ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP......................................................................................................... 480
ARP Learning via ARP Request.............................................................................................................................480
Configuring ARP Retries..........................................................................................................................................481
ICMP................................................................................................................................................................................ 481
Configuration Tasks for ICMP................................................................................................................................ 481
Enabling ICMP Unreachable Messages.................................................................................................................481
25 IPv6 Routing............................................................................................................................................483
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................483
Extended Address Space........................................................................................................................................484
Stateless Autoconfiguration...................................................................................................................................484
IPv6 Headers............................................................................................................................................................484
IPv6 Header Fields...................................................................................................................................................485
Extension Header Fields..........................................................................................................................................487
IPv6 Addressing.......................................................................................................................................................488
IPv6 Implementation on the Dell Networking OS......................................................................................................489
Configuring the LPM Table for IPv6 Extended Prefixes..........................................................................................490
ICMPv6...........................................................................................................................................................................490
Path MTU Discovery......................................................................................................................................................491
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery...............................................................................................................................................491
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery of MTU Packets.......................................................................................................... 492
Configuring the IPv6 Recursive DNS Server.......................................................................................................492
Secure Shell (SSH) Over an IPv6 Transport............................................................................................................. 494
Configuration Tasks for IPv6....................................................................................................................................... 494
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Adjusting Your CAM Profile....................................................................................................................................494
Assigning an IPv6 Address to an Interface.......................................................................................................... 495
Assigning a Static IPv6 Route................................................................................................................................496
Configuring Telnet with IPv6................................................................................................................................. 496
SNMP over IPv6......................................................................................................................................................496
Displaying IPv6 Information....................................................................................................................................497
Displaying an IPv6 Configuration........................................................................................................................... 497
Displaying IPv6 Routes........................................................................................................................................... 498
Displaying the Running Configuration for an Interface.......................................................................................499
Clearing IPv6 Routes...............................................................................................................................................499
Configuring IPv6 RA Guard..........................................................................................................................................500
Configuring IPv6 RA Guard on an Interface........................................................................................................ 502
Monitoring IPv6 RA Guard..................................................................................................................................... 502
26 Intermediate System to Intermediate System......................................................................................... 503
IS-IS Protocol Overview...............................................................................................................................................503
IS-IS Addressing............................................................................................................................................................ 503
Multi-Topology IS-IS..................................................................................................................................................... 504
Transition Mode.......................................................................................................................................................504
Interface Support.................................................................................................................................................... 505
Adjacencies.............................................................................................................................................................. 505
Graceful Restart............................................................................................................................................................505
Timers....................................................................................................................................................................... 505
Implementation Information.........................................................................................................................................505
Configuration Information............................................................................................................................................ 506
Configuration Tasks for IS-IS.................................................................................................................................507
Configuring the Distance of a Route..................................................................................................................... 514
Changing the IS-Type..............................................................................................................................................515
Redistributing IPv4 Routes......................................................................................................................................517
Redistributing IPv6 Routes..................................................................................................................................... 518
Configuring Authentication Passwords.................................................................................................................519
Setting the Overload Bit..........................................................................................................................................519
Debugging IS-IS.......................................................................................................................................................520
IS-IS Metric Styles......................................................................................................................................................... 521
Configure Metric Values................................................................................................................................................521
Maximum Values in the Routing Table..................................................................................................................522
Change the IS-IS Metric Style in One Level Only............................................................................................... 522
Leaks from One Level to Another......................................................................................................................... 523
Sample Configurations..................................................................................................................................................524
27 iSCSI Optimization...................................................................................................................................527
iSCSI Optimization Overview.......................................................................................................................................527
Default iSCSI Optimization Values.............................................................................................................................. 529
iSCSI Optimization Prerequisites.................................................................................................................................530
Configuring iSCSI Optimization................................................................................................................................... 530
Displaying iSCSI Optimization Information................................................................................................................. 532
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Enable and Disable iSCSI Optimization.......................................................................................................................533
Synchronizing iSCSI Sessions Learned on VLT-Lags with VLT-Peer.....................................................................534
Monitoring iSCSI Traffic Flows....................................................................................................................................534
Information Monitored in iSCSI Traffic Flows............................................................................................................534
Detection and Auto-Configuration for Dell EqualLogic Arrays................................................................................ 535
Configuring Detection and Ports for Dell Compellent Arrays.................................................................................. 535
Application of Quality of Service to iSCSI Traffic Flows.......................................................................................... 536
28 Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)..............................................................................................537
Introduction to Dynamic LAGs and LACP.................................................................................................................. 537
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 537
LACP Modes............................................................................................................................................................ 538
Configuring LACP Commands...............................................................................................................................538
LACP Configuration Tasks........................................................................................................................................... 539
Creating a LAG........................................................................................................................................................ 539
Configuring the LAG Interfaces as Dynamic........................................................................................................539
Setting the LACP Long Timeout........................................................................................................................... 540
Monitoring and Debugging LACP..........................................................................................................................540
Shared LAG State Tracking.......................................................................................................................................... 541
Configuring Shared LAG State Tracking...............................................................................................................541
Important Points about Shared LAG State Tracking..........................................................................................543
LACP Basic Configuration Example............................................................................................................................ 543
Configure a LAG on ALPHA...................................................................................................................................543
29 Layer 2.....................................................................................................................................................551
Manage the MAC Address Table................................................................................................................................. 551
Clearing the MAC Address Table...........................................................................................................................551
Setting the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries........................................................................................................ 551
Configuring a Static MAC Address....................................................................................................................... 552
Displaying the MAC Address Table....................................................................................................................... 552
MAC Learning Limit.......................................................................................................................................................552
Setting the MAC Learning Limit............................................................................................................................553
mac learning-limit Dynamic.................................................................................................................................... 553
mac learning-limit mac-address-sticky.................................................................................................................553
mac learning-limit station-move............................................................................................................................ 554
mac learning-limit no-station-move...................................................................................................................... 554
Learning Limit Violation Actions.............................................................................................................................554
Setting Station Move Violation Actions................................................................................................................554
Recovering from Learning Limit and Station Move Violations.......................................................................... 555
Disabling MAC Address Learning on the System................................................................................................555
NIC Teaming.................................................................................................................................................................. 556
Configure Redundant Pairs.......................................................................................................................................... 557
Important Points about Configuring Redundant Pairs........................................................................................559
Far-End Failure Detection............................................................................................................................................ 560
FEFD State Changes............................................................................................................................................... 561
Configuring FEFD.................................................................................................................................................... 562
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Enabling FEFD on an Interface.............................................................................................................................. 562
Debugging FEFD......................................................................................................................................................563
30 Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).................................................................................................... 565
802.1AB (LLDP) Overview...........................................................................................................................................565
Protocol Data Units.................................................................................................................................................565
Optional TLVs................................................................................................................................................................ 566
Management TLVs..................................................................................................................................................566
TIA-1057 (LLDP-MED) Overview............................................................................................................................... 568
TIA Organizationally Specific TLVs....................................................................................................................... 568
Configure LLDP..............................................................................................................................................................572
Related Configuration Tasks.................................................................................................................................. 572
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 572
LLDP Compatibility..................................................................................................................................................573
CONFIGURATION versus INTERFACE Configurations............................................................................................573
Enabling LLDP................................................................................................................................................................574
Disabling and Undoing LLDP.................................................................................................................................. 574
Enabling LLDP on Management Ports........................................................................................................................574
Disabling and Undoing LLDP on Management Ports..........................................................................................574
Advertising TLVs............................................................................................................................................................575
Viewing the LLDP Configuration................................................................................................................................. 576
Viewing Information Advertised by Adjacent LLDP Agents..................................................................................... 577
Configuring LLDPDU Intervals.....................................................................................................................................578
Configuring Transmit and Receive Mode................................................................................................................... 578
Configuring a Time to Live........................................................................................................................................... 579
Debugging LLDP............................................................................................................................................................580
Relevant Management Objects...................................................................................................................................580
31 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)......................................................................................... 586
Protocol Overview........................................................................................................................................................ 586
Anycast RP.....................................................................................................................................................................587
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 588
Configure Multicast Source Discovery Protocol....................................................................................................... 588
Related Configuration Tasks..................................................................................................................................588
Enable MSDP.................................................................................................................................................................592
Manage the Source-Active Cache..............................................................................................................................593
Viewing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................ 593
Limiting the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................ 593
Clearing the Source-Active Cache........................................................................................................................594
Enabling the Rejected Source-Active Cache.......................................................................................................594
Accept Source-Active Messages that Fail the RFP Check.....................................................................................594
Specifying Source-Active Messages.......................................................................................................................... 598
Limiting the Source-Active Messages from a Peer.................................................................................................. 599
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Local Source......................................................................................................599
Preventing MSDP from Caching a Remote Source................................................................................................. 600
Preventing MSDP from Advertising a Local Source.................................................................................................600
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Logging Changes in Peership States...........................................................................................................................601
Terminating a Peership..................................................................................................................................................601
Clearing Peer Statistics................................................................................................................................................ 602
Debugging MSDP..........................................................................................................................................................602
MSDP with Anycast RP................................................................................................................................................603
Configuring Anycast RP............................................................................................................................................... 604
Reducing Source-Active Message Flooding........................................................................................................605
Specifying the RP Address Used in SA Messages..............................................................................................605
MSDP Sample Configurations..................................................................................................................................... 607
32 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)................................................................................................ 612
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 612
Spanning Tree Variations...............................................................................................................................................613
Implementation Information....................................................................................................................................613
Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol................................................................................................................613
Related Configuration Tasks...................................................................................................................................613
Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally.......................................................................................................................614
Adding and Removing Interfaces................................................................................................................................. 614
Creating Multiple Spanning Tree Instances................................................................................................................ 614
Influencing MSTP Root Selection................................................................................................................................ 615
Interoperate with Non-Dell Bridges............................................................................................................................. 616
Changing the Region Name or Revision......................................................................................................................616
Modifying Global Parameters........................................................................................................................................617
Modifying the Interface Parameters............................................................................................................................618
Configuring an EdgePort...............................................................................................................................................619
Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change...................................................................................................... 620
MSTP Sample Configurations......................................................................................................................................620
Router 1 Running-ConfigurationRouter 2 Running-ConfigurationRouter 3 Running-
ConfigurationExample Running-Configuration.................................................................................................... 620
Debugging and Verifying MSTP Configurations........................................................................................................623
33 Multicast Features...................................................................................................................................625
Enabling IP Multicast.....................................................................................................................................................625
Implementation Information......................................................................................................................................... 625
First Packet Forwarding for Lossless Multicast........................................................................................................ 626
Multicast Policies...........................................................................................................................................................626
IPv4 Multicast Policies............................................................................................................................................626
Understanding Multicast Traceroute (mtrace)......................................................................................................... 633
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................634
Printing Multicast Traceroute (mtrace) Paths.......................................................................................................... 634
Supported Error Codes.................................................................................................................................................635
mtrace Scenarios...........................................................................................................................................................636
34 Object Tracking....................................................................................................................................... 642
Object Tracking Overview............................................................................................................................................642
Track Layer 2 Interfaces.........................................................................................................................................643
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