Dell PowerEdge M IO Aggregator Getting Started Guide
Dell PowerEdge FN 410S I/O Aggregator
Getting Started Guide
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Rev. A00
Contents
1 About this Guide........................................................................................................5
2 Introduction............................................................................................................... 7
Product Description...............................................................................................................................7
3 Hardware Overview..................................................................................................9
Internal Ports......................................................................................................................................... 9
Front Panel.............................................................................................................................................9
Port Numbering.....................................................................................................................................9
USB Console Port..................................................................................................................................9
System Status.......................................................................................................................................10
4 Installation................................................................................................................13
Unpacking the Aggregator..................................................................................................................13
Unpacking Steps.................................................................................................................................. 13
5 Installing and Configuring the Aggregator...................................................... 15
Installing a switch in a Dell PowerEdge FX2 Server Chassis.............................................................. 16
Connecting a Console Terminal.........................................................................................................16
Invoking the X-Loader and U-Boot CLIs............................................................................................ 17
Reconfiguring Default Settings........................................................................................................... 17
Before You Start.............................................................................................................................17
Reconfiguration Using the CMC Interface................................................................................... 18
Reconfiguration Using the CLI......................................................................................................18
Aggregator Auto-Configuration......................................................................................................... 19
Data Center Bridging Support...................................................................................................... 20
FCoE Connectivity........................................................................................................................ 20
iSCSI Operation............................................................................................................................. 20
Link Aggregation........................................................................................................................... 20
Link Tracking................................................................................................................................. 20
Configuring VLANs.............................................................................................................................. 21
Uplink LAG......................................................................................................................................21
Server-Facing LAGs....................................................................................................................... 21
Mode Transitions........................................................................................................................... 21
6 Assembling a VLT....................................................................................................23
Cabling the VLT...................................................................................................................................23
Configuring and Bringing Up a VLT....................................................................................................23
7 Programmable-MUX Mode.................................................................................. 25
Configuring and Bringing Up the Programmable-MUX Mode..........................................................25
8 Next Steps.................................................................................................................27
9 Technical Specifications.......................................................................................29
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About this Guide
This document helps you in getting started with Dell PowerEdge FN 410S I/O Aggregator. For complete
installation and configuration information, refer to the documents listed below:
Table 1. Dell PowerEdge FN 410S I/O Aggregator Documents
Information Documentation
Hardware installation and power-up instructions Installing the Dell PowerEdge FN 410S I/O Aggregator
Software configuration Dell Networking Operating System (OS) Configuration
Guide for the Dell PowerEdge FN 410S I/O
Aggregator
Command line interface Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide
for the Dell PowerEdge FN 410S I/O Aggregator
Latest updates Dell Networking OS Release Notes for the Dell
PowerEdge FN 410S I/O Aggregator
About this Guide
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Introduction
This document provides basic information about the Dell PowerEdge FN 410S I/O Aggregator, including
how to install and perform the initial configuration. This document assumes the Dell PowerEdge FX2
server chassis is installed correctly. For the complete installation instructions, refer to the Dell PowerEdge
FX2 server chassis Installation Guide .
For information about how to configure and monitor switch features, refer to the Configuration Guide for
the Dell PowerEdge FN 410S I/O Aggregator, which is available on the Dell Support website at http://
www.dell.com/support/manuals.
Product Description
The aggregator is a multi layer, 12x10Gigabit Ethernet switch that operates in a Dell PowerEdge FX2
server chassis, which can support up to eight servers and two aggregator switches with four uplink
interfaces each.
The Dell PowerEdge FX2 server chassis is managed by a single chassis management controller (CMC),
which is similar to the CMC unit on the Dell PowerEdge M1000e and provides management connectivity
to two I/O Modules and the iDRAC units of all eight servers.
Introduction
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Hardware Overview
This section contains information about input/output aggregator (IOA) characteristics and modular
hardware configurations.
Internal Ports
The aggregator provides 8x10 Gigabit Ethernet internal ports. The internal ports are connected to server
through the Dell PowerEdge FX2 server chassis midplane.
The aggregator also provides an internal Ethernet interface—the out-of-band (OOB) interface, which is
dedicated to switch management traffic on this port, and is segregated from operational network traffic
on the switch ports and cannot be switched or routed to the operational network.
Front Panel
The following figure shows the aggregator front panel.
Figure 1. I/O Aggregator Front Panel
Port Numbering
When installed in a server enclosure, the Dell PowerEdge FN 410S I/O Aggregator ports are numbered
from 1 to 12. Ports from 1 to 8 are internal server-facing ports. Ports from 9 to 12 are external ports
numbered from left to right on the switch.
To configure a port, specify the slot (from 0 to 5; default: 0) and port number (from 1 to 12) in the
interface port-type slot/port command, where slot is the unit number of the aggregator
displayed in the
Dell(conf)# interface tengigabitethernet 0/4
show system brief command. For example:
USB Console Port
Use the upper USB console port to manage the switch through an RS-232 serial interface. This port
provides a direct connection to the switch and allows you to access the command-line interface (CLI)
Hardware Overview
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