Associating A Fabric Extender To A Fabric Interface - Cisco nexus 5000 series Configuration Manual

Configuring the Fabric Extender
• The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for HP (NB22HP) has 16 1G/10-Gigabit Ethernet host interfaces.
• The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Fujitsu (NB22FTS) has 16 10-Gigabit Ethernet host interfaces.
• The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell (NB22DELL) has 16 1G/10-Gigabit Ethernet host

Associating a Fabric Extender to a Fabric Interface

Associating a Fabric Extender to an Ethernet Interface
Before You Begin
Ensure that you have enabled the Fabric Extender feature.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. interface ethernet slot/port
3. switchport mode fex-fabric
4. fex associate FEX-number
5. (Optional) show interface ethernet port/slot fex-intf
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1 configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
Step 2 interface ethernet slot/port
Example:
switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/40
switch(config)#
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◦ Support for an ingress and egress queue-limit per port.
◦ Support for debug counters.
◦ Support for pause no-drop behavior over a cable distance of 3000 meters between the Fabric
Extender and switch.
◦ Support for a user configurable shared-buffer.
All host interfaces use all of the available fabric interfaces.
All host interfaces use all of the available fabric interfaces.
interfaces. All host interfaces use all of the available fabric interfaces.
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
Associating a Fabric Extender to a Fabric Interface
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Specifies an Ethernet interface to configure.
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