Table Of Contents - Dell Force10 C150 Manual

Deploying the Dell Force10 MXL into a Cisco Nexus Network Environment
Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 5
Content Overview ..................................................................................................... 6
Document Conventions ............................................................................................... 7
Device Introduction ................................................................................................... 8
Dell Force10 MXL Deployment ...................................................................................... 12
Initial Configuration ................................................................................................. 12
Access Port Downlink Configuration .............................................................................. 16
Trunk Port Downlink Configuration ............................................................................... 18
Link Aggregation Group Configuration ........................................................................... 20
Trunk Port Uplink Configuration with MLAG at Top of Rack ................................................. 21
Trunk Port Uplink Configuration with Per-VLAN Spanning Tree ............................................. 27
Spanning Tree Protocol Failover and Failback Observations .................................................. 31
Lab Environment ..................................................................................................... 31
Nexus MSTP and MXL MSTP Observations ........................................................................ 32
Nexus MSTP and MXL MSTP - Remainder of Test Observations .............................................. 37
Nexus MSTP and MXL MSTP - Greater than 64 Instances ...................................................... 38
Nexus Rapid PVST+ and MXL PVST Observations ............................................................... 38
Nexus Rapid PVST+ and MXL PVST - Remainder of Test Observations ...................................... 42
Summary - Spanning Tree Observations ......................................................................... 42
Appendices ............................................................................................................. 43
Appendix A: Referenced Network Topology and Device Configurations ................................... 43
Appendix B: Basic Terminology ................................................................................... 54
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