Dell Force10 C150 Manual page 4

Deploying the Dell Force10 MXL into a Cisco Nexus Network Environment
Figures
Figure 1. Dell Force10 MXL Switch .................................................................................. 5
Figure 2. Example Network Topology .............................................................................. 7
Figure 3. MXL External Interfaces ................................................................................... 8
Figure 4. FlexIO 40GbE QSFP+ Module .............................................................................. 9
Figure 5. FlexIO 10GbE SFP+ Module ............................................................................... 9
Figure 6. FlexIO 10GBASE-T Module ................................................................................ 9
Figure 1. Topology Diagram: Top of Rack Nexus 5K using vPC ............................................... 21
Figure 2. Topology Diagram: Top of Rack Nexus 5K using PVST+ ............................................ 27
Figure 3. Topology Diagram: STP Interoperability Observations Lab ....................................... 31
Figure 4. Topology Diagram: Detailed, Full Example Network ............................................... 43
Tables
Table 1. Force10 MXL External Ethernet Interface Numbering ............................................. 10
Table 2. Results - Spanning Tree Observations ................................................................ 42
Table 3. Devices and Firmware Versions Used in this Document ........................................... 44
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