Table Of Contents - Dell Brocade VDX 6940 Configuration Manual

Table of contents

Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Document conventions ....................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Audience ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.3 Switch details ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.4 Cabling diagram.................................................................................................................................................. 5
2 Dell recommended switch configuration ...................................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Hardware configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Delete startup configuration ................................................................................................................................ 6
2.3 Configure management ports ............................................................................................................................. 7
2.4 Convert 40GbE ports to 10GbE mode................................................................................................................ 7
2.5 Configure port channel ....................................................................................................................................... 7
2.6 Configure ports for LAG ...................................................................................................................................... 7
2.7 Configure global LLDP settings to disable DCB ................................................................................................. 8
2.8 Disable Ethernet fabric on edge ports ................................................................................................................ 8
2.9 Enable Jumbo MTU ............................................................................................................................................ 8
2.10 Enable switchport ............................................................................................................................................... 8
2.11 Enable link level flow control (802.3x) ................................................................................................................ 9
2.12 Configure spanning tree on edge ports .............................................................................................................. 9
2.13 Disable LLDP iSCSI priority on switch ports ...................................................................................................... 9
2.14 Save configuration .............................................................................................................................................. 9
2.15 Configure additional switch ................................................................................................................................. 9
3 Performance tuning .................................................................................................................................................... 10
4 Configuring VCS ID and Rbridge ID ........................................................................................................................... 11
A Additional resources ................................................................................................................................................... 12
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