Dell PowerEdge FX2 Deployment Manual page 3

Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2
The Dell FX2 and FN I/O Modules ............................................................................................................................... 7
2.1
FN I/O Modules description ................................................................................................................................ 9
2.2
Networking Block FN Series Operational Modes ............................................................................................... 9
3
Initial out-of-box connectivity check and default settings ........................................................................................... 11
4
VLT and the example environments .......................................................................................................................... 12
4.1
Benefits of VLT ................................................................................................................................................. 13
4.2
Typographical conventions and common abbreviations .................................................................................. 15
5
FN IOM Dell Blade I/O manager and internal port mapping features ........................................................................ 15
5.1
FN IOM Dell Blade I/O manager GUI ............................................................................................................... 15
5.2
FN IOM internal port mapping -- detailed overview .......................................................................................... 18
6
Environment One: Basic VLT deployment with VLT mode ........................................................................................ 22
6.1
Environment One: VLT mode configuration ..................................................................................................... 23
6.2
Testing VLT functionality .................................................................................................................................. 29
7
Environment Two: Dell Networking switches with mVLT and IOM in Full Switch mode ............................................ 32
7.1
Environment Two: IOM Full Switch mode configuration .................................................................................. 33
7.1.1 Configuring the IOM for Full Switch mode ........................................................................................................ 34
7.1.2 Configuring the VLTi peer link .......................................................................................................................... 35
7.2
Environment Two: Configuring the Dell Networking S4810 ............................................................................. 39
7.3
Verifying VLT Connectivity ............................................................................................................................... 42
8
Environment Three: Dell Networking switches with mVLT and FN IOM in programmable MUX mode. ................... 51
8.1
Environment Three: FN IOM configuration ....................................................................................................... 52
8.1.1 Configuring the FN IOM for programmable MUX mode ................................................................................... 53
8.1.2 Configuring VLT on the FN IOM ....................................................................................................................... 54
8.2
Environment Three: Configuring the Dell Networking S4810 ........................................................................... 58
8.3
Environment Three: Verifying VLT Connectivity ............................................................................................... 61
9
Environment Four: VLT interoperability with Cisco vPC ............................................................................................ 70
9.1
Environment Four: FN IOM configuration ......................................................................................................... 71
9.1.1 Configuring the FN IOM for programmable MUX mode ................................................................................... 71
9.1.2 Configuring VLT on the FN IOM ....................................................................................................................... 72
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