Dell Force10 C150 Manual page 25

Deploying the Dell Force10 MXL into a Cisco Nexus Network Environment
Enable the MXL Uplink Port-Channels
Now that the expected spanning-tree, port-channel, switchport, and VLAN settings are in place; the
following commands to enable the link members of the uplink port-channel can be run.
MXL1#configure
MXL1(conf)#interface range tengigabitethernet 0/33 - 36
MXL1(conf-if-range-te-0/33-36)#no shutdown
MXL1(conf-if-range-te-0/33-36)#exit
MXL1(conf)#exit
MXL1#
These commands could also have been entered earlier in the process, but it is recommended practice
to only enable links after they are configured in the expected manner.
Verify the MXL1's Spanning-tree State
Below is the output from MXL1 showing the general spanning-tree state of VLANs 11-13 and the
forwarding status of its uplink LAG. The internal interface state has been snipped from the output to
shorten the length and the font size is smaller to allow the formatted content to fit widthwise.
MXL1#show spanning-tree pvst vlan 11 brief
VLAN 11
Executing IEEE compatible Spanning Tree Protocol
Root ID Priority 24587, Address 547f.ee53.3ec1
Root Bridge hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bridge ID Priority 32768, Address 001e.c9f1.053e
Configured hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bpdu filter disabled globally
Interface
Name PortID
---------- -------- ---- ------
Po 20 128.21
[...snipped...]
MXL1#show spanning-tree pvst vlan 12 brief
VLAN 12
Executing IEEE compatible Spanning Tree Protocol
Root ID Priority 24588, Address 547f.ee56.5581
Root Bridge hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bridge ID Priority 32768, Address 001e.c9f1.053e
Configured hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bpdu filter disabled globally
Interface
Name PortID
---------- -------- ---- ------
Po 20 128.21
[...snipped...]
MXL1#show spanning-tree pvst vlan 13 brief
VLAN 13
Executing IEEE compatible Spanning Tree Protocol
Root ID Priority 24589, Address 547f.ee53.3ec1
Root Bridge hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bridge ID Priority 32768, Address 001e.c9f1.053e
Configured hello time 2, max age 20, forward delay 15
Bpdu filter disabled globally
Interface
Name PortID
---------- -------- ---- ------
Prio Cost Sts
----------- ------- -------------------- --------
128 1400 FWD
Prio Cost Sts
----------- ------- -------------------- --------
128 1400 FWD
Prio Cost Sts
----------- ------- -------------------- --------
Designated
Cost Bridge ID
1400 24587 0023.04ee.be0a
Designated
Cost Bridge ID
1900 28684 0023.04ee.be0a
Designated
Cost Bridge ID
PortID
144.19
PortID
144.19
PortID
25