Associating A Fabric Extender To A Fabric Interface - HP Integrity Superdome 2 16-socket Getting Started Manual

Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for HP

Associating a Fabric Extender to a Fabric Interface

A Fabric Extender is connected to the switch through physical Ethernet interfaces or an EtherChannel.
By default, the switch does not allow the attached Fabric Extender to connect until it has been assigned
a chassis ID and is associated with the connected interface.
Note The Fabric Extender may connect to the switch through a number of separate physical Ethernet
interfaces or at most one EtherChannel interface.
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Associating a Fabric Extender to an Ethernet Interface
To associate the Fabric Extender to an Ethernet interface, perform this task:
Command
Step 1
switch# configure terminal
Step 2
switch(config)# interface ethernet
slot/port
Step 3
switch(config-if)# switchport mode
fex-fabric
Step 4
switch(config-if)# fex associate chassis
Step 5
switch# show interface ethernet
port/slot fex-intf
This example shows how to associate the Fabric Extender to an Ethernet interface on the switch:
switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.
switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/19
switch(config-if)# switchport mode fex-fabric 
switch(config-if)# fex associate 102 
This example shows how to display the association of the Fabric Extender and the switch:
switch# show interface ethernet 1/19 fex-intf
Fabric
Interface
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Eth1/19
Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for HP Getting Started Guide
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Associating a Fabric Extender to an Ethernet Interface, page 8
Associating a Fabric Extender to an EtherChannel, page 9
Disassociating a Fabric Extender from an Interface, page 10
FEX
Interfaces
Eth100/1/16
Eth100/1/12
Eth100/1/8
Eth100/1/4
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Specifies an Ethernet interface to configure.
Sets the interface to support an external Fabric
Extender.
Associates the chassis ID to the Fabric Extender unit
attached to the interface. The range of the chassis ID
is from 100 to 199.
(Optional) Displays the association of a Fabric
Extender to an Ethernet interface.
End with CNTL/Z.
Eth100/1/15 Eth100/1/14
Eth100/1/11 Eth100/1/10
Eth100/1/7 Eth100/1/6
Eth100/1/3 Eth100/1/2
Eth100/1/13
Eth100/1/9
Eth100/1/5
Eth100/1/1