Introduction; Figure 1. Dell Force10 Mxl Blade Switch (10/40Gbe) And Available Modules; Figure 2. Flexio Modules That Can Be Used As Part Of The Dell Force10 Mxl Switch - Dell Force10 MXL Deployment Manual

Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL

Introduction

The new Dell™ Force10 MXL has the T11, BB-5 compliant FIP- Snooping Bridge featureset. With an
available FCF (Fiber Channel Forwarder), this switch will pass FCoE traffic for storage availability.
This document provides an easy-to-use guide for configuring FIP-Snooping on the Dell Force10 MXL Dell
Force10 MXL (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Dell Force10 MXL Blade Switch (10/40GbE) and available modules
Fixed QSFP+ Ports
IO Bay 1
IO Bay 2
Figure 2. FlexIO Modules that can be used as part of the Dell Force10 MXL switch
FlexIO 10GbE SFP+
FlexIO 40GbE QSFP+
FlexIO 10GBASE-T
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