Dell C7004 C150 Aggregation Core Chassis Switch Configuration Manual Networking OS 8.4.6.0 Guide For The E Series TeraScale, C Series, S (S50/S25)

2015-01-05

• About this Guide
  • Objectives
  • Audience
  • Conventions
  • Information Symbols
  • Related Documents
• Configuration Fundamentals
  • Access the Command Line
  • CLI Modes
    • Navigate CLI Modes
  • The do Command
  • Undo Commands
  • Obtain Help
  • Enter and Edit Commands
  • Command History
  • Filter show Command Outputs
  • Multiple Users in Configuration mode
• Getting Started
  • Default Configuration
  • Configure a Host Name
  • Access the System Remotely
    • Access the C-Series and E-Series Remotely
      • Configure the Management Port IP Address
      • Configure a Management Route
      • Configure a Username and Password
    • Access the S-Series Remotely
  • Configure the Enable Password
  • Configuration File Management
    • Copy Files to and from the System
      • Important Points to Remember
    • Save the Running-configuration
    • View Files
      • View Configuration Files
  • File System Management
  • View command history
  • Upgrade and Downgrade Dell Networking OS
• System Management
  • Configure Privilege Levels
    • Create a Custom Privilege Level
      • Remove a command from EXEC mode
      • Move a command from EXEC Privilege mode to EXEC mode
      • Allow Access to CONFIGURATION mode commands
      • Allow Access to INTERFACE, LINE, ROUTE-MAP, and ROUTER mode
    • Apply a Privilege Level to a Username
    • Apply a Privilege Level to a Terminal Line
  • Configure Logging
  • Log Messages in the Logging Buffer
    • Configuration Task List for System Log Management
  • Disable System Logging
  • Send System Messages to a Syslog Server
    • Configure a Unix System as a Syslog Server
  • Change System Logging Settings
  • Display the Logging Buffer and the Logging Configuration
  • Configure a UNIX Logging Facility Level
  • Synchronize Log Messages
  • Enable Timestamp on Syslog Messages
  • File Transfer Services
    • Configuration Task List for File Transfer Services
      • Enable FTP server
      • Configure FTP server parameters
      • Configure FTP client parameters
  • Terminal Lines
    • Deny and Permit Access to a Terminal Line
    • Configure Login Authentication for Terminal Lines
  • Time out of EXEC Privilege Mode
  • Telnet to Another Network Device
  • Lock CONFIGURATION mode
    • View the Configuration Lock Status
  • Recovering from a Forgotten Password
    • Recovering from a Forgotten Enable Password
    • Recovering from a Forgotten Password on S-Series
  • Recovering from a Failed Start
• 802.1ag
  • Ethernet CFM
  • Maintenance Domains
  • Maintenance Points
  • Maintenance End Points
  • Implementation Information
  • Configure CFM
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Enable Ethernet CFM
  • Create a Maintenance Domain
  • Create a Maintenance Association
  • Create Maintenance Points
    • Create a Maintenance End Point
    • Create a Maintenance Intermediate Point
    • MP Databases
      • MP Database Persistence
  • Continuity Check Messages
    • Enable CCM
    • Enable Cross-checking
  • Loopback Message and Response
  • Linktrace Message and Response
    • Link Trace Cache
  • Enable CFM SNMP Traps
  • Display Ethernet CFM Statistics
• 802.3ah
  • Link Layer OAM Overview
    • Link Layer OAMPDUs
      • OAMPDU Flags
    • Link Layer OAM Operational Modes
    • Link Layer OAM Discovery
    • Link Layer OAM Events
    • Remote Loopback
  • Implementation Information
  • Configuring Link Layer OAM
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Enable Link Layer OAM
  • Adjust the OAMPDU Transmission Parameters
  • Link Performance Event Monitoring
    • Enable Error Monitoring
    • Set Threshold Values
      • Symbol Errors per Second
      • Frame Errors per Second
      • Frame Errors per Frame Period
      • Error Seconds per Time Period
    • Execute an Action upon Exceeding the High Threshold
  • Remote Failure Indication
  • Remote Loopback
  • Display Link Layer OAM Configuration and Statistics
  • Manage Link Layer OAM
    • Enable MIB Retrieval Support/Function
    • Adjust the Size of the Link OAM Event Log
• 802.1X
  • Protocol Overview
    • The Port-authentication Process
    • EAP over RADIUS
      • RADIUS Attributes for 802.1 Support
  • Configuring 802.1X
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Important Points to Remember
  • Enabling 802.1X
  • Configuring Request Identity Re-transmissions
    • Configuring a Quiet Period after a Failed Authentication
  • Forcibly Authorize or Unauthorize a Port
  • Re-Authenticating a Port
    • Periodic Re-Authentication
  • Configuring Timeouts
  • Dynamic VLAN Assignment with Port Authentication
  • Guest and Authentication-Fail VLANs
    • Configure a Guest VLAN
    • Configure an Authentication-Fail VLAN
  • Multi-Host Authentication
  • Multi-Supplicant Authentication
  • MAC Authentication Bypass
    • MAB in Single-host and Multi-Host Mode
    • MAB in Multi-Supplicant Authentication Mode
  • Dynamic CoS with 802.1X
• IP Access Control Lists (ACL), Prefix Lists, and Route-maps
  • Overview
  • IP Access Control Lists (ACLs)
    • CAM Profiling, CAM Allocation, and CAM Optimization
      • CAM Profiling
      • User Configurable CAM Allocation
      • CAM optimization
      • Test CAM Usage
    • Implement ACLs on Dell Networking OS
      • ACLs and VLANs
      • ACL Optimization
      • Determine the order in which ACLs are used to classify traffic
  • IP Fragment Handling
    • IP fragments ACL examples
    • Layer 4 ACL rules examples
  • Configure a standard IP ACL
  • Configure an extended IP ACL
    • Configure filters with sequence number
    • Configure filters without sequence number
    • Established Flag
  • Configure Layer 2 and Layer 3 ACLs on an Interface
  • Assign an IP ACL to an Interface
    • Counting ACL Hits
  • Configure Ingress ACLs
  • Configure Egress ACLs
    • Egress Layer 3 ACL Lookup for Control-plane IP Traffic
  • Configure ACLs to Loopback
    • Applying an ACL on Loopback Interfaces
  • IP Prefix Lists
    • Implementation Information
    • Configuration Task List for Prefix Lists
      • Configuring a prefix list
      • Use a prefix list for route redistribution
  • ACL Resequencing
    • Resequence an ACL or Prefix List
  • Route Maps
    • Implementation Information
  • Important Points to Remember
    • Configuration Task List for Route Maps
      • Create a route map
      • Configure route map filters
      • Configure a route map for route redistribution
      • Configure a route map for route tagging
      • Continue clause
• Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
  • Protocol Overview
    • How BFD Works
      • BFD packet format
      • BFD sessions
      • BFD three-way handshake
      • Session state changes
  • Important Points to Remember
  • Configure Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
    • Configuring BFD for Physical Ports
      • Related configuration tasks
      • Enabling BFD globally
      • Establishing a session on physical ports
      • Changing physical port session parameters
      • Disabling and re-enabling BFD
    • Configuring BFD for Static Routes
      • Related configuration tasks
      • Establishing sessions for static routes
      • Changing static route session parameters
      • Disabling BFD for static routes
    • Configuring BFD for OSPF
      • Related configuration tasks
      • Establishing sessions with OSPF neighbors
      • Changing OSPF session parameters
      • Disabling BFD for OSPF
    • Configuring BFD for BGP
      • Prerequisites
      • Establishing sessions with BGP neighbors
      • Disabling BFD for BGP
      • Use BFD in a BGP Peer Group
      • Display BFD for BGP Information
    • Configuring BFD for IS-IS
      • Related configuration tasks
      • Establishing sessions with IS-IS neighbors
      • Changing IS-IS session parameters
      • Disabling BFD for IS-IS
    • Configuring BFD for VRRP
      • Related configuration tasks
      • Establishing sessions with all VRRP neighbors
      • Establishing VRRP sessions on VRRP neighbors
      • Changing VRRP session parameters
      • Disabling BFD for VRRP
    • Configuring BFD for VLANs
      • Related configuration tasks
      • Establishing sessions with VLAN neighbors
      • Changing session parameters
      • Disabling BFD for VLANs
    • Configuring BFD for Port-Channels
      • Related configuration tasks
      • Establishing sessions on port-channels
      • Changing port-channel session parameters
      • Disabling BFD for port-channels
    • Configuring Protocol Liveness
    • Troubleshoot BFD
• Border Gateway Protocol IPv4 (BGPv4)
  • Protocol Overview
    • Autonomous Systems (AS)
    • Sessions and Peers
      • Establish a session
      • Peer Groups
    • Route Reflectors
    • Confederations
      • Communities
  • BGP Attributes
    • Best Path Selection Criteria
      • Best Path selection details
    • Weight
    • Local Preference
    • Multi-Exit Discriminators (MEDs)
    • Origin
    • AS Path
    • Next Hop
  • Multiprotocol BGP
  • Implement BGP with Dell Networking OS
    • Advertise IGP cost as MED for redistributed routes
    • Ignore Router-ID for some best-path calculations
    • 4-Byte AS Numbers
    • AS4 Number Representation
      • Dynamic AS Number Notation application
    • AS Number Migration
    • BGP4 Management Information Base (MIB)
    • Important Points to Remember
  • Configuration Information
  • BGP Configuration
    • Defaults
    • Configuration Task List for BGP
      • Enable BGP
      • Configure AS4 Number Representations
      • Configure Peer Groups
      • BGP fast fall-over
      • Configure passive peering
      • Maintain existing AS numbers during an AS migration
      • Allow an AS number to appear in its own AS path
      • Enable graceful restart
      • Filter on an AS-Path attribute
      • Redistribute routes
      • Configure IP community lists
      • Manipulate the COMMUNITY attribute
      • Change MED attribute
      • Change LOCAL_PREFERENCE attribute
      • Change NEXT_HOP attribute
      • Change WEIGHT attribute
      • Enable multipath
      • Filter BGP routes
      • Configure BGP route reflectors
      • Aggregate routes
      • Configure BGP confederations
      • Enable route flap dampening
      • Change BGP timers
      • BGP neighbor soft-reconfiguration
      • Route map continue
    • MBGP Configuration
  • BGP Regular Expression Optimization
  • Retain NH in BGP Advertisement
  • Debug BGP
    • Store Last and Bad PDUs
    • Capture PDUs
    • PDU Counters
  • Sample Configurations
• Content Addressable Memory
  • Content Addressable Memory
  • CAM Profiles
  • Microcode
  • CAM Profiling for ACLs
  • Boot Behavior
  • When to Use CAM Profiling
  • Important Points to Remember
  • Select CAM Profiles
  • CAM Allocation
  • Test CAM Usage
  • View CAM Profiles
  • View CAM-ACL settings
  • View CAM Usage
  • Configuring IPv4Flow Sub-partitions
  • Configuring Ingress Layer 2 ACL Sub-partitions
  • Return to the Default CAM Configuration
  • CAM Optimization
  • Applications for CAM Profiling
    • LAG Hashing
    • LAG Hashing based on Bidirectional Flow
    • CAM profile for the VLAN ACL group feature
  • Troubleshoot CAM Profiling
    • CAM Profile Mismatches
    • QoS CAM Region Limitation
• Configuration Replace and Rollback
  • Archived Files
  • Configuring Configuration Replace and Rollback
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Important Points to Remember
  • Enable the Archive Service
  • Archive a Configuration File
    • View the Archive Directory
  • Replace the Current Running Configuration
  • Roll Back to the Previous Configuration
  • Configure an Archive File Maximum
  • Configure Auto-archive
  • Copy and Delete an Archive File
  • View and Edit the Contents of an Archive File
    • View the Difference between Configuration Files
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • Protocol Overview
    • DHCP Packet Format and Options
    • Assign an IP Address using DHCP
  • Implementation Information
  • Configuration Tasks
  • Configure the System to be a DHCP Server
    • Configuration Tasks
      • Related Configuration Tasks
    • Configure the Server for Automatic Address Allocation
      • Create an IP Address Pool
      • Exclude Addresses from the Address Pool
      • Specify an Address Lease Time
    • Specify a Default Gateway
    • Enabling DHCP Server
    • Configuring a Method of Hostname Resolution
      • Address Resolution using DNS
      • Address Resolution using NetBIOS WINS
    • Allocate Addresses to BOOTP Clients
    • Creating Manual Binding Entries
    • Check for Address Conflicts
    • DHCP Clear Commands
  • Configure the System to be a Relay Agent
  • Configure Secure DHCP
    • Option 82
    • DHCP Snooping
      • Enabling DCHP Snooping
      • Add a static entry in the binding table
      • Clear the binding table
      • Display the contents of the binding table
    • Drop DHCP packets on snooped VLANs only
    • Dynamic ARP Inspection
      • Bypass the ARP Inspection
    • Source Address Validation
      • IP Source Address Validation
      • DHCP MAC Source Address Validation
      • IP+MAC Source Address Validation
• Equal Cost Multi-Path
  • ECMP for Flow-based Affinity (E-Series)
    • Configurable Hash Algorithm (E-Series)
    • Deterministic ECMP Next Hop
    • Configurable Hash Algorithm Seed
  • Configurable ECMP Hash Algorithm (C- and S-Series)
• Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol
  • Protocol Overview
    • Ring Status
      • Ring Checking
      • Ring Failure
      • Ring Restoration
    • Multiple FRRP Rings
      • Member VLAN Spanning Two Rings Connected by One Switch
    • Important FRRP Points
    • Important FRRP Concepts
  • Implement FRRP
  • FRRP Configuration
    • Create the FRRP group
    • Configuring the Control VLAN
    • Configuring and add the Member VLANs
    • Set FRRP Timers
    • Clear FRRP counters
    • Show FRRP configuration
    • Show FRRP information
  • Troubleshoot FRRP
    • Configuration Checks
  • Sample Configuration and Topology
• Force10 Service Agent
  • Implementation Information
  • Configure Force10 Service Agent
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Enable Force10 Service Agent
  • Specify an SMTP Server for FTSA
  • Providing an Administrator E-mail Address
  • FTSA Messaging Service
    • Enable the FTSA Messaging Service
    • Add Additional Recipients of FTSA E-mails
    • Encrypting FTSA Messages
      • Create a PGP5 encryption key
    • Provide Administrator Contact Information
    • Set the Frequency of FTSA Type 3 Messages
    • Generating FTSA Type 4 Messages
    • Set Parameters FTSA Type 5 Messages
  • FTSA Message Types
  • FTSA Policies
    • Create an FTSA Policy Test List
      • Choose test conditions for a policy test list
      • Set the match criterion for test lists
    • Create a Policy Action List
      • Add actions to a policy action list
    • Creating a Policy and Assign a Test and Action List
    • Additional Policy Configurations
    • FTSA Policy Sample Configurations
      • Line card state-change policy configuration
      • Excessive CRC-error policy configuration
  • Debug FTSA
• GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
  • Protocol Overview
    • Important Points to Remember
  • Configuring GVRP
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Enabling GVRP Globally
  • Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface
  • Configuring GVRP Registration
  • Configuring a GARP Timer
• High Availability
  • Component Redundancy
    • RPM Redundancy
      • Boot the chassis with a single RPM
      • Boot the chassis with dual RPMs
      • Automatic and manual RPM failover
      • Communication between RPMs
      • Support for RPM redundancy by Dell Networking OS version
      • RPM synchronization
      • RPM redundancy configuration tasks
  • Online Insertion and Removal
    • RPM Online Insertion and Removal
    • Line Card Online Insertion and Removal
      • Pre-configure a line card slot
      • Replace a line card
  • Hitless Behavior
  • Graceful Restart
  • Software Resiliency
    • Runtime System Health Check
    • SFM Channel Monitoring
    • Software Component Health Monitoring
    • System Health Monitoring
    • Failure and Event Logging
      • Trace Log
      • Core Dumps
      • System Log
  • Hot-lock Behavior
  • Warm Upgrade
    • Configure Cache Boot
      • Cache Boot Pre-requisites
      • Select the Cache Boot Image
  • In-Service Modular Hot-Fixes
  • Process Restartability
• Internet Group Management Protocol
  • IGMP Implementation Information
  • IGMP Protocol Overview
    • IGMP version 2
      • Joining a Multicast Group
      • Leaving a Multicast Group
    • IGMP version 3
      • Joining and Filtering Groups and Sources
      • Leaving and Staying in Groups
  • Configuring IGMP
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Viewing IGMP Enabled Interfaces
  • Selecting an IGMP Version
  • Viewing IGMP Groups
  • Adjusting Timers
    • Adjusting Query and Response Timers
    • Adjusting the IGMP Querier Timeout Value
  • Configuring a Static IGMP Group
  • Enabling IGMP Immediate-leave
  • IGMP Snooping
    • IGMP Snooping Implementation Information
    • Configuring IGMP Snooping
      • Related Configuration Tasks
    • Enabling IGMP Immediate-leave
    • Disabling Multicast Flooding
    • Specifying a Port as Connected to a Multicast Router
    • Configuring the Switch as Querier
      • Adjusting the Last Member Query Interval
  • Fast Convergence after MSTP Topology Changes
  • Designating a Multicast Router Interface
• Interfaces
  • Basic Interface Configuration:
  • Advanced Interface Configuration:
  • Interface Types
  • View Basic Interface Information
  • Enable a Physical Interface
  • Physical Interfaces
    • Configuration Task List for Physical Interfaces
    • Overview of Layer Modes
    • Configure Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode
    • Configure Layer 3 (Network) Mode
  • Management Interfaces
    • Configure Management Interfaces on the E-Series and C-Series
      • Important Things to Remember — virtual-ip
    • Configure Management Interfaces on the S-Series
    • Displaying Information on a Management Interface
  • VLAN Interfaces
  • Loopback Interfaces
  • Null Interfaces
  • Port Channel Interfaces
    • Port channel definition and standards
    • Port channel benefits
    • Port channel implementation
    • 10/100/1000 Mbps interfaces in port channels
    • Configuration task list for port channel interfaces
    • Create a port channel
    • Add a physical interface to a port channel
    • Reassign an interface to a new port channel
    • Configure the minimum oper up links in a port channel (LAG)
    • Add or remove a port channel from a VLAN
    • Assign an IP address to a port channel
    • Delete or disable a port channel
    • Load balancing through port channels
    • E-Series load-balancing
    • IPv4, IPv6, and non-IP traffic handling on the E-Series
    • C-Series and S-Series load-balancing
    • Hash algorithm
  • Bulk Configuration
    • Interface Range
    • Bulk Configuration Examples
      • Create a single-range
      • Create a multiple-range
      • Exclude duplicate entries
      • Exclude a smaller port range
      • Overlap port ranges
      • Commas
      • Add ranges
  • Interface Range Macros
    • Define the Interface Range
    • Choose an Interface-range Macro
  • Monitor and Maintain Interfaces
    • Maintenance using TDR
  • Link Debounce Timer
    • Important Points to Remember about Link Debounce Timer
    • Assign a debounce time to an interface
    • Show debounce times in an interface
    • Disable ports when one only SFM is available (E300 only)
    • Disable port on one SFM
  • Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports
  • Link Dampening
    • Important Points to Remember
    • Enable Link Dampening
      • Clear Dampening Counters
      • Link Dampening Support for XML
      • Configure MTU size on an Interface
  • Ethernet Pause Frames
    • Threshold Settings
    • Enable Pause Frames
  • Configure MTU Size on an Interface
  • Port-pipes
  • Auto-Negotiation on Ethernet Interfaces
    • Setting speed and duplex mode of Ethernet Interfaces
    • Setting Auto-Negotiation Options
    • Adjust the keepalive timer
  • View Advanced Interface Information
    • Display Only Configured Interfaces
    • Configure Interface Sampling Size
    • Dynamic Counters
      • Clear interface counters
• IPv4 Addressing
  • IP Addresses
    • Implementation Information
    • Configuration Task List for IP Addresses
      • Assign IP addresses to an interface
      • Configure static routes
      • Configure static routes for the management interface
  • Directed Broadcast
  • Resolution of Host Names
    • Enable dynamic resolution of host names
    • Specify local system domain and a list of domains
    • DNS with traceroute
  • ARP
    • Configuration Task List for ARP
      • Configure static ARP entries
      • Enable Proxy ARP
      • Clear ARP cache
  • ARP Learning via Gratuitous ARP
  • ARP Learning via ARP Request
  • Configurable ARP Retries
  • ICMP
    • Configuration Task List for ICMP
      • Enable ICMP unreachable messages
      • Enable ICMP redirects
  • UDP Helper
  • Configuring UDP Helper
  • Important Points to Remember about UDP Helper
  • Enabling UDP Helper
  • Configuring a Broadcast Address
  • Configurations Using UDP Helper
    • UDP Helper with Broadcast-all Addresses
    • UDP Helper with Subnet Broadcast Addresses
    • UDP Helper with Configured Broadcast Addresses
    • UDP Helper with No Configured Broadcast Addresses
  • Troubleshooting UDP Helper
• IPv6 Addressing
  • Protocol Overview
    • Extended Address Space
    • Stateless Autoconfiguration
    • IPv6 Headers
      • Version (4 bits)
      • Traffic Class (8 bits)
      • Flow Label (20 bits)
      • Payload Length (16 bits)
      • Next Header (8 bits)
      • Hop Limit (8 bits)
      • Source Address (128 bits)
      • Destination Address (128 bits)
    • Extension Header fields
      • Hop-by-Hop Options header
    • Addressing
      • Link-local Addresses
      • Static and Dynamic Addressing
  • Implementing IPv6 with Dell Networking OS
  • ICMPv6
  • Path MTU Discovery
  • IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
    • IPv6 Neighbor Discovery of MTU packets
    • Advertise Neighbor Prefixes
  • QoS for IPv6
  • IPv6 Multicast
  • SSH over an IPv6 Transport
  • Configuration Task List for IPv6
    • Change your CAM-Profile on an E-Series system
    • Adjust your CAM-Profile on an C-Series or S-Series
    • Assign an IPv6 Address to an Interface
    • Assign a Static IPv6 Route
    • Telnet with IPv6
    • SNMP over IPv6
    • Show IPv6 Information
    • Show an IPv6 Interface
    • Show IPv6 Routes
    • Show the Running-Configuration for an Interface
    • Clear IPv6 Routes
• Intermediate System to Intermediate System
  • Protocol Overview
  • IS-IS Addressing
  • Multi-Topology IS-IS
    • Transition Mode
    • Interface support
    • Adjacencies
  • Graceful Restart
    • Timers
  • Implementation Information
  • Configuration Information
    • Configuration Task List for IS-IS
      • Enable IS-IS
      • Configure Multi-Topology IS-IS (MT IS-IS)
      • Configure Multi-Topology IS-IS (MT IS-IS)
      • Configure IS-IS Graceful Restart
      • Change LSP attributes
      • Configure IS-IS metric style and cost
    • Configuring the distance of a route
    • Change the IS-type
      • Control routing updates
      • Distribute Routes
      • Redistribute routes
      • Configure authentication passwords
      • Set the overload bit
      • Debug IS-IS
  • IS-IS Metric Styles
  • Configure Metric Values
    • Maximum Values in the Routing Table
    • Changing the IS-IS Metric Style in One Level Only
    • Leaking from One Level to Another
  • Sample Configuration
• Link Aggregation Control Protocol
  • Introduction to Dynamic LAGs and LACP
    • Important Points to Remember
    • LACP modes
    • LACP Configuration Commands
  • LACP Configuration Tasks
    • Create a LAG
    • Configure the LAG interfaces as dynamic
    • Set the LACP long timeout
    • Monitor and Debugging LACP
  • Shared LAG State Tracking
    • Configure Shared LAG State Tracking
    • Important Points about Shared LAG State Tracking
  • Configure LACP as Hitless
  • LACP Basic Configuration Example
    • Configuring a LAG on ALPHA
    • Summary of the configuration on ALPHA
    • Summary of the configuration on BRAVO
• Layer 2
  • Managing the MAC Address Table
    • Clear the MAC Address Table
    • Set the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries
    • Set the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries on a VLAN
    • Configure a Static MAC Address
    • Display the MAC Address Table
  • MAC Learning Limit
    • mac learning-limit dynamic
    • mac learning-limit station-move
    • mac learning-limit no-station-move
    • mac learning-limit sticky
    • Displaying MAC Learning-Limited Interfaces
    • Learning Limit Violation Actions
    • Station Move Violation Actions
    • Recovering from Learning Limit and Station Move Violations
    • Per-VLAN MAC Learning Limit
  • NIC Teaming
    • MAC Move Optimization
  • Microsoft Clustering
    • Default Behavior
    • Configuring the Switch for Microsoft Server Clustering
    • Enable and Disable VLAN Flooding
  • Configuring Redundant Pairs
    • Important Points about Configuring Redundant Pairs
  • Restricting Layer 2 Flooding
  • Far-end Failure Detection
    • FEFD state changes
    • Important Points to Remember
    • Configuring FEFD
      • Enable FEFD Globally
      • Enable FEFD on an Interface
    • Debugging FEFD
      • During an RPM Failover
• Link Layer Discovery Protocol
  • 802.1AB (LLDP) Overview
    • Protocol Data Units
  • Optional TLVs
    • Management TLVs
      • Organizationally Specific TLVs
      • IEEE Organizationally Specific TLVs
  • TIA-1057 (LLDP-MED) Overview
    • TIA Organizationally Specific TLVs
      • LLDP-MED Capabilities TLV
      • LLDP-MED Network Policies TLV
      • Extended Power via MDI TLV
  • 802.3AT (Power-via-MDI) Overview
    • IEEE 802.3 Organizationally Specific TLVs
    • Power-Via-MDI TLV
  • Configuring LLDP
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Important Points to Remember
    • LLDP Compatibility
  • CONFIGURATION versus INTERFACE Configurations
  • Enabling LLDP
    • Disabling and Undoing LLDP
  • Advertising TLVs
  • Viewing the LLDP Configuration
  • Viewing Information Advertised by Adjacent LLDP Agents
  • Configuring LLDPDU Intervals
  • Configuring Transmit and Receive Mode
  • Configuring a Time to Live
  • Debugging LLDP
  • Relevant Management Objects
• Multicast Listener Discovery
  • Protocol Overview
    • MLD Version 1
    • MLD Querier Router
    • Joining a Multicast Group
    • Leaving a Multicast Group
    • MLD version 2
  • Implementation Information
  • Enabling MLD
    • Related MLD Configuration Tasks
  • Change MLD Timer Values
  • Reduce Host Response Burstiness
  • Reduce Leave Latency
    • Last Member Query Interval
    • Explicit Tracking
  • Configure a Static Group
  • Display the MLD Group Table
    • Clear MLD Groups
  • Change the MLD Version
  • Debug MLD
  • MLD Snooping
    • Enable MLD Snooping
    • Disable MLD Snooping on a VLAN
    • Configure the Switch as a Querier
    • Disable Multicast Flooding
    • Specify a Port as Connected to a Multicast Router
    • Enable Snooping Explicit Tracking
    • Display the MLD Snooping Table
  • MLDv2 Snooping
    • Port Inheritance on Mixed MLD Mode VLANs
• Multicast Source Discovery Protocol
  • Protocol Overview
  • Implementation Information
  • Configuring Multicast Source Discovery Protocol
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Enable MSDP
  • Manage the Source-active Cache
    • View the Source-active Cache
    • Limit the Source-active Cache
    • Clear the Source-active Cache
    • Enable the Rejected Source-active Cache
  • Accept Source-active Messages that fail the RFP Check
  • Limit the Source-active Messages from a Peer
  • Prevent MSDP from Caching a Local Source
  • Prevent MSDP from Caching a Remote Source
  • Prevent MSDP from Advertising a Local Source
  • Log Changes in Peership States
  • Terminate a Peership
  • Clear Peer Statistics
  • Debug MSDP
  • MSDP with Anycast RP
    • Reducing Source-active Message Flooding
    • Specify the RP Address Used in SA Messages
  • MSDP Sample Configurations
• Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
  • Protocol Overview
    • Implementation Information
  • Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Enable Multiple Spanning Tree Globally
  • Add and Remove Interfaces
  • Create Multiple Spanning Tree Instances
  • Influence MSTP Root Selection
  • Interoperate with Non-Dell Networking OS Bridges
  • Modify Global Parameters
  • Modify Interface Parameters
  • Configure an EdgePort
  • Configure a Root Guard
  • Configure a Loop Guard
  • Flush MAC Addresses after a Topology Change
  • Displaying STP Guard Configuration
  • MSTP Sample Configurations
  • Debugging and Verifying MSTP Configuration
• Multicast Features
  • Implementation Information
  • Enable IP Multicast
  • Multicast with ECMP
  • Implementation Information
  • Multicast Policies
    • IPv4 Multicast Policies
      • Limit the Number of Multicast Routes
      • Prevent a Host from Joining a Group
      • Rate Limit IGMP Join Requests
      • Prevent a PIM Router from Forming an Adjacency
      • Prevent a Source from Registering with the RP
      • Prevent a PIM Router from Processing a Join
      • Using a Static Multicast MAC Address
    • IPv6 Multicast Policies
      • Limit the Number of IPv6 Multicast Routes
      • Prevent an IPv6 Neighbor from Forming an Adjacency
      • Prevent an IPv6 Source from Registering with the RP
      • Prevent an IPv6 PIM Router from Processing an IPv6 Join
  • Multicast Traceroute
  • Multicast Quality of Service
  • Optimize the E-Series for Multicast Traffic
    • Allocate More Buffer Memory for Multicast WRED
    • Allocate More Bandwidth to Multicast using Egress WFQ
    • Tune the Central Scheduler for Multicast
• Object Tracking
  • Object Tracking Overview
    • Tracking Layer 2 Interfaces
    • Tracking Layer 3 Interfaces
    • Tracking IPv4 and IPv6 Routes
      • Tracking Route Reachability
      • Tracking a Metric Threshold
    • Setting Tracking Delays
    • VRRP Object Tracking
  • Object Tracking Configuration
    • Tracking a Layer 2 Interface
    • Tracking a Layer 3 Interface
    • Tracking an IPv4/IPv6 Route
      • Tracking Route Reachability
      • Tracking a Metric Threshold
  • Displaying Tracked Objects
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2 and OSPFv3)
  • Protocol Overview
    • Autonomous System (AS) Areas
    • Area Types
    • Networks and Neighbors
    • Router Types
      • Backbone Router (BR)
      • Area Border Router (ABR)
      • Autonomous System Border Router (ASBR)
      • Internal Router (IR)
    • Designated and Backup Designated Routers
    • Link-State Advertisements (LSAs)
    • Virtual Links
    • Router Priority and Cost
  • Implementing OSPF with Dell Networking OS
    • Graceful Restart
    • Fast Convergence (OSPFv2, IPv4 only)
    • Multi-Process OSPF (OSPFv2, IPv4 only)
    • Processing SNMP and Sending SNMP Traps
    • RFC-2328 Compliant OSPF Flooding
    • OSPF ACK Packing
    • OSPF Adjacency with Cisco Routers
  • Configuration Requirements
  • Configuration Task List for OSPFv2 (OSPF for IPv4)
    • Enable OSPFv2
    • Enable Multi-Process OSPF
    • Assign an OSPFv2 area
    • Enable OSPFv2 on interfaces
    • Configure stub areas
    • Configure OSPF Stub-Router Advertisement
    • Enable passive interfaces
    • Enable fast-convergence
    • Change OSPFv2 parameters on interfaces
    • Enable OSPFv2 authentication
    • Enable OSPFv2 graceful restart
    • Configure virtual links
    • Filter routes
    • Redistribute routes
    • Troubleshooting OSPFv2
  • Sample Configurations for OSPFv2
    • Basic OSPFv2 Router Topology
  • Configuration Task List for OSPFv3 (OSPF for IPv6)
    • Enable IPv6 Unicast Routing
    • Assign IPv6 addresses on an interface
    • Assign Area ID on interface
    • Assign OSPFv3 Process ID and Router ID Globally
    • Configure stub areas
    • Configure Passive-Interface
    • Redistribute routes
    • Configure a default route
    • Enable OSPFv3 graceful restart
    • OSPFv3 Authentication Using IPsec
      • OSPFv3 Authentication using IPsec: Configuration Notes
      • Configuring IPsec Authentication on an Interface
      • Configuring IPsec Encryption on an Interface
      • Configuring IPsec Authentication for an OSPFv3 Area
      • Configuring IPsec Encryption for an OSPFv3 Area
      • Displaying OSPFv3 IPsec Security Policies
    • Troubleshooting OSPFv3
• PIM Dense-Mode
  • Implementation Information
  • Protocol Overview
    • Refusing Multicast Traffic
    • Requesting Multicast Traffic
  • Configure PIM-DM
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Enable PIM-DM
• PIM Sparse-Mode
  • Implementation Information
  • Protocol Overview
    • Requesting Multicast Traffic
    • Refusing Multicast Traffic
    • Sending Multicast Traffic
  • Important Points to Remember
  • Configure PIM-SM
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Enable PIM-SM
  • Configurable S,G Expiry Timers
  • Configure a Static Rendezvous Point
    • Override Bootstrap Router Updates
  • Elect an RP using the BSR Mechanism
  • Configure a Designated Router
  • Create Multicast Boundaries and Domains
  • Set a Threshold for Switching to the SPT
  • PIM-SM Graceful Restart
  • First Packet Forwarding for Lossless Multicast
  • Monitoring PIM
  • PIM-SM and IGMP Snooping: Usage Notes
  • PIM-SM Snooping
    • Feature Overview
    • Configuration Notes and Restrictions
    • PIM-SM Snooping Example
    • PIM-SM Snooping Configuration
      • Enable PIM Snooping
      • Disable PIM Designated-Router Flooding
      • Verify PIM-SM Snooping
• PIM Source-Specific Mode
  • Implementation Information
  • Important Points to Remember
  • Configure PIM-SM
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Enable PIM-SSM
  • Use PIM-SSM with IGMP version 2 Hosts
• Power over Ethernet and Power over Ethernet Plus
  • Configuring PoE/PoE+
    • Related Configuration Tasks
    • Enabling PoE/PoE+ on a Port
    • Upgrade the PoE Controller
  • Manage Ports using Power Priority and the Power Budget
    • Determine the Power Priority for a Port
      • power-inline mode
      • Extended Power-via-MDI TLV
      • IEEE 802.3at power-via-mdi TLV
    • Determine the Affect of a Port on the Power Budget
    • Monitor the Power Budget
    • Manage Power Priorities
    • Recover from a Failed Power Supply
  • Insertion and Removal of Line cards
  • Power Additional PoE Ports on the S-Series
  • Deploying VOIP
    • Create VLANs for an Office VOIP Deployment
    • Configure LLDP-MED for an Office VOIP Deployment
    • Configure Quality of Service for an Office VOIP Deployment
      • Honor the incoming DSCP value
      • Honor the incoming dot1p value
      • Classifying VOIP traffic and applying QoS policies
• Policy-based Routing
  • Overview
  • Implementing Policy-based Routing with Dell Networking OS
    • Non-contiguous bitmasks for PBR
    • Hot-Lock PBR
  • Configuration Task List for Policy-based Routing
    • Create a Redirect List
    • Create a Rule for a Redirect-list
      • PBR Exceptions (Permit)
    • Apply a Redirect-list to an Interface using a Redirect-group
    • Show Redirect List Configuration
  • Sample Configuration
• Port Monitoring
  • Important Points to Remember
  • Port Monitoring on E-Series
    • E-Series TeraScale
    • E-Series ExaScale
  • Port Monitoring on C-Series and S-Series
  • Configuring Port Monitoring
  • Flow-based Monitoring
  • Remote Port Mirroring
    • Remote Port Mirroring Example
    • Configuring Remote Port Mirroring
      • Configuration Notes
      • Restrictions
      • Configuration Procedure
    • Displaying Remote-Port Mirroring Configurations
    • Sample Configuration: Remote Port Mirroring
• Private VLANs
  • Important Points to Remember
  • Configure Private VLANs
    • Related Configuration Tasks
    • Configure PVLAN Ports
    • Place PVLAN Ports in a Secondary VLAN
    • Place the Secondary VLANs in a Primary VLAN
  • Private VLAN show Commands
• Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus
  • Protocol Overview
  • Implementation Information
  • Configure Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Enable PVST+
    • Disable PVST+
    • Influence PVST+ Root Selection
  • Modify Global PVST+ Parameters
  • Modify Interface PVST+ Parameters
  • Configure an EdgePort
  • Configure a Root Guard
  • Configure a Loop Guard
  • PVST+ in Multi-vendor Networks
  • PVST+ Extended System ID
  • Displaying STP Guard Configuration
  • PVST+ Sample Configurations
• Quality of Service
  • Implementation Information
  • Port-based QoS Configurations
    • Set dot1p Priorities for Incoming Traffic
    • Honor dot1p Priorities on Ingress Traffic
      • Priority-tagged Frames on the Default VLAN
    • Configure Port-based Rate Policing
    • Configure Port-based Rate Limiting
    • Configure Port-based Rate Shaping
  • Policy-based QoS Configurations
    • Classify Traffic
      • Create a Layer 3 class map
      • Create a Layer 2 class map
      • Determine the order in which ACLs are used to classify traffic
      • Set DSCP values for egress packets based on flow
      • Display configured class maps and match criteria
    • Create a QoS Policy
      • Create an input QoS policy
      • Create an output QoS policy
    • Create Policy Maps
      • Create Input Policy Maps
      • Apply an input policy map to an interface
      • Create Output Policy Maps
  • QoS Rate Adjustment
  • Strict-priority Queueing
  • Weighted Random Early Detection
    • Create WRED Profiles
    • Apply a WRED profile to traffic
    • Configure WRED for Storm Control
    • Display Default and Configured WRED Profiles
    • Display WRED Drop Statistics
  • Allocating Bandwidth to Multicast Queues
  • Pre-calculating Available QoS CAM Space
  • Viewing QoS CAM Entries
• Routing Information Protocol
  • Protocol Overview
    • RIPv1
    • RIPv2
  • Implementation Information
  • Configuration Information
    • Configuration Task List for RIP
      • Enable RIP globally
      • Configure RIP on interfaces
      • Control RIP routing updates
      • Set send and receive version
      • Generate a default route
      • Summarize routes
      • Control route metrics
      • Debug RIP
    • RIP Configuration Example
      • Configuring RIPv2 on Core 2
      • Core 2 Output
      • RIP Configuration on Core 3
      • Core 3 RIP Output
      • RIP Configuration Summary
• Remote Monitoring
  • Implementation
  • Fault Recovery
    • Set rmon alarm
    • Configure an RMON event
    • Configure RMON collection statistics
    • Configure RMON collection history
    • Enable an RMON MIB collection history group
• Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
  • Protocol Overview
  • Configuring Rapid Spanning Tree
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Important Points to Remember
    • RSTP and VLT
  • Configure Interfaces for Layer 2 Mode
  • Enable Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Globally
  • Add and Remove Interfaces
  • Modify Global Parameters
  • Modify Interface Parameters
  • Configure an EdgePort
  • Influence RSTP Root Selection
  • SNMP Traps for Root Elections and Topology Changes
  • Fast Hellos for Link State Detection
  • Configure a Root Guard
  • Configure a Loop Guard
  • Displaying STP Guard Configuration
• Security
  • AAA Accounting
    • Configuration Task List for AAA Accounting
      • Enable AAA Accounting
      • Suppress AAA Accounting for null username sessions
      • Configure Accounting of EXEC and privilege-level command usage
      • Configure AAA Accounting for terminal lines
      • Monitor AAA Accounting
  • AAA Authentication
    • Configuration Task List for AAA Authentication
      • Configure login authentication for terminal lines
      • Configure AAA Authentication login methods
      • Enable AAA Authentication
      • AAA Authentication—RADIUS
      • Server-side configuration
  • AAA Authorization
    • Privilege Levels Overview
    • Configuration Task List for Privilege Levels
      • Configure a username and password
      • Configure the enable password command
      • Configure custom privilege levels
      • Specify LINE mode password and privilege
      • Enable and disabling privilege levels
  • RADIUS
    • RADIUS Authentication and Authorization
      • Idle Time
      • ACL
      • Auto-command
      • Set access to privilege levels through RADIUS
    • Configuration Task List for RADIUS
      • Define a aaa method list to be used for RADIUS
      • Apply the method list to terminal lines
      • Specify a RADIUS server host
      • Set global communication parameters for all RADIUS server hosts
      • Monitor RADIUS
  • TACACS+
    • Configuration Task List for TACACS+
      • Choose TACACS+ as the Authentication Method
      • Monitor TACACS+
    • TACACS+ Remote Authentication and Authorization
    • Command Authorization
  • Protection from TCP Tiny and Overlapping Fragment Attacks
  • SCP and SSH
    • Using SCP with SSH to copy a software image
    • Secure Shell Authentication
      • Important Points to Remember for SSH Authentication
      • SSH Authentication by Password
      • RSA Authentication of SSH
      • Host-based SSH Authentication
      • Client-based SSH Authentication
    • Troubleshooting SSH
  • Telnet
  • Trace Lists
    • Configuration Tasks for Trace Lists
      • Creating a trace list
      • Apply trace lists
  • VTY Line and Access-Class Configuration
    • VTY Line Local Authentication and Authorization
    • VTY Line Remote Authentication and Authorization
    • VTY MAC-SA Filter Support
• Service Provider Bridging
  • VLAN Stacking
    • Important Points to Remember
    • Configure VLAN Stacking
      • Related Configuration Tasks
    • Create Access and Trunk Ports
    • Enable VLAN-Stacking for a VLAN
    • Configure the Protocol Type Value for the Outer VLAN Tag
    • Dell Networking OS Options for Trunk Ports
    • VLAN Stacking in Multi-vendor Networks
      • VLAN Stacking with E-Series TeraScale Systems
      • TPID 0x8100 on E-Series TeraScale Systems
      • VLAN Stacking with E-Series ExaScale Systems
      • VLAN Stacking with C-Series and S-Series
  • VLAN Stacking Packet Drop Precedence
    • Enable Drop Eligibility
    • Honor the Incoming DEI Value
    • Mark Egress Packets with a DEI Value
  • Dynamic Mode CoS for VLAN Stacking
  • Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling
    • Implementation Information
    • Enable Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling
    • Specify a Destination MAC Address for BPDUs
    • Rate-limit BPDUs on the E-Series
    • Rate-limit BPDUs on the C-Series and S-Series
    • Debug Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling
  • Provider Backbone Bridging
• sFlow
  • Overview
  • Implementation Information
    • Important Points to Remember
  • Enable and Disable sFlow
    • Enable and Disable on an Interface
  • sFlow Show Commands
    • Show sFlow Globally
    • Show sFlow on an Interface
    • Show sFlow on a Line Card
  • Configure Collectors
  • Polling Intervals
  • Sampling Rate
    • Sub-sampling
  • Back-off Mechanism
  • sFlow on LAG ports
  • Extended sFlow
    • Important Points to Remember
• Simple Network Management Protocol
  • Protocol Overview
  • Implementation Information
  • Configure Simple Network Management Protocol
    • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Important Points to Remember
  • Create a Community
  • Read Managed Object Values
  • Write Managed Object Values
  • Configure Contact and Location Information using SNMP
  • Subscribe to Managed Object Value Updates using SNMP
  • Copy Configuration Files Using SNMP
  • Manage VLANs using SNMP
    • Create a VLAN
    • Assign a VLAN Alias
    • Display the Ports in a VLAN
    • Add Tagged and Untagged Ports to a VLAN
  • Enable and Disable a Port using SNMP
  • Fetch Dynamic MAC Entries using SNMP
  • Deriving Interface Indices
  • Monitor Port-channels
  • Troubleshooting SNMP Operation
• SONET/SDH
  • Packet Over SONET (POS) Interfaces
    • Important Points to Remember
    • Configuring POS Interfaces
      • Encapsulation
      • Configuring Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
  • 10GE WAN Physical Interface
  • SONET Alarm Reporting
    • SONET TRAP Example
    • SONET Syslog Example
  • Events that Bring Down a SONET Interface
  • SONET Port Recovery Mechanism
  • SONET MIB
  • SONET Traps
• Stacking S-Series Switches
  • S-Series Stacking Overview
    • High Availability on S-Series Stacks
      • Management Unit Selection on S-Series Stacks
    • MAC Addressing on S-Series Stacks
    • Management Access on S-Series Stacks
  • Important Points to Remember
  • S-Series Stacking Installation Tasks
    • Create an S-Series Stack
      • Stacking Cable Redundancy
      • LED Status Indicators on an S-Series Stack
    • Add a Unit to an S-Series Stack
    • Remove a Unit from an S-Series Stack
    • Merge Two S-Series Stacks
    • Split an S-Series Stack
  • S-Series Stacking Configuration Tasks
    • Assign Unit Numbers to Units in an S-Series Stack
    • Create a Virtual Stack Unit on an S-Series Stack
    • Display Information about an S-Series Stack
    • Influence Management Unit Selection on an S-Series Stack
    • Manage Redundancy on an S-Series Stack
    • Reset a Unit on an S-Series Stack
  • Monitor an S-Series Stack with SNMP
  • Troubleshoot an S-Series Stack
    • Recover from Stack Link Flaps
    • Recover from a Card Problem State on an S-Series Stack
    • Recover from a Card Mismatch State on an S-Series Stack
• Broadcast Storm Control
  • Storm Control Overview
    • Situations that Can Lead to Packet Storms
  • Implementation Information
  • Broadcast Storm Control
    • Layer 3 Broadcast Storm Control
      • Enable Broadcast Storm Control on an Interface
      • Enable Broadcast Storm Control on all Interfaces
    • Layer 2 Broadcast Storm Control
  • Multicast Storm Control
  • Storm Control Show Commands
• Spanning Tree Protocol
  • Protocol Overview
  • Configuring Spanning Tree
  • Related Configuration Tasks
  • Important Points to Remember
  • Configuring Interfaces for Layer 2 Mode
  • Enabling Spanning Tree Protocol Globally
  • Adding an Interface to the Spanning Tree Group
  • Removing an Interface from the Spanning Tree Group
  • Modifying Global Parameters
  • Modifying Interface STP Parameters
  • Enabling PortFast
  • Preventing Network Disruptions with BPDU Guard
  • STP Root Selection
  • STP Root Guard
    • Root Guard Scenario
    • Root Guard Configuration
  • SNMP Traps for Root Elections and Topology Changes
  • Configuring Spanning Trees as Hitless
  • STP Loop Guard
    • Loop Guard Scenario
    • Loop Guard Configuration
  • Displaying STP Guard Configuration
• System Time and Date
  • Network Time Protocol
    • Protocol Overview
    • Implementation Information
    • Configuring Network Time Protocol
      • Related Configuration Tasks
    • Enable NTP
    • Set the Hardware Clock with the Time Derived from NTP
    • Configure NTP broadcasts
    • Disable NTP on an interface
    • Configure a source IP address for NTP packets
    • Configure NTP authentication
  • Dell Networking OS Time and Date
    • Configuring time and date settings
      • Set the time and date for the switch hardware clock
      • Set the time and date for the switch software clock
      • Set the timezone
    • Set daylight savings time
      • Set Daylight Saving Time Once
      • Set Recurring Daylight Saving Time
• Uplink Failure Detection (UFD)
  • Feature Description
  • How Uplink Failure Detection Works
  • UFD and NIC Teaming
  • Important Points to Remember
  • Configuring Uplink Failure Detection
  • Clearing a UFD-Disabled Interface
  • Displaying Uplink Failure Detection
  • Sample Configuration: Uplink Failure Detection
• Upgrade Procedures
  • Find the upgrade procedures
  • Get Help with upgrades
• VLAN
  • Virtual LAN Overview
    • Port-based VLANs
    • VLAN Tagging
    • Default VLAN
  • Implementation Information
  • Configuring VLANs
    • Related Configuration Tasks
    • Related Protocols and Topics
  • Create a VLAN
  • Assign Interfaces to VLANs
  • Enable Routing between VLANs
  • Use a Native VLAN on Trunk Ports
  • Change the Default VLAN ID
  • Set the Null VLAN as the Default VLAN
  • Enable VLAN Interface Counters
• Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
  • VRF Configuration Notes
    • CAM Profiles
    • DHCP
    • IP addressing
  • VRF Configuration
    • Load the VRF CAM Profile
    • Enable VRF
    • Assign an Interface to a VRF
    • View VRF instance information
    • Connect an OSPF process to a VRF instance
    • Configure VRRP on a VRF Interface
  • Sample VRF Configuration
• Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)
  • Overview
  • VLT on Core Switches
  • Enhanced VLT
  • VLT Terminology
    • Configure Virtual Link Trunking
      • Important Points to Remember
      • Configuration Notes
      • Primary and Secondary VLT Peers
      • RSTP and VLT
      • VLT and IGMP Snooping
      • VLT Port Delayed Restoration
      • PIM-Sparse Mode Support on VLT
      • VLT Routing
      • Spanned VLANs
      • VLT Unicast Routing
      • Configuring VLT Unicast
      • VLT Multicast Routing
      • Important Points to Remember
      • Configuring VLT Multicast
      • Non-VLT ARP Sync
    • RSTP Configuration
      • Preventing Forwarding Loops in a VLT Domain
      • Sample RSTP Configuration
      • Configuring VLT
      • Configuring a VLT Interconnect
      • Enabling VLT and Creating a VLT Domain
      • Configuring a VLT Backup Link and VLT Backup Secondary Link
      • Configuring a VLT Port Delay Period
      • Reconfiguring the Default VLT Settings (Optional)
      • Connecting a VLT Domain to an Attached Access Device (Switch or Server)
      • Configuring a VLT VLAN Peer-Down (Optional)
      • Configuring Enhanced VLT (eVLT) (Optional)
      • VLT Sample Configuration
      • Example of Configuring VLT
      • Configure the VLTi between VLT peer 1 and VLT peer 2.
      • Configure the backup link between the VLT peer units.
      • eVLT Configuration Example
      • PIM-Sparse Mode Configuration Example
      • Verifying a VLT Configuration
      • Additional VLT Sample Configurations
      • Troubleshooting VLT
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
  • VRRP Overview
  • VRRP Benefits
  • VRRP Implementation
    • VRRP version 3
  • VRRP Configuration
    • Create a Virtual Router
    • Assign Virtual IP addresses
    • Set VRRP Group (Virtual Router) Priority
    • Configure VRRP Authentication
    • Disable Preempt
    • Change the Advertisement interval
    • Track an Interface or Object
    • VRRP on a VRF Interface
  • Sample Configurations
    • VRRP for IPv4 Configuration
    • VRRP for IPv6 Configuration
    • VRRP in VRF Configuration
      • Non-VLAN Scenario
      • VLAN Scenario
      • Displaying a VRRP in VRF Configuration
• Dell Networking OS XML Feature
  • XML Functionality
  • The Form of XML Requests and Responses
    • Request Format
    • Response Format
    • The Configuration Request and Response
    • The “Show” Request and Response
  • Configuration Task List
    • Run an Dell Networking OS XML session
    • Configure a standard ACL
    • Configure an extended ACL
    • Apply an IP ACL
    • Create an egress ACL and apply rules to the ACL
  • XML Error Conditions and Reporting
    • Summary of XML Limitations
    • Error Messages
    • Examples of Error Conditions
      • XML parsing error
      • XML schema error
      • XML command error
      • XML application error
  • Using display xml as a Pipe Option
• C-Series Debugging and Diagnostics
  • Switch Fabric overview
  • Switch Fabric link monitoring
  • Runtime hardware status monitoring
  • Inter-CPU timeouts
  • Bootup diagnostics
    • Recognizing bootup failure
    • Troubleshoot bootup failure
  • Environmental monitoring
    • Recognize an overtemperature condition
    • Troubleshoot an overtemperature condition
    • Recognize an under-voltage condition
    • Troubleshoot an under-voltage condition
  • Trace logs
    • Automatic trace log updates
    • Save a hardware log to a file on the flash
    • Manual reload messages
    • CP software exceptions
    • Command history
      • Clearing the command history
  • Advanced debugging commands
    • debug commands
    • show hardware commands
      • Recognizing a High CPU Condition
      • Troubleshoot a high CPU condition
  • Monitoring hardware components with SNMP
  • Hardware watchdog timer
  • Offline diagnostics
    • Configuration task list
    • Important points to remember
    • Take the line card offline
    • Run offline diagnostics
    • View offline diagnostic test results
    • Bring the line card online
  • Buffer tuning
    • When to tune buffers
    • Buffer tuning commands
      • Use a pre-defined buffer profile
    • Sample configuration
• E-Series TeraScale Debugging and Diagnostics
  • Overview
  • System health checks
    • Runtime dataplane loopback check
    • Disable RPM-SFM walk
    • RPM-SFM bring down
    • Manual loopback test
    • Power the SFM on/off
    • Reset the SFM
  • SFM channel monitoring
    • Respond to PCDFO events
  • Inter-CPU timeouts
  • Debug commands
  • Hardware watchdog timer
  • Show hardware commands
  • Offline diagnostics
    • Important points to remember
    • Offline configuration task list
  • Parity error detection and correction
    • Enable parity error correction
    • Recognize a transient parity error
    • Recognize a non-recoverable parity error
  • Trace logs
    • Buffer full condition
    • Manual reload condition
    • CP software exceptions
    • View trace buffer content
    • Write the contents of the trace buffer
    • Clear the trace buffer
  • Recognize a high CPU condition
  • Configure an action upon a hardware error
    • Buffer traffic manager hardware errors
    • Flexible packet classifier hardware errors
    • Line card MAC hardware errors
  • Core dumps
    • RPM core dumps
    • Line card core dumps
• S-Series Debugging and Diagnostics
  • Offline diagnostics
    • Important Points to Remember
    • Running Offline Diagnostics
  • Trace logs
    • Auto Save on Crash or Rollover
  • Hardware watchdog timer
  • Buffer tuning
    • Deciding to tune buffers
    • Buffer tuning commands
      • Using a pre-defined buffer profile
    • Sample buffer profile configuration
  • Troubleshooting packet loss
    • Displaying Drop Counters
    • Dataplane Statistics
    • Displaying Stack Port Statistics
    • Displaying Stack Member Counters
  • Application core dumps
  • Mini core dumps
• Standards Compliance
  • IEEE Compliance
  • RFC and I-D Compliance
    • General Internet Protocols
    • General IPv4 Protocols
    • General IPv6 Protocols
    • Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
    • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
    • Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
    • Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
    • Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
    • Multicast
    • Network Management
  • MIB Location