Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 About this Guide..................................................................................................13
Audience .............................................................................................................................................. 13
Conventions .........................................................................................................................................13
Information Symbols ........................................................................................................................... 14
Related Documents .............................................................................................................................14
2 Before You Start.................................................................................................. 15
IOA Operational Modes .......................................................................................................................15
Standalone mode ...........................................................................................................................15
VLT mode .......................................................................................................................................15
Programmable MUX mode ............................................................................................................15
Stacking mode ............................................................................................................................... 16
Default Settings ................................................................................................................................... 16
Other Auto-Configured Settings ........................................................................................................ 16
Data Center Bridging Support .............................................................................................................17
FCoE Connectivity and FIP Snooping ................................................................................................. 17
iSCSI Operation ................................................................................................................................... 18
Link Aggregation ..................................................................................................................................18
Link Tracking ........................................................................................................................................18
Configuring VLANs .............................................................................................................................. 18
Uplink LAG ..................................................................................................................................... 19
Server-Facing LAGs ....................................................................................................................... 19
Where to Go From Here ......................................................................................................................19
3 Configuration Fundamentals........................................................................... 20
Accessing the Command Line ........................................................................................................... 20
CLI Modes ........................................................................................................................................... 20
Navigating CLI Modes ....................................................................................................................21
The do Command ...............................................................................................................................22
Undoing Commands ...........................................................................................................................23
Obtaining Help .................................................................................................................................... 23
Entering and Editing Commands ....................................................................................................... 24
Command History ...............................................................................................................................25
Filtering show Command Outputs .....................................................................................................25
Multiple Users in Configuration Mode ............................................................................................... 26
4 Data Center Bridging (DCB)..............................................................................27
Ethernet Enhancements in Data Center Bridging ..............................................................................27