DELL MXL 10 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Introduction

  3
• Redundancy

  4
• Failover roles

  4
• Stacking LAG

  4
• Enablement of LAG/LACP on blade servers

  4
• Meta-data

  4
• Restoring factory defaults

  5
• Constant stack configuration

  5
• Bare Metal Provisioning

  6
• Identifying physical units and ports in a stack

  6
• Port numbering

  7
• Combining split 10GbE SFP+ ports into a single 40GbE QSFP+ port

  8
• Master selection criteria

  9
• Manually selecting a Master during initial stack setup

  9
• Stacking scenarios

  10
• Creating the MXL stack

  13
• Adding new members to an existing stack

  17
• Updating firmware on a stack

  17
• Un-stacking (removing member units)

  20
• Renumbering stack units

  21
• Appendix A – Stacking scenarios

  23
• Appendix B – Port mapping

  24
• Appendix C - Network switch versions

  25
• Dell Force10 MXL (10/40G Ethernet)

  3
• I/O module overview from the CMC

  6
• Port mapping for QSFP+ ports

  7
• QSFP+ two 40GbE port expansion for the MXL

  10
• Stacking multiple MXL switches in a single M1000e

  12