Dell 8 manual Prerequisites for M1000e with MXL, S5000, and Compellent, Mxl

Specification Prerequisite

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)

PXE Setup

•Appropriate licenses are deployed on the VMware vCenter.

•See System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Prerequisites.

•Either use Active System Manager as the PXE responder by configuring through ASM user interface, by Getting Started page or follow instructions in Configuring ASM Virtual Appliance as PXE Responder.

Prerequisites for M1000e (with MXL), S5000, and Compellent

The following table describes the prerequisites for the FCoE solution offered using M1000e (with MXL), S5000, and Compellent. For more information, see http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/ white_papers/20387203

Resource	Prerequisites
MXL	• DCB needs to be enabled.
	• VLT needs to be disabled.
	• FIP Snooping feature needs to be enabled on
	the MXL.
	Conf
	Feature fip-snooping
	• Port-channel member interfaces needs to have
	below configuration.
	interface range tengigabitethernet
	0/33 – 36
	port-channel-protocol lacp
	port-channel 128 mode active
	exit
	protocol lldp
	no advertise dcbx-tlv ets-reco
	dcbx port-role auto-upstream
	no shut
	exit
	• Port-channel connecting S5000 switch needs
	to have following configuration.
	interface port-channel 128
	portmode hybrid
	switchport
	fip-snooping port-mode fcf
	• Server facing ports need to have following
	configuration..
	portmode hybrid
	switchport

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