Dell M8428-K manual Chapter Operating the Dell M8428-k

Modifying the converged network switch IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Using the CMC CLI to set the IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Using the CMC GUI to set the IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Using the Dell M8428-k CLI to set the IP address. . . . . . . . . . . 12

Configuring for FCoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting the switch to the Ethernet management network . . . . 14 Connecting the switch to the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Changing from NPIV aggregator mode to full fabric mode. . . . . . . . 17 Changing to full fabric mode using the browser-based GUI . . . 17 Changing to full fabric mode using the command line interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Changing from full fabric mode to NPIV aggregator mode. . . . . . . . 18 Changing to NPIV mode using the browser-based GUI . . . . . . . 18 Changing to NPIV mode using the command line interface . . . 19

Backing up the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Chapter 3	Operating the Dell M8428-k
	In this chapter	21

Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Port negotiation on Fibre Channel ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Accessing the converged network switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Interpreting POST results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Interpreting LED activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Switch module status LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Port status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Locating the serial number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Removing and replacing the converged network switch . . . . . . . . . 25

Appendix A	Dell M8428-k specifications
	In this chapter	27
	NPIV Mode default port mapping	27

Processor and memory specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Weight and physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Architectural specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Supported mezzanine cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Fibre Channel standards compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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