Administrator Guide

About this Guide

This guide describes the protocols and features the Dell Networking Operating System (OS) supports and

provides configuration instructions and examples for implementing them. This guide supports the Z9000

platform.

The Z9000 platform is available with Dell Networking OS version 8.3.11.1 and beyond.

Though this guide contains information on protocols, it is not intended to be a complete reference. This

guide is a reference for configuring protocols on Dell Networking systems. For complete information

about protocols, refer to related documentation, including IETF requests for comments (RFCs). The

instructions in this guide cite relevant RFCs. The Standards Compliance chapter contains a complete list

of the supported RFCs and management information base files (MIBs).

Audience

This document is intended for system administrators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining

networks and assumes knowledge in Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking technologies.

Conventions

This guide uses the following conventions to describe command syntax.

Keyword

Keywords are in Courier (a monospaced font) and must be entered in the CLI as

listed.

parameter Parameters are in italics and require a number or word to be entered in the CLI.

{X} Keywords and parameters within braces must be entered in the CLI.

[X] Keywords and parameters within brackets are optional.

x|y Keywords and parameters separated by a bar require you to choose one option.

x||y Keywords and parameters separated by a double bar allows you to choose any or

all of the options.