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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