Administrator Guide

NOTE:
When a PE is reloaded, the uplink port come up as uplink by default, even though it has been configured as access ports.
After connecting to CB, the system converts the uplink port to access port. Until conversion, some LLDP packets are
advertised.
Configuring Uplink Ports as Access Ports
Under the PE provision configuration, you can configure the uplink ports as access port using the following steps:
1. Enter Port-Extender Configuration mode to provision a PE.
CONFIGURATION mode
pe provision pe-id
pe-id is a port-extender ID number from 0 to 255.
2. Configure the uplink ports as access port using the following command.
PORT-EXTENDER CONFIGURATION mode
stack-unit unit-number access-ports port-range
The stack unit-number ranges from 0 to 7.
The port-range is from 1 to 4. You can enter multiple port-range separated by comma.
After executing the above command, following warning message appears:
Warning: Converting an uplink port connected to CB might cause disconnection of PE.
Confirm to proceed[confirm yes/no]:yes
Dell(conf-pe-2)#Oct 16 05:12:32 %RPM1-P:CP %IFMGR-5-ACCESSPORT_CREATED: Uplink port has
been converted to an access port(peTenGigE 2/1/49)
Following is the sample configuration:
DellEMC(conf)# pe provision 2
DellEMC(conf-pe-2)# stack-unit 1 access-ports 1
DellEMC(conf-pe-2)#
The following example shows the show configuration output:
Dell(conf-pe-2)# show config
!
pe provision 2
stack-unit 1 type C1048P
stack-unit 1 access-ports 1
stack-unit 3 type N2024P-PE
cascade interface TenGigabitEthernet 1/2
The following example shows the show interfaces petenGigE 2/1/49 output:
DellEMC#show interfaces petenGigE 2/1/49
peTenGigE 2/1/49 is down, line protocol is down
Hardware is DellEMCEth, address is 00:00:00:00:00:00
Current address is 00:00:00:00:00:00
Pluggable media not present
No transmit power
Interface index is 558915592
Internet address is not set
Mode of IPv4 Address Assignment : NONE
DHCP Client-ID :000000000000
MTU 1554 bytes, IP MTU 1500 bytes
LineSpeed 1000 Mbit
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last clearing of "show interface" counters 00:00:00
Queueing strategy: fifo
Input Statistics:
0 packets, 0 bytes
0 64-byte pkts, 0 over 64-byte pkts, 0 over 127-byte pkts
0 over 255-byte pkts, 0 over 511-byte pkts, 0 over 1023-byte pkts
0 Multicasts, 0 Broadcasts, 0 Unicasts
Port Extender (PE) Stacking
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