Administrator Guide

Usage
Information
You can connect to an attached PE through Telnet using the connect pe command and view
information specific to the PE system. After you log in to a port extender, enter ? or help to display a list
of supported commands.
Example
Dell#connect pe 254
Login: peadmin
Password:
DellPE>
feature extended-bridge
Enable 802.1BR (bridge port extender) support on the switch.
C9000 Series
Syntax
[no] feature extended-bridge
To disable 802.1BR support on the switch, use the no feature extended-bridge command.
Default None
Command Modes
CONFIGURATION
CONFIGURATION TERMINAL BATCH
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.10(0.0) Introduced the Configuration Terminal Batch mode on C9010.
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
Usage
Information
This command enables support for the 802.1 bridge PE (BR) on the switch. Enabling the PE feature
allows you to provision the PE. The no feature extended-bridge command disables bridge PE
support and deprovisions a PE. When you use this command in the Configuration Terminal Batch mode,
you can enable the support for the bridge PE connected in a Dual-Homing setup.
You can use the show feature command to check whether the extended-bridge feature has been
enabled as shown in the following example.
Example
Dell>show feature
Feature State
------- -----
VRF disabled
Extended-Bridge enabled
Related
Commands
pe provision — Logically provision or add a PE.
1348 Port Extenders (PE)