Users Guide

NOTE: In the show interface status output, the Fabric Switching Engine 8x25GE interfaces that map to Fabric
Expander virtual ports display as dormant.
OS10# show interface status
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Port Description Status Speed Duplex Mode Vlan Tagged-Vlans
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Eth 1/1/17:1 dormant
Eth 1/1/17:2 dormant
Eth 1/1/17:3 dormant
Eth 1/1/17:4 dormant
Eth 1/1/18:1 dormant
Eth 1/1/18:2 dormant
Eth 1/1/18:3 dormant
Eth 1/1/18:4 dormant
...
You can also use the show interface command to display the Fabric Engine physical port-to-Fabric Expander virtual
port mapping, and the operational status of line.
OS10# show interface ethernet 1/1/30:3
Ethernet 1/1/30:3 is up, line protocol is dormant
Interface is mapped to ethernet1/77/7
5 Verify the virtual ports on the Fabric Expander that are up and connected to servers in CONFIGURATION mode. Unit IDs 71 to 82 are
used as virtual slot numbers 1/71 to 1/82 on the Fabric Expander.
OS10# show interface status
6 Congure a Fabric Expander virtual port to transmit server trac in CONFIGURATION mode.
OS10# interface ethernet node/virtual-slot/port
• node is 1 for a Fabric Expander.
• virtual-slot is the unit ID number assigned to the Fabric Expander, from 71 to 82.
• port is the virtual port number 1 to 8.
View Fabric Expander virtual ports
OS10# show interface status
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Port Description Status Speed Duplex Mode Vlan Tagged-Vlans
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Eth 1/71/1 up 25G auto A 1 -
Eth 1/71/2 up 25G auto A 1 -
Eth 1/71/3 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/71/4 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/71/5 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/71/6 up 25G auto A 1 -
Eth 1/71/7 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/71/8 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/72/1 up 25G auto A 1 -
Eth 1/72/2 up 25G auto A 1 -
Eth 1/72/3 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/72/4 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/72/5 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/72/6 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/72/7 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/72/8 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/73/1 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/73/2 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/73/3 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/73/4 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/73/5 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/73/6 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/73/7 down 0 auto A 1 -
Eth 1/73/8 down 0 auto A 1 -
...
Eth 1/81/1 down 0 auto A 1 -
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