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Other Important Notes and Recommendations

Configuration Notes:

1) Sometimes fcoeport may not login on the switch shipped out of factory; please follow the

following procedure from the cmsh to bring the fcoeport online. This needs to be done only

for the first time switch is brought up.

• no fcoeport

• fcoeport

• shut

• no shut

2) DELL M8428-k supports 128 sflow samples per second for IP connections. To avoid dropped

samples ensure that the aggregated sflow samples do not exceed this value.

Documentation Updates

For Fabric OS v6.3.1_dcb5 documentation refer to Fabric OS v6.3.1 documentation. When

using the FOS v6.3.1 documentation, the DELL M8428-k Switch Module is equivalent to the

BROCADE 8000 except where noted in this section. The most recent Fabric OS v6.3.1

documentation manuals are available on MyBrocade:

http://my.brocade.com/

The following three documents are intended specifically for DELL M8428-k:

1) Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Command Reference

for FOS v6.3.1_dcb (53-1002115-01)

2) Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide

for FOS v6.3.1_dcb (53-1002116-01)

3) Dell Fabric OS MIB Reference Manual

for FOS v6.3.1_dcb (53-1002117-01)

The above documents supersede the FOS standard documentation.

In addition,please note the following updates to the standard FOS v6.3.1 documentation.

Brocade Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide (Publication Number 53-1001336-

02)

On Table 90 – Buffer Credits

Add the Brocade M8428-k model with the following table information

Switch/blade

model

Total FC Ports

(per switch blade)

User Port Group Size

Unreserved Buffers

(per port group)

M8428-k

580