Setup Guide

interface ethernet 1/1/26
description Uplink
no shutdown
channel-group 10 mode active
no switchport
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off
exit
exit
Configure general settings on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches
Perform the following steps to configure general settings on the two ToR switches.
In OS10EE, LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) is enabled globally on each interface by default. You can use LLDP for
troubleshooting and validation. It is recommended that you enable all of the optional TLVs (type, length, value) in the LLDPU
(Link Layer Discovery Protocol Data Units) on the switches.
1. Establish a terminal connection to the first ToR switch (Switch1).
2. Enter global configuration mode.
configure terminal
3. Configure a hostname for the switch.
hostname Switch1
4. Configure the management IP address for the switch.
NOTE:
The following command sample assumes that automatic IP assignment through Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) is enabled on the switch. If automatic IP assignment through DHCP is not enabled, then you do not
need to include no ip address dhcp in the commands below.
interface mgmt 1/1/1
no shutdown
no ip address dhcp
ip address 100.0.100.10/24
exit
NOTE:
Be sure to use a different IP address when configuring switch 2. This document uses 100.0.100.11/24 in the
example below.
5. Optionally, configure the management route (default gateway) for the switch.
management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.0.100.1
6. Configure an NTP server for the switch.
ntp server 100.0.100.200
7. Enable the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) on the switch.
spanning-tree mode rstp
8. Configure the spanning tree priority on the switch.
spanning-tree rstp priority 40960
Note the following when selecting spanning-tree rstp priority values:
● It is important that you work with your network administrator to determine which value to use to avoid conflicts with
other switches in your network.
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