Brocade Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide v6.1.2_cee (53-1001258-01, June 2009)
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- About This Document
- Introducing FCoE
- Using the CEE CLI
- In this chapter
- CEE CLI configuration guidelines and restrictions
- Using the CEE command line interface (CLI)
- CEE CLI RBAC permissions
- Accessing the CEE CLI through the console interface or through a Telnet session
- Accessing the CEE CLI from the Fabric OS shell
- Accessing CEE CLI command modes
- Using CEE CLI keyboard shortcuts
- Displaying CEE CLI commands and command syntax
- Using CEE CLI command completion
- CEE CLI command syntax conventions
- Using CEE CLI command output modifiers
- Configuring VLANs Using the CEE CLI
- In this chapter
- VLAN overview
- Ingress VLAN filtering
- VLAN configuration guidelines and restrictions
- Default VLAN configuration
- VLAN configuration procedures
- Enabling and disabling a CEE interface
- Configuring the MTU on a CEE interface
- Creating a VLAN interface
- Configuring a VLAN interface to forward FCoE traffic
- Configuring a CEE interface as a Layer 2 switch port
- Configuring a CEE interface as an access interface or a trunk interface
- Configuring VLAN classifier rules
- Configuring VLAN classifier groups
- Associating a VLAN classifier group to a CEE interface
- Clearing VLAN counter statistics
- Displaying VLAN information
- Configuring the MAC address table
- Configuring STP, RSTP, and MSTP using the CEE CLI
- In this chapter
- STP overview
- RSTP overview
- MSTP overview
- STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration guidelines and restrictions
- Default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration
- STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration procedures
- STP, RSTP, and MSTP-specific configuration procedures
- STP and RSTP-specific configuration procedures
- RSTP and MSTP-specific configuration procedures
- MSTP-specific configuration procedures
- 10-Gigabit Ethernet CEE interface-specific configuration
- Global STP, RSTP, and MSTP-related configuration procedures
- Clearing STP, RSTP, and MSTP-related information
- Displaying STP, RSTP, and MSTP-related information
- Configuring Link Aggregation using the CEE CLI
- Configuring LLDP using the CEE CLI
- Configuring ACLs using the CEE CLI
- In this chapter
- ACL overview
- Default ACL configuration
- ACL configuration guidelines and restrictions
- ACL configuration procedures
- Creating a standard MAC ACL and adding rules
- Creating an extended MAC ACL and adding rules
- Modifying a MAC ACL
- Removing a MAC ACL
- Reordering the sequence numbers in a MAC ACL
- Applying a MAC ACL to a CEE interface
- Applying a MAC ACL to a VLAN interface
- Clearing MAC ACL counters
- Displaying MAC ACL information
- Configuring QoS using the CEE CLI
- Configuring FCoE using the Fabric OS CLI
- Administering the switch
- Configuring RMON using the CEE CLI
- Index
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Configuring the MAC address table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Specifying an aging time or disabling the aging time for MAC
addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Adding static addresses to the MAC address table . . . . . . . . . . 37
Clearing dynamically learned MAC addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Displaying MAC address table entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Chapter 4 Configuring STP, RSTP, and MSTP using the CEE CLI
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
STP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
RSTP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
MSTP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration guidelines and restrictions . . .44
Default STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
STP, RSTP, and MSTP configuration procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
STP, RSTP, and MSTP-specific configuration procedures . . . . . 46
STP and RSTP-specific configuration procedures . . . . . . . . . . . 51
RSTP and MSTP-specific configuration procedures . . . . . . . . . 51
MSTP-specific configuration procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
10-Gigabit Ethernet CEE interface-specific configuration. . . . .55
Global STP, RSTP, and MSTP-related configuration procedures63
Clearing STP, RSTP, and MSTP-related information . . . . . . . . . .64
Displaying STP, RSTP, and MSTP-related information . . . . . . . .65
Chapter 5 Configuring Link Aggregation using the CEE CLI
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Link aggregation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
LAGs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Dynamic link aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Static link aggregation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Brocade-proprietary aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
LAG distribution process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
LACP configuration guidelines and restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Default LACP configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
LACP configuration procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Enabling LACP on a CEE interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Configuring the LACP system priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Configuring the LACP timeout period on a CEE interface . . . . .75
Clearing LACP counter statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Displaying LACP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
LACP troubleshooting tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76










