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Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell 

Getting Started Guide

This Getting Started Guide describes the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell and how to start

using it. This Getting Started Guide includes the following sections:

• Information about the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell, page 1

• Shipping Box Contents, page 2

• Dell Blade System Architecture, page 4

• Installing the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell, page 7

• Updating NX-OS, page 8

• Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell, page 9

• Additional Information, page 21

• Related Documentation, page 21

• Technical Support, page 21

Information about the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell

The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell provides an extension of the Cisco Nexus switch fabric

to the Dell blade servers.

The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extenders behave as remote line cards for a parent Cisco Nexus switch.

The Fabric Extenders are essentially extensions of the parent Cisco Nexus switch fabric, with the Fabric

Extenders and the parent Cisco Nexus switch together forming a distributed modular system. The Cisco

Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell support is limited to the Cisco Nexus 5500 series of switches.

Each Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender connects via 10-Gigabit Ethernet for 16 servers within a Dell

BladeEnclosure and contains 8 10-Gigabit Ethernet fabric uplinks towards the parent Cisco Nexus

switch. Multiple low cost options are available for fabric connections between the Cisco Nexus B22 and

the parent Cisco Nexus switch. Low-cost connections up to 10 meters can be made with copper Twin-ax

cables, and longer connections up to 100 meters can use the Fabric Extender Transceiver. Other standard

10 Gigabit Ethernet optics such as 10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR, and 10GBASE-ER are also supported

for these fabric connections.

Summary of content (22 pages)

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Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell  Getting Started Guide This Getting Started Guide describes the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell and how to start using it.
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Shipping Box Contents The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell has the following features: • Sixteen internal 10-Gigabit Ethernet KR ports to the blade servers • Eight External 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports • One Bicolor LED (Green/Amber) for external up link ports and no LED's for internal ports.
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Shipping Box Contents Figure 1 1 Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Eight External 10-Gigabit SFP+ ports 2 Power LED (Left) and Health (LED Right) Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Getting Started Guide 3
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Dell Blade System Architecture Dell Blade System Architecture Figure 2 shows the rear view of the blade chassis, in which you install the switch module.
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Dell Blade System Architecture be used to view the location of network adapters installed in the Blade servers. Browse to the CMC IP address and login, then under Server Overview, click on the servers to determine which I/O fabric contains the 10GE adapters. • For complete instructions for installing a switch module into the blade server enclosure, refer to the section on installing an I/O module in the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner’s Manual.
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Dell Blade System Architecture • Adapter port 2 connects to I/O module A2, port n. Half-height blades support two mezzanine cards: • Slot Mezz1_Fabric_C supports Fabric C Mezz1 Port 1 to I/O Module C1, port n Mezz1 Port 2 to I/O Module C2, port n • Slot Mezz2_Fabric_B supports Fabric B, port n. Mezz2 Port 1 to I/O Module B1, port n Mezz2 Port 2 to I/O Module B2, port n Mezzanine card type must match the fabric type of the I/O modules installed in corresponding I/O module slots.
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Installing the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Mezz Port 2 to I/O Module C2, port n+8 • Blade d Mezzanine card supports Fabric B Mezz Port 1 to I/O Module B1, port n+8 Mezz Port 2 to I/O Module B2, port n+8 Mezzanine card type must match the fabric type of the I/O modules installed in corresponding I/O module slots.
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Updating NX-OS Note The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell is a hot-pluggable device. The chassis may be on or off during installation. 3. Align the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell with the appropriate interconnect bay, according to the specific configuration for the chassis. Push the switch firmly into the interconnect bay. 4. Press the installation handle into the latch to lock the switch into place. 5. Connect the cables. 6.
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Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell • You can continue or cancel the upgrade when you see this question (the default is no): Do you want to continue (y/n) [n] : y • You can upgrade the Cisco NX-OS software using a nondisruptive procedure. • The command automatically checks the image integrity, which includes the running kickstart and system images. The command sets the kickstart and system boot variables.
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Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Associating a Fabric Extender to an Ethernet Interface To associate the Fabric Extender to an Ethernet interface, perform this task: Command Purpose Step 1 switch# configure terminal Enters configuration mode. Step 2 switch(config)# interface ethernet slot/port Specifies an Ethernet interface to configure. Step 3 switch(config-if)# switchport mode fex-fabric Sets the interface to support an external Fabric Extender.
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Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell This example shows how to associate the Fabric Extender to an EtherChannel interface on the switch: switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
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Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Configuring the Fabric Extender To configure global features for a Fabric Extender, perform this tasks: Command Purpose Step 1 switch# configure terminal Enters configuration mode. Step 2 switch(config)# fex FEX Number Enters configuration mode for the specified Fabric Extender FEX Number. The range of the FEX Number is from 100 to 199. Step 3 switch(config-fex)# description desc Specifies the description.
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Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell You may want to perform this function in these two situations: • A change in the max-links configuration. • If you need to maintain the pinning order of host interfaces to fabric interfaces. Changing the Number of Links If you initially configured port 19 on the parent switch as your only fabric interface, all 16 host interfaces are pinned to this port.
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Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell This example shows how to redistribute the host interfaces on a Fabric Extender: switch# fex pinning redistribute 100  Caution The fex pinning redistribute command disrupts all the host interface ports of the Fabric Extender.
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Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Bay: A2 Enclosure: Dell M1000e Slot A2 Service Tag: Card Id: 210, Mac Addr: 0c:d9:96:a2:07:02, Num Macs: 64 Module Sw Gen: 21 [Switch Sw Gen: 21] post level: complete Pinning-mode: static Max-links: 1 Fabric port for control traffic: Eth1/1 FCoE Admin: false FCoE Oper: true FCoE FEX AA Configured: false Fabric interface state: Eth1/1 - Interface Up.
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Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Note The above example shows a Fabric Extender with four uplink connections.
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Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell FEX Mod Sw --- --- -------------160 1 5.2(1)N1(3) Hw -----0.203 World-Wide-Name(s) (WWN) ------------------------------------------------ FEX Mod MAC-Address(es) Serial-Num --- --- -------------------------------------- ---------160 1 0cd9.96a2.0700 to 0cd9.96a2.
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Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell This example shows how to display the environment status for a specific Fabric Extender unit: N5596-2-Dell# show environment fex 132 Temperature Fex 132: ----------------------------------------------------------------Module Sensor MajorThresh MinorThres CurTemp Status (Celsius) (Celsius) (Celsius) ----------------------------------------------------------------1 Die-1 110 105 52 ok N5596-2-Dell# This example shows how to display the SPROM for a spe
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Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell DISPLAY FEX 160 backplane sprom contents: Common block: Block Signature : 0xabab Block Version : 3 Block Length : 160 Block Checksum : 0x19e7 EEPROM Size : 65535 Block Count : 5 FRU Major Type : 0x6001 FRU Minor Type : 0x0 OEM String : Cisco Systems, Inc. Product Number : N2K-B22DELL-P Serial Number : FOC1625R0JK Part Number : 68-4555-01 Part Revision : 09 Mfg Deviation : 0x00000 H/W Version : 0.203 Mfg Bits : 0 Engineer Use : 0 snmpOID : 9.12.3.1.3.
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Additional Information Max Connector Power: 0 Cooling Requirement: 0 Ambient Temperature: 0 N5596-2-Dell# Additional Information For more information on the association between the server mezzanine bays and the chassis interconnect bays, see the setup and installation guide provided with your FEX. For more information see the Dell websites: • Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owners Manual. http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/pem/en/index.
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Technical Support For Dell Support For hardware replacement under warranty, contact Dell. For support information, see the Dell support and downloads page at: http://support.dell.com/support/index.aspx?~ck=pn Dell offers country specific support. Use the country selector on the Dell support and downloads page to find support or contact information. For contact options in the United States, see http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.