Dell Blade I/O Manager Version 1.
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Contents 1 About Dell Blade I/O Manager............................................................................6 Logging In.............................................................................................................................................. 7 Logging Out........................................................................................................................................... 7 Initial Setup Wizard...................................................................
5 Switching Layer-2...............................................................................................24 VLAN Assignment................................................................................................................................24 Viewing Current VLAN Assignments............................................................................................ 24 Assigning Ports to a VLAN................................................................................................
Global Configuration.......................................................................................................................... 45 Editing Global Settings..................................................................................................................46 IOA Firmware...................................................................................................................................... 46 Network Time Protocol.......................................................
About Dell Blade I/O Manager 1 You can use Dell Blade I/O Manager to manage the configuration and monitoring of the following I/O Aggregator devices: • MIOA for M1000e chassis • FN IOA for FX2 chassis Figure 1. Dell Blade I/O Manager User Interface 1. Navigation Menu 2.
3. Toolbar The Dell Blade I/O Manager user interface consists of the following elements: • Toolbar — From this area, you can log out from Dell Blade I/O Manager, view the number of alerts, reboot the I/O Aggregator device, and open online help. • Navigation menu — From this area, you can navigate to the pages in Dell Blade I/O Manager: Dashboard, Logs and Alerts, Port Configuration, Switching Layer-2, Security, and Settings.
• (optional) Root user password and enable password • (optional) SNMP credentials The wizard has the following steps: • Mode Settings • Combo Port Settings • Network Settings • Credentials • SNMP Settings • Uplink Failure Detection • Network Time Protocol • Summary To begin configuration using the wizard, click Next to configure Mode Settings. Configuring Mode Settings On the Mode Settings of the Initial Setup Wizard, you select an I/O Aggregator device operational mode. 1.
• For MIOA for M1000e chassis devices, FN410S SKU and FN410T SKU FN IOA for FX2 chassis devices in programmable multiplex mode, or FN MXL devices screen proceed to the Network Settings screen. Configuring Combo Port Settings (Initial Setup Wizard) On the Combo Port Settings screen of the Initial Setup Wizard, you can configure ports 9 and 10 in FN2210S SKU FN IOA for FX2 chassis devices to work either as Ethernet ports or Fibre Channel ports. Ethernet ports handle common traffic.
Configuring SNMP Settings On the SNMP Settings screen of the Initial Setup Wizard, you can configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for network management and monitoring. 1. If not already done, from the Credentials screen, click Next. The SNMP Settings screen appears. 2. In the SNMP Mode field, select Enabled to configure SNMP. 3. In the SNMP Community String field, enter the string that grants access to the statistics of the switch. 4. Click Next.
NOTE: Dell Blade I/O Manager only supports IPv4 management address notation. 6. Click Next and proceed to the Summary screen. Viewing the Summary The Summary screen is the final step of the Initial Setup Wizard. This screen summarizes your configuration settings for the IOA device. From this screen, you can save the configuration settings to the start-up configuration file. 1. If not already done, from the Network Time Protocol screen, click Next. 2. Review these settings. 3.
Dashboard 2 You can quickly view a summary of all key details of your I/O Aggregator device on the Dashboard page. The Dashboard page can consist of the following tabs: • Summary • Port Details • Stack Summary • Stack Port Summary • VLT Summary NOTE: The appearance of the Dashboard can vary depending on the type of managed I/O Aggregator device.
NOTE: QSFP+ 40 G ports configured for quad-port into four 10 G ports display information for all four ports.
The Network Settings subsection displays out-of-band management settings about the managed I/O Aggregator device: • DHCP Enabled — Enabled or Disabled • IP Address • Subnet Mask • Gateway • MAC Address Editing the Active IOA Mode From the Dashboard page you can edit the operational mode of the I/O Aggregator device. 1. From the navigation menu, select Dashboard. The Dashboard page appears. 2. In the IOA Information Properties section, select Edit in the Active IOA Mode field.
The Host Name dialog box appears. 3. In the Host Name field, enter a new host name for the device. The new host name must have a minimum of one character and a maximum of 32. 4. Click Apply. Editing Network Settings You can configure the IP address of the management interface in the IOA module from the Summary tab on the Dashboard page. Make sure that the configured IP address is in the same subnet as the management device. 1. From the navigation menu, click Dashboard. 2.
Alerts The Alerts section of the Dashboard page displays alerts from the I/O Aggregator device. Dell Blade I/O Manager polls the device every 60 seconds for new alerts. This section has two subsections: • Active Alerts — Lists total alerts by category: Critical, Warning, Informational • Recently Logged Activity — Lists the three most recent alerts. You can click View All to go to the Logs and Alerts page for more details on alerts.
• Link Speed — Link speed of this stack port: 10 or 40 Gb/s. • Administrative State — Enabled or Disabled. If enabled, the port can link to another port • Link Status — Operational status of the stack port: Up or Down. Stack Port Summary For I/O Aggregator devices in stack mode, the Stack Port Summary tab displays details about the ports and their status present in each stack unit. This tab displays the following information: • Port — Stacking port.
Logs and Alerts 3 Dell Blade I/O Manager polls the I/O Aggregator device in 60–second intervals for new log entries and alerts. The Logs and Alerts page displays all log entries and alerts from the I/O Aggregator device. This page lists log entries and alerts in table format with the following columns: • Severity: Informational, Warning, or Critical. • Date and Time: Date and time stamp of when the device recorded the log entry or alert. • Description: Description of the log entry.
Port Configuration 4 The Port Configuration page is where you can configure various port settings on an I/O Aggregator device. This page consists of the following sections: • Port Settings • Uplink Ports • Uplink Failure Detection • Combo Port (FN2210S SKU FN IOA for FX2 devices only) Port Settings The Port Settings section of the Port Configuration page displays in circular graph format the number of configured external and internal ports of the I/O Aggregator device.
• Auto Negotiation — Displays whether auto-negotiation is Enabled or Disabled on the interface. Autonegotiation allows two devices at either end of a 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1000 Mbps link to advertise and negotiate the link operational mode — such as the speed of the link and the duplex configuration of half or full duplex — to the highest common denominator. • Speed — Displays the speed of the port. • MTU — Displays the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) (frame size) for an Ethernet interface.
NOTE: Autonegotiation is not available for QSFP+ ports. 7. From the Speed drop-down menu, select the port speed. NOTE: This setting is not available if you enabled autonegotiation. The MTU (bytes) field displays the Maximum Transmission Unit setting for the Ethernet interface in bytes from 594 to 12000. This setting is the limit for the largest packet that can be passed through the interface. NOTE: This setting is not available for fibre channel ports. 8.
NOTE: You can only edit these settings for M1000e and FN IOA devices in standalone or VLT mode. Configuring Uplink Failure Detection (Port Configuration Page) Uplink Failure Detection (UFD) provides detection of the loss of upstream connectivity. If there is a link failure, the I/O Aggregator device disables downlink interfaces. NOTE: You can only configure these settings for M1000e and FN IOA devices in standalone or VLT mode. You can configure this feature the Initial Setup Wizard.
Changing the Combo Port setting requires a reboot of the I/O Aggregator device. A confirmation dialog box appears. 5. On the toolbar, click the user name and name select Reboot IOA from the drop-down menu.
Switching Layer-2 5 The Switching Layer-2 page of Dell I/O Blade Manager is where you can configure the following layer 2 networking settings for an I/O Aggregator device: • VLAN Assignment • Link Aggregation (LAG) • IGMP • Port Mirroring • Fibre Channel • iSCSI • DCB VLAN Assignment In the VLAN Assignment section of the Switching Layer-2 page, you can configure Virtual LANs (VLANs) for the I/O Aggregator device.
• 3. 4. Mode — VLAN assignment mode for I/O Aggregator device: Auto (port automatically added as untagged to the default VLAN and tagged to the remainder of the VLANs) or Admin (manually configured as to tagged or untagged to VLANs). • Tagged — Numbers of tagged VLANs to which the port belongs • Untagged — Numbers of untagged VLANs to which the port belongs • Port Channel — Number of the Link Aggregation Group (LAG) to which the port belongs.
NOTE: The status of the LAG and its individual ports might not be the same. • Internal Ports — Lists whether the Auto LAG feature is Enabled or Disabled. Also displays a circular graph displaying how many downlink ports are assigned as part of Auto LAG.
The Status dialog box appears displaying the results of the port assignments. You can click Configure Another Port to return to the Link Aggregation Group (LAG) dialog box and configure more internal port assignments for LAGs or click Close to return to the Switching Layer-2 page. IGMP In the IGMP section of the Switching Layer-2 page, you can configure Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP). Multicast is based on identifying many hosts by a single destination IP address.
This section displays source and destination ports configured for port mirroring and transmission direction. From this section, you can configure port mirroring settings. Configuring Port Mirroring Settings You can configure port mirroring settings in the Port Mirroring section of the Switching Layer-2 page. Port mirroring forwards frames to a monitoring port. 1. From the navigation menu, click Switching Layer-2. The Switching Layer-2 page appears. 2. In the Port Mirroring section, click View Details.
Mode Description fabric. An NPIV Proxy Gateway (NPG) allows numerous point-to-point connects over a single device (in this case, the I/O Aggregator device). This feature allows each converged network adapter (CNA) in each server to present itself as a trusted connection to the storage fabric. Fabric-Services (FPORT) The F_Port connects from the FC switch to the N_Port of an end device. The F_Port on an FC switch provides access to Fabric Services such as Fabric Name Server and Fabric Login Server.
Editing Fibre Channel Settings From the Fibre Channel section of the Switching Layer-2 page, you can select the Fibre Channel (FC) mode. 1. From the navigation menu, select Switching Layer-2. The Switching Layer-2 page appears. 2. In the Fibre Channel section, in the Fibre Channel Mode field, click Edit. The Fibre Channel dialog box appears. 3.
– FC-Map – FCF Priority – Members Fabric Services (FPORT): • Name Server — This tab displays Fibre Channel hosts or connections. – FC-ID – Interface – End Node WWPN – End Node WWNN You can click the + button to view additional details for each host or connection: – Class of Service (CoS) – Symbolic Port Name – Port Type – Registered with Name Server – Registered for SCN • FCoE Map — This tab displays FCoE traffic mapped to the respective VLAN.
8. Click Save. 9. A zone set consists of multiple zones. You can use zone sets to switch between zone configurations without having to recreate the entire zone configuration. To configure zone sets, click Edit. The Edit Zoning dialog box appears. 10. Configure aliases, An alias is a logical name that can denote one or more zone members. Perform the following steps: a. In the Alias section, click Add Alias. The Add Alias dialog box appears. b. Make an entry in the Name field. c. Click Save.
e. Configure members of the zone set. Click the + button to expand to view all members. Add a member to the Zoneset Members section from the Available Members section by using the > button. Conversely, you can remove a member from the zone set by selecting it and using the < button. You can permanently delete a zoneset from the list by selecting it from the drop-down menu and clicking Delete. f. Click Apply. A confirmation dialog box appears. g. Click Close. h. Repeat steps a-g to add additional zone set.
For each connection: 4. • Connection ID • Initiator IP Address • Initiator TCP Port • Target IP Address • Target TCP Port To close the iSCSI Sessions dialog box, click Cancel. DCB You can view Data Center Bridging (DCB) settings from the DCB section of the Switching Layer-2 page. DCB refers to a set of IEEE Ethernet enhancements that provide data centers with a single, robust, converged network to support multiple traffic types, including local area network (LAN), server, and storage traffic.
• Port Role — Displays the DCBx port role: Auto upstream, Auto downstream, Configuration Source, or Manual. For Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS), the following information appears: • Interface — Displays the interface type with chassis slot and port number. • Operational Status — Displays the status of DCB on an individual port: Up or Down. • Priority Group — Displays the number of the priority group that specifies the range of 802.
Security 6 You can view and configure settings for access, authentication, authorization, security, and users on the Security page. This page consists of the following sections: • TACACS+ • RADIUS • AAA NOTE: You can only view and configure TACACS+, RADIUS, or AAA settings for M1000e and FN IOA devices in standalone or VLT mode. • Passwords and Credentials TACACS+ Dell Networking OS supports TACACS+ as an alternate method for login authentication for I/O Aggregator devices.
• Timeout for reply (sec) — Seconds that I/O Aggregator device waits for a reply from the TACACS+ server before it times out the connection. Adding TACACS+ Settings On the Security page, you can add new TACACS+ server settings. You can configure a maximum of 10 TACACS+ servers. NOTE: You can only configure TACACS+ settings for M1000e and FN IOA devices in standalone or VLT mode. 1. From the navigation menu, select Security. 2. In the TACACS+ section, click Edit. The TACACS Settings dialog box appears.
This page displays the number of servers configured and the current dead time setting. On this page, you can perform the following tasks: • View RADIUS settings • Add RADIUS settings • Configure Global RADIUS settings • Remove RADIUS settings Viewing RADIUS Settings On the Security page, you can view RADIUS server settings. You can configure a maximum of 10 RADIUS servers. 1. From the navigation menu, select Security. 2. In the RADIUS section, click View Details.
7. In the Auth-port field, enter the Auth port used to connect to the RADIUS server. 8. In the Timeout for Reply (sec) field, enter the number of seconds the I/O Aggregator device waits for a reply from the RADIUS server before timing out the connection. The maximum number of seconds you can enter is 1000. 9. In the Number of Retransmits field, enter the number of times the I/O Aggregator device attempts to connect to RADIUS server. The maximum number you can enter is 100. 10. Click Apply.
• Accounting Configuring Authentication You can configure authentication settings in the Security page. These settings control management access to the I/O Aggregator device. NOTE: You can only view and configure these settings for M1000e and FN IOA devices in standalone or VLT mode. 1. From the navigation menu, click Security. 2. In the AAA section, click Edit. The AAA settings dialog box appears. 3. Make sure that the Authentication tab is selected and click Edit.
NOTE: You can only configure these settings for M1000e and FN IOA devices in standalone or VLT mode. 1. From the navigation menu, click Security. 2. In the AAA section, click Edit. The AAA settings dialog box appears. 3. Make sure that the Authorization tab is selected and click Edit. The Edit Authorization Profile dialog box appears. 4. In the Configuration Commands section, select whether a user has access to CONFIGURATION level commands: Enabled or Disabled. 5.
The AAA settings dialog box appears. 3. Make sure that the Accounting tab is selected and click Edit. The Edit Accounting dialog box appears. 4. In the Exec section, you can configure whether accounting information is sent when a user logs on to the I/O Aggregator device in EXEC mode. Make one of the following selections: • Start-Stop — Sends a “start accounting” notice at the beginning of the requested event and a “stop accounting” notice at the end of the event.
Passwords and Credentials You can view or configure users who access the I/O Aggregator device in the Passwords and Credentials section of the Security page. This page lists the active users who are currently logged on to the device and all users in the local user database.
5. In the Privilege Level field, select the user’s access privileges to the device: 0 (read-only) or 15 (readwrite). 6. Enter the user’s password in the User Password and Confirm Password fields. The password can be from 1 to 32 characters in length. 7. Click Add. Editing Users You can edit details for users who have access to the I/O Aggregator device in the Passwords and Credentials section of the Security page. NOTE: After you add a user, you cannot edit their user name. 1.
Device Settings 7 In Dell Blade I/O Manager, you can view or configure the following settings for I/O Aggregator devices: • Global configuration • IOA firmware (view only) • Network Time Protocol • Restore IOA Global Configuration The Global Configuration section of the Settings page displays the following settings for the I/O Aggregator device: • IOA Mode: – Standalone Mode (default) — Default mode of the I/O Aggregator device. In this mode, all ports are configured as members of all VLANs.
Editing Global Settings You can edit settings that apply to the I/O Aggregator device that the Dell Blade I/O Manager manages. 1. In the navigation menu, click Settings. 2. In the Global Configuration section, click Edit. The Global Settings dialog box appears. 3. To enable broadcast storm control, in the Broadcast Storm Control area, select Enabled; to disable this feature, select Disabled. NOTE: You can only configure this setting for M1000e and FN IOA devices in standalone or VLT mode.
• NTP server — Displays enabled or disabled • Preferred NTP server IP address or URL — Displays the primary NTP server IP address or URL. • Secondary NTP server IP address or URL — Displays the secondary or backup NTP server IP address or URL. You can edit these settings. Editing Network Time Protocol Settings In the Network Time Protocol (NTP) section of the Settings page, you can edit the time zone and NTP servers applied to the I/O Aggregator device.
Deleting the I/O Aggregator Startup Configuration From the Restore IOA section of the Settings page, you can delete the startup configuration of an I/O Aggregator device. WARNING: Performing this task erases all configurations, including mode settings and logs. The device IP address/subnet mask and user name/password are not affected. 1. From the navigation menu, click Settings. 2. In the Restore IOA section, click Edit. The Restore IOA dialog box appears. 3.
