Provisioning A Port Extender - Dell C9000 Series Networking Configuration Manual

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Provisioning a Port Extender

You can provision a port extender (PE) with an initial software configuration before or after you install and

power on the PE. To provision a PE, start from the control bridge console and enter the following commands.

If you enter the commands before you install the PE with a parent control bridge, the pre-configured

software settings are downloaded to the PE when you attach it to a control bridge port and power up the PE.

Although you can provision a PE before or after you install and power on the PE, Dell Networking

OS recommends pre-configuring software provisioning before you install a PE and then connect it to a

pre-configured, cascaded control bridge port. In this way, you can "plug and play" a PE with a parent

control bridge.

To activate PE configuration commands and make them visible, you must first enable the PE feature by

entering the feature extended-bridge command. See

Enter Port-Extender Configuration mode to provision a PE.

CONFIGURATION mode

Dell(conf)# pe provision pe-id

pe-id is a port-extender ID number from 0 to 255. You must enter a pe-id value; there is no

After you provision a PE, you can manage the PE by entering the pe pe-id command; for example:

Dell(conf)# pe 0

Dell(conf-pe-0)# show config

Dell Networking OS recommends that before you configure the cascade ports on the parent

control bridge, ensure that the cascade ports have a default port configuration with no L2 and L3

configuration.

Configure the cascade ports on the parent control bridge used to connect to the PE. The cascade ports

must be operationally up (the no shutdown command) and have a default port configuration with no

L2 and L3 configuration. The port interfaces must be the same type. You can configure up to sixteen

control bridge ports in the auto-LAG.

PORT-EXTENDER CONFIGURATION mode

Dell(conf-pe-0)# cascade interface interface-type slot/port-range

Dell Networking OS recommends not to use RPM Slots 10 and 11 for PE connectivity.

interface interface-type specifies a C9010 10-GbE interface. The only supported value is

TenGigabitEthernet slot/port-range.

slot/port-range specifies a C9010 10GbE port, including the slot number and either a single

port number, a port range, or a combination of both.

The range of slot numbers is from 0 to 9 for linecard slots. The range of port numbers is from 0 to

Enter a port range with or without spaces; for example, cascade interface

tengigabitethernet 0/1-5 or cascade interface tengigabitethernet 0/1 - 5.

Enabling the Port Extender

Port Extenders (PEs)