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 •...
The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell shipping box contains: • Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell, with 16 internal host ports and 8 external network ports. The shipping box is available with or without the Fabric Extender Transceiver (FET). The product ID of the bundle with the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender and the Fabric Extender Tranceiver is N2K-B22DELL-F ( Dell part number 4PTY0) and contains 16 Fabric Extender Transceivers.
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Shipping Box Contents Figure 1 Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Eight External 10-Gigabit SFP+ ports Power LED (Left) and Health (LED Right) Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Getting Started Guide...
The switch module should be installed into the I/O slot that corresponds to the I/O fabric (A, B, • or C) where a 10GE KR Ethernet Adapter, or 10GE Converged Network Adapter (CNA), within the blade server, is appropriately installed. The Chassis Management Controller (CMC) GUI can Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Getting Started Guide...
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• the section on installing an I/O module in the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner’s Manual. See the Dell documentation for information on the port mapping between the blade chassis and the • switch modules. M1000e I/O Module Port Mapping Full-Height Blades Full height blades support up to 2 LOM or bNDC adapters, with at least 2 port connections each.
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Mezz Port 1 to I/O Module B1, port n Mezz Port 2 to I/O Module B2, port n Blade c Mezzanine card supports Fabric C • Mezz Port 1 to I/O Module C1, port n+8 Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Getting Started Guide...
Populate all the chassis interconnect bays with a connection blade or one of the blank panels provided with the chassis. To install the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell in the chassis: Locate the appropriate interconnect bay at the rear of the chassis. See the setup and installation guide provided with the chassis.
Updating NX-OS The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell is a hot-pluggable device. The chassis may be on or off Note during installation. 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.
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide. Configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell This section describes how to configure a Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell with a Cisco Nexus 5500 series switch and includes the following sections: •...
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The range of the FEX Number is from 100 to 199. Step 5 (Optional) Displays the association of a Fabric switch# show interface port-channel channel fex-intf Extender to an EtherChannel interface. Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Getting Started Guide...
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Disassociating a Fabric Extender from an Interface To disassociate the Fabric Extender from an interface, perform this task: Command Purpose Disassociates the Fabric Extender unit attached to the switch(config-if)# no fex associate interface. Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Getting Started Guide...
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The ports are distributed across the number specified in the pinning max-links section. So if you only have 4 uplinks, you do not want to have max 8 since it will leave half your internal ports unmapped. Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Getting Started Guide...
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To redistribute the host interfaces on the Fabric Extender, perform this task: Command Purpose Redistributes the host connections. The range of the switch# fex pinning redistribute FEX Number FEX number is from 100 to 199. Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Getting Started Guide...
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Caution The fex pinning redistribute command disrupts all the host interface ports of the Fabric Extender. For additional information about configuring the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell and parent Cisco Nexus Switches, see the following documentation: Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender Software Configuration Guide •...
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Fabric Fabric Port Port State Uplink Model Serial --------------------------------------------------------------- Eth1/19 Active 1 N2K-B22DELL-P FOC1514256S Eth1/20 Active 2 N2K-B22DELL-P FOC1514256S Eth1/21 Active 3 N2K-B22DELL-P FOC1514256S Eth1/22 Active 4 N2K-B22DELL-P FOC1514256S switch(config-fex)# Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Getting Started Guide...
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This example shows how to display the module information about all connected Fabric Extender units: N5596-2-Dell# show module fex FEX Mod Ports Card Type Model Status --- --- ----- ---------------------------------- ------------------ ----------- 160 1 Fabric Extender 16x10GE + 8x10G Module N2K-B22DELL-P present Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Getting Started Guide...
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Fan: ---------------> . Power Supply: ---------------> . 4) Temperature Sensor: ---------------> . Port ------------------------- 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Port ------------------------ TestFabricPorts: Fabric 1 Port ------------------------- N5596-2-Dell# Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell Getting Started Guide...
Information about the Dell BladeServers is available at: http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/poweredge-m1000e/pd?refid=pedge_m1000e&baynote_bnrank=0& baynote_irrank=0&~ck=baynoteSearch&isredir=true Technical Support Technical support for the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell can be obtained from either Cisco or Dell. This topic includes the following sections: For Dell Support, page 22 •...
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For contact options in the United States, see http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dellcare/contact_technical_support?c=us&l =en&s=gen To contact Dell by phone call 1-888-Dell. This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored. For Cisco Support For configuration or troubleshooting assistance, the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Dell is covered under the Cisco support contract of the parent Cisco Nexus switch.