Brocade Communications Systems FastIron Instruction Manual

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31 March 2015
FastIron Ethernet Switch
Administration Guide
Supporting FastIron Software Release 08.0.30

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Contents
Preface...................................................................................................................................11
Document conventions....................................................................................11
Text formatting conventions................................................................ 11
Command syntax conventions............................................................ 11
Notes, cautions, and warnings............................................................ 12
Brocade resources.......................................................................................... 13
Contacting Brocade Technical Support...........................................................13
Document feedback........................................................................................ 14
About This Document.............................................................................................................. 15
Supported hardware and software.................................................................. 15
What’s new in this document ......................................................................... 15
How command information is presented in this guide.....................................16
Management Applications...................................................................................................... 19
Management port overview.............................................................................19
How the management port works....................................................... 19
CLI Commands for use with the management port.............................20
Web Management Interface............................................................................21
Management VRFs......................................................................................... 21
Source interface and management VRF compatibility........................ 22
Supported management applications..................................................22
Configuring a global management VRF.............................................. 24
Displaying management VRF information...........................................25
Basic Software Features..........................................................................................................29
Basic system parameter configuration............................................................ 29
Entering system administration information........................................ 29
SNMP parameter configuration...........................................................30
Displaying virtual routing interface statistics....................................... 33
User-login details in Syslog messages and traps............................... 33
Cancelling an outbound Telnet session.............................................. 34
Network Time Protocol Version 4 (NTPv4)..................................................... 35
Limitations........................................................................................... 37
Network Time Protocol (NTP) leap second ........................................37
How Brocade supports leap second handling for NTP....................... 37
NTP and SNTP................................................................................... 38
NTP server.......................................................................................... 38
NTP Client...........................................................................................39
NTP peer.............................................................................................39
NTP broadcast server......................................................................... 40
NTP broadcast client...........................................................................41
NTP associations................................................................................ 41
Synchronizing time..............................................................................42
Authentication..................................................................................... 42
VLAN and NTP....................................................................................43
Configuring NTP..................................................................................43
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Basic port parameter configuration............................................................... 53
Specifying a port address..................................................................53
Assigning port names........................................................................56
Displaying the port name for an interface......................................... 56
Enabling auto-negotiation maximum port speed advertisement
and down-shift............................................................................. 59
Configuring port speed down-shift and auto-negotiation for a
range of ports.............................................................................. 61
Enabling port speed down-shift.........................................................62
Force mode configuration................................................................. 62
MDI and MDIX configuration.............................................................63
Disabling or re-enabling a port..........................................................64
Flow control configuration................................................................. 64
Symmetric flow control on FCX and ICX devices..............................67
PHY FIFO Rx and Tx depth configuration.........................................71
Interpacket Gap (IPG) on a FastIron X Series switch....................... 71
IPG on FastIron Stackable devices...................................................72
Enabling and disabling support for 100BaseTX................................73
Enabling and disabling support for 100BaseFX................................74
Changing the Gbps fiber negotiation mode...................................... 75
Port priority (QoS) modification.........................................................75
Dynamic configuration of Voice over IP (VoIP) phones.................... 75
Port flap dampening configuration.................................................... 77
Port loop detection............................................................................ 80
CLI banner configuration...............................................................................86
Setting a message of the day banner............................................... 86
Requiring users to press the Enter key after the message of the day
banner..................................................................................................... 87
Setting a privileged EXEC CLI level banner................................................. 88
Displaying a console message when an incoming Telnet session is
detected...................................................................................................88
Operations, Administration, and Maintenance.......................................................................89
OAM Overview..............................................................................................89
Software versions installed and running on a device....................................90
Determining the flash image version running on the device............. 90
Displaying the boot image version running on the device.................92
Displaying the image versions installed in flash memory..................92
Flash image verification ................................................................... 92
Software Image file types..............................................................................93
Flash timeout.................................................................................................94
Software upgrades........................................................................................94
Boot code synchronization feature................................................................95
Viewing the contents of flash files.................................................................95
Using SNMP to upgrade software.................................................................96
Software reboot.............................................................................................97
Software boot configuration notes.................................................... 98
Displaying the boot preference..................................................................... 98
Loading and saving configuration files..........................................................99
Replacing the startup configuration with the running
configuration................................................................................99
Replacing the running configuration with the startup
configuration..............................................................................100
Logging changes to the startup-config file...................................... 100
Copying a configuration file to or from a TFTP server.................... 100
Dynamic configuration loading........................................................101
Maximum file sizes for startup-config file and running-config......... 103
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Loading and saving configuration files with IPv6.......................................... 103
Using the IPv6 copy command......................................................... 104
Copying a file from an IPv6 TFTP server.......................................... 105
IPv6 copy command..........................................................................106
IPv6 TFTP server file upload.............................................................106
Using SNMP to save and load configuration information..................107
Erasing image and configuration files............................................... 108
System reload scheduling............................................................................. 109
Reloading at a specific time.............................................................. 109
Reloading after a specific amount of time......................................... 109
Displaying the amount of time remaining beforea scheduled
reload...........................................................................................109
Canceling a scheduled reload...........................................................110
Diagnostic error codes and remedies for TFTP transfers............................. 110
Network connectivity testing..........................................................................112
Pinging an IPv4 address................................................................... 112
Tracing an IPv4 route........................................................................113
IEEE 802.3ah EFM-OAM.............................................................................. 114
Network deployment use case.......................................................... 114
EFM-OAM protocol........................................................................... 115
Process overview.............................................................................. 115
Remote failure indication...................................................................116
Remote loopback.............................................................................. 117
EFM-OAM error disable recovery .................................................... 117
Configuring EFM-OAM......................................................................117
Displaying OAM information..............................................................118
Displaying OAM statistics..................................................................120
EFM-OAM syslog messages.............................................................122
Hitless management on the FSX 800 and FSX 1600................................... 122
Benefits of hitless management........................................................ 123
Supported protocols and services for hitless management events...123
Hitless management configuration notes and feature limitations......125
Hitless reload or switchover requirements and limitations................ 126
What happens during a Hitless switchover or failover...................... 126
Enabling hitless failover on the FSX 800 and FSX 1600.................. 128
Executing a hitless switchover on the FSX 800 and FSX 1600........ 129
Hitless OS upgrade on the FSX 800 and FSX 1600......................... 129
Syslog message for Hitless management events............................. 131
Displaying diagnostic information......................................................132
Displaying management redundancy information ........................................ 132
Layer 3 hitless route purge ...........................................................................133
Setting the IPv4 hitless purge timer on the defatult VRF.................. 133
Example for setting IPv4 hitless purge timer on the default VRF......133
Setting the IPv4 hitless purge timer on the non-default VRF............ 133
Example for setting the IPv4 hitless purge timer on the non-
default VRF..................................................................................134
Setting the IPv6 hitless purge timer on the defatult VRF.................. 134
Example for setting the IPv6 hitless purge timer on the defatult
VRF............................................................................................. 134
Setting the IPv4 hitless purge timer on the non-default VRF............ 134
Example for setting the IPv6 hitless purge timer on the non-
default VRF..................................................................................134
Energy Efficient Ethernet.............................................................................. 134
Enabling Energy Efficient Ethernet................................................... 135
Histogram information overview....................................................................135
Displaying CPU histogram information............................................. 136
External USB Hotplug................................................................................... 136
Using External USB Hotplug............................................................. 136
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Commands..................................................................................................137
ip hitless-route-purge-timer ............................................................ 137
ipv6 hitless-route-purge-timer ........................................................ 138
IPv6....................................................................................................................................139
Static IPv6 route configuration.................................................................... 139
Configuring a static IPv6 route........................................................139
Configuring a static route in a non-default VRF or User VRF......... 141
IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels................................................................................ 141
IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel configuration notes...................................... 142
Configuring a manual IPv6 tunnel...................................................142
Clearing IPv6 tunnel statistics.........................................................143
Displaying IPv6 tunnel information..................................................143
SNMP Access..................................................................................................................... 147
SNMP overview...........................................................................................147
SNMP community strings............................................................................147
Encryption of SNMP community strings .........................................148
Adding an SNMP community string................................................ 148
Displaying the SNMP community strings........................................ 150
User-based security model......................................................................... 150
Configuring your NMS.....................................................................151
Configuring SNMP version 3 on Brocade devices.......................... 151
Defining the engine id..................................................................... 151
Defining an SNMP group................................................................ 152
Defining an SNMP user account.....................................................153
Defining SNMP views..................................................................................154
SNMP version 3 traps................................................................................. 155
Defining an SNMP group and specifying which view is notified
of traps.......................................................................................156
Defining the UDP port for SNMP v3 traps.......................................156
Trap MIB changes...........................................................................157
Specifying an IPv6 host as an SNMP trap receiver........................ 157
SNMP v3 over IPv6.........................................................................157
Specifying an IPv6 host as an SNMP trap receiver ....................... 158
Viewing IPv6 SNMP server addresses........................................... 158
Displaying SNMP Information..................................................................... 159
Displaying the Engine ID.................................................................159
Displaying SNMP groups................................................................ 159
Displaying user information.............................................................159
Interpreting varbinds in report packets............................................160
SNMP v3 configuration examples...............................................................160
Example 1....................................................................................... 160
Example 2....................................................................................... 161
Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP) and Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) Packets .................... 163
FDP Overview.............................................................................................163
FDP configuration........................................................................... 163
Displaying FDP information.............................................................165
Clearing FDP and CDP information................................................ 167
CDP packets............................................................................................... 168
Enabling interception of CDP packets globally............................... 168
Enabling interception of CDP packets on an interface....................168
Displaying CDP information............................................................ 169
Clearing CDP information............................................................... 170
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LLDP and LLDP-MED.............................................................................................................173
LLDP terms used in this chapter................................................................... 173
LLDP overview.............................................................................................. 174
Benefits of LLDP............................................................................... 174
LLDP-MED overview.....................................................................................175
Benefits of LLDP-MED...................................................................... 176
LLDP-MED class...............................................................................176
General LLDP operating principles............................................................... 177
LLDP operating modes..................................................................... 177
LLDP packets....................................................................................178
TLV support.......................................................................................178
MIB support...................................................................................................182
Syslog messages.......................................................................................... 182
LLDP configuration........................................................................................182
LLDP configuration notes and considerations...................................183
Enabling and disabling LLDP............................................................ 183
Enabling support for tagged LLDP packets.......................................184
Changing a port LLDP operating mode.............................................184
Configuring LLDP processing on 802.1x blocked port...................... 186
Maximum number of LLDP neighbors ..............................................186
Enabling LLDP SNMP notifications and Syslog messages...............187
Changing the minimum time between LLDP transmissions..............188
Changing the interval between regular LLDP transmissions............ 189
Changing the holdtime multiplier for transmit TTL............................ 189
Changing the minimum time between port reinitializations............... 189
LLDP TLVs advertised by the Brocade device..................................190
LLDP-MED configuration.............................................................................. 196
Enabling LLDP-MED......................................................................... 197
Enabling SNMP notifications and Syslog messagesfor LLDP-
MED topology changes............................................................... 197
Changing the fast start repeat count................................................. 197
Defining a location id.........................................................................198
Defining an LLDP-MED network policy............................................. 204
LLDP-MED attributes advertised by the Brocade device.............................. 206
LLDP-MED capabilities..................................................................... 206
Extended power-via-MDI information................................................207
Displaying LLDP statistics and configuration settings.......................209
LLDP configuration summary............................................................209
Displaying LLDP statistics.................................................................210
Displaying LLDP neighbors...............................................................211
Displaying LLDP neighbors detail..................................................... 212
Displaying LLDP configuration details...............................................213
Resetting LLDP statistics.............................................................................. 215
Clearing cached LLDP neighbor information................................................ 215
Hardware Component Monitoring..........................................................................................217
Traffic Limitations in Mixed Environments.....................................................217
Virtual cable testing.......................................................................................217
Virtual Cable Testing configuration notes......................................... 218
Virtual Cable Test command syntax................................................. 218
Viewing the results of the cable analysis.......................................... 218
Digital optical monitoring............................................................................... 220
Digital optical monitoring configuration limitations............................ 220
Enabling digital optical monitoring.....................................................220
Setting the alarm interval.................................................................. 221
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Displaying information about installed media..................................221
Viewing optical monitoring information............................................222
Syslog messages for optical transceivers.......................................225
FastIron Fiber-optic Transceivers............................................................... 225
Network Monitoring............................................................................................................ 229
Basic system management.........................................................................229
Viewing system information............................................................ 229
Viewing configuration information................................................... 230
Enabling the display of the elapsed timestamp for port statistics
reset...........................................................................................231
Viewing port statistics......................................................................231
Viewing STP statistics.....................................................................235
Clearing statistics............................................................................235
Traffic counters for outbound traffic ............................................... 236
Viewing egress queue counters on ICX 6610 and FCX devices.... 238
Viewing egress queue counters on ICX 7750 devices....................239
Clearing the egress queue counters............................................... 240
RMON support............................................................................................ 240
Maximum number of entries allowed in the RMON control table....241
Statistics (RMON group 1).............................................................. 241
History (RMON group 2)................................................................. 244
Alarm (RMON group 3)................................................................... 244
Event (RMON group 9)................................................................... 245
sFlow...........................................................................................................245
sFlow version 5............................................................................... 245
sFlow support for IPv6 packets.......................................................246
sFlow configuration considerations.................................................247
Configuring and enabling sFlow......................................................249
Enabling sFlow forwarding..............................................................254
sFlow version 5 feature configuration............................................. 256
Configuring sFlow with Multi-VRFs................................................. 258
Displaying sFlow information.......................................................... 260
Utilization list for an uplink port................................................................... 263
Utilization list for an uplink port command syntax........................... 263
Displaying utilization percentages for an uplink.............................. 263
System Monitoring..............................................................................................................265
Overview of system monitoring...................................................................265
Configuration notes and feature limitations.....................................265
Configure system monitoring...................................................................... 266
disable system-monitoring all .........................................................266
enable system-monitoring all ......................................................... 266
sysmon timer ..................................................................................267
sysmon log-backoff ........................................................................ 267
sysmon threshold ...........................................................................268
System monitoring on FCX and ICX devices..............................................268
sysmon ecc-error ........................................................................... 268
sysmon link-error ............................................................................269
System monitoring for Fabric Adapters.......................................................270
sysmon fa error-count .................................................................... 271
sysmon fa link ................................................................................ 272
System monitoring for Cross Bar................................................................ 273
sysmon xbar error-count ................................................................ 273
sysmon xbar link ............................................................................ 274
System monitoring for Packet Processors.................................................. 275
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sysmon pp error-count ..................................................................... 276
clear sysmon counters ..................................................................... 276
show sysmon logs ............................................................................278
show sysmon counters .....................................................................278
show sysmon config .........................................................................282
show sysmon system sfm ................................................................ 283
Syslog.................................................................................................................................. 285
About Syslog messages................................................................................285
Displaying Syslog messages........................................................................ 286
Enabling real-time display of Syslog messages................................286
Enabling real-time display for a Telnet or SSH session.................... 286
Displaying real-time Syslog messages ............................................ 287
Syslog service configuration......................................................................... 287
Displaying the Syslog configuration.................................................. 287
Disabling or re-enabling Syslog........................................................ 290
Specifying a Syslog server................................................................291
Specifying an additional Syslog server............................................. 291
Disabling logging of a message level................................................291
Changing the number of entries the local buffer can hold.................291
Changing the log facility.................................................................... 292
Displaying interface names in Syslog messages.............................. 293
Displaying TCP or UDP port numbers in Syslog messages............. 293
Retaining Syslog messages after a soft reboot.................................293
Clearing the Syslog messages from the local buffer.........................294
Syslog messages for hardware errors.............................................. 294
Syslog messages.................................................................................................................. 297
Brocade Syslog messages............................................................................297
Power over Ethernet ............................................................................................................. 339
Power over Ethernet overview...................................................................... 339
Power over Ethernet terms used in this chapter............................... 339
Methods for delivering Power over Ethernet..................................... 340
PoE autodiscovery............................................................................ 342
Power class.......................................................................................342
Dynamic upgrade of PoE power supplies......................................... 344
Power over Ethernet cabling requirements....................................... 345
Supported powered devices..............................................................346
Installing PoE firmware .................................................................... 346
PoE and CPU utilization....................................................................350
Enabling and disabling Power over Ethernet................................................ 351
Disabling support for PoE legacy power-consuming devices....................... 352
Enabling the detection of PoE power requirements advertised through
CDP......................................................................................................... 353
Command syntax for PoE power requirements................................ 353
Setting the maximum power level for a PoE power-consuming device........ 354
Considerations for setting power levels............................................ 354
Configuring power levels command syntax.......................................354
Setting the power class for a PoE power-consuming device........................ 355
Setting the power class command syntax.........................................356
Setting the power budget for a PoE interface module on an FSX device..... 356
Setting the inline power priority for a PoE port .............................................357
Command syntax for setting the inline power priority for a PoE
port.............................................................................................. 357
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Resetting PoE parameters..........................................................................358
Displaying Power over Ethernet information...............................................359
Displaying PoE operational status ................................................. 359
Displaying PoE data specific to PD ports .......................................362
Displaying detailed information about PoE power supplies............ 364
Inline power on PoE LAG ports...................................................................371
Configuring inline power on PoE ports in a LAG.............................372
Decouple PoE and datalink operations on PoE ports................................. 373
Decoupling of PoE and datalink operations on PoE LAG ports...... 373
Decoupling of PoE and datalink operations on regular PoE ports.. 374
40 Gbps Breakout Ports......................................................................................................377
Overview of 40 Gbps breakout ports.......................................................... 377
Configuring 40 Gbps breakout ports........................................................... 378
Configuring sub-ports..................................................................................379
Removing breakout configuration............................................................... 381
Displaying information for breakout ports................................................... 383
OpenSSL License................................................................................................................385
OpenSSL license........................................................................................ 385
Original SSLeay License.................................................................385
Joint Interoperability Test Command................................................................................... 387
JITC overview............................................................................................. 387
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