Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Configuration Guide 9.10(0.0)

This section provides the commands for configuring port channels on common upstream switches that are connected to the FN IOM system.

The previous illustration is applicable to the FN 410S and FN 410T servers. If you are using the FN 2210S server in its default configuration, you can only use the TenGigabitethernet 0/11 and TenGigabitethernet 0/12 in the uplink port channel. Ports TenGigabitethernet 0/9 and TenGigabitethernet 0/10 are Fibre Channel ports.

By default on the FN IOM, the external Ethernet ports are preconfigured in port channel 128 with LACP enabled. Port channel 128 is in hybrid (trunk) mode.

To bring up the downstream (server) ports on the FN IOM, port channel 128 must be up. When the Port channel 128 is up, it is connected to a configured port channel on an upstream switch. To enable the Port channel 128, connect any combination of the FN IOM’s external Ethernet ports (ports TenGigabitethernet 0/9-12) to the upstream switch. The port channel may have a minimum of one and a maximum of four links.

Following example configures a port channel on an upstream switch:

Dell(conf)#interface range tengigabitethernet 0/1-4
                                 Dell(conf-if-te-0/1)#no shut
                                 Dell(conf-if-te-0/1)#port-channel-protocol lacp
                                 Dell(conf-if-te-0/1-lacp)#port-channel 128 mode active
                                 
                                 Dell(conf)#interface port-channel 128
                                 Dell(conf-if-po-128)#portmode hybrid
                                 Dell(conf-if-po-128)#switchport
                                 Dell(conf-if-po-128)#no shut