Tag Archives: Force10

How to Stack Dell Force10 S60 Switches

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Humair

In this lab I use two Dell Force10 S60 switches [FTOS 8.3.3.4] to demonstrate how to stack two S60 switches together. By stacking the switches you can increase port density and manage the switches together as if it were one … Continue reading →

Posted in Dell Force10, Force10 Networks, Labs, Networking | Tagged Dell Force10, Force10, Force10 24 Gigabit stack, Force10 24 Gigabit stack cable, Force10 Networks, Force10 S60, Force10 S60 Stack, Force10 S60 Stacking, Force10 S60 Switch, Force10 Stack, Force10 Stacking, Force10 Switch Stacking, FTOS, S60 Stack, S60 Stacking, S60 Switch | Leave a comment

Useful FTOS “show” commands

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Humair

There are several FTOS “show” commands that can provide very useful information regarding Force10 Networks switches/routers. I have outlined a number of these very useful commands with a short description of each below. However, keep in mind that although most … Continue reading →

Posted in Force10 Networks, Networking | Tagged Force10, Force10 FTOS, Force10 Networks, Force10 show commands, Force10 switches, FTOS, show, show bootvar, show commands, show environment, show inventory, show linecard, show redundancy, show rpm, show sfm, show version, switches | Leave a comment

Port Monitoring on Force10 Switches

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Humair

In this lab I will demonstrate how to do port monitoring on Force10 switches and capture the packets using a network protocol analyzer (Wireshark in this case). Port monitoring allows the copying of all incoming/outgoing packets on a specific port … Continue reading →

Posted in Force10 Networks, Labs, Networking | Tagged Force10, Force10 switch, Force10 switches, network protocol analyzer, packet analyzer, Packet Sniffer, Packet Sniffing, Port Mirroring, Port Monitoring, Sniffer, VRRP, wireshark | 1 Comment

Setup VRRP with Force10 Switches

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Humair

In this lab I setup Force10 switches with Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP). VRRP is a redundancy protocol used to eliminate a single point of failure between a gateway and its respective hosts within the same subnet. I use three … Continue reading →

Posted in Force10 Networks, Labs, Networking, Protocols | Tagged E1200, Force10, Force10 E1200, Force10 Networks, Force10 S55, Force10 S60, FTOS, gateway, gateway redundancy, redundancy protoco, S55, S60, virtual address, virtual IP, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol, VRRP, VRRP group | 2 Comments

How to Fix – Force10 S4810 Switch Stuck in Boot Loop

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Humair

In this blog I discuss how to fix a common boot loop problem. A boot loop can occur if you change the boot variables for a switch and accidentally put in incorrect information. You may also make a typo when … Continue reading →

Posted in Force10 Networks, Networking, Technology | Tagged boot loop, boot variables, Force10, Force10 S4810, FTOS, S4810, TFTP | 2 Comments

Setup Telnet Access on Force10 Switches

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Humair

I am going to use a Force10 S60 switch [FTOS 8.3.3.4] to demonstrate how to setup telnet access. To setup telnet access you first need to set an IP address on either a data port or a managment port so … Continue reading →

Posted in Force10 Networks, Labs, Networking, Technology | Tagged Force10, Force10 Networks, mamangement port, managementethernet, router, S60, switch, telnet | Leave a comment

Creating a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) in FTOS

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Humair

This lab demonstrates how to create a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) in FTOS on Force10 switches. A LAG in Force10’s FTOS is called a port channel and in Cisco’s IOS is called an EtherChannel. As described by IEEE 802.3ad, LAG … Continue reading →

Posted in Force10 Networks, Labs, Networking, Protocols, Technology | Tagged dynamic port channel, etherchannel, Force10, Force10 Networks, Force10 S25P, Force10 S50V, FTOS, IEEE 802.3ad, LACP, LAG, Link Aggregation Control Protocol, Link Aggregation Group, port channel, router, S25P, S50V, static port channel, switch | 5 Comments

How Perl/Python Scripts on Force10 S60 Switches Can Access the Internet

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Humair

Let’s say you have a Force10 S60 switch [FTOS 8.3.3.4] hooked-up at a datacenter that currently has a console connection connected to a management switch that provides external Internet access. The natted IP address is 10.0.8.10/24 and the external IP … Continue reading →

Posted in Force10 Networks, Labs, Networking, Perl, Programming Languages, Python, Technology | Tagged console, default route, external Internet access, Force10, Force10 Networks, management interface, management port, management route, management switch, nat, natted IP, perl, Python, router, S60, S60 Switch, switch | Leave a comment

Setup OSPF on Force10 Switches

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Humair

For this lab, I use a Force10 E1200 chassis [FTOS 8.3.1.1] and a Force10 S60 switch [FTOS 8.3.3.4]. The objective is to setup a simple OSPF network. Loopback addresses are used to setup test networks.

Posted in Force10 Networks, Labs, Networking, Protocols, Technology | Tagged E1200, Force10, Force10 Networks, Force10 S60, FTOS, OSPF, Route Processing Module, router, RPM, S60, Sorce10 E1200, switch | 1 Comment

Discovery Protocols on Cisco, HP, and Force10 Switches/Routers – CDP and LLDP

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Humair

The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is a Cisco proprietary Data Link Layer network protocol used to share information about other directly connected Cisco equipment. CDP can also be used in place of dynamic routing protocols in simple networks. Cisco devices … Continue reading →

Posted in Cisco, Force10 Networks, HP, Networking, Protocols | Tagged 2621XM, CDP, Cisco, Cisco 2621XM, Cisco Discovery Protocol, Force10, Force10 Networks, Force10 S60, HP, HP Procurve, IEEE 802.1AB, Link Layer Discovery Protocol, LLDP, Procurve, S60 | 2 Comments