Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Manual

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Configuring iSCSI Optimization
This chapter describes how to configure Internet Small Computer System
Interface (iSCSI) optimization, which enables special quality of service
(QoS) treatment for iSCSI traffic.
The topics covered in this chapter include:
• iSCSI Optimization Overview
• Default iSCSI Optimization Values
• Configuring iSCSI Optimization (Web)
• Configuring iSCSI Optimization (CLI)
• iSCSI Optimization Configuration Examples
iSCSI Optimization Overview
iSCSI optimization provides a means of monitoring iSCSI sessions and iSCSI
traffic on the switch. This is accomplished by monitoring, or “snooping,”
traffic to detect packets used by iSCSI stations to establish iSCSI sessions
and connections. Data from these exchanges may optionally be used to create
classification rules to assign traffic between the stations to a configured traffic
class. The traffic classification affects how the packets in the flow are queued
and scheduled for egress on the destination port.
NOTE: iSCSI optimization is supported on the PC80xx and PC81xx switches.

Dell PowerConnect 8024 Specifications

General

Switching Capacity	480 Gbps
Stackable	Yes
Device Type	Switch
Enclosure Type	Rack-mountable
Power Redundancy	Optional
Width	17.3 in
Height	1.7 in
Jumbo Frame Support	Yes
Ports	24 x 10 Gigabit SFP+
Management	Web-based GUI, Command Line Interface (CLI), SNMP
VLAN Support	Yes
Power Supply	Internal
Routing Protocol	Static routing
Features	Quality of Service (QoS), VLAN support
Compliant Standards	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3z
Operating Temperature	0 to 45 °C
Storage Temperature	-20 to 70 °C
Relative Humidity	10% to 90% (non-condensing)
MAC Address Table Size	32, 000 entries