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Review cabling and configuration considerations

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Before configuring your 9336C-FX2 and 9336C-FX2-T switches, review the cabling and configuration requirements.

Support for NVIDIA CX6, CX6-DX, and CX7 Ethernet ports

If you are connecting a switch port to an ONTAP controller using NVIDIA ConnectX-6 (CX6), ConnectX-6 Dx (CX6-DX), or ConnectX-7 (CX7) NIC ports, you must hard-code the switch port speed.

(cs1)(config)# interface Ethernet1/19
For 100GbE speed:
(cs1)(config-if)# speed 100000
For 40GbE speed:
(cs1)(config-if)# speed 40000
(cs1)(config-if)# no negotiate auto
(cs1)(config-if)# exit
(cs1)(config)# exit
Save the changes:
(cs1)# copy running-config startup-config

25GbE FEC requirements

FAS2820 e0a/e0b ports

FAS2820 e0a and e0b ports require FEC configuration changes to link up with 9336C-FX2 and 9336C-FX2-T switch ports. For switch ports e0a and e0b, the fec setting is set to rs-cons16.

(cs1)(config)# interface Ethernet1/8-9
(cs1)(config-if-range)# fec rs-cons16
(cs1)(config-if-range)# exit
(cs1)(config)# exit
Save the changes:
(cs1)# copy running-config startup-config

On the 9336C-FX2 and 9336C-FX2-T switches, the Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) resources configured in the configuration utilized by the switch are exhausted.