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Dell Networking S4048-ON Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs Dell Storage Engineering August 2015 A Dell Deployment and Configuration Guide...
Introduction This document illustrates how to configure Dell Networking S4048-ON switches for use with Dell™ PS Series storage while using Dell best practices. The recommended configuration uses Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs) for inter-switch connections. Optional steps are provided in section 3 to enable Data Center Bridging (DCB) and for stack configurations.
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DCB operation, follow the configuration steps in this Switch Configuration Guide as outlined below. If you are upgrading from Dell firmware version prior to 9.8.0.0, your DCB settings in the running configuration file will be preserved and you may continue to use the original DCB command-line syntax.
Cabling diagram The cabling diagram shown below represents the Dell recommend method for deploying your servers and PS Series arrays. Figure 1 Cabling diagram SCG1026 Dell Networking S4048-ON Switch Configuration Guide for PS Series SANs...
Dell recommended switch configuration These steps show you how to configure two S4048-ON switches with a Link Aggregation Group (LAG). The switches are interconnected using two of the 40GbE Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP) uplink ports, and the LAG is configured for Dynamic Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).
Note: The preceding procedure places all switch ports in the default VLAN. If you prefer to place ports in a non-default VLAN, refer to the documentation for your switch. SCG1026 Dell Networking S4048-ON Switch Configuration Guide for PS Series SANs...
Configure Data Center Bridging (DCB) (optional) To enable DCB mode on the switch, use the following commands. Note: You must complete the Dell recommended switch configuration steps in Sections 2.1 to 2.12 before configuring the switch for DCB mode. Disable 802.3x flowcontrol on SFP+ ports Dell#configure Dell(conf)#interface range tengigabitethernet 1/1–1/48...
Note: The sum of the bandwidth-percentages must be equal to 100. Save configuration Dell#copy running-config startup-config Configure additional switch Repeat the commands from section 3 to configure DCB on additional switches. SCG1026 Dell Networking S4048-ON Switch Configuration Guide for PS Series SANs...
100). If a non-default VLAN is configured, then any ports connected to the arrays must be configured as “untagged”. Note: Host NICS must also be updated with matching VLAN information. SCG1026 Dell Networking S4048-ON Switch Configuration Guide for PS Series SANs...
Verify DCB status Dell#show dcb The following status is displayed: DCB Status : Disabled Configure additional switch Repeat the commands from section 4 to disable DCB on any additional switches. SCG1026 Dell Networking S4048-ON Switch Configuration Guide for PS Series SANs...
All of the following configuration steps must be performed from the master switch. Configure out of band (OOB) management port Dell#config Dell(conf)#interface ManagementEthernet 1/1 Dell(conf-if-ma-1/1)#no shutdown Dell(conf-if-ma-1/1)#ip address ipaddress mask Dell(conf-if-ma-1/1)#no shutdown Dell(conf-if-ma-1/1)#exit SCG1026 Dell Networking S4048-ON Switch Configuration Guide for PS Series SANs...
Note: The preceding procedure places all switch ports in the default VLAN. If you prefer to place ports in a non-default VLAN, refer to the documentation for your switch. SCG1026 Dell Networking S4048-ON Switch Configuration Guide for PS Series SANs...
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