Cisco Nexus 5548UP - Table of Contents

3 SCG1006 Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch Configuration Guide
Table of contents
Revisions .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Audience ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Switch details ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Cabling diagram ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Dell recommended switch configuration ................................................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Hardware configuration .................................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Delete startup configuration ............................................................................................................................................ 6
2.3 Running the basic system configuration ....................................................................................................................... 6
2.4 Configure the vPC domain ............................................................................................................................................... 8
2.5 Enable link level flow control (802.3x) ........................................................................................................................... 8
2.6 Configure Port Channel .................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.7 Configure portfast on edge ports ................................................................................................................................... 9
2.8 Enable VLAN ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9
2.9 Enable switch ports .......................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.10 Configure the Nexus policy engine .............................................................................................................................. 10
2.10.1 Configure CoS for iSCSI .................................................................................................................................................. 10
2.10.2 Define a QoS map for iSCSI ...................................................................................................................................... 10
2.10.3 Define a QoS policy map for iSCSI .......................................................................................................................... 10
2.10.4 Define a Network QoS class map ............................................................................................................................. 11
2.10.5 Define a no-drop policy map and enable jumbo frames .................................................................................... 11
2.10.6 Define a queuing class-map ...................................................................................................................................... 11
2.10.7 Define a queuing policy-map ......................................................................................................................................... 11
2.11 Apply the Nexus policies .................................................................................................................................................. 12
2.12 Save configuration ............................................................................................................................................................ 12
2.13 Configure additional switch ............................................................................................................................................ 12
2.14 Disabling DCB .................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Additional resources ........................................................................................................................................................................... 13