3 SCG1000 | Dell Networking S4810 and Force10 S4810 Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs
Table of contents
Revisions ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
1.1 Audience ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Switch details ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Cabling diagram .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 Dell recommended switch configuration ............................................................................................................................. 7
2.1 Hardware configuration ................................................................................................................................................. 7
2.2 Delete startup configuration ......................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Configure out of band (OOB) management port ..................................................................................................... 7
2.4 Configure route for OOB management port (optional) .......................................................................................... 8
2.5 Configure login credentials ........................................................................................................................................... 8
2.6 Enable switch ports ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.7 Enable Jumbo Frames.................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.8 Configure flow control .................................................................................................................................................. 8
2.9 Configure spanning tree on edge ports ...................................................................................................................... 9
2.10 Configure port channel for LAG ................................................................................................................................... 9
2.11 Configure QSFP ports for LAG...................................................................................................................................... 9
2.12 Save configuration .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.13 Configure additional switch .......................................................................................................................................... 9
3 Configure Data Center Bridging (DCB) (Optional)............................................................................................................ 10
3.1 Disable 802.3x flowcontrol on SFP+ ports............................................................................................................... 10
3.2 Disable 802.3x flowcontrol on QSFP ports .............................................................................................................. 10
3.3 Enable DCB and reload ................................................................................................................................................ 10
3.4 Create tagged VLAN for all ports and port-channels ............................................................................................. 10
3.5 Configure DCB policies ................................................................................................................................................ 11
3.6 Apply policies to switch ports ...................................................................................................................................... 11
3.7 Save configuration ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
3.8 Configure additional switches ..................................................................................................................................... 11
4 Reverting from DCB to non-DCB configuration (Optional) ............................................................................................ 12
4.1 Disable DCB ................................................................................................................................................................... 12
4.2 Remove DCB policies and apply standard flow control ........................................................................................ 12
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