Cisco Nexus 9504 Configuration Manual

Cisco Nexus 9504

Switch Configuration Guide for Dell SC Series SANs

Dell Storage Engineering
June 2016

Date

Description

June 2016

Initial release

Revisions

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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 .................................................................................................................... 7

2.4 Enabling Jumbo Frames ................................................................................................................................................ 8

2.5 Enabling LLDP .................................................................................................................................................................. 8

2.6 Disabling Data Center Bridging (DCB)......................................................................................................................... 9

2.7 Enable link level flow control (802.3x) ........................................................................................................................ 9

2.8 Configure portfast on edge ports ................................................................................................................................ 9

2.9 Enable switch ports ...................................................................................................................................................... 10

2.10 Save configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 10

A Additional resources ................................................................................................................................................................. 11

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Cisco Nexus 9504

Switch vendor

Cisco

Switch model

Nexus 9504

Switch firmware

7.0(3)I1(2)

1 Introduction

This document illustrates how to configure a Cisco® Nexus 9504 chassis for use with Dell™ SC Series
storage using Dell best practices. The recommended configuration when using a single chassis is to
configure two I/O modules.

For more information on SC Series SAN design recommendations, see the

Matrix

.

1.1 Audience

This switch configuration guide describes a verified configuration following Dell best practices for a
dedicated SC Series iSCSI SAN and is intended for storage or network administrators and deployment
personnel.

1.2 Switch details

The table below provides an overview of the switch configuration.

Table 1 Switch specifications

Dell Storage Compatibility

Note: For proper functionality, the switch must be at the firmware version shown in the table above
before proceeding with this configuration. Using previous firmware versions may have unpredictable
results.

The latest firmware updates and documentation can be found at: www.cisco.com. This site requires a
login credential.

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