Dell N4000 Configuration manual

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Dell Networking N4000 Series and Dell
PowerConnect 8100 Series

Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs

Dell Storage Engineering
March 2014

Date

Description

February 2013

Initial release

February 2014

Updated branding to include N4000 series

March 2014

Revised for Firmware version 6.0.1.3

Revisions

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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 Disable DCB ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9

2.4 Configure out of band (OOB) management port ..................................................................................................... 9

2.5 Http and Telnet authentication .................................................................................................................................... 9

2.6 Configure login credentials ........................................................................................................................................... 9

2.7 Enable iSCSI optimization feature .............................................................................................................................. 10

2.8 Configure flow control (optional) .............................................................................................................................. 10

2.9 Configure Jumbo MTU for all ports .......................................................................................................................... 10

2.10 Configure spanning tree portfast on edge ports...................................................................................................... 11

2.11 Configure QSFP ports for LAG..................................................................................................................................... 11

2.12 Save configuration ......................................................................................................................................................... 11

2.13 Configure additional switch ......................................................................................................................................... 11

3 Configure Data Center Bridging (DCB) (Optional)............................................................................................................ 12

3.1 Enable DCB .................................................................................................................................................................... 12

3.2 Create VLAN ................................................................................................................................................................... 12

3.3 Configure class of service, dot1p mapping, and traffic class ................................................................................ 12

3.4 Configure Priority flow control on switch ports and port channel...................................................................... 12

3.5 Configure ETS values.................................................................................................................................................... 13

3.6 Save configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 13

3.7 Configure additional switches .................................................................................................................................... 14

4 Reverting from DCB to non-DCB configuration (Optional) ............................................................................................ 15

4.1 Disable DCB and the DCB policies ............................................................................................................................ 15

4.2 Revert to default VLAN ID on switch and arrays ..................................................................................................... 16

4.3 Save configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 16

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4.4 Configure additional switch ........................................................................................................................................ 16

Additional resources ....................................................................................................................................................................... 17

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Dell Networking N4000 Series or Dell PowerConnect 8100

Switch vendor

Dell

Switch model

Dell Networking N4032, N4032F, N4064, N4064F

Dell PowerConnect 8132, 8132F, 8164, 8164F

Switch firmware

6.0.1.3 and later

1 Introduction

This document illustrates how to configure Dell™ Networking 4000 Series and Dell PowerConnect 8100
switches for use with EqualLogic™ PS Series storage 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).

If you are following the Rapid EqualLogic Configuration steps at

http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/storage/w/wiki/3615.rapid-equallogic-configuration-portal­by-sis.aspx, use Sections 1 and 2 in this Switch Configuration Guide.

For more information on EqualLogic SAN design recommendations, see the EqualLogic Configuration
Guide at: http://en.community.dell.com/dell-

groups/dtcmedia/m/mediagallery/19852516/download.aspx.

1.1 Audience

This switch configuration guide describes an optimal configuration following Dell best practices for an
EqualLogic 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

The latest firmware updates and documentation can be found at: support.dell.com.

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1.3 Cabling diagram

The cabling diagram shown below represents the Dell recommend method for deploying your servers and
EqualLogic arrays.

Figure 1 Cabling diagram

Note: Dell Networking N4064, N4064F and PowerConnect 8164, 8164F switches have two built-in
QSFP ports. For the Dell Networking N4032/N4032F and PowerConnect 8132/8132F switches, an
optional QSFP uplink module must be installed.

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