Dell PowerSwitch S5148F-ON, PowerSwitch S5232F-ON User Manual
Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition
Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI
Abstract
This document provides steps for the configuration and deployment of
Dell EMC Networking switches running Dell EMC OS10 Enterprise
Edition, into a Cisco ACI environment.
December 2018
Dell EMC Configuration and Deployment Guide
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Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Typographical conventions ................................................................................................................................. 5
1.2 Attachments ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
2 Hardware overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON ..................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Dell EMC Networking S4148F-ON ..................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON ....................................................................................................................... 7
2.4 Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX ............................................................................................................................... 8
2.5 Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ ..................................................................................................................................... 8
2.6 Supported Dell EMC switches ............................................................................................................................ 8
3 Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) .............................................................................................................. 9
4 Dell EMC ToR switches with Cisco ACI environment overview ................................................................................. 10
4.1 Validated environment ...................................................................................................................................... 11
5 OOB Management network ........................................................................................................................................ 13
6 Cisco APIC configuration ........................................................................................................................................... 15
7 Configure S5248F-ON switches ................................................................................................................................. 17
7.1 OOB management configuration ...................................................................................................................... 17
7.2 VLT configuration.............................................................................................................................................. 17
7.3 Configure the VLANs ........................................................................................................................................ 18
7.4 Server-facing configuration ............................................................................................................................... 19
7.5 Switch pair uplink configuration ........................................................................................................................ 20
8 vCenter configuration overview .................................................................................................................................. 21
9 Verify configuration ..................................................................................................................................................... 23
9.1 Validation using OS10EE CLI ........................................................................................................................... 23
9.1.1 show vlt [domain-id] command ........................................................................................................................ 23
9.1.2 show vlt [domain-id] vlt-port-detail command ................................................................................................... 24
9.1.3 show interface port channel summary command ............................................................................................. 24
9.1.4 show lldp neighbors command ......................................................................................................................... 24
9.1.5 show spanning-tree brief command ................................................................................................................. 25
9.1.6 show uplink state group command ................................................................................................................... 25
9.2 Cisco ACI validation ......................................................................................................................................... 26
9.2.1 Verify vPC configuration ................................................................................................................................... 26
9.2.2 Verify physical interface conf igurati on .............................................................................................................. 28
9.2.3 Verify ACI is learning endpoints ....................................................................................................................... 29
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9.3 Verify connectivity between VMs ...................................................................................................................... 30
A Additional informat ion ................................................................................................................................................. 31
A.1 Reset OS10EE switches to factory defaults ..................................................................................................... 31
A.2 Spanning Tree Protocol recommendations ...................................................................................................... 31
B Validated components ................................................................................................................................................ 32
B.1 Dell EMC Networking switches ......................................................................................................................... 32
B.2 Cisco ACI components ..................................................................................................................................... 32
C Technical resources ................................................................................................................................................... 33
D Support and feedback ................................................................................................................................................ 34
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This guide is
This guide is not/does not
A reference for basic configuration of a top-ofrack (ToR) pair of switches using OS10EE
A guide for all features of OS10EE-based
switches
An example of one way to add ToR switches to
an existing Cisco ACI environment
A guide for adding Cisco ACI to a complete leafspine deployment
1 Introduction
Dell EMC Networking is committed to providing customers with modern data center networking technology to
be the foundation for digital transformation. Customers can choose from a wide range of industry-standard
network applications, operating systems, and hardware platforms to realize cost savings and improvement in
service agility.
This document provides an example for the deployment of a pair of top-of-rack (ToR) Dell EMC Networking
switches into an existing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) environment. The example details how
Layer 2 domains can be extended into and out of an ACI fabric with Dell EMC Networking switches in a way
that provides high throughput and failure tolerance. The example shows how devices that are connected to
Dell EMC Networking switches can be integrated with the ACI fabric to communicate with and access ACI
resources.
Dell EMC Networking S52 4 8F -ON switch
The deployment example includes instructions to configure a pair of Dell EMC S5248F-ON switches. The
example demonstrates connectivity to a pair of Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX switches in ACI mode.
Table 1 outlines what this document is and is not.
Dell EMC Networking OS10EE Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI
1.1 Typographical conventions
The CLI and GUI examples in this document use the following conventions:
Monospace Text CLI examples
Underlined Monospace Text CLI examples that wrap the page
Italic Monospace Text Variables in CLI examples
Bold Monospace Text Commands entered at the CLI prompt, or to highlight information in CLI
Bold text UI elements and information that is entered in the GUI
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output
1.2 Attachments
This document in .pdf format includes one or more file attachments. To access attachments in Adobe Acrobat
Reader, click the icon in the left pane halfway down the page, and then click the icon.
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2 Hardware overview
This section briefly describes the hardware that is used to validate the deployment examples in this
document. Appendix B
Note: While the steps in this document were validated using the specified Dell EMC Networking switches and
operating systems, they may be used for other Dell EMC Networking switch models using the same
networking operating system version or later assuming the switch has the available port numbers, speeds,
and types. The two switch models in this section are detailed based on being the most commonly deployed
ToR switches in the current portfolio.
2.1 Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON
The Dell EMC Net work ing S52 48F-ON is a 1-Rack Unit (RU) switch with forty-eight 25GbE SFP28 ports, two
2x100GbE QSFP28-DD ports, and four 100GbE QSFP28 ports. The high-performance S5248F-ON switch is
an optimal choice for ToR environments requiring connectivity for 10GbE and 25GbE compute and storage.
contains a complete listing of hardware and software that is validated for this guide.
Dell EMC Networking S52 4 8F -ON switch
2.2 Dell EMC Networking S4148F-ON
The Dell EMC Networking S4148F-ON is a 1-RU switch with forty-eight 10GbE SFP+ ports, two 40GbE
QSFP+ ports, and four 100GbE QSFP28 ports. The high-performance S4148F-ON switch is an optimal
choice for ToR environments requiring connectivity for 10GbE compute and storage.
Dell EMC Networking S4148F-ON switch
2.3 Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON
The Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON is a 1-RU switch with forty-eight 1GbE BASE-T ports and four 10GbE
SFP+ ports. In this document, one S3048-ON supports out-of-band (OOB) management traffic for all
examples.
Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON
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Dell EMC Networking Switch
OS10EE,
S5248F-ON
Supported, validated version 10.4.2
S4148F-ON
Supported
S5048F-ON
Supported
S5148F-ON
Supported
S5296F-ON
Supported
S5232F-ON
Supported
S6010-ON
Supported
S6100-ON
Supported
S4048-ON
Supported
S4048T-ON
Supported
S4112F-ON
Supported, validated version 10.4.2
S4112T-ON
Supported
S4128F-ON
Supported
S4128T-ON
Supported
S4148T-ON
Supported
S4148FE
Supported
S4148U
Supported, validated version 10.4.2
S4248FB-ON
Supported
S4248FBL-ON
Supported
2.4 Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX
The Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX switch is a 1-RU switch with forty-eight 1/10/25GbE ports and six
40/100GbE ports. A pair of Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX switches are used as Cisco ACI leaf switches in the
demonstrated environment in this guide.
2.5 Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ
The Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ switch is a 2-RU switch with thirty-six 40GbE QSFP+ ports. One Cisco Nexus
C9336-PQ switch is used as a Cisco ACI spine switch in the demonstrated environment in this guide.
2.6 Supported Dell EMC switches
The switch models hig hl ig h ted in blue in Table 2, have been validated in the lab environment that is detailed
in section 0. All Dell EMC Networking switches that run the OS10EE operating system can be used in a
similar deployment with Cisco ACI. Tested and supported features in the Cisco ACI environment include VLT
and Layer 2 operation.
Supported Dell EMC Networking switches
version 10.4.0R3 and later
Note: Dell EMC provides this supported list as is, without express or implied warranties of any kind. This list
is for informational purposes only and may contain typographical and technical inaccuracies. Dell EMC is not
liable for any damages that arise out of or in connection with the use of the information provided in this list.
Table 2 includes only switches that are commonly deployed as ToR switches. All switch models that run
OS10EE deployed in a VLT topology in Layer 2 operation can be considered. Some switches contain
features, such as Fibre Channel, that have not been validated to work with Cisco API and is out of the scope
of this document.
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3 Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
Cisco ACI is an application focused, software-defined net working solution utilizing both software and
traditional switching hardware. The solution is an overlay on Cisco’s high-performance switches, operating in
an ACI mode managed b y a controll er . The Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is a
central management appliance that handles policy, visibility, security, and overall network control for the ACI
environment.
Cisco ACI provides the following features within the ACI domain:
• Multi-tenant security
• Microsegmentation
• Application specific policy management
• Network availability and QoS
• Network automation
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4 Dell EMC ToR switches with Cisco ACI environment
overview
The example that is shown in this paper covers deploying S5248F-ON switches connected to a Cisco ACI
environment. By integrat in g the ToR switch pair into an ACI environment, compute resources within the rack
can use ACI gateways and access ACI resources.
The validated Cisco ACI environment includes a pair of Nexus C93180YC-EX switches as leaf switches as
shown in Figure 5. The C93180YC-EX leaf switch pair are connected to a single Nexus C9336-PQ spine
using 40GbE uplinks (not shown).
Dell EMC Networking switches connected to Cisco ACI leaf switches
Connections from S5248F-ON switches to the C93180YC-EX leaf pair are 100 GbE. These connections are
shown in blue in Figur e 5.
Note: The wiring diagram in Figure 5 is drawn to show the types of connections in a carefully arranged
fashion for clarity. The port numbers and connection locations may differ in the actual deployment.
No physical peer link is used between the Cisco ACI leaf switches. See the Cisco ACI documentation for
more information.
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4.1 Validated environment
In this example, two S5248F-ON switches are joined to an existing Cisco ACI environment. The rack contains
two S5248F-ON and four PowerEdge R730xd servers.
The connections between the ACI environment and the S5248F-ON switches consist of double-sided multichassis link aggregation group (MLAG). The double-sided MLAG connection consists of a vPC on the Cisco
ACI side and a VLT port channel on the S5248F-ON side.
All of the devices in the validated environment that are covered in this chapter, are connected as shown in
Figure 6.
Validated Dell EMC ToR and ACI environment
Note: No physical peer link is used between the Cisco ACI leaf switches. See the Cisco ACI documentation
for more information. Cisco recommends a minimum of three Application Policy Infrastructure Controllers
(APICs) in a production environment. For this validation effort, a single APIC, named APIC-1, is used.
All Dell EMC PowerEdge R730xd rack servers in this example are running VMware ESXi 6.7.0. VMs named
“web,” “app,” and “db” on the ESXi hosts are running Ubuntu Linux guest operating systems.
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