Deploying Dell PowerConnect 8100 and Cisco Catalyst Switches Using the Dell PowerConnect 8100 Series switch with the Cisco Catalyst WS-C6504-E Andrew Berry Victor Teeter Kevin Locklear
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Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst Contents Introduction ............................................................................................... 4 Overview of VLANs .................................................................................................... 5 Creating and assigning VLANs ....................................................................................... 5 Management VLAN vs. SVI on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 .......................................
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst Introduction New demanding campus workloads are compelling Network administrators to take another look at the campus core/aggregation layers. The existing products like Cisco Catalyst 6500 platforms are aging and cannot support the new deployments. Network administrators are exploring options to either reposition the existing gear or replace it.
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst There are a couple of key differences between the Dell PowerConnect 8100 and the Cisco Catalyst: • Ports on the Cisco Catalyst are in shut mode by default, whereas ports on the PowerConnect are active (no shut) by default. To use a Catalyst port, enable it with the no shut command. • The Dell PowerConnect 8100 is in Layer 2 mode by default whereas the Cisco Catalyst is in Layer 3.
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst In-band management traffic is mixed in with production network traffic, and is subject to all of the filtering rules applied on a switched/routed port such as ACLs and VLAN tagging. See the Dell PowerConnect 8100 User Guide for more information on OOB versus Management VLAN. The Cisco Catalyst uses a similar setting known as SVI (switch virtual interface) to do remote switch management.
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst Run the commands below on the Dell PowerConnect 8100 switch to create a management VLAN, which allows in-band management to the switch. console#configure console(config)#username admin1 password goodpa55 privilege 15 console(config)#vlan 50 console(config-vlan)#exit console(config)#interface vlan 50 console(config-if-vlan50)#ip address 5.5.5.
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst cat6504E_1(config-vlan)#exit % Applying VLAN changes may take few minutes. Please wait...
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst VLAN configuration example The following topology overview is an example of a much abbreviated network configuration between two (2) end-user systems, the campus switch, and the core. Example of access, and trunk VLANs Figure 6. Dell PowerConnect 8100 CLI Run the commands below on the Dell PowerConnect 8100 switch to create an access mode switchport going to a client (or edge) device.
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst console(config)# interface range te1/0/47-48 console(config-if)#channel-group 1 mode active console(config-if)#no shut console(config-if)#exit console(config)#po1 console(config-if-Po1)#switchport mode trunk console(config-if-Po1)#switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,101 console(config-if-Po1)#no shut console(config-if-Po1)#exit OR using general Mode changing only the configuration for Po1 console(config)#po1 console(config-if-Po1)#switchport mo
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst Cat6504E_1(config)#interface te2/7 Cat6504E_1(config-if)#switchport Cat6504E_1(config-if)#switchport access vlan 100 Cat6504E_1(config-if)#switchport mode access Cat6504E_1(config-if)#spanning-tree portfast edge Cat6504E_1(config-if)#no shutdown Cat6504E_1(config-if)#exit Cat6504E_1(config)#interface te2/8 Cat6504E_1(config-if)#switchport Cat6504E_1(config-if)#switchport access vlan 101 Cat6504E_1(config-if)#switchport mode access Cat6504E_1(conf
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst Run the commands below to configure Dell PowerConnect 8100 series switch for a tagged VLAN on port 10, egressing to another switch. The native VLAN setting is also shown in the example changing from the default value of 1 to a configured setting of 2.
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst Run the commands below to configure a trunk port on a single interface with the native VLAN being configured for 2.
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst RSTP (Based on IEEE 802.1w) - Rapid STP. A standards-based protocol that is considerably faster at network convergence (after a topology change) than its STP predecessor in most network implementations. It is the default for the Dell PowerConnect 8100, and is compatible with STP. MST (Based on IEEE 802.1s) – Multiple Spanning Tree protocol or MSTP. Allows for multiple instances of spanning tree across a network.
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst Recommended Spanning Tree method: Portfast Figure 7. Dell PowerConnect 8100 CLI No changes are required to the Dell PowerConnect 8100 for using this method. Cisco Catalyst CLI Run the commands below to enable portfast on all interfaces that are connected to the Dell PowerConnect 8100s. cat6504E_1#configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst Consult the User Guides for each device for more information on bridge priority settings. Method 2: MSTP In addition, users can minimize downtimes by using a standard protocol on the Cisco Catalyst. Spanning tree modes available on the Cisco Catalyst WS-C6504-E with IOS 12.2(33)SXI4a are MST, PVST, and Rapid-PVST. Of the three, only MST is an IEEE standard protocol.
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst interface option enforces the dropping of CDP packets for the ingress on this interface even if the global setting is enabled). For more information, see the Link Local Protocol Filtering section in the PowerConnect 8100 User’s Configuration Guide.
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst Appendix A - Network switch versions Version information for the network switches used in creating this document are as follows: Network switch Dell PowerConnect 8100 Cisco Catalyst WS-C6504-E Software Version 5.0.0.4 IOS 12.2(33)SXI4a; About Dell Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is a leading technology provider to commercial and public enterprises around the world.
