75N55 15 October 2010 Dell M8428-k Getting Started Guide 53-1002029-01 Rev.
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Overview This Getting Started Guide is intended as an overview to help experienced installers unpack, install, and configure the Dell M8428-k quickly. For detailed installation and configuration instructions, see the Dell M8424-k Hardware Reference Manual. NOTE Throughout this document, the Dell M8428-k is referred to as the converged network switch or the switch module.
FIGURE 2 Installing an I/O module into a Dell PowerEdge M1000e enclosure NOTE The switch module should be installed into the I/O slot that corresponds to the I/O fabric (A, B, or C) that the 10GE Converged Network Adapter (CNA), within the blade server, is appropriately installed. The Chassis Management Controller (CMC) GUI can be used to view the location of network adapters installed in the Blade servers.
Configuring the converged network switch Use procedures in this section to configure the converged network switch to operate on a network and fabric. Provided are steps to assign an IP address for the Ethnert Management Network, and how to change the module’s Fiber Channel operating mode. NOTE Although the converged network switch is configured at the factory for NPIV mode, NPIV mode can be disabled to use full fabric mode as needed. Refer to procedures under the section titled “” on page 16.
TABLE 1 10GbE Optical Transceivers & TWINAZ Connectors+Cables 330-7598 (FI) Y4NV0 330-7612 (APOS) T40FD 430-3684 (FI) TNCYY 330-7603 (APOS) G3C42 430-3685 (FI) DW85K 330-7606 (APOS) MYNX0 430-3686 (FI) SHPYV 330-7605 (APOS) TGNV7 430-3687 (FI) K0FP0 330-7608 (APOS) 3RX9C TABLE 2 PCT B-8000 10GbE TWINAX 3 METER 1PACK PCT B-8000 10GbE, SFP+, LW, 10KM PCT B-8000 10GbE SFP+, LW, 10KM, 8PACK PCT B-8000 10GbE, SFP+, SW, 2KM PCT B-8000 10GbE, SFP+, SW, 8PACK FC 8Gbps SFP+ Optical Transc
FIGURE 3 Description of the M8428-k external ports, status LED’s and release latch. Modify the converged network switch Ethernet management IP address By default, the Ethernet management IP address for the converged network switch is configured as 10.77.77.77 with a default Ethernet subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. The default gateway is 0.0.0.0.
1. Click the I/O Module Overview in the navigation panel of the CMC menu. 2. Open the CMC application’s Setup tab. FIGURE 4 CMC Setup Tab 3. Enter the new information in the IP Address for the correct I/O slot, Subnet Mask, and Gateway fields, or enable DHCP, as appropriate and click Apply. ATTENTION In order to see the applied settings click the “Refresh” icon. NOTE TRefer to the documentation for the Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for additional GUI detail.
• • • • • • switch-1 for switch module installed in bay A1. switch-2 for switch module installed in bay A2. switch-3 for switch module installed in bay B1. switch-4 for switch module installed in bay B2. switch-5 for switch module installed in bay C1. switch-6 for switch module installed in bay C2. 4. Enter racadm getniccfg -m switch-x at the prompt to verify that the address was correctly set.
The diagram below shows the separation spaces for common FOS commands and CEE commands which are navigated using the CLI mode commands (cmsh, enable, configure, and interface). Within the CEE CLI use "?" for help with commands and tab for auto complete. Within the FOS CLI use help for command syntax.
M8428-k:Admin> cmsh M8428-k# 3. Once in the command shell, enter the following command: enable 4. Then Enter the following command to enter configure mode: configure terminal 5. Enter the following commands: a. interface intengigabitethernet 0/x, where x is the internal port you wish to change, which is the Slot position of the server blade with the Converged Network Adapter being connected to. NOTE The internal ports are numbered 1 through 16 corresponding to the server blade slot positions.
Connecting the converged network switch to the fabric 1. The switch module is delivered with FC 8G SFP transceivers installed in the four fibre channel ports. 2. If you need to connect the Ethernet ports, install 10GE SFP+ transceivers or twin-ax cables in the external ports as required. Be sure you have all the necessary SFP transceivers as well as either optical or active twin-ax copper cables. a. If necessary, remove the end caps from the SFP. b.
7. Verify the correct operation of the converged network switch in the fabric by typing the fabricShow command from the workstation. 8. Back up the switch module configuration to an FTP server by typing the configUpload command and following the prompts. These commands upload the converged network switch configuration to the server, making it available for downloading to a replacement converged network switch if necessary.
Changing to full fabric mode using the Command Line Interface Complete the following steps to enable NPIV mode using the CLI (The switch GUI also provides a method to change NPIV mode in the advanced menu, see the Dell M8428-k hardware Reference Manual for details). 1. Log in using the default administrative account. Login: admin Password: password 2. Enter the following command to disable the switch. switchDisable 3. Back up the switch configurations.
You can also enter the ag ––mapshow command to display the F_Port to N_Port mapping. Enter ag ––help command to display a list of all NPIV actions. Verify FCOE connectivity in NPIV aggregator mode When the switch mode is set to Access Gateway mode enabled, the F_Ports connect to the Enterprise fabric as N_Ports rather than as E_Ports.
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