Setup Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerStore Networking Guide for PowerStore X Models
- Contents
- Additional Resources
- Overview
- Prepare to configure switches and networks
- PowerStore X model: Network configuration requirements
- Configuring with Dell EMC PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches
- Configuring with Dell EMC PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches overview
- Get the completed Network Setup Preparation Worksheet
- Establish a terminal session to the switch
- Validate the switch version and licensing
- Configure general settings on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches
- Configure PowerStore X model network VLANs on the switch
- Configure Virtual Link Trunking interconnect (VLTi)
- Configure the uplink ports on the Top of the Rack (ToR) switches
- PowerStore X model: Cabling the appliance to the switches
- Validate switch and network configuration
- Discovering PowerStore Appliances
- Initial configuration of the PowerStore X model appliance
- Expand a Storage network to run across multiple ports
- Create an additional Storage network
- Other Dell EMC PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switch configuration operations
When enabling your uplinks to the customer network it is helpful to know that VLTi configurations for PowerStore X model
require that port channels are configured for the uplink ports to avoid looping.
Configure port interfaces for PowerStore X model node
connectivity
You configure the port interfaces between the PowerStore X model nodes and the ToR switches.
1. Establish a terminal connection to the switch to the first ToR switch (Switch1)
2. Enter global configuration mode.
configure terminal
3. Configure allowed VLANs and the native VLAN for Node A port 0 and ToR switch 1.
NOTE: For iSCSI best practices, it is recommended to disable flow control as demonstrated below.
interface ethernet 1/1/1
description Node-A-Port_0
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off
spanning-tree port type edge
exit
4. Repeat steps on switch 1 for Node B, port 1, as demonstrated below.
NOTE: For iSCSI best practices, it is recommended to disable flow control as demonstrated below.
configure terminal
interface ethernet 1/1/54
description Node-B-Port-1
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off
spanning-tree port type edge
exit
5. Repeat steps on switch 2 connectivity to Node A Port 0 and Node B Port 1 as demonstrated below.
While configuring Switch 2, note that the ethernet interfaces are reversed. Ethernet interface 1 is configured on Node-B-
Port-1 and interface 54 is configured on Node-A-Port-0 as demonstrated below.
Table 12. Code sample configuring port interfaces on the ToR switches
Switch 1 connectivity to Node A Port 0 Switch 2 connectivity to Node A Port 1
configure terminal
interface ethernet 1/1/1
description Node-A-Port-0
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off
spanning-tree port type edge
exit
configure terminal
interface ethernet 1/1/1
description Node-A-Port-1
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off
spanning-tree port type edge
exit
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