Setup Guide

Additional Resources.....................................................................................................................6
Chapter 1: Overview...................................................................................................................... 7
PowerStore overview......................................................................................................................................................... 7
PowerStore T model deployment options and switch requirements...................................................................... 7
Chapter 2: PowerStore T model hardware overview...................................................................... 9
PowerStore appliance nodes............................................................................................................................................ 9
Supported switches...........................................................................................................................................................10
Dell EMC PowerSwitch S4148F-ON........................................................................................................................10
Dell EMC PowerSwitch S4148T-ON.........................................................................................................................11
Dell EMC PowerSwitch S5248F-ON........................................................................................................................11
Part I: Networking for Block-optimized (FC-only) deployments with no ToR switches................. 13
Chapter 3: Overview of Block-optimized deployments for FC-only...........................................14
Block-optimized deployments with FC-only.......................................................................................................... 14
Chapter 4: Prepare to configure the OOB switch and networks for an FC-only deployment..... 15
Network Preparation Worksheet for Block-optimized (FC-only) deployment..............................................15
Chapter 5: Switch and network requirements for Block-optimized (FC-only) deployments......17
Out-of-band management switch requirements.................................................................................................. 17
Types of networks required for Block-optimized (FC-only) deployments.....................................................18
VLAN options for Block-optimized (FC-only) deployments............................................................................. 20
IP requirements for Block-optimized (FC-only) deployments..........................................................................20
Chapter 6: Configuring Dell PowerSwitch Series for Block-optimized (FC-only)
deployments........................................................................................................................ 22
Configuring with Dell EMC PowerSwitch Series overview............................................................................... 22
Get the network configuration worksheets completed for Block-optimized (FC-only) deployments... 22
Block-optimized (FC-only): example of a completed Network Setup Preparation Worksheet
with no ToR switches....................................................................................................................................... 22
Block-optimized (FC-only): example of a completed Initial Configuration Worksheet.........................23
Steps to configure the OOB management switch for a Block-optimized (FC-only) deployment
with no ToR switches.............................................................................................................................................26
Establish a terminal session to the switch.......................................................................................................26
Validate the switch version and licensing........................................................................................................ 27
Configure the out-of-band management switch........................................................................................... 28
Cable the out-of-band management switch ..................................................................................................30
Chapter 7: Validate the out-of-band management switch configuration.................................. 32
Validate the configuration on the out-of-band management switch..............................................................32
Network Validation Tool for PowerStore...............................................................................................................33
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