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Table of contents
Revisions ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
1.1
Audience ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2
Switch details ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3
Cabling diagram .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2
Dell recommended switch configuration ............................................................................................................................. 7
2.1
Hardware configuration ................................................................................................................................................. 7
2.2
Delete startup configuration ......................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3
Disable DCB ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.4
Configure out of band (OOB) management port ..................................................................................................... 9
2.5
Http and Telnet authentication .................................................................................................................................... 9
2.6
Configure login credentials ........................................................................................................................................... 9
2.7
Enable iSCSI optimization feature .............................................................................................................................. 10
2.8
Configure flow control (optional) .............................................................................................................................. 10
2.9
Configure Jumbo MTU for all ports .......................................................................................................................... 10
2.10 Configure spanning tree portfast on edge ports...................................................................................................... 11
2.11 Configure QSFP ports for LAG..................................................................................................................................... 11
2.12 Save configuration ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.13 Configure additional switch ......................................................................................................................................... 11
3
Configure Data Center Bridging (DCB) (Optional)............................................................................................................ 12
3.1
Enable DCB .................................................................................................................................................................... 12
3.2
Create VLAN ................................................................................................................................................................... 12
3.3
Configure class of service, dot1p mapping, and traffic class ................................................................................ 12
3.4
Configure Priority flow control on switch ports and port channel...................................................................... 12
3.5
Configure ETS values.................................................................................................................................................... 13
3.6
Save configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 13
3.7
Configure additional switches .................................................................................................................................... 14
4
Reverting from DCB to non-DCB configuration (Optional) ............................................................................................ 15
4.1
Disable DCB and the DCB policies ............................................................................................................................ 15
4.2
Revert to default VLAN ID on switch and arrays ..................................................................................................... 16
4.3
Save configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 16
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