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A Principled Technologies white paper commissioned by Dell Inc.[...]
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How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of co ntents .................................................................................. 2 Executive su mmary ............................................................................... 3 Features of Simple Switch Mode .......................[...]
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3 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Adding a Dell™ PowerConnect™ M 8024 switch or a Dell M8024S LAN Module with a Dell PowerEdge™ M1000e modular blade enclosure to an existing network using a Cisco® infrastructure is a straightforward process. The addition of Simple Switch Mode on the [...]
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4 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Features of Simple Switch Mode Simple Switch Mode, or SSM, allows server administrators, or anyone with very limited expertise in configuring Ethernet switches, the ability to deploy a loop-free switching solution without having to configure the spanning tree protocol (STP) [...]
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5 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on Cisco Nexus 5010 switch ports. 2. Configuring VLANs on internal ports of the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch, while configuring the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch to extend those VLANs in an external Nexus network. 3. Configuring Multiple VLANs[...]
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6 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Scenario 1: Plug and play using the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch for blade deployment into an existing network In this section, we provide an overview of the plug-and-play process with the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch, after configuring Link Aggregation Control Protocol [...]
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7 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Scenario 2: Configuring VLANs on the inte rnal ports of the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch In this section, we provide an overview of configuring the VLANs on the internal ports of the Dell Po werConnect M8024 switch, while configuring those on the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch to[...]
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8 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 3: Graphic representa tion of Scenario 2. Scenario 3: Configuring multiple VLANs per inte rnal port to connect to a server NIC with tagging enabled In this section, we provide an overview of configuring multiple VLANs per internal port to connect to a server NIC with [...]
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9 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 4 illustrates the completed configuration for Scenario 3. Figure 4: Graphic representa tion of Scenario 3. Scenario 4: Configuring multiple Port Aggreg ation Groups and dedicating specific Uplinks In this section, we provide an overview of configuring multiple Port Ag[...]
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10 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network from between the two groups created earlier. The traffic from the blade servers that are connected to internal ports belonging to Group 1 will use LAG, including those external ports that are part of that group. This applies to the blade servers in Group 2 as well. Figure 5[...]
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11 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 6: Graphic representa tion of Scenario 5. Scenario 6: Setting up a fully meshed topology In this section, we provide an ov erview of setting up a fully meshed topology while spanning tree protocol (STP) is enabled on an existing network. STP allows for redundant conn[...]
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12 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 7 illustrates the completed configuration for Scenario 6 and the network created via STP. The first Cisco Nexus 5010 switch will act as the root switch in the tree and block the redundant ports. Figure 7: Graphic representa tion of Scenario 6. In the event of a cable[...]
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13 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 8: Graphic representa tion of th e modif ied logical network after a c able failure. Scenario 7: Setting up a straight-t hrough topology with LAG failover In this section, we provide an overview of setting up a straight- through topology with LAG failover. Simple Swi[...]
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14 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Scenario 8: Establishing access with vPC enabled across the Cisco Nexus 5010 switches In this section, we provide an ov erview of establishing access with vPC enabled across Cisco Nexus 5010 switches. vPC, or Virtual PortChannel, is a Cisco technology th at allows multiple [...]
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15 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network APPENDIX A – DETAILED SCENARIO METHODOLOGY In this appendix, we provide detailed descriptions of the test scenarios we followed and screenshot s for each step, as appropriate. In each scenario, we assume that the associated switches are at factory default configurations. [...]
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16 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 12: Configuring a port channel on the Cisco Nexus 5010 switc h. 3. Connect cables from the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch to the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch. Scenario 2: Configuring VLANs on the inte rnal ports of the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch On the Dell PowerConne[...]
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17 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 14: Internal Port VLAN Configuration on th e Dell PowerConnect M 8024 switch. 6. In the Untagged-VLAN textbox, write a VLAN (we chose 101), and left-click Apply Changes (see Figure 15.) Figure 15: Selecting a VLAN in Internal Port VLAN Configuration on the Dell Power[...]
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18 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network exit interface port-channel 1 interface ethernet 1/1-4 channel-group 1 mode active exit switchport mode trunk switchport trunk allowed vlan 101 end Figure 16: Configuring a p ort channel with Trunking on the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch. 3. Connect the cables from the Cisco Nexu[...]
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19 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 17: Simple Mode configuration on the Dell PowerC onnect M8024 switch. 4. Select Switching Æ Port Aggregator Æ Internal Port VLAN Configuration. 5. In the Internal-Port drop-down menu, select a port (we chose 1/xg1). (See Figure 18.) Figure 18: Internal Port VLAN Co[...]
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20 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 19: Selecting tagged VLANs in Intern al Port VLAN Configuration o n the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch. On the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch 1. Log into the switch. 2. Type the following commands in to the switch (see Figure 20): configure terminal feature lacp vlan 101-10[...]
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21 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network 3. Connect cables from the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch to the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch. From this point onward, any VMs configured with VLAN tagging will be encapsulated with appropriate VLAN tags. Scenario 4: Configuring multiple Port Aggreg ation Groups and dedicating s[...]
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22 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 22: The Port Co nfiguration screen on the Dell Power Connect M8024 switch. 5. In the Port Configuration screen , change the Group ID of the internal ports (we changed ports 9-16 to Group 2). (See Figure 23.) Figure 23: Assigning Gro up 2 to internal ports on the Dell[...]
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23 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network 6. In the Port Configuration screen , change the Group ID of the external ports (we changed ports 23 and 24 to Group 2), and click Apply Changes (see Figure 24). Figure 24: Assigning Gro up 2 to external ports on the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch. On the Cisco Nexus 5010 s[...]
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24 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network interface ethernet 1/3-4 channel-group 2 mode active end Figure 26: Configuring the second port channel on the Cisco Nexus 5010 switc h. 4. Connect cables from the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch to the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch. Th e Dell PowerConnect M8024 should automatical[...]
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25 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 28: The Port Configuration screen on the Dell PowerConne ct M8024 switch. 5. In the Port Configuration screen , change the Group ID of the internal ports (we changed ports 9 through 16 to Group 2). (See Figure 29.) Figure 29: Assigning Gro up 2 to internal ports on t[...]
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26 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network 6. In the Port Configuration screen , change the Group ID of the external ports (we changed ports 23 and 24 to Group 2), and click Apply Changes (see Figure 30). Figure 30: Assigning Gro up 2 to external ports on the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch. 7. Select Switching Æ Po[...]
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27 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network 8. In the Internal Port drop-down menu, select a port (we chose 1/xg1). 9. In the Tagged-VLANs box, select your VLANs (we chose 101-102), and left-click Apply Changes (see Figure 32). Figure 32: Selecting VLANs for the first po rt in Internal Port VLAN Configuration on the [...]
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28 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network On the Cisco Nexus 5010 switches 1. Log into the switch. 2. Type the following commands in to your first Cisco Nexus 5010 switch (see Figure 34): configure terminal feature lacp vlan 101-102 exit interface ethernet 1/1-2 channel-group 1 mode active exit interface port-chann[...]
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29 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 35: Configuring a port channel wi t h Trunking and multiple VLANs on the second Cisco Nexus 5010 switch. 4. Connect cables from the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch to the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch. Scenario 6: Setting up a fully meshed topology On the Dell PowerConnect [...]
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30 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network 6. In the Operational Mode Configuration screen, select Enable in the Simple Mode drop-down menu, and left-click Apply Changes (see Figure 37). Figure 37: Simple Mode configuration on the second Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch. On the Cisco Nexus 5010 switches 1. Log into th[...]
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31 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network switches will deliberate amongst themselves and create a spanning tree with the first Cisco switch as the root. Scenario 7: Setting up a straight-t hrough topology with LAG failover On the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch 1. Log into the switch. 2. Select System Æ Operationa[...]
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32 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 41: The Port Co nfiguration screen on the Dell Power Connect M8024 switch. 5. In the Port Configuration screen , change the Lag Role of the external ports (we changed ports 23 and 24 to Secondary), and click Apply Changes (see Figure 42). Figure 42: Assigning a Secon[...]
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33 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network On the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch 1. Log into the switch. 2. Assuming that you configured the Dell PowerConnect M8024 with three different groups, type th e following commands into the switch (see Figure 43): configure terminal feature lacp interface port-channel 1-2 exit inte[...]
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34 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 44: Simple Mode configuration on the Dell PowerC onnect M8024 switch. 4. Select Switching Æ Port Aggregator Æ Internal Port VLAN Configuration. 5. In the Internal-Port drop-down menu, select a port (we chose 1/xg1). (See Figure 45.) Figure 45: Internal Port VLAN Co[...]
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35 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 46: Selecting a VLAN in Internal Port VLAN Configuration on the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch. On the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch 1. Log into the switch. 2. Type the following commands in to the first Cisco Nexus 5010 switch (see Figure 47): configure terminal feature l[...]
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36 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 47: Initial con figuration and assigning ports to port chan nels on the first Cisco Nexus 5010 s witch. 3. Type the following commands in to the first Cisco Nexus 5010 switch (see Figure 48): interface port-channel 1 switchport mode trunk switchport trunk allowed vla[...]
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37 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 48: Configuring port ch annels and assigning vPC domains o n the first Cisco Nexus 5010 switch. 4. Type the following commands in to the second Cisco Nexus 5010 switch (see Figure 49): configure terminal feature lacp feature vpc vlan 101 exit vpc domain 1 peer-keepal[...]
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38 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 49: Initial con figuration and assigning ports to port chan nels on the second Cisco Nexus 5010 s witch. 5. Type the following commands in to the second Cisco Nexus 5010 switch (see Figure 50): interface port-channel 1 switchport mode trunk switchport trunk allowed v[...]
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39 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network Figure 50: Configuring port chan nels and assig ning vPC domains on the second Cisco Nexus 5010 s witch. 6. Connect cables from the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch to the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch according to the diagram shown in Scenario 8 of the Testing Scenarios section. E[...]
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40 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network APPENDIX B – NETWORK SWITCH CONFIGURATION INFORMATION Figure 51 provides detailed configuration information for the network switches we used. Network switch Dell PowerConnect M8024 Cisco Nexus 5010 Software version 3.1.3.12 4.1(3)N2(1) BIOS version — 1.3.0 Figure 51: De[...]
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41 How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network ABOUT PRINCIPLED TECHNOLOGIES We provide industry-leading techno logy assessment and fact-based marketing services. We bring to every assignment extensive experience with and expertise in al l aspects of technology testing and analysis, from researching new te chnologies, t[...]