Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto M8024 del fabbricante Dell
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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 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.
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 expertis.
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.
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 sect.
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 ove.
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 se.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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).
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 sw.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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 thre.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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In una situazione in cui hai già il Dell M8024, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Dell M8024.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Dell M8024. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Dell M8024 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
