Table Of Contents - Dell S5000 Configuration Manual

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 Disabling DCB configuration ........................................................................................................................................ 7
2.4 Configure out of band (OOB) management port ..................................................................................................... 8
2.5 Configure route for OOB management port (optional) .......................................................................................... 8
2.6 Configure login credentials ........................................................................................................................................... 8
2.7 Enable switch ports ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.8 Enable Jumbo Frames.................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.9 Enable flow control ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
2.10 Configure spanning tree on edge ports ...................................................................................................................... 9
2.11 Configure port channel for LAG ................................................................................................................................... 9
2.12 Configure QSFP ports for LAG...................................................................................................................................... 9
2.13 Save configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
2.14 Configure additional switch ........................................................................................................................................ 10
3 Configure Data Center Bridging (DCB) (Optional)............................................................................................................. 11
3.1 Disable 802.3x flowcontrol on SFP+ ports................................................................................................................ 11
3.2 Disable 802.3x flowcontrol on all QSFP ports .......................................................................................................... 11
3.3 Enable DCB ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
3.4 Create tagged VLAN for all ports and port-channels .............................................................................................. 11
3.5 Configure DCB policies ............................................................................................................................................... 12
3.6 Apply policies to switch ports ..................................................................................................................................... 12
3.7 Save configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 12
3.8 Configure additional switches .................................................................................................................................... 12
4 Reverting from DCB to non-DCB configuration (Optional) ............................................................................................ 13
4.1 Disable DCB ................................................................................................................................................................... 13
3 SCG1007 Dell Networking S5000 Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs