Table Of Contents - Dell S4810 Configuration Manual

Table of contents

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 Configure out of band (OOB) management port ..................................................................................................... 7
2.4 Configure route for OOB management port (optional) .......................................................................................... 8
2.5 Configure login credentials ........................................................................................................................................... 8
2.6 Enable iSCSI optimization feature ................................................................................................................................ 8
2.7 Enable switch ports ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.8 Spanning tree ................................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.9 Configure port channel for LAG ................................................................................................................................... 9
2.10 Configure QSFP ports for LAG...................................................................................................................................... 9
2.11 Save configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
2.12 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 QSFP ports ............................................................................................................... 11
3.3 Create tagged VLAN for all ports and port-channels .............................................................................................. 11
3.4 Configure priority groups and policies ...................................................................................................................... 11
3.5 Apply policies to switch ports ..................................................................................................................................... 12
3.6 Configure ETS values.................................................................................................................................................... 13
3.7 Enable DCB .................................................................................................................................................................... 13
3.8 Reload ............................................................................................................................................................................. 13
3.9 Save configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 13
3.10 Configure additional switches .................................................................................................................................... 13
4 Reverting from DCB to non-DCB configuration (Optional) ............................................................................................ 14
4.1 Disable DCB ................................................................................................................................................................... 14
4.2 Remove DCB policies and apply standard flow control ........................................................................................ 14
3 SCG1000 Force10 S4810 Configuration Guide