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SCG3252 | Cisco Nexus 9504 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell SC Series SANs 

Table of contents 

Revisions ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2

 

1

 

Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

 

1.1

 

Audience ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4

 

1.2

 

Switch details ................................................................................................................................................................... 4

 

1.3

 

Cabling diagram .............................................................................................................................................................. 5

 

2

 

Dell recommended switch configuration ............................................................................................................................. 6

 

2.1

 

Hardware configuration ................................................................................................................................................. 6

 

2.2

 

Delete startup configuration ......................................................................................................................................... 6

 

2.3

 

Running the basic system configuration .................................................................................................................... 7

 

2.4

 

Enabling Jumbo Frames ................................................................................................................................................ 8

 

2.5

 

Enabling LLDP .................................................................................................................................................................. 8

 

2.6

 

Disabling Data Center Bridging (DCB)......................................................................................................................... 9

 

2.7

 

Enable link level flow control (802.3x) ........................................................................................................................ 9

 

2.8

 

Configure portfast on edge ports ................................................................................................................................ 9

 

2.9

 

Enable switch ports ...................................................................................................................................................... 10

 

2.10

 

Save configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 10

 

A

 

Additional resources ................................................................................................................................................................. 11

 

 

Summary of Contents for Nexus 9504

Page 1: ...Cisco Nexus 9504 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell SC Series SANs Dell Storage Engineering June 2016 ...

Page 2: ...RS AND TECHNICAL INACCURACIES THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND 2016 Dell Inc All rights reserved Dell and the Dell logo are trademarks of Dell Inc in the United States and or other jurisdictions All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies Date Description June 2016 Initial release ...

Page 3: ...commended switch configuration 6 2 1 Hardware configuration 6 2 2 Delete startup configuration 6 2 3 Running the basic system configuration 7 2 4 Enabling Jumbo Frames 8 2 5 Enabling LLDP 8 2 6 Disabling Data Center Bridging DCB 9 2 7 Enable link level flow control 802 3x 9 2 8 Configure portfast on edge ports 9 2 9 Enable switch ports 10 2 10 Save configuration 10 A Additional resources 11 ...

Page 4: ...ied configuration following Dell best practices for a dedicated SC Series iSCSI SAN and is intended for storage or network administrators and deployment personnel 1 2 Switch details The table below provides an overview of the switch configuration Table 1 Switch specifications Cisco Nexus 9504 Switch vendor Cisco Switch model Nexus 9504 Switch firmware 7 0 3 I1 2 Note For proper functionality the s...

Page 5: ...us 9504 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell SC Series SANs 1 3 Cabling diagram The cabling diagram shown below represents the Dell recommend method for deploying your servers and SC Series arrays Figure 1 Cabling diagram ...

Page 6: ...ity open a serial connection session to the switch 4 Open your terminal emulator and configure it to use the serial port usually COM1 but this may vary depending on your system Configure serial communications for 9600 N 8 1 and no flow control 2 2 Delete startup configuration Note This example assumes a switch at its default configuration settings Using the write erase command will set the startup...

Page 7: ...ay affect response times for initial service calls Nexus9000 devices must be registered to receive entitled support services Press Enter at anytime to skip a dialog Use ctrl c at anytime to skip the remaining dialogs Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog yes no yes Create another login account yes no n n Configure read only SNMP community string yes no n n Configure read write SNM...

Page 8: ...is example assumes all 48 ports on Linecard Modules 1 and 2 2 4 Enabling Jumbo Frames switch configure switch config system jumbomtu 9216 switch config interface ethernet 1 1 48 ethernet 2 1 48 switch config if range mtu 9216 switch config if range exit Note By default Data Center Bridging DCB is enabled This document will provide steps to disable DCB Perform all operations during a maintenance wi...

Page 9: ...onnected to a storage controller or a host server interface port or you can specify a range of ports to configure switch configure switch config interface ethernet 1 1 48 ethernet 2 1 48 switch config if range priority flow control mode off switch config if range flowcontrol send off switch config if range flowcontrol receive on switch config if range exit 2 8 Configure portfast on edge ports swit...

Page 10: ...example enables a range of ports If preferred you may enable individual ports as needed switch config interface ethernet 1 1 48 ethernet 2 1 48 switch config if range shutdown switch config if range no shutdown switch config if range exit 2 10 Save configuration switch copy running config startup config switch reload ...

Page 11: ...n connect with Dell Customers and Dell employees for the purpose of sharing knowledge best practices and information about Dell products and your installations Referenced or recommended Dell publications Dell Storage Compatibility Matrix http en community dell com dell groups dtcmedia m mediagallery 20438558 aspx For Dell Storage best practices white papers reference architectures and sizing guide...

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