Dell PowerStore

Networking Guide for PowerStore X Models

Version 3.2.x

May 2023
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 Contents

Additional Resources.....................................................................................................................5

Chapter 1: Overview...................................................................................................................... 6
PowerStore X model appliance overview...................................................................................................................... 6
Supported switches............................................................................................................................................................ 6

Chapter 2: Prepare to configure switches and networks................................................................7

PowerStore X model Network Setup Preparation Worksheet................................................................................. 7
Initial Configuration Worksheet........................................................................................................................................9

Chapter 3: PowerStore X model: Network configuration requirements.........................................13

Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch connectivity options and requirements .....................................................................13
Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch to ToR switch (L2) connectivity options.............................................................13
Node to Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch connectivity................................................................................................ 16
PowerStore X model networks....................................................................................................................................... 17
PowerStore X model networks VLAN options............................................................................................................19
IP addresses for network configuration ...................................................................................................................... 19

Chapter 4: Configuring with Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches................................... 21

Configuring with Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches overview ......................................................... 21
Get the completed Network Setup Preparation Worksheet................................................................................... 21
Establish a terminal session to the switch.................................................................................................................. 23
Validate the switch version and licensing....................................................................................................................24
Configure general settings on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches..........................................................................25
Configure PowerStore X model network VLANs on the switch............................................................................ 26
Configure Virtual Link Trunking interconnect (VLTi) .............................................................................................. 27
Configure port interfaces for PowerStore X model node connectivity......................................................... 29
Configure the uplink ports on the Top of the Rack (ToR) switches.................................................................... 30

Chapter 5: PowerStore X model: Cabling the appliance to the switches...................................... 32

Cable the base enclosure to the ToR switches......................................................................................................... 32
Cable the ToR switches together................................................................................................................................. 33
Cable the Top-of-Rack switches to the core uplinks...............................................................................................34

Chapter 6: Validate switch and network configuration.................................................................35

Validate configuration on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches.................................................................................. 35
Network Validation Tool for PowerStore.....................................................................................................................37

Chapter 7: Discovering PowerStore Appliances........................................................................... 38

Discovery with a direct connection.............................................................................................................................. 38
Discovery with a remote connection............................................................................................................................39
Remote discovery using Discovery Tool................................................................................................................ 39
Remote discovery with a static IP address...........................................................................................................39

Contents 3
 Chapter 8: Initial configuration of the PowerStore X model appliance.......................................... 41
Initial Configuration Wizard............................................................................................................................................. 41
Get your completed Initial Configuration Worksheet .............................................................................................. 42

Appendix A: Expand a Storage network to run across multiple ports............................................46

Expand a Storage network..............................................................................................................................................46
Cable the nodes to the ToR switches.................................................................................................................... 47
Configure the VLAN on the ToR switches............................................................................................................ 48
Add IP addresses and map the Storage networks to the virtual ports.......................................................... 48

Appendix B: Create an additional Storage network...................................................................... 50

Create a new Storage network......................................................................................................................................50
Cable the nodes to the ToR switches.....................................................................................................................51
Configure a Storage network on the ToR switches........................................................................................... 52
Create an additional Storage network in PowerStore Manager...................................................................... 52

Appendix C: Other PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switch configuration operations.................... 54

Dell SmartFabric Storage Software..............................................................................................................................54
Reset the switch to factory settings........................................................................................................................... 54
Running configuration of Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON ToR switches .................................................. 54

4 Contents
 Preface

As part of an improvement effort, revisions of the software and hardware are periodically released. Some functions that are
described in this document are not supported by all versions of the software or hardware currently in use. The product release
notes provide the most up-to-date information about product features. Contact your service provider if a product does not
function properly or does not function as described in this document.

Where to get help

Support, product, and licensing information can be obtained as follows:
● Product information
For product and feature documentation or release notes, go to the PowerStore Documentation page at https://
www.dell.com/powerstoredocs.
● Troubleshooting
For information about products, software updates, licensing, and service, go to https://www.dell.com/support and locate
the appropriate product support page.
● Technical support
For technical support and service requests, go to https://www.dell.com/support and locate the Service Requests page.
To open a service request, you must have a valid support agreement. Contact your Sales Representative for details about
obtaining a valid support agreement or to answer any questions about your account.

Additional Resources 5
 1
Overview
This chapter includes the following information.
Topics:
• PowerStore X model appliance overview
• Supported switches

PowerStore X model appliance overview

PowerStore X model supports block (SAN-only), and vVol workloads with a hypervisor installed on the system. The system
software is deployed on the hypervisor, which enables deployment of virtual machines (VMs) and customer applications within
the hardware.
PowerStore X model model numbers:
● 1000X
● 3000X
● 5000X
● 7000X
● 9000X
NOTE: File (network attached storage (NAS)) services are not supported on this model. File services are supported on
PowerStore T model appliances.

Supporting documentation
In addition to reading through this document, you should also read through the following guides, prior to configuring your
switches and networks:
● PowerStore Quick Start Guide
● PowerStore Planning Guide
● PowerStore Hardware Information Guide

Supported switches
The planning, and requirements sections of this guide can be used to prepare to deploy PowerStore appliance with any
supported switch. The configuration steps provided in this guide, however, are specific steps for deploying PowerStore with Dell
PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches.
If you will not be deploying PowerStore with the S4148-ON switches, see the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix available at
https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs for details.

6 Overview
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Prepare to configure switches and networks
This chapter contains the following information.
Topics:
• PowerStore X model Network Setup Preparation Worksheet
• Initial Configuration Worksheet

PowerStore X model Network Setup Preparation

Worksheet
Work with your network administrator to complete the Network Setup Preparation Worksheet to reserve the necessary
information to configure the switches.
It is recommended that you work with your network administrator to also complete the Initial Configuration Worksheet while
completing the Network Setup Preparation Worksheet.
For a sample of a Network Setup Preparation Worksheet completed for Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches see,
PowerStore X model Network Setup Preparation Worksheet completed example.
If configuring your PowerStore X model with Cisco Nexus Switches, it is recommended that you review Knowledge Base Article
000126682: PowerStore: Minimum configuration for utilizing Cisco Nexus Switches with PowerStoreX, which can be located
from the Dell Digital Locker (www.dell.com/support/software/).

Table 1. PowerStore X model Network Setup Preparation Worksheet (blank)

Step Step details Notes
1. Print this table to record the reserved resources.
2. Print out the Initial Configuration Worksheet to record the additional network resources you will need to create
networks in PowerStore X model the first time you create a cluster.
3. Determine which of the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch ports will be connected to the PowerStore X model appliance base
enclosure nodes.
At a minimum, ports 0 and 1 of the 4-port card must be connected to the ToR switches. When cabling the nodes to the
ToR switches:
● Port 0 and Port 1 on the same node must connect to opposite switches
● Port 0 on Node A, and Port 0 on Node B must connect to opposite switches
● Port 1 on Node A, and Port 1 on Node B must connect to opposite switches
Record the ToR switch ports required to connect to:

Node A, Port 0 to
Node A, Port 1 to
Node B, Port 0 to
Node B, Port 1 to
4. Record the switch port to use for discovery while
configuring your switches.
5. Record the VLAN IDs that will be used for system management:
Remote Discovery (untagged)

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Table 1. PowerStore X model Network Setup Preparation Worksheet (blank) (continued)
Step Step details Notes
Management (tagged)

6. Record the VLAN IDs that will be used for production:

Storage network (tagged)
vMotion (tagged)
Internal (untagged)
7. Reserve and record the IP addresses necessary to configure the switch below:
Management IP address for switch 1
Management IP address for switch 2
Default gateway
NTP server
8. Dell supports deploying PowerStore X model with two Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches with a layer 2 interconnect link.
Choose which type of layer 2 interconnect you will use:

Highly Recommended: Multi-chassis Link Aggregation Group (MC-LAG)

If you will be using MC-LAG, record the ports you will use to connect the switches together.

Switch to switch port pair 1

Switch to switch port pair 2
Alternatively, L2 uplinks without MC-LAG
9. If using MC-LAG, enter the Domain ID.
10 If using VLT for the Layer 2 interconnect, record the:
VLT MAC address to use for both switch 1 and switch 2.
Use the same VLT MAC address for switch 1 and switch
2.
NOTE: You cannot use all zeros
(00:00:00:00:00) for the VLT MAC address.

VLT priority for switch 1

VLT priority for switch 2
11. Record the ports on the ToR switches that will be used to connect to the uplinks.
Uplink A to ToR 1
Uplink B to ToR 1
Uplink A to ToR 2
Uplink B to ToR 2
12. Record the port channel ID used for connectivity between the ToR switches, and the uplinks.
If deploying with MC-LAG, enter the port channel ID for
the uplink.
Only a single port channel ID is required for MC-LAG.

Alternatively, record the uplink port channel IDs required for L2 uplinks without MC-LAG.
L2 uplinks without MC-LAG connectivity requires two port channel IDs.

1. Port channel ID for L2 uplinks without MC-LAG

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Table 1. PowerStore X model Network Setup Preparation Worksheet (blank) (continued)
Step Step details Notes
2. Port channel ID for L2 uplinks without MC-LAG
13. As a best practice it is recommended to add a spanning tree protocol to the ToR switches. Record the spanning tree
protocols to set on each switch.
Spanning tree protocol for ToR switch 1
Spanning tree protocol for ToR switch 2
14. Once you have completed steps above, you have the necessary information to configure the switches. Continue to
work with your network administrator to complete the Initial Configuration Worksheet now to ensure that:
● Your network configuration on the switch aligns with the network configuration that will be done in PowerStore X
model.
● You reserve the necessary network resources to complete deployment of PowerStore X model networks.
15. Determine if you will use a direct connection or a remote connection to discover your PowerStore.
Once you have successfully discovered your PowerStore, you will be guided through the Initial Configuration Wizard
to create your PowerStore cluster.

Initial Configuration Worksheet

Work with your network administrator to complete the Initial Configuration Worksheet. Once completed the worksheet will
provide the necessary information to setup up the networks during initial configuration of PowerStore X model.
It is recommended that you work with your network administrator to also complete the Network Setup Preparation Worksheet
while completing the Initial Configuration Worksheet.
For a sample of a completed Initial Configuration Worksheet see, Initial Configuration Worksheet completed example for
PowerStore X model.
NOTE: To avoid failure while creating the cluster confirm your vCenter Server certificate settings prior to running the
Initial Configuration Wizard. Confirming your vCenter Server certificate settings is described in Knowledge Based Article
000188887: PowerStore X: How to Prevent Creation Failure Due to Unsupported vCenter Configuration, which can be
located from the Dell Digital Locker (www.dell.com/support/software/).

Table 2. Initial Configuration Worksheet (blank)

Initial Login Information
Use the following default user credentials when you log in to the PowerStore Manager for the first time.
You must enter a new admin password to complete initial configuration of the PowerStore X model cluster.

Default Username admin

Default Password Password123# New Admin Password
Cluster Details
For resource management, efficiency, and availability purposes, appliances act as a single component called cluster.

Cluster Name
Appliance Service Tags Single Drive Failure
Enter the service tag. The service tag appears or
on the black tag on the front of the base
Double Drive Failure
enclosure. When the systems arrive identify
the base enclosures that you want to configure Single Drive Failure
as a cluster and record their service tags.
or
Drive Failure Tolerance Level
Double Drive Failure

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Table 2. Initial Configuration Worksheet (blank) (continued)

Next to each appliance select the drive failure Single Drive Failure
tolerance level you want to set. The drive or
failure tolerance level indicates the amount
of concurrent drive failures the appliance can Double Drive Failure
sustain without causing a data unavailable
or data loss event. The single drive fault Single Drive Failure
tolerance level meets availability requirements or
for all drive types and capacity points. But
the double drive failure tolerance can provide Double Drive Failure
higher resiliency and protection.
Ensure that there are at least the following
number of SSD drives in the enclosure:
● At least 6 for single drive failure tolerance
● 7 for double drive failure tolerance
NOTE: Once set, the drive failure
tolerance level for an appliance cannot be
changed.

Networks
Your cluster requires a dedicated set of IP addresses for each type of network.
NOTE: VLAN information for management, storage, and vMotion networks are optional and default to 0. It is a marker
used to indicate that the network traffic is not tagged and native VLAN is applied through the switch. For better security
and performance, it is recommended that you specify a unique VLAN information for each type of network.
If you are deploying into a single VLAN, it is recommended that you configure a unique subnet for each type of network.

Cluster IP Address
Management Network
Connects the cluster to services such as DNS and NTP. The IP addresses in the management network are used to address the
cluster, appliances, controllers, and internal hosts.

VLAN (Optional) Netmask/Prefix Gateway IP Addresses

Length
5 IPs for each PowerStore X
model Appliance

Storage Network
Enables clients to access the storage in the cluster. The IP addresses in the storage network are used for iSCSI targets, iSCSI
initiators, and the Global Storage Discovery IP address.
At a minimum, you need 6 IP addresses for each PowerStore X model appliance. However, for performance improvements, it is
highly recommended that you have a minimum of 8 IP addresses for each PowerStore X model appliance.
If you choose to create a Global Storage Discovery IP Address, you will need a minimum of 7 IP addresses, and a recommended
9 IP addresses for each appliance.

VLAN Netmask/Prefix Gateway IP Addresses

Length
(Optional, Defaults to 0)

Global Storage Discovery IP Address Yes or No

It is recommended that you choose to create this IP address. It is used as the single highly
available floating IP address for hosts to easily discover storage from your cluster.

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Table 2. Initial Configuration Worksheet (blank) (continued)

If you choose to configure the Global Storage Discovery IP address, the last IP address you
specify for the Storage Network is used as the Global Storage Discovery IP address.

vMotion Network
Enables users to migrate virtual machines within the vSphere cluster. The IP addresses in the vMotion network are used for a
dedicated network that transfer virtual machines between appliances.

VLAN Netmask/Prefix Gateway IP Addresses

Length
(Optional, Defaults to 0) 2 IPs for each PowerStore X
model Appliance

Infrastructure Services
Record IP addresses for your DNS and NTP servers. It is recommended that you specify at least two addresses for DNS and
NTP servers each.

DNS Server
NTP Server
Physical/Top-of-Rack Switch Information
Record the switch IP addresses to validate the cabling and switch settings before the cluster is configured. The switch
credentials provide PowerStore X modelwith read-only access to the switches to validate that the configuration on the
switches will support the cluster networks.

Switch Name
Protocol (SSH/SNMP)
IP Address
Port
SSH Username
Switch Password
Hypervisor
Record your existing vCenter administrator login credentials. The initial configuration workflow automatically creates a
datacenter and ESXi cluster, and associates them with your cluster.

NOTE: Ensure that the vCenter Server is accessible on the network.

Your vCenter information

vCenter Server IP Address/Host Name
vCenter Administrator Username
vCenter Administrator Password
New or Existing Datacenter Name
vCenter Cluster Name (ESXi Cluster Name)
PowerStore X model appliance Admin Credentials
Enter the PowerStore X model appliance administrator credentials for vCenter to access the PowerStore X model appliance.

Admin Username
Password This is the user-defined password provided after initial log in to the PowerStore X
model appliance.
Optimization

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Table 2. Initial Configuration Worksheet (blank) (continued)

Optional setting that can optimize the performance of your cluster.

Storage MTU Size

The maximum packet size (in bytes) that can be sent over the network interface. It is
recommended that you set the MTU to 9000 to enable jumbo Frames over the network.

iSCSI IP Addresses
Optionally, specify up to 2 additional IP addresses to configure a second iSCSI interface.

SupportAssist (Optional)
Dell SupportAssist is a secure, automated health and system monitoring capability. It sends notifications to Dell , enables
remote support, and sends data to CloudIQ. Once your cluster is created successfully, you can connect to SupportAssist. If
you already have SupportAssist enabled, record the associated account details and the gateway or proxy IP information here.
Tip: The default port number Dell uses is 9443.

Gateway or Proxy Server IP Address

Gateway or Proxy Server Port
Proxy Server User Credentials
(Not applicable for Gateway Connect)

Policy Manager IP Address and Port

(Not applicable for Direct Connect without remote access or Gateway
Connect)

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PowerStore X model: Network configuration
requirements
This chapter includes the following information.
Topics:
• Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch connectivity options and requirements
• PowerStore X model networks
• PowerStore X model networks VLAN options
• IP addresses for network configuration

Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch connectivity options and

requirements
PowerStore requires connectivity to a pair of Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches.
This section describes the requirements for:
● Switch to switch (L2) connectivity
● Node to ToR switch connectivity

Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch to ToR switch (L2) connectivity options

Use one of the following options to connect the two ToR switches together.

Table 3. ToR switch to ToR switch interconnect options

Switch interconnect options Recommendation
Direct interconnect using Multi-chassis Dell highly recommends using MC-LAG for interconnectivity between the ToR
Link Aggregation Group (MC-LAG) switches.
No direct interconnect between the If the ToR switches cannot be interconnected then use highly reliable Layer 2 (L2)
switches uplinks.
When using highly reliable L2 uplinks, the two ports used on the PowerStore
appliance 4-port card (system bond) reverts into an active/passive state.

NOTE: If neither of the switch interconnect options are available then you can use a Direct Trunk Link, but this is not
recommended.

Direct interconnect using multi-chassis Link Aggregation Group interconnect

It is highly recommended that you deploy PowerStore with an MC-LAG interconnect between the two ToR switches.
MC-LAG is a switch interconnection technology that joins a number of independent Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches into a single
virtual chassis. MC-LAG allows the link aggregation (LAG) port groups to span multiple chassis, enabling better resilience of
the LAG connection. Additionally, MC-LAG enables traffic going from switch to switch using the full bandwidth of the available
connection, without using spanning tree protocol (STP), which would disable some links to prevent loops.
MC-LAG is a general name for the technology, however certain vendors use their own proprietary terminology to define
MC-LAG connectivity.

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Table 4. Vendor specific MC-LAG technology
Vendor Proprietary MC-LAG technology
Dell Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)
Cisco Virtual Port Channel (vPC)
Brocade Multi-Chassis Trunking (MCT)

NOTE: Refer to your vendor's documentation to determine their technology for MC-LAG.

In an MC-LAG environment, the two switches are treated as one logical switch. This allows you to add all the uplinks from both
switches into a single port channel that will span the MC-LAG.

Upstream Upstream
Switch 1 Switch 2

Port Channel

Top of Rack Top of Rack

Switch 1 Switch 2
MC-LAG
Interconnect

Port 0 Port 1 Port 1 Port 0

Node A Node B

Appliance

Figure 1. Top-of-rack (ToR) switches with MC-LAG interconnect

NOTE: Port location for the reliable high speed uplinks may change depending on switch vendor or model.

For MC-LAG it is recommended that:

● A minimum of two connection cables in parallel with a high speed reliable connection.
● Connections must be made through the high speed ports on the switch. Verify with your switch provider documentation
where the high speed ports are located on your switch.
● Use two cables that support connectivity between the high speed ports. For example 100Gbps Direct Attached Cables
(DAC) would be required to connect the MC-LAG ports together.

No direct interconnect between the switches

If the ToR switches cannot be interconnected directly then use highly reliable Layer 2 (L2) upstream links.

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Using L2 (Ethernet level) upstream links without an MC-LAG connection to connect the ToR switches is an acceptable
alternative to a direct interconnect for PowerStore X model deployments.
When using highly reliable upstream links for ToR switch interconnectivity, the 1st 2-ports in the PowerStore X model appliance
4-port card (system bond) reverts into an active/passive state.

Upstream Upstream
Switch 1 Switch 2

Port Channel

Top of Rack Top of Rack

Switch 1 Switch 2
MC-LAG
Interconnect

Port 0 Port 1 Port 1 Port 0

Node A Node B

Appliance

Figure 2. ToR switches with no direct interconnect

Identifier Type of connectivity

Active

Passive

NOTE: Port location for the reliable high speed uplinks may change depending on switch vendor or model.

Non-MC-LAG L2 connectivity requires redundant, high speed connections.

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Node to Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch connectivity
Deploying with Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches requires that each of the base enclosure appliance nodes have at least one
connection to each of the ToR switches to provide redundancy at the NIC and switch levels.

Figure 3. Node to ToR switch cabling

When cabling the nodes to the switches:

● Port 0 and Port 1 on the same node must connect to opposite switches
● Port 0 on Node A, and Port 0 on Node B must connect to opposite switches
● Port 1 on Node A, and Port 1 on Node B must connect to opposite switches

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PowerStore X model networks
PowerStore X model requires all networks to be unique. It is highly recommended to deploy PowerStore X model with multiple
and unique VLANs to separate the traffic. However, if only one VLAN is available, you have the option to deploy PowerStore X
model with a single VLAN and multiple unique subnets as demonstrated below.

Management Production

ToR 1 ToR 2

4-port Card 4-port Card

Appliance
Figure 4. PowerStore X model network traffic

Ensure that the PowerStore X model interfaces are able to communicate to each other through the VLANs shown above.
Consult your network vendor documents to ensure all proper L2 and/or L3 traffic is being routed properly for all networks that
PowerStore X model is utilizing.

Table 5. PowerStore X model networks over the Management subnets

Identifier Networks Types of traffic Node transport ports
Remote Initial discovery using the PowerStore Discovery Utility. First port of the 4 port
Discovery card
Management Management network traffic which provides access to: First 2 ports of the 4 port
● Infrastructure services such as DNS, NTP, and SMTP. card (active/active)
● PowerStore REST API, PowerStore Manager, and NOTE: LACP/Port
PowerStore CLI Channels should not be
● SupportAssist configured on the ToR
● vCenter switches.

Table 6. PowerStore X model networks over the Production subnets

Identifier Networks Types of traffic Node transport ports
Storage ESXi iSCSI initiator traffic. First 2 ports of the 4 port
card (required)
iSCSI target portals for front-end traffic By default the storage
network will run over the
NVMe/TCP target portals for front-end traffic first port of the 4-port
Replication and Block storage import traffic card. The first port is

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Table 6. PowerStore X model networks over the Production subnets (continued)
Identifier Networks Types of traffic Node transport ports
active, and the second
port is used for backup.
However, these storage
networks can be
extended, added, or
separated to run on ports
2 or 3 of the 4-port card.

vMotion Network used for virtual machine (VM) migration. First port of the 4-port
card is active, and the
second port is used for
backup
Internal The internal network communication occurs on the Native First 2 ports of the 4-port
VLAN. The internal network is not currently used in this card
release.

Network configuration in PowerStore

All PowerStore networks must be configured on the switch. Management, Storage, and vMotion networks are configured in
PowerStore the first time you create a cluster through the PowerStore Initial Configuration Wizard (ICW).

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PowerStore X model networks VLAN options
The following table shows an example of the different type of networks with sample VLAN IDs in a PowerStore X model
appliance.

Table 7. PowerStore X model VLAN configuration

Sample VLAN ID Network VLAN Ports Subnet example
1 Remote Discovery (runs over the Native Untagged 169.254.x.x/16
VLAN)
100 Management Tagged y.y.y.y/24
200 Storage Tagged y.y.x.y/24
400 vMotion Tagged y.y.a.y/24
1 Internal (runs over the Native VLAN) Untagged Internal IPv6 addressing

Untagged traffic
If you want to use the native VLAN for any of your PowerStore networks, you must enter VLAN ID 0 (zero) for any untagged
traffic in the PowerStore Initial Configuration Wizard. PowerStore uses VLAN 0 as a marker for untagged traffic. When you
set the VLAN ID to zero, the network traffic is not tagged (based on the 802.1q standard), and the network takes on the native
VLAN. The traffic on that network is passed as untagged in PowerStore, and the Native VLAN is applied to the untagged traffic
through the switch.

IP addresses for network configuration

You will need IP addresses to configure the networks in PowerStore X model through the Initial Configuration Wizard (ICW)
which runs automatically after you discover PowerStore X model.
You will need to reserve:
● A minimum of 14 IP addresses, or recommended 17 IP addresses per appliance.
● A minimum of 1 IP address required per cluster or 2 recommended per cluster.
The following table details the IP address assignments.

Table 8. Initial configuration IP address requirements

Network IP Address assignments Number of IP Addresses
Management Network Total Required Per VLAN or Subnet for Management 6 with the Cluster IP address
Per Appliance Node A 1
Node B 1
Appliance 1
ESXi Host for Node A 1
ESXi Host for Node B 1
Per Cluster Cluster IP Address 1
(Management Network)
Storage Network Total Required Per VLAN or Subnet for Storage 6 minimum, 9
recommended
Per Appliance Node A iSCSI Target 1 minimum, 2 recommended
Node B iSCSI Target 1 minimum, 2 recommended
ESXi Node A iSCSI Initiator 2

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Table 8. Initial configuration IP address requirements (continued)
Network IP Address assignments Number of IP Addresses
ESXi Node B iSCSI Initiator 2
Per Cluster (optional) Global Storage 0 required, 1 recommended
Discovery IP Address
(Storage Network)
vMotion Network Total Required Per VLAN or Subnet for vMotion 2
Per Appliance Node A 1
Node B 1

You can choose to assign either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses to the management, storage, or vMotion networks. You cannot assign
different IP versions to the same network, for example, all 6 IPs assigned to the management network must all be either IPv4 or
IPv6. You can use different IP versions for different networks for example, you can use IPv4 for the management network, and
IPv6 for the storage network.

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 4
Configuring with Dell PowerSwitch Series
S4148-ON switches
This chapter includes the following information.
Topics:
• Configuring with Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches overview
• Get the completed Network Setup Preparation Worksheet
• Establish a terminal session to the switch
• Validate the switch version and licensing
• Configure general settings on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches
• Configure PowerStore X model network VLANs on the switch
• Configure Virtual Link Trunking interconnect (VLTi)
• Configure the uplink ports on the Top of the Rack (ToR) switches

Configuring with Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON

switches overview
This document describes the steps to configure Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON Top-of-Rack switches for a PowerStore X
model with a single cluster consisting of one appliance with a single base enclosure.
If you will not be deploying PowerStore with the S4148-ON switches, see the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix available at
https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs for details.
If you are configuring PowerStore X model with switches other than Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches, please refer
to the switch proprietary documentation for commands and specific details.

Get the completed Network Setup Preparation

Worksheet
The network resources provided in this worksheet are used in the steps to configure the Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON
Top-of-Rack switches in this guide.
If you are configuring your environment with alternative network resources complete the blank worksheet available in this guide
at PowerStore X model Network Setup Preparation Worksheet.

Table 9. Network Setup Preparation Worksheet (completed)

Step Step details Notes
1. Print this table to record the reserved resources.
2. Determine which of the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch ports will be connected to the PowerStore X model appliance base
enclosure nodes.
At a minimum, ports 0 and 1 of the 4-port card must be connected to the ToR switches. When cabling the nodes to the
ToR switches:
● Port 0 and Port 1 on the same node must connect to opposite switches
● Port 0 on Node A, and Port 0 on Node B must connect to opposite switches
● Port 1 on Node A, and Port 1 on Node B must connect to opposite switches

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Table 9. Network Setup Preparation Worksheet (completed) (continued)
Step Step details Notes

Record the ToR switch ports required to connect to:

Node A, Port 0 to ToR 1 port 1

Node A, Port 1 to ToR 2 port 1
Node B, Port 0 to ToR 2 port 54
Node B, Port 1 to ToR 1 port 54
3. Record the switch port to use for discovery while port 13
configuring your switches.
4. Record the VLAN IDs that will be used for system management:
Remote Discovery (untagged) 1
Management (tagged) 100
5. Record the VLAN IDs that will be used for production:
Storage network (tagged) 200
vMotion (tagged) 400
Internal (untagged) 1
6. Reserve and record the IP addresses necessary to configure the switch below:
Management IP address for switch 1 100.0.100.10/24
Management IP address for switch 2 100.0.100.11/24
Default gateway 100.0.100.1
NTP server 100.0.100.200
7. Dell supports deploying PowerStore X model with two Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches with a layer 2 interconnect link.
Choose which type of layer 2 interconnect you will use:

Highly Recommended: Multi-chassis Link Aggregation Group (MC-LAG)

If you will be using MC-LAG, record the ports you will use to connect the switches together.

Switch to switch port pair 1 25 to 25

Switch to switch port pair 2 26 to 26
Alternatively, L2 uplinks without MC-LAG N/A
8. If using MC-LAG, enter the Domain ID. VLT domain ID 1
9. If using VLT for the Layer 2 interconnect, record the:
VLT MAC address to use for both switch 1 and switch 2. 00:00:00:00:00:01
Use the same VLT MAC address for switch 1 and switch
2.
NOTE: You cannot use all zeros
(00:00:00:00:00) for the VLT MAC address.

VLT priority for switch 1 1

VLT priority for switch 2 8192
10. Record the ports on the ToR switches that will be used to connect to the uplinks.
Uplink A to ToR 1 port 29
Uplink B to ToR 1 port 30

22 Configuring with Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches

Table 9. Network Setup Preparation Worksheet (completed) (continued)
Step Step details Notes
Uplink A to ToR 2 port 29
Uplink B to ToR 2 port 30
11. Record the port channel ID used for connectivity between the ToR switches, and the uplinks.
If deploying with MC-LAG, enter the port channel ID for port channel 30
the uplink.
Only a single port channel ID is required for MC-LAG.

Alternatively, record the uplink port channel IDs required for L2 uplinks without MC-LAG.
L2 uplinks without MC-LAG connectivity requires two port channel IDs.

1. Port channel ID for L2 uplinks without MC-LAG N/A

2. Port channel ID for L2 uplinks without MC-LAG N/A
12. As a best practice it is recommended to add a spanning tree protocol to the ToR switches. Record the spanning tree
protocols to set on each switch.
Spanning tree protocol for ToR switch 1 40960
Spanning tree protocol for ToR switch 2 45056
13. Once you have completed steps above, you have the necessary information to configure the switches. Continue to
work with your network administrator to complete the Initial Configuration Worksheet now to ensure that:
● Your network configuration on the switch aligns with the network configuration that will be done in PowerStore X
model.
● You reserve the necessary network resources to complete deployment of PowerStore X model networks.
14. Determine if you will use a direct connection or a remote connection to discover your PowerStore.
Once you have successfully discovered your PowerStore, you will be guided through the Initial Configuration Wizard
to create your first PowerStore cluster.

Establish a terminal session to the switch

Perform the following steps to establish a terminal session to the serial console port on the Dell PowerSwitch Series.
These steps are specific to establishing connections to Dell PowerSwitch S4148-ON switches.
For console serial port cable requirements, and further details refer to the Dell PowerSwitch S4100-ON Series Installation Guide
located at: https://www.dell.com/support.
You must establish a terminal session to each of the switches to configure the switches for deployment.
1. Power on the switch.
2. Use a serial cable to connect a computer to the serial console port, which is the top port located on the PSU-side of the Dell
PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switch.

Serial Console Port

Management Port

3. Open a terminal emulator program, such as PuTTY, on the computer.

4. Configure the serial connection in the terminal emulator program using the following settings.

Configuring with Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches 23

 Table 10. Serial connection settings
Setting Value
Speed(baud) 115200 (9600 for micro-USB port)
Data bits 8
Stop bits 1
Parity None
Flow control None

5. Connect to the switch using the terminal emulator program.

6. Enter the switch log in credentials. Default username and password are:
● Username: admin
● Password: admin
7. Enter global configuration mode.

configure terminal

8. It is recommended that you change the password after logging into the switch for the first time. Use the following command
to change the switch password.

username admin password <NEW_PASSWORD> role sysadmin

Validate the switch version and licensing

Before you configure the switch and networks, check the switch operating system version and licensing.
If you are required to upgrade your switch OS, or reinstall the switch license see the OS10 Enterprise Edition User Guide for
details.
1. Establish a terminal connection to the switch and hit the Enter key after you have connected.
2. Run the command show version to display the OS version. Dell recommends upgrading to the latest release available on
Dell Digital Locker (https://www.dell.com/support/software/).

OS10# show version

Dell Networking OS10-Enterprise
Copyright (c) 1999-2018 by Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved.
OS Version: 10.5.x.x
Build Version: 10.x.x.x.x
Build Time: 2018-09-26T17:20:01-0700
System Type: S4148F-ON
Architecture: x86_64
Up Time: 2 weeks 04:34:35

3. Verify that the license was installed on the switches.

Run the command show license status to display the license installation. The License Type: field should indicate
PERPETUAL. If an evaluation license is installed, licenses purchased from Dell are available for download on Dell Digital
Locker (https://www.dell.com/support/software/).

OS10# show license status

System Information
---------------------------------------------------------
Vendor Name : Dell
Product Name : S4148F-ON
Hardware Version: A00
Platform Name : x86_64-dellemc_s4100_c2538-r0
PPID : CN00Y2VTCES0082O0038
Service Tag : D8MSG02
License Details

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 ----------------
Software : OS10-Enterprise
Version : 10.x.x.x
License Type : PERPETUAL
License Duration: Unlimited
License Status : Active
License location: /mnt/license/D8MSG02.lic
---------------------------------------------------------

NOTE: If OS10EE was factory installed, a perpetual license is already installed on the switch.

4. Repeat the steps for each switch.

Configure general settings on the Top-of-Rack (ToR)

switches
Perform the following steps to configure general settings on the ToR switches.
In OS10EE, LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) is enabled globally on each interface by default. You can use LLDP for
troubleshooting and validation. It is recommended that you enable all of the optional TLVs (type, length, value) in the LLDPU
(Link Layer Discovery Protocol Data Units) on the switches.
1. Establish a terminal connection to the switch to the first ToR switch (Switch1).
2. Enter global configuration mode.

configure terminal

3. Configure a hostname for the switch.

hostname Switch1

4. If performing remote discovery, optionally configure an ethernet interface on the switch for the remote discovery
workstation.
NOTE: You do not need to perform this step when configuring Switch 2.

interface ethernet 1/1/13

description discoveryWorkstation
switchport access vlan 1
no shutdown

5. Configure the Management IP address for the switch.

NOTE: The following command sample assumes that automatic IP assignment through Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) is enabled on the switch. If automatic IP assignment through DHCP is not enabled, you do not need to
include no ip address dhcp in the commands below.

interface mgmt 1/1/1

no shutdown
no ip address dhcp
ip address 100.0.100.10/24

NOTE: Be sure to use a different IP address when configuring switch 2. This document uses 100.0.100.11/24 in the
example for Switch2.

6. Configure the management route (default gateway) for the switch.

management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.0.100.1

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7. Configure an NTP server for the switch.

ntp server 100.0.100.200

8. Enable the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) on the switch.

spanning-tree mode rstp

9. Configure the spanning tree priority on the switch.

spanning-tree rstp priority 40960

Note the following when selecting spanning-tree rstp priority values:

● It is important that you work with your network administrator to determine which value to use to avoid conflicts with
other switches in your network.
● Different RSTP priority values should be used when configuring switch 1 and switch 2.
● 0 priority is typically reserved for the root bridge.
10. Repeat the above steps for the second switch (Switch2).

Switch1 Switch2

configure terminal configure terminal

hostname Switch1 hostname Switch2

interface ethernet 1/1/13 interface mgmt 1/1/1

description discoveryWorkstation no shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 no ip address dhcp
no shutdown ip address 100.0.100.11/24
exit
interface mgmt 1/1/1
no shutdown management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.0.100.1
no ip address dhcp
ip address 100.0.100.10/24 ntp server 100.0.1000.200
exit
spanning-tree mode rstp
management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.0.100.1 spanning-tree rstp priority [45056]

ntp server 10.0.0.200 exit

spanning-tree mode rstp

spanning-tree rstp priority [40960}

exit

Configure PowerStore X model network VLANs on the

switch
1. Establish a terminal connection to the switch to the first ToR switch (Switch1)
2. Enter global configuration mode.

configure terminal

3. Create the Internal network.

interface vlan 1
description Internal_Network
no shutdown
exit

26 Configuring with Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches

4. Create the Management VLAN.

interface vlan 100

description Management_Network
no shutdown
exit

5. Create the Storage VLAN.

interface vlan 200

description Storage_Network
no shutdown
exit

6. Create a vMotion VLAN.

interface vlan 400

description vMotion_Network
no shutdown
exit

7. Repeat steps on Switch 2.

configure terminal
interface vlan 1
description Internal_Network
no shutdown
exit

interface vlan 100

description Management_Network
no shutdown
exit

interface vlan 200

description Storage_Network
no shutdown
exit

interface vlan 400

description vMotion_Network
no shutdown
exit

Configure Virtual Link Trunking interconnect (VLTi)

Perform the following steps if you have chosen to implement VLT for your Layer 2 interconnect between the two Dell
PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON ToR switches.
Work with a network administrator to implement VLTi. VLTi should not be configured without a networking specialist.
You can cable the switches together prior to configuring connectivity between the switches or you can cable the switches after
configuring the type of connectivity. See Cable the ToR switches together for details.
1. Establish a terminal session to the first ToR switch (Switch1).
2. Enter global configuration mode.

configure terminal

3. Disable L2 mode on the 100 GbE ports that will be used for VLTi on Switch1.

interface range ethernet 1/1/25-1/1/26

description vlti
no switchport
exit

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4. Create new VLTi domain and select 100 GbE ports as discovery interfaces.

vlt-domain 1
discovery-interface ethernet 1/1/25-1/1/26

● vlt-domain, and port numbers should be the same on both switches.

● Ports 25 and 26 are both 100 GbE ports on the Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches. Other switches may have
different port numbers assigned to the 100 GbE ports.
5. Specify the management IP of the other ToR switch as VLT backup (required for heartbeat).
● For switch1, use the switch2 management IP address for the backup.
● For switch2, use the switch1 management IP address for the backup.

backup destination 100.0.100.11

6. Enable peer-routing to prepare to configure your uplinks. Peer routing enables or disables L3 routing to peers.
NOTE: Steps to configure uplinks to the customer networks are not described in this guide.

peer-routing

7. Set the priority of the switch.

primary-priority 1

Valid priority values range from 1 to 65535. The switch with the lower priority setting will take precedence of the switch with
the higher priority value. Do not set the same priority value to the two ToR switches.
8. Enter a VLT MAC address to avoid conflicts on the network.
NOTE: You cannot use all zeros (00:00:00:00:00) for the VLT MAC address.

vlt-mac 00:00:00:00:00:01

Use the same VLT MAC address when configuring Switch2.

9. Repeat steps for the second switch.
While doing so reverse switch IP address in steps 1 and 5 as demonstrated in the code sample below.

Table 11. Code sample of VLTi configuration steps

Switch1 Switch2

configure terminal configure terminal

interface range ethernet 1/1/25-1/1/26 interface range ethernet 1/1/25-1/1/26
description vtli description vlti
no switchport no switchport
exit exit
vlt-domain 1 vlt-domain 1
discovery-interface ethernet discovery-interface ethernet
1/1/25-1/1/26 1/1/25-1/1/26
backup destination 100.0.100.11 backup destination 100.0.100.10
peer-routing peer-routing
primary-priority 1 primary-priority 8192
vlt-mac 00:00:00:00:00:01 vlt-mac 00:00:00:00:00:01

Once you have configured VLTi for the interconnect, you will need to configure port interfaces for VLTi connectivity.
When enabling your uplinks to the customer network it is helpful to know that VLTi configurations for PowerStore X model
require that port channels are configured for the uplink ports to avoid looping.

28 Configuring with Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches

Configure port interfaces for PowerStore X model node
connectivity
You configure the port interfaces between the PowerStore X model nodes and the ToR switches.
1. Establish a terminal connection to the switch to the first ToR switch (Switch1)
2. Enter global configuration mode.

configure terminal

3. Configure allowed VLANs and the native VLAN for Node A port 0 and ToR switch 1.
NOTE: For iSCSI best practices, it is recommended to disable flow control as demonstrated below.

interface ethernet 1/1/1

description Node-A-Port_0
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off
spanning-tree port type edge
exit

4. Repeat steps on switch 1 for Node B, port 1, as demonstrated below.

NOTE: For iSCSI best practices, it is recommended to disable flow control as demonstrated below.

configure terminal
interface ethernet 1/1/54
description Node-B-Port-1
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off
spanning-tree port type edge
exit

5. Repeat steps on switch 2 connectivity to Node A Port 0 and Node B Port 1 as demonstrated below.
While configuring Switch 2, note that the ethernet interfaces are reversed. Ethernet interface 1 is configured on Node-B-
Port-1 and interface 54 is configured on Node-A-Port-0 as demonstrated below.

Table 12. Code sample configuring port interfaces on the ToR switches
Switch 1 connectivity to Node A Port 0 Switch 2 connectivity to Node A Port 1

configure terminal configure terminal

interface ethernet 1/1/1 interface ethernet 1/1/1
description Node-A-Port-0 description Node-A-Port-1
no shutdown no shutdown
switchport mode trunk switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400 switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
spanning-tree port type edge spanning-tree port type edge
exit exit

Switch 1 connectivity to Node B Port 1 Switch 2 connectivity to Node B Port 0

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 Table 12. Code sample configuring port interfaces on the ToR switches (continued)

configure terminal configure terminal

interface ethernet 1/1/54 interface ethernet 1/1/54
description Node-B-Port-1 description Node-B-Port-0
no shutdown no shutdown
switchport mode trunk switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400 switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
spanning-tree port type edge spanning-tree port type edge
exit exit

Configure the uplink ports on the Top of the Rack

(ToR) switches
1. Establish a terminal session to the first ToR switch (Switch1).
2. Enter global configuration mode.

configure terminal

3. Configure the port-channel for the uplinks.

interface port-channel 30
description Uplink
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
vlt-port-channel 30

4. Configure the uplink ports on the switch.

NOTE: For iSCSI best practices, it is recommended to disable flow control as demonstrated below.

interface ethernet 1/1/29

description Uplink_Ports
no shutdown
channel-group 30 mode active
no switchport
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off

interface ethernet 1/1/30

description Uplink_Ports
no shutdown
channel-group 30 mode active
no switchport
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off

5. Commit the configuration to the nvram.

copy running-configuration startup-configuration

6. Repeat on Switch2.

configure terminal

interface port-channel 30
description Uplink

30 Configuring with Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches

 no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
vlt-port-channel 30

interface ethernet 1/1/29

description Uplink_Ports
no shutdown
channel-group 30 mode active
no switchport
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off

interface ethernet 1/1/30

description Uplink_Ports
no shutdown
channel-group 30 mode active
no switchport
flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off

copy running-configuration startup-configuration

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 5
PowerStore X model: Cabling the appliance
to the switches
This chapter contains the following information.
Topics:
• Cable the base enclosure to the ToR switches
• Cable the ToR switches together
• Cable the Top-of-Rack switches to the core uplinks

Cable the base enclosure to the ToR switches

Cable the nodes to the Top of Rack (ToR) switches.

2 4

1 3

Figure 5. Base enclosure connection to the ToR switches

As demonstrated in the diagram, when cabling the nodes to the ToR switches:
● Port 0 and Port 1 on the same node must connect to opposite switches
● Port 0 on Node A, and Port 0 on Node B must connect to opposite switches
● Port 1 on Node A, and Port 1 on Node B must connect to opposite switches

Table 13. Steps to cable to the switches

1 Connect Port 0 of the bottom node (A) to Port 1 of the bottom switch (1).
2 Connect Port 1 of the bottom node (A) to Port 1 of the top switch (2).
3 Connect Port 1 of the top node (B), to Port 54 of the bottom switch (1).
4 Connect Port 0 of the top node (B), to Port 54 of the top switch (2).

32 PowerStore X model: Cabling the appliance to the switches

Cable the ToR switches together
PowerStore dual switch deployments with VLT, requires that the two Top of Rack (ToR) switches are cabled together.

1
2

Figure 6. Switch-to-switch connectivity

Use two cables that support connectivity between the high speed ports, for example 100Gbps Direct Attached Cables (DAC).
It is recommended that you use the same port numbers for the pair on the top and bottom switch.

Table 14. Steps to connect Dell S4148-ON switches together

1 Connect 100 GbE port 25 of the bottom switch (1) to 100 GbE port 25 of the top switch (2).
2 Connect 100 GbE port 26 of the bottom switch (1) to 100 GbE port 26 of the top switch (2).

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Cable the Top-of-Rack switches to the core uplinks
Cable the Dell PowerSwitch Serires S4148-ON Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches to the core uplinks.

Core uplinks
Uplink A Uplink B

1 3 4 2

Figure 7. Dell PowerSwitch Serires S4148-ON ToR switch connections to the core uplinks

Table 15. Steps to connect to the Dell PowerSwitch Serires S4148-ON ToR switches to the core uplinks
1 Connect port 30 of the bottom ToR switch to the core Uplink A.
2 Connect port 29 of the bottom ToR switch to the core Uplink B.
3 Connect port 29 of the top ToR switch to the core Uplink A.
4 Connect port 30 of the top ToR switch to the core Uplink B.

NOTE: Work with your network administrator to determine the uplink ports to which the ToR switches will connect.

34 PowerStore X model: Cabling the appliance to the switches

 6
Validate switch and network configuration
This chapter contains the following information.
Topics:
• Validate configuration on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches
• Network Validation Tool for PowerStore

Validate configuration on the Top-of-Rack (ToR)

switches
Once you have configured and cabled your Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON ToR switches, validate the configuration prior to
discovering yourPowerStore X model model deployment.
1. Establish a terminal session to the switch.
2. Validate the interface status.

show interface status | grep up

Port Description Status Speed Duplex Mode Vlan Tagged-Vlans

Eth 1/1/1 Node-A-Port-0 up 10G full T 1 100,200,400
Eth 1/1/13 discoveryWork.. up 1000M full A 1
Eth 1/1/25 VLTi up 100G full -
Eth 1/1/26 VLTi up 100G full -
Eth 1/1/29 Uplink_Ports up 100G full -
Eth 1/1/30 Uplink_Ports up 100G full -
Eth 1/1/54 Node-B-Port-1 up 10G full T 1 100,200,400

3. Validate the port channel configuration.

show port-channel summary

Flags: D - Down I - member up but inactive P - member up and active

U - Up (port-channel) F - Fallback Activated
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Group Port-Channel Type Protocol Member Ports
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
30 port-channel30 (U) Eth DYNAMIC 1/1/29(P) 1/1/30(P)
1000 port-channel1000 Eth STATIC 1/1/25(P) 1/1/26(P)

4. Validate the VLAN configuration

show vlan

Codes: * - Default VLAN, M - Management VLAN, R - Remote Port Mirroring VLANs

Q: A - Access (Untagged), T - Tagged

NUM Status Description Q Ports

1 Active Internal_Network A Eth1/1/1-1/1/24,1/1/31-1/1/54
A Po30
100 Active Management_Network T Eth1/1/1,1/1/54
200 Active Storage_Network T Eth1/1/1,1/1/54
T Po30

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 400 Active vMotion_Network T Eth1/1/1,1/1/54
T Po30
4094 Inactive T Po1000

5. Validate the link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) configuration

show lldp neighbors

Loc PortID Rem Host Name Rem Port Id Rem Chassis Id

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ethernet1/1/1 Not Advertised 00:e0:ec:da:e4:f2 00:e0:ec:da:e4:f2
ethernet1/1/1 ESXi-CNR42W2-A 00:e0:ec:da:e4:e2 vmnic4
ethernet1/1/13 Not Advertised a0:36:9f:d4:fb:2e a0:36:9f:d4:fb:2e
ethernet1/1/25 Switch2 ethernet1/1/25 e4:f0:04:76:cd:8e
ethernet1/1/26 Switch2 ethernet1/1/26 e4:f0:04:76:cd:8e
ethernet1/1/29 Uplink-01 ethernet1/1/26 68:4f:64:68:c7:1d
ethernet1/1/30 Uplink-02 ethernet1/1/26 68:4f:64:58:9f:a5
ethernet1/1/54 Not Advertised 00:e0:ec:da:84:4f 00:e0:ec:da:84:4f
ethernet1/1/54 ESXi-CNR22W2-B 00:e0:ec:da:84:3f vmnic5
mgmt1/1/1 MGMT-01 ethernet1/1/42 68:4f:64:68:c7:1d

6. Validate the VLT domain_id

show vlt <domain_id>

Domain ID : 1
Unit ID : 2
Role : primary
Version : 2.0
Local System MAC address : e4:f0:04:76:dd:8e
Role priority : 1
VLT MAC address : 00:00:00:00:00:01
IP address : fda5:74c8:b79e:1::2
Delay-Restore timer : 90 seconds
Peer-Routing : Enabled
Peer-Routing-Timeout timer : 0 seconds
VLTi Link Status
port-channel1000 : up

VLT Peer Unit ID System MAC Address Status IP Address Version

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 e4:f0:04:76:cd:8e up fda5:74c8:b79e:1::1 2.0

7. Validate VLT backup link

show vlt <domain_id> backup-link

VLT Backup Link

------------------------
Destination : 100.0.100.11
Peer Heartbeat status : Up
Heartbeat interval : 30
Heartbeat timeout : 90

8. Validate that there is no mismatch with the VLT domain_id.

show vlt <domain_id> mismatch

VLT-MAC mismatch:
No mismatch

Peer-routing mismatch:
No mismatch

VLAN mismatch:

36 Validate switch and network configuration

 No mismatch

VLT VLAN mismatch:

No mismatch

9. Validate the VLT port configuration.

show vlt <domain_id> vlt-port-detail

vlt-port-channel ID : 30
VLT Unit ID Port-Channel Status Configured ports Active ports
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 port-channel30 up 2 2
* 2 port-channel30 up 2 2

10. Review the running configuration for ToR switch 1, and repeat all validation steps for ToR switch 2.

show running-configuration

For an example of the running configuration output see PowerStore X model: Running configuration of Dell PowerSwitch
Series S4148-On switches.

Network Validation Tool for PowerStore

Optionally, you can run the Network Validation Tool (NVT) for PowerStore after configuring your switches, and discovering
PowerStore.
The NVT is available for download from the Dell Technologies Solutions page at: https://central.dell.com/central/home.
You must have an online support account to download the NVT. You can create an account from https://www.dell.com/
support.
Once you have downloaded the NVT, see the Network Validation Tool for PowerStore UserGuide.pdf, which is downloaded in
the zip file with the NVT.
Once you have validated the networks are configured accurately for PowerStore, you can continue to discover PowerStore, and
then run through the Initial Configuration Wizard which is automatically launched after PowerStore discovery.

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 7
Discovering PowerStore Appliances
Once you have configured your networks and completed installing the appliances, you can discover your PowerStore appliance
and begin the initial configuration process.
Topics:
• Discovery with a direct connection
• Discovery with a remote connection

Discovery with a direct connection

This is the recommended procedure and requires that you are physically present in the data center or lab where the base
enclosure is installed.
● (Optional) Download and run the PowerStore Network Validation Tool (NVT) to validate that your networks are correctly
configured. The NVT can be downloaded from Dell Central Solutions at https://central.dell.com/central/home.
● Ensure that your workstation’s network adapter is configured as follows:
○ Connected directly to the PowerStore service port on node B.
○ Configured with a static IP address on the service LAN network (128.221.1.0/24) with no gateway address defined
(128.221.1.249; 255.255.255.0; no gateway)
○ Able to ping the IP address of node A’s service LAN port (128.221.1.251)
1. Connect your workstation or laptop to the service port on node B of the enclosure.
NOTE: The procedure in this section only applies if you are physically present within the datacenter. If you do not
have access to the base enclosure, skip these steps. You must download and run the PowerStore Discovery Utility on a
remote system or virtual machine to discover your system. For more information, see Discovery with remote connection.

B
Node

Figure 8. Discovery with a direct connection

2. In a web browser, go to https://128.221.1.251

3. Log on to PowerStore Manager and begin the initial configuration process using the following default credentials:
● Username: admin
● Default password: Password123#

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Discovery with a remote connection
If you do not have access to the base enclosure, deploy a workstation or virtual machine on the same network as the
PowerStore system and use the PowerStore Discovery Utility to discover and create a cluster.

Node
Network
A

Figure 9. PowerStore X model remote discovery connectivity

There are two methods of discovery for you to choose from:

● Remote discovery using Discovery Tool
● Remote discovery with a static IP address

Remote discovery using Discovery Tool

You can discover PowerStore using Discovery Tool, which advertises a 169.254.xx/16 IP address.
● Download the PowerStore Discovery Utility from the Drivers & Downloads Tab on the PowerStore Product Support Page at
https://dell.com/support.
● (Optional) Download and run the Network Validation Tool (NVT) for PowerStore to validate that your networks are correctly
configured. The NVT is available for download from the Dell Technologies Solutions page at: https://central.dell.com/
central/home.
● Temporarily disable your firewall. If that is not possible, add port 5353 and the Discovery Utility to the exclusion list of
any firewall and antivirus software running on the workstation. Refer to your antivirus and firewall documentation for more
information.
NOTE: If your workstation or VM is running Windows 10, and you use Windows Defender Antivirus, ensure that you also
disable Real-time protection. In the Windows Security app, go to Virus & threat protection.
● Disable any other security applications, such as antivirus software.
● Ensure that your workstation or virtual machine is connected directly to the same switch that the base enclosure is cabled to
or is on the same VLAN as the native/untagged network of the PowerStore management network connection:
○ Create a second network adapter that uses the same native/untagged network as the PowerStore management network
connection.
○ Verify whether there is an IP address starting with 169.254.x.x/16 subnet setup available that you can use as the IP
address of the second network adapter. If such an IP address is not available, set the IP address of the second network
adapter to 169.254.1.2 with netmask 255.255.0.0 and no gateway address defined. This address cannot be overwritten
by any other address ranges (whether you use DHCP or static IP addresses).
NOTE: To avoid duplicate IP addresses, ensure that there is only one laptop or virtual machine in the same native/
untagged network with the 169.254.x.x IP address you set up.
● If you had the Discovery Utility already running, ensure that you exit and restart the Discovery Utility after temporarily
disabling the firewall or antivirus services.
1. From your workstation or virtual machine, launch the PowerStore Discovery Utility.
2. Select the unconfigured base enclosure for which you want to create a cluster.
3. Log on to PowerStore Manager and begin the initial configuration process using the following default credentials:
● Username: admin
● Default password: Password123#

Remote discovery with a static IP address

You can discover PowerStore systems remotely using a static IP.
Review the following before discovering with one of the static IP addresses reserved for PowerStore discovery.

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● (Optional) Download and run the Network Validation Tool (NVT) for PowerStore to validate that your networks are correctly
configured. The NVT is available for download from the Dell Technologies Solutions page at: https://central.dell.com/
central/home.
● Ensure that your workstation or virtual machine is connected directly to the same switch that the base enclosure is cabled to
or is on the same VLAN as the native/untagged network of the PowerStore management network connection:
○ Create a second network adapter that uses the same native/untagged network as the PowerStore management network
connection.
○ Verify whether there is an IP address starting with 169.254.0.x/16 subnet setup available that you can use as the IP
address of the second network adapter. If such an IP address is not available, set the IP address of the second network
adapter to 169.254.1.2 with netmask 255.255.0.0 and no gateway address defined. This address cannot be overwritten
by any other address ranges (whether you use DHCP or static IP addresses).
NOTE: To avoid duplicate IP addresses, ensure that there is only one laptop or virtual machine in the same native/
untagged network with the 169.254.x.x IP address you set up.
1. From your workstation or virtual machine, open a Web browser, and enter any one of the IP addresses reserved for
PowerStore discovery.
● http://169.254.0.10
● http://169.254.0.20
● http://169.254.0.30
● http://169.254.0.40
● http://169.254.0.50
2. Log on to PowerStore Manager and begin the initial configuration process using the following default credentials:
● Username: admin
● Default password: Password123#

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 8
Initial configuration of the PowerStore X
model appliance
This chapter contains the following information.
Topics:
• Initial Configuration Wizard
• Get your completed Initial Configuration Worksheet

Initial Configuration Wizard

Once you have discovered the PowerStore X model appliance, you are redirected to the Initial Configuration Wizard (ICW) to
configure the networks on the PowerStore X model appliance.
The Initial Configuration Wizard (ICW) prompts you to enter the necessary network information for initial configuration of
your PowerStore X model appliance.
Refer to your completed Initial Configuration Worksheet while running through the ICW. The Initial Configuration Worksheet
should have been completed with all the information you will need to complete initial deployment of the PowerStore X model
appliance.
Note
● To avoid failure while creating the cluster confirm your vCenter Server certificate settings prior to running the Initial
Configuration Wizard. Confirming your vCenter Server certificate settings is described in Knowledge Based Article
000188887: PowerStore X: How to Prevent Creation Failure Due to Unsupported vCenter Configuration, which can be
located from the Dell Digital Locker (https://www.dell.com/support/software/).
● Login credentials
You will use the default username and password the first time you log into PowerStore. However, you must change the
admin password before you can continue through the Initial Configuration Wizard (ICW). Be sure to note down the
new admin password you have entered for the cluster in the Completed Initial Configuration Worksheet. A sample of this
password has not been provided for you.
● Native VLAN
Tagging the Native VLAN requires that the physical switch is configured to accept the tagged VLAN ID. If no VLAN ID is
specified during initial configuration of a cluster, the network traffic will be sent as untagged. When the traffic is untagged,
the physical switch will apply the Native VLAN to the traffic.
● Hypervisor information
Networking on a PowerStore X model appliance is controlled by ESXi, which uses a virtual switch to share network devices
with the controller VM. As a part of cluster creation, a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) is set up to manage network
traffic. The vDS enables features such as advanced QoS priority configuration with Network I/O Control (NIOC).
In general, this configuration does not impact the management of a PowerStore X model appliance. However, there are some
considerations for HA if the default configuration is modified.
For details see PowerStore Virtualization Infrastructure Guide.
● vCenter Information
PowerStore clusters use a specific implementation of virtualization concepts that are based in a VMware vSphere
framework. PowerStore appliances are designed to be integrated with VMware vSphere. These integrations include:
○ vCenter Server
○ Virtual machines
○ Virtual volumes
○ Protocol Endpoints

Initial configuration of the PowerStore X model appliance 41

 ○ VASA provider
○ Storage containers
○ Storage Policy Based Management
For details see PowerStore Virtualization Infrastructure Guide.
Once you have completed the initial configuration of your PowerStore X model appliance, you have the option of adding more
storage networks as described in: Create an additional Storage network.

Get your completed Initial Configuration Worksheet

The Initial Configuration Wizard (ICW) prompts you to enter the necessary network information for initial configuration of
you PowerStore X model appliance The network resources provided in the worksheet below are used in the steps to configure
the PowerStore X model networks.
The following worksheet has been completed with the resources configured on the on the Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-
ON Top-of-Rack switches. If you are configuring your environment with alternative network resources complete the blank
worksheet available in this guide at Initial Configuration Worksheet.
Additionally, be sure to note down the admin password you will define for the cluster in the completed Initial Configuration
Worksheet below. A sample of a user-defined password is not provided for you.

Table 16. Initial Configuration Worksheet (completed)

Initial Login Information
Use the following default user credentials when you log in to the PowerStore Manager for the first time.
You must enter a new admin password to complete initial configuration of the PowerStore X model cluster.

Default Username admin

Default Password Password123# New Admin

Password
Cluster Details
For resource management, efficiency, and availability purposes, appliances act as a single component called cluster.

Cluster Name PowerStoreXCluster

Appliance Service Tags CNR42W2 Single Drive Failure

Enter the service tag. The service tag appears or
on the black tag on the front of the base
Double Drive Failure
enclosure. When the systems arrive identify
the base enclosures that you want to configure Single Drive Failure
as a cluster and record their service tags.
or
Drive Failure Tolerance Level
Double Drive Failure
Next to each appliance select the drive failure
tolerance level you want to set. The drive Single Drive Failure
failure tolerance level indicates the amount
of concurrent drive failures the appliance can or
sustain without causing a data unavailable Double Drive Failure
or data loss event. The single drive fault
tolerance level meets availability requirements Single Drive Failure
for all drive types and capacity points. But
the double drive failure tolerance can provide or
higher resiliency and protection. Double Drive Failure
Ensure that there are at least the following
number of SSD drives in the enclosure:
● At least 6 for single drive failure tolerance
● 7 for double drive failure tolerance

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Table 16. Initial Configuration Worksheet (completed) (continued)
NOTE: Once set, the drive failure
tolerance level for an appliance cannot be
changed.

Networks
Your cluster requires a dedicated set of IP addresses for each type of network.
NOTE: VLAN information for management, storage, and vMotion networks are optional and default to 0. It is a marker
used to indicate that the network traffic is not tagged and native VLAN is applied through the switch. For better security
and performance, it is recommended that you specify a unique VLAN information for each type of network.
If you are deploying into a single VLAN, it is recommended that you configure a unique subnet for each type of network.

Cluster IP Address 192.168.1.10

Management Network
Connects the cluster to services such as DNS and NTP. The IP addresses in the management network are used to address the
cluster, appliances, controllers, and internal hosts.

VLAN Netmask/Prefix Gateway IP Addresses

Length
(Optional, defaults to untagged) 5 IPs for each PowerStore X model
Appliance

100 255.255.255.0/2 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.11-15

4

Storage Network
Enables clients to access the storage in the cluster. The IP addresses in the storage network are used for iSCSI targets, iSCSI
initiators, and the Global Storage Discovery IP address.
At a minimum, you need 6 IP addresses for each PowerStore X model appliance. However, for performance improvements, it is
highly recommended that you have a minimum of 8 IP addresses for each PowerStore X model appliance.
If you choose to create a Global Storage Discovery IP Address, you will need a minimum of 7 IP addresses, and a recommended
9 IP addresses for each appliance.

VLAN Netmask/Prefix Gateway IP Addresses

Length
(Optional, Defaults to untagged)

200 255.255.255.0/2 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.10-18

4

Global Storage Discovery IP Address Yes or No

It is recommended that you choose to create this IP address. It is used as the single
highly available floating IP address for hosts to easily discover storage from your cluster.
If you choose to configure the Global Storage Discovery IP address, the last IP
address you specify for the Storage Network is used as the Global Storage Discovery
IP address.
NOTE: In this example, 192.168.2.18 will be used for the Global Storage
Discovery IP address.

vMotion Network
Enables users to migrate virtual machines within the vSphere cluster. The IP addresses in the vMotion network are used for a
dedicated network that transfer virtual machines between appliances.

VLAN Netmask/Prefix Gateway IP Addresses

Length
(Optional, Defaults to 0) 2 IPs for each PowerStore X model
Appliance

400 255.255.255.0/2 192.168.4.1 192.168.4.10-11

4

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Table 16. Initial Configuration Worksheet (completed) (continued)
Infrastructure Services
Record IP addresses for your DNS and NTP servers. It is recommended that you specify at least two addresses for DNS and
NTP servers each.

DNS Server 100.0.100.20 100.0.100.201

0

NTP Server 100.0.100.20 100.0.100.201

0

Physical/Top-of-Rack Switch Information

Record the switch IP addresses to validate the cabling and switch settings before the cluster is configured. The switch
credentials provide PowerStore X modelwith read-only access to the switches to validate that the configuration on the
switches will support the cluster networks.

Switch Name Switch1 Switch2

Protocol (SSH/SNMP) SSH SSH

IP Address 100.0.100.10 100.0.100.11

Port Port 22 Port 22

SSH Username admin admin

Switch Password Password123! Password123!

Hypervisor
Record your existing vCenter administrator login credentials. The initial configuration workflow automatically creates a
datacenter and ESXi cluster, and associates them with your cluster.

NOTE: Ensure that the vCenter Server is accessible on the network.

Your vCenter Information

vCenter Server IP Address/Host Name 100.0.100.220

vCenter Administrator Username [email protected]

al

vCenter Administrator Password Password123!

New or Existing Datacenter Name DataCenter-

PowerStoreXCluster

vCenter Cluster Name (ESXi Cluster Name) Cluster-

PowerStoreXCluster

PowerStore X model appliance Admin Credentials

Enter the PowerStore X model appliance administrator credentials for vCenter to access the PowerStore X model appliance.

Admin Username Default admin

Password This is the user-defined password provided after initial log in to the
PowerStore X model appliance.
Optimization
Optional setting that can optimize the performance of your cluster.

Storage MTU Size N/A

The maximum packet size (in bytes) that can be sent over the network interface. It is
recommended that you set the MTU to 9000 to enable jumbo Frames over the network.

iSCSI IP Addresses N/A

Up to 2 additional IP addresses to configure a second iSCSI interface.
N/A

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Table 16. Initial Configuration Worksheet (completed) (continued)

SupportAssist (Optional)
Dell SupportAssist is a secure, automated health and system monitoring capability. It sends notifications to Dell, enables
remote support, and sends data to CloudIQ. Once your cluster is created successfully, you can connect to SupportAssist. If
you already have SupportAssist enabled, record the associated account details and the gateway or proxy IP information here.
Tip: The default port number Dell uses is 9443.

Gateway or Proxy Server IP Address N/A

Gateway or Proxy Server Port N/A
Proxy Server User Credentials N/A
(Not applicable for Gateway Connect)

Policy Manager IP Address and Port N/A

(Not applicable for Direct Connect without remote access or
Gateway Connect)

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 A
Expand a Storage network to run across
multiple ports
The appendix contains the following information.
Topics:
• Expand a Storage network

Expand a Storage network

You can expand a Storage network to run across multiple ports on a PowerStore X model appliance.
You will require the following information to perform the steps to expand a Storage network.
NOTE: The sample network resources below can be used to expand the Storage network configured on the two Dell
PowerSwitch Series S4148 Top-of-Rack switches in the previous chapters of this guide. For details, see Configuring with
Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches. If you did not configure the same Storage network described in this guide,
then replace the sample resources with values matching your environment.

Table 17. Storage network resources

Network resource Sample
Storage network name Storage_Network
Ethernet port of the 4-port card of the PowerStore X model 2
appliance.
NOTE: Must be the same on both nodes.

PowerStore X model appliance Virtual port vFEPort6

Virtual ports configured in PowerStore Manager.

NOTE: Must be the same on both nodes.

PowerStore X model appliances have a vSphere Distributed

Virtual Switch (DVS), multiple port groups, and NIC teaming that
is configured automatically as part of the initial configuration
process. The Virtual port numbers do not directly map to the
PowerStore X model appliance Ethernet port numbers. To see
how the PowerStore X model appliance ports are mapped to the
virtual ports refer to the table below.

ToR Switch 1 port to cable to the bottom node (A). 2

ToR Switch 1 port to cable to the bottom node (B). 53
VLAN ID of the Storage network being expanded. 200
IP addresses 192.168.2.13-14
At least 2 IP addresses for each interface on which you are
expanding the storage network. One IP address for Node A iSCSI
target and the other for Node B iSCSI target.

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Table 18. PowerStore X model appliance Ethernet port to Virtual port mapping
Ethernet Port on the 4- Virtual Port vSphere Port Group Uplink
port card
Port 0 vFEPort2 PG_Storage_TGT2 Uplink 2
Port 1 vFEPort1 PG_Storage_TGT1 Uplink 1
Port 2 vFEPort6 PG_Storage_TGT4 Uplink 4
Port 3 vFEPort3 PG_Storage_TGT3 Uplink 3

Perform the following steps to configure an additional port and expand a Storage network you have configured on the
PowerStore X model appliance.
1. Cable the nodes to the switches for storage network expansion.
2. Configure the VLAN on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches.
3. Add IP addresses and map the Storage network to the virtual ports.

Cable the nodes to the ToR switches

The following steps provide an example of cabling port 2 of the 4-port card to two Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148 Top-of-Rack
(ToR) switches.
To use these instructions, a storage network, and the ToR switches must have been configured as described in Configuring with
Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches.
The following example uses port 2 of the 4-port card. However, you can choose to use port 3, or any port in an I/O module if
your nodes have been configured with one.
As demonstrated in the diagram, when cabling the nodes to the ToR switches the bottom node (A), and the top node (B) must
be cabled to opposite switches.

1 2

Figure 10. Cable the additional port

1. Connect Port 2 of the bottom node (A) to Port 2 of the bottom switch (1).

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2. Connect Port 2 of the top node (B), to Port 53 of the top switch (2).

Configure the VLAN on the ToR switches

The following steps provide an example of configuring VLANs on two Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148 Top-of-Rack (ToR)
switches.
You can cable the PowerStore X model appliance nodes to the switches before or after you perform these steps. For steps, see
Cable the nodes to the ToR switches.
You can skip this step if you have already configured the additional ToR switch ports with the VLAN on which the storage
network was created.
See Storage network resources for a list of:
● Network resources required to expand a storage network
● Sample values used in the following steps
1. Establish a terminal connection to the first ToR switch (Switch1).
2. Enter global configuration mode.

configure terminal

3. Configure the storage network VLAN to run over ToR Switch 1 port 2.

interface ethernet 1/1/2

switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 200
no shutdown
exit

4. Repeat steps 1 -3 for port 53 on ToR Switch 2.

Table 19. Code sample for configuring ToR switches to expand an iSCSI Storage network
Tor Switch 1 ToR Switch 2

configure terminal configure terminal

interface ethernet 1/1/2 interface ethernet 1/1/53
switchport mode trunk switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 200 switchport trunk allowed vlan 200
no shutdown no shutdown
exit exit

Add IP addresses and map the Storage networks to the virtual

ports
Once you have configured and cabled the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches for expanding the storage network, you will need to add
IP addresses, and map the ports for expansion in PowerStore Manager.
See Storage network resources for a list of:
● Network resources required to expand a storage network
● Sample values used in the following steps
To see how the Virtual Ports are mapped to the PowerStore X model Ethernet ports refer to PowerStore X model appliance
Ethernet port to Virtual port mapping. For complete details about virtual port mapping of PowerStore X model appliances, see
the Dell PowerStore: Virtualization Integration White Paper.
1. From PowerStore Manager go to Settings > Networking > Network IPsand select the Storage tab.
2. Select the checkbox next to the name of the Storage network you are expanding.
3. Select Add IPs.
4. Select Add in the IP Addresses for <storage network name> page.

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5. Enter the IP addresses or address range for the addresses reserved for expanding the storage network and Select Add.
6. Go to the Hardware page.
7. Select the appliance name and go to the Ports tab, and select the Virtual tab.
8. Select the checkbox next to the name of one of the Virtual ports on which you are expanding the Storage network.
9. Select Map Storage Network.
10. Select the checkbox next to the Storage network you are expanding on the Map Storage Network page, and Select Map
Network.
PowerStore Manager automatically maps the unused IP addresses you added in Step 5.
11. Select Map Network again in the Map Storage Network confirmation dialog box.
PowerStore Manager will automatically map the Storage network to both the Virtual port you selected, and the
corresponding Virtual port.
12. To validate the Storage network was successfully configured:
a. On the Virtual tab, locate the port on which you expanded the Storage network in the Name column.
The Link State should be green, and the Storage network should appear in the Mapped for Storage column.
b. Locate the corresponding port on the Virtual tab, to validate that the Link State is green, and the Storage network
appears in the Mapped for Storage column.

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 B
Create an additional Storage network
This appendix contains the following information.
Topics:
• Create a new Storage network

Create a new Storage network

You can configure up to 32 storage networks, with a maximum of 8 networks per port on the 4-port card.
You configure up to 8 storage networks over each one of the ports on the 4-port cards.
You will require the following information to perform the steps to create a new Storage network.
NOTE: The sample network resources below can be used on the two Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148 Top-of-Rack (ToR)
switches configured for the original Storage network described in Configuring with Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON
switches. If you did not use the same Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148 ToR switches described in this guide, then replace the
sample resources with values matching your environment.

Table 20. New Storage network resources

Network resource Sample
Storage network name Storage_Network2
Ethernet port of the 4-port card of the PowerStore X model 2
appliance.
NOTE: Must be the same on both nodes.

PowerStore X model appliance Virtual port vFEPort6

Virtual ports configured in PowerStore Manager.

NOTE: Must be the same on both nodes.

PowerStore X model appliances have a vSphere Distributed

Virtual Switch (DVS), multiple port groups, and NIC teaming that
is configured automatically as part of the initial configuration
process. The Virtual port numbers do not directly map to the
PowerStore X model appliance Ethernet port numbers. To see
how the PowerStore X model appliance ports are mapped to the
virtual ports refer to the table below.

ToR Switch 1 port to cable to the bottom node (A). 2

ToR Switch 1 port to cable to the bottom node (B). 53
VLAN ID 210
Netmask/Prefix Length 24
Gateway 192.168.21.1
Optional, Global IP Address 192.168.21.70
IP addresses 192.168.21.71-79
If you choose to create a Global Storage Discovery IP Address,
you will need a minimum of 7 IP addresses, and a recommended 9
IP addresses for each appliance.

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Table 21. PowerStore X model appliance Ethernet port to Virtual port mapping
Ethernet Port on the 4- Virtual Port vSphere Port Group Uplink
port card
Port 0 vFEPort2 PG_Storage_TGT2 Uplink 2
Port 1 vFEPort1 PG_Storage_TGT1 Uplink 1
Port 2 vFEPort6 PG_Storage_TGT4 Uplink 4
Port 3 vFEPort3 PG_Storage_TGT3 Uplink 3

Perform the following steps to configure an additional port on which to create a new Storage network on the PowerStore X
model appliance.
1. Cable the nodes to the ToR switches.
2. Configure a Storage network on the ToR switches.
3. Create additional Storage network in PowerStore Manager.

Cable the nodes to the ToR switches

The following steps provide an example of cabling port 2 of the 4-port card to two Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148 Top-of-Rack
(ToR) switches.
To use these instructions, a storage network, and the ToR switches must have been configured as described in Configuring with
Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches.
The following example uses port 2 of the 4-port card. However, you can choose to use port 3, or any port in an I/O module if
your nodes have been configured with one.
As demonstrated in the diagram, when cabling the nodes to the ToR switches the bottom node (A), and the top node (B) must
be cabled to opposite switches.

1 2

Figure 11. Cable the additional port

1. Connect Port 2 of the bottom node (A) to Port 2 of the bottom switch (1).

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2. Connect Port 2 of the top node (B), to Port 53 of the top switch (2).

Configure a Storage network on the ToR switches

The following steps provide an example of configuring a Storage network on two Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148 Top-of-Rack
(ToR) switches.
You can cable the PowerStore T model appliance nodes to the switches before or after you perform these steps. For steps, see
Cable the nodes to the ToR switches.
See New storage network resources for a list of:
● Network resources required to add a new storage network
● Sample values used in the following steps
1. Establish a terminal connection to the first ToR switch (Switch1).
2. Enter global configuration mode.

configure terminal

3. Configure the Storage network on ToR Switch 1.

interface vlan 210

description Storage_Network2
exit

4. Configure the Storage network to run over port 2 on ToR Switch 1.

interface ethernet 1/1/2

switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 210
no shutdown

5. Repeat steps 1 using port 53 on ToR Switch 2.

Table 22. Code sample for configuring ToR switches for a new iSCSI Storage network
Tor Switch 1 ToR Switch 2

configure terminal configure terminal

interface vlan 210 interface vlan 210
description Storage_Network2 description Storage_Network2
exit exit
interface ethernet 1/1/2 interface ethernet 1/1/53
switchport mode trunk switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 210 switchport trunk allowed vlan 210
no shutdown no shutdown

Create an additional Storage network in PowerStore Manager

Once you have configured and cabled the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches to the nodes, you will need to create the Storage
network in PowerStore Manager.
See the New Storage network resources for a list of:
● Network resources required to add a storage network
● Sample values used in the following steps
1. From PowerStore Manager go to Settings > Networking > Network IPs and select the Storage tab.
2. Select Create.
3. Enter the Storage network resources into the Create Storage Network wizard and select Next.
See New Storage network resources for sample values.

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4. Select the checkbox next to the name of the first Virtual port over which the storage traffic will run for the Storage
network.
PowerStore Manager will automatically map the Storage network to both the Virtual port you selected, and the
corresponding Virtual port.
5. To validate the Storage network was successfully configured:
a. Go to the Hardware page.
b. Select the appliance name, go to the Ports page, and select the Virtual tab.
c. On the Virtual tab, locate the port on which you expanded the Storage network in the Name column.
The Link State should be green, and the Storage network should appear in the Mapped for Storage column.
d. Locate the corresponding port on the Virtual tab, to validate that the Link State is green, and the Storage network
appears in the Mapped for Storage column.

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 C
Other PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switch
configuration operations
This appendix includes the following information.
Topics:
• Dell SmartFabric Storage Software
• Reset the switch to factory settings
• Running configuration of Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON ToR switches

Dell SmartFabric Storage Software

Dell SmartFabric Storage Software (SFSS) automates storage connectivity for your NVMe IP Storage Area Network (SAN). It
allows host and storage interfaces to register with a Centralized Discovery Controller, enables storage administrators to create
and activate zoning configurations and then automatically notifies hosts of new storage resources. Hosts will then automatically
connect to these storage resources. SmartFabric Storage Software is supported on both PowerStore T model and PowerStore
X model appliances. For more information, see the Dell SmartFabric Storage Software Deployment Guide.

Reset the switch to factory settings

If necessary, you can reset the Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switches to the default factory settings.
NOTE: If you reset the switch, all the existing configuration will be lost, and if the switch is being used, there will be a
disruption in traffic.
When a Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON switch is reset to the factory default settings:
● Telnet is disabled
● SSH is enabled
● DHCP is enabled
● The default switch username and password are both admin.
NOTE: Dell recommends changing the admin password during the first login.

OS10# delete startup-configuration

Proceed to delete startup-configuration [confirm yes/no(default)]:y

OS10# reload
System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]:n
Proceed to reboot the system? [confirm yes/no]:y

Running configuration of Dell PowerSwitch Series

S4148-ON ToR switches
Use the following command to generate a running configuration file for Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148-ON Top-of-Rack (ToR)
switches:

show running-configuration

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Table 23. Example of running-configuration on ToR switches
Switch1 Switch 2

! Version 10.5.x.x ! Version 10.5.x.x

! Last configuration change at Mar 19 ! Last configuration change at Mar 19
04:24:55 2020 04:24:55 2020
! !
snmp-server contact http://www.dell.com/ snmp-server contact http://www.dell.com/
support support
hostname Switch1 hostname Switch1
interface breakout 1/1/25 map 100g-1x interface breakout 1/1/25 map 100g-1x
interface breakout 1/1/26 map 100g-1x interface breakout 1/1/26 map 100g-1x
interface breakout 1/1/29 map 100g-1x interface breakout 1/1/29 map 100g-1x
interface breakout 1/1/30 map 100g-1x interface breakout 1/1/30 map 100g-1x
username admin password username admin password
$6$q9QBeYjZ$jfxzVqGhkxX3smxJSH9DDz7/3OJc6m $6$q9QBeYjZ$jfxzVqGhkxX3smxJSH9DDz7/3OJc6m
5wjF8nnLD7/VKx8SloIhp4NoGZs0I/ 5wjF8nnLD7/VKx8SloIhp4NoGZs0I/
UNwh8WVuxwfd9q4pWIgNs5BKH. role sysadmin UNwh8WVuxwfd9q4pWIgNs5BKH. role sysadmin
ntp server 100.0.10.200 ntp server 100.0.10.200
iscsi enable iscsi enable
iscsi target port 860 iscsi target port 860
iscsi target port 3260 iscsi target port 3260
spanning-tree mode rstp spanning-tree mode rstp
spanning-tree rstp priority 40960 spanning-tree rstp priority 45056
aaa authentication login default local aaa authentication login default local
aaa authentication login console local aaa authentication login console local
! !
class-map type application class-iscsi class-map type application class-iscsi
! !
policy-map type application policy-iscsi policy-map type application policy-iscsi
! !
interface vlan1 interface vlan1
description Internal_Network description Internal_Network
no shutdown no shutdown
! !
interface vlan100 interface vlan100
description Management_Network description Management_Network
no shutdown no shutdown
! !
interface vlan200 interface vlan200
description Storage_Network description Storage_Network
no shutdown no shutdown
! !
interface vlan400 interface vlan400
description vMotion_Network description vMotion_Network
no shutdown no shutdown
! !
interface port-channel30 interface port-channel30
description Uplink description Uplink
no shutdown no shutdown
switchport mode trunk switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400 switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
vlt-port-channel 30 vlt-port-channel 30
! !
interface ethernet1/1/1 interface ethernet1/1/1
description Node-A-Port-0 description Node-A-Port-1
no shutdown no shutdown
switchport mode trunk switchport mode trunk
switchport access 1 switchport access 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400 switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
spanning-tree port type edge spanning-tree port type edge
! !
interface ethernet1/1/2 interface ethernet1/1/2
no shutdown no shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !

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interface ethernet1/1/3 interface ethernet1/1/3

shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/4 interface ethernet1/1/4
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/5 interface ethernet1/1/5
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/6 interface ethernet1/1/6
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/7 interface ethernet1/1/7
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/8 interface ethernet1/1/8
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/9 interface ethernet1/1/9
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/10 interface ethernet1/1/10
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/11 interface ethernet1/1/11
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/12 interface ethernet1/1/12
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/13 interface ethernet1/1/13
no shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/14 interface ethernet1/1/14
shutdown shutdown

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Switch1 Switch 2

switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1

flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/15 interface ethernet1/1/15
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/16 interface ethernet1/1/16
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/17 interface ethernet1/1/17
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/18 interface ethernet1/1/18
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/19 interface ethernet1/1/19
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/20 interface ethernet1/1/20
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/21 interface ethernet1/1/21
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/22 interface ethernet1/1/22
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/23 interface ethernet1/1/23
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/24 interface ethernet1/1/24
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/25 interface ethernet1/1/25
description VLTi description VLTi
no shutdown no shutdown
no switchport no switchport

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flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off

flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/26 interface ethernet1/1/26
description VLTi description VLTi
no shutdown no shutdown
no switchport no switchport
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/29 interface ethernet1/1/29
description Uplink_Ports description Uplink_Ports
no shutdown no shutdown
channel-group 30 mode active channel-group 30 mode active
no switchport no switchport
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/30 interface ethernet1/1/30
description Uplink_Ports description Uplink_Ports
no shutdown no shutdown
channel-group 30 mode active channel-group 30 mode active
no switchport no switchport
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/31 interface ethernet1/1/31
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/32 interface ethernet1/1/32
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/33 interface ethernet1/1/33
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/34 interface ethernet1/1/34
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/35 interface ethernet1/1/35
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/36 interface ethernet1/1/36
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/37 interface ethernet1/1/37
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !

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Switch1 Switch 2

interface ethernet1/1/38 interface ethernet1/1/38

shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/39 interface ethernet1/1/39
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/40 interface ethernet1/1/40
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/41 interface ethernet1/1/41
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/42 interface ethernet1/1/42
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/43 interface ethernet1/1/43
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/44 interface ethernet1/1/44
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/45 interface ethernet1/1/45
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/46 interface ethernet1/1/46
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/47 interface ethernet1/1/47
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/48 interface ethernet1/1/48
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/49 interface ethernet1/1/49
shutdown shutdown

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Switch1 Switch 2

switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1

flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/50 interface ethernet1/1/50
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/51 interface ethernet1/1/51
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/52 interface ethernet1/1/52
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/53 interface ethernet1/1/53
shutdown shutdown
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access vlan 1
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! !
interface ethernet1/1/54 interface ethernet1/1/54
description Node-B-Port-1 description Node-B-Port-0
no shutdown no shutdown
switchport mode trunk switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1 switchport access 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400 switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200,400
flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol receive off
flowcontrol transmit off flowcontrol transmit off
! spanning-tree port type edge
interface mgmt1/1/1 !
no shutdown interface mgmt1/1/1
no ip address dhcp no shutdown
ip address 100.0.100.10/24 no ip address dhcp
ipv6 address autoconfig ip address 100.0.100.11/24
! ipv6 address autoconfig
management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.0.100.1 !
! management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.0.100.1
support-assist !
! support-assist
vlt-domain 1 !
backup destination 100.0.100.11 vlt-domain 1
discovery-interface ethernet1/1/25-1/1/26 backup destination 100.0.100.10
peer-routing discovery-interface ethernet1/1/25-1/1/26
primary-priority 1 peer-routing
vlt-mac 00:00:00:00:00:01 primary-priority 1
vlt-mac 00:00:00:00:00:01

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