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Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst iii Contents Introduction ............................................................................................... 4 Overview of VLANs ....................................................................................................

Page 4 - Introduction

Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst 4 Introduction New demanding campus workloads are compelling Network administrators to take another look at the campus core/aggregation layers. The existing products like Cisco Catalyst 6500 platforms are aging and cannot support the new d...

Page 5 - Overview of VLANs; Management VLAN vs. SVI on the Cisco Catalyst 6500; Note

Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst 5 There are a couple of key differences between the Dell PowerConnect 8100 and the Cisco Catalyst: • Ports on the Cisco Catalyst are in shut mode by default, whereas ports on the PowerConnect are active (no shut) by default. To use a Catal...

Page 6 - Management VLAN across a Dell PowerConnect 8100

Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst 6 In-band management traffic is mixed in with production network traffic, and is subject to all of the filtering rules applied on a switched/routed port such as ACLs and VLAN tagging. See the Dell PowerConnect 8100 User Guide for more info...

Page 7 - Cisco Catalyst CLI

Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst 7 Run the commands below on the Dell PowerConnect 8100 switch to create a management VLAN, which allows in-band management to the switch. console# configure console(config)# username admin1 password goodpa55 privilege 15 console(config)# v...

Page 8 - switchport trunk allowed vlan remove 1; Access, trunk and general Switchport Modes

Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst 8 cat6504E_1(config-vlan)# exit % Applying VLAN changes may take few minutes. Please wait... cat6504E_1(config)# interface vlan 50 cat6504E_1(config-if)# no shut cat6504E_1(config-vlan)# exit cat6504E_1(config)# interface TenGigabitEtherne...

Page 9 - VLAN configuration example

Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst 9 VLAN configuration example The following topology overview is an example of a much abbreviated network configuration between two (2) end-user systems, the campus switch, and the core. Example of access, and trunk VLANs Figure 6. Dell Pow...

Page 11 - PVID and native VLAN

Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst 11 Cat6504E_1(config)# interface te2/7 Cat6504E_1(config-if)# switchport Cat6504E_1(config-if)# switchport access vlan 100 Cat6504E_1(config-if)# switchport mode access Cat6504E_1(config-if)# spanning-tree portfast edge Cat6504E_1(config-i...

Page 13 - Creating and connecting LAGs using LACP; STP

Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst 13 Run the commands below to configure a trunk port on a single interface with the native VLAN being configured for 2. Cat6504E_1(config)# interface te2/6 Cat6504E_1(config-if)# switchport Cat6504E_1(config-if)# switchport trunk encapsulat...

Page 14 - RSTP

Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst 14 RSTP (Based on IEEE 802.1w) - Rapid STP. A standards-based protocol that is considerably faster at network convergence (after a topology change) than its STP predecessor in most network implementations. It is the default for the Dell Po...

Page 15 - Recommended Spanning Tree method: Portfast

Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst 15 Figure 7. Recommended Spanning Tree method: Portfast Dell PowerConnect 8100 CLI No changes are required to the Dell PowerConnect 8100 for using this method. Cisco Catalyst CLI Run the commands below to enable portfast on all interfaces ...

Page 16 - Cisco proprietary protocols

Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst 16 Consult the User Guides for each device for more information on bridge priority settings. Method 2: MSTP In addition, users can minimize downtimes by using a standard protocol on the Cisco Catalyst. Spanning tree modes available on the ...

Page 18 - Appendix A - Network switch versions; Network switch; About Dell

Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst 18 Appendix A - Network switch versions Version information for the network switches used in creating this document are as follows: Network switch Software Version Dell PowerConnect 8100 5.0.0.4 Cisco Catalyst WS-C6504-E IOS 12.2(33)SXI4a;...