Page 2 - Revisions
2 SCG1007 Dell Networking S5000 Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs Revisions Date Description July 2013 Initial release August 2013 Updated Force10 brand to Dell Networking © 2013 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this material in any manner whatsoever without the express wr...
Page 3 - Table of contents
3 SCG1007 Dell Networking S5000 Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs Table of contents Revisions ....................................................................................................................................................................................................
Page 5 - Introduction; Audience
5 SCG1007 Dell Networking S5000 Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs 1 Introduction This document shows how to configure Dell™ Networking S5000 switches for use with EqualLogic™ PS Series storage using Dell best practices. The recommended configuration uses only Ethernet modules and uses l...
Page 6 - Cabling diagram
6 SCG1007 Dell Networking S5000 Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs 1.3 Cabling diagram The cabling diagram shown below represents the Dell recommend method for deploying your servers and EqualLogic arrays. Figure 1 Cabling diagram
Page 7 - Dell recommended switch configuration; Hardware configuration; Delete startup configuration
7 SCG1007 Dell Networking S5000 Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs 2 Dell recommended switch configuration These steps outline how to configure two S5000 switches with a LAG interconnect. The switches are interconnected using two 40 GbE Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP) uplink port...
Page 9 - Enable Jumbo Frames; Configure QSFP ports for LAG
9 SCG1007 Dell Networking S5000 Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs This message is displayed: % Warning: Non-existing ports (non configured) are ingnored by interface-range FTOS(conf-if-range-te-0/0-47)# switchport FTOS(conf-if-range-te-0/0-47)# no shutdown 2.8 Enable Jumbo Frames FTOS(c...
Page 10 - Save configuration
10 SCG1007 Dell Networking S5000 Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs FTOS(conf-if-range-fo-0/48,fo-0/52-lacp)# port-channel 1 mode active FTOS(conf-if-range-fo-0/48,fo-0/52-lacp)# exit FTOS(conf-if-range-fo-0/48,fo-0/52)# exit FTOS(conf)# exit 2.13 Save configuration FTOS# copy running-co...
Page 12 - Configure DCB policies; Apply policies to switch ports
12 SCG1007 Dell Networking S5000 Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs Note: For the above command, you must supply a valid range of populated ports. For example, if only two Ethernet modules are installed, then the valid range would be: tengigabitethernet 0/0-23 FTOS (conf-if-vl-vlan-id*)#...
Page 15 - Additional resources
15 SCG1007 Dell Networking S5000 Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs Additional resources Support.dell.com is focused on meeting your needs with proven services and support. DellTechCenter.com is an IT Community where you can connect with Dell Customers and Dell employees for the purpose ...