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User Manual Dell PS-M4110

Summary

Page 3 - Table of contents

Table of contents 1 Executive summary ......................................................................................................................... 5 2 Audience ..................................................................................................................................

Page 4 - Acknowledgements; The team that created this whitepaper:

Acknowledgements This whitepaper was produced by the PG Technical Marketing for EqualLogic Infrastructure and Networking. The team that created this whitepaper: Guy Westbrook and Tony Ansley

Page 5 - Executive summary; EqualLogic Configuration Guide; Audience

1 Executive summary This paper provides guidance for incorporating a data center-in-a-box solution with the new Dell EqualLogic™ PS-M4110 Blade Array, PowerConnect™ or Force10™ Blade IO Modules, and PowerEdge M-Series blade servers to form a reliable, stable, and well performing consolidated solutio...

Page 6 - Reference architecture overview; PowerEdge M-Series blade servers

4 Reference architecture overview The Storage Interoperability Lab conducted preliminary testing on a self-contained M1000e based data center-in-a-box architecture that included testing of multiple networking components as well as using blade servers from the latest two generations of M-Series blade...

Page 7 - Additional configuration information; Network adapter

Figure 2 Blade Chassis configuration (Front) 4.1.1 Additional configuration information Chassis Management Console (CMC) version: 4.1 EqualLogic Host Integration Tools version: 4.0 Microsoft Native MPIO – V6.1 Build 7601 4.1.2 Network adapter information Table 1 NIC/CNA and Driver version tested Net...

Page 8 - IO module information; IOM; LAG; Array information; SAN infrastructure; The reference architecture is illustrated in Figure 3 below.

4.2 IO module information LAN IO modules were installed in Fabric Slots A1 and A2 for all tests. SAN IO modules were installed in Fabric Slots B1 and B2 for all tests (except for tests involving the Broadcom 57712k which is a Network Daughter Card (NDC) where Fabric A was used). The IO modules teste...

Page 10 - Switch configuration; Global Switch settings:

5 Switch configuration Any of the currently available 10Gb Ethernet IO modules can be used as SAN switches within this reference architecture. The following sections provide the detailed list of CLI commands used to configure each switch model for use as a SAN switch to support the PS-M4110 Storage ...

Page 11 - Note: Repeat the same steps on the second switch

FTOS (conf-if-range-fo-1/33-37) port-channel-protocol LACP FTOS (conf-if-range-fo-1/33-37-lacp) port-channel 1 mode active FTOS (conf-if-range-fo-1/33-37) # no shutdown FTOS (conf-if-range-fo-1/33-37) # exit FTOS (conf) # exit FTOS# wr mem FTOS# conf FTOS (conf) # interface Port-channel 1 FTOS (conf...

Page 13 - Spanning Tree is enabled by default on the PowerConnect M8024k.; Host Port configuration:

Spanning Tree is a global configuration setting for the PowerConnect M8024k. Spanning Tree is enabled by default on the PowerConnect M8024k. Rapid Spanning Tree (rstp) is the default mode for spanning tree for the PowerConnect M8024k. If the state of the spanning-tree settings is unknown, use the fo...

Page 15 - Array and Host Port configuration:

Create the stack on switch 2: Put ports into stacking mode. Ports 17-20 were used as stacking ports. console# configure console(config)# stack console(config-stack)# stack-port tengigabitethernet 2/0/17 stack console(config-stack)# stack-port tengigabitethernet 2/0/18 stack console(config-stack)# st...

Page 16 - LACP Member Port configuration:; Note : Repeat the same steps above for all LACP Ports.

5.3.2 LACP Member Port configuration: M8428-k> M8428-k> en M8428-k# conf t M8428-k (conf) # interface Extengigabitethernet 0/17 M8428-k (conf-if-te-0/17)# channel-group 2 mode active type standard M8428-k (conf-if-te-0/17)# no shutdown M8428-k (conf-if-te-0/17)# lldp disable M8428-k (conf-if-t...

Page 17 - General recommendations and guidelines; Not recommended for purpose built heavy I/O applications.

6 General recommendations and guidelines • Recommend for use with general purpose small-medium sized consolidated loads. • Not recommended for purpose built heavy I/O applications. • Do not directly attach 10GbE arrays to 1GbE IOMs. • IOMs are just like any other switch and must follow the same conf...

Page 18 - Port Map

A. Port Map This appendix contains the port mapping information for the IOMs used during testing. During testing of each M-Series IO Module, the blade servers and PS-M4110 blade arrays remained in the same server slots, resulting in an internal port mapping that was similar for all three IOMs. The F...

Page 21 - Additional resources; Dell Tech Center EqualLogic Whitepapers:

B. Additional resources • Dell Tech Center EqualLogic Whitepapers: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/storage/w/wiki/2632.storage-infrastructure-and-solutions-team-publications.aspx • Dell EqualLogic Compatibility Matrix: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/storage/w/wiki/2661.equallogic-co...