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Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 3 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Contents Overview ...............................................................................................................................
Page 4 - Overview; For the below diagram I’ll focus in on the SAN configuration.
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 4 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Overview In the “Dell Networking S5000: The Building Blocks of Unified Fabric and LAN/SAN Convergence” whitepaper we demonstrated and explaine...
Page 7 - Figure 3: Zoning for fabric A FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 7 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide configuring the FC IO cards. See the “Storage Center 6.2 System Setup Guide” for more information on initial setup of the Dell Compellent Stor...
Page 16 - Figure 15: Node logins on the fabric A FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 16 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 15: Node logins on the fabric A FC switch You can also see the node WWPN by looking at what is logged in on the physical port as shown...
Page 17 - Figure 16: Check WWPNs logged in on port 2 of fabric A FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 17 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 16: Check WWPNs logged in on port 2 of fabric A FC switch We can use the respective port WWPNs to create a specific zoning configurati...
Page 19 - Adding the Dell S5000 Converged Switch to the Topology
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 19 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Adding the Dell S5000 Converged Switch to the Topology In Figure 19, you can see how the traditional non-converged topology has changed with ...
Page 21 - Enable FC capability
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 21 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Configuration steps: 1. Create the LACP LAG up to the VLT 2. Configure port to the CNA as a hybrid port. Create a LAN VLAN and tag it to both...
Page 28 - Figure 27: Zoning for fabric A FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 28 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Center System Manager GUI. On the left-hand side we navigate to ‘Storage Center->Servers->Finance_Server’, and then we click the ‘Add H...
Page 29 - Figure 29: Output of the ‘zoneshow’ command on the fabric A FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 29 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 29: Output of the ‘zoneshow’ command on the fabric A FC switch You can see that our zoning configuration matches what is displayed in ...
Page 30 - Figure 30: Output of the ‘portshow 4’ command on the fabric A FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 30 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 30: Output of the ‘portshow 4’ command on the fabric A FC switch To see information on NPIV devices logged into the fabric, use the ‘s...
Page 31 - Figure 31: Check NPIV devices logged into fabric A
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 31 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 31: Check NPIV devices logged into fabric A To see currently active FIP-snooping sessions, use the ‘show fip-snooping sessions’ comman...
Page 35 - Figure 38: Zoning for fabric A FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 35 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 37: Windows load balancing policy set by default to “Least Queue Depth” The two FC switches I am using are Brocade 6505s and the zonin...
Page 36 - Figure 39: Zoning for fabric B FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 36 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide On the fabric A FC switch you can see the WWPN of the server HBA port is ‘10:00:8c:7c:ff:30:7d:28;20:14:90’ and the WWPNs of the storage port...
Page 38 - Figure 41: Host Mapping on PowerVault M3660f Storage Array
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 38 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 41: Host Mapping on PowerVault M3660f Storage Array As soon as the HBA on the Windows server detects storage available for it, it will...
Page 40 - Figure 44: Node logins on the fabric A FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 40 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 44: Node logins on the fabric A FC switch
Page 41 - Figure 45: Zoning configuration on the fabric A FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 41 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 45: Zoning configuration on the fabric A FC switch You can see that our zoning configuration matches what is displayed in Figure 38. A...
Page 43 - Figure 47: Changing the primary controller for the virtual disk
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 43 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 47: Changing the primary controller for the virtual disk Adding the Dell S5000 Converged Switch to the Topology In Figure 48, you can ...
Page 52 - Figure 54: Output of the ‘nsshow’ command on the fabric A FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 52 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 54: Output of the ‘nsshow’ command on the fabric A FC switch Since we swapped the FC HBA card for a Dell QLogic CNA card, we need to u...
Page 53 - Figure 57: Output of the ‘zoneshow’ command on the fabric A FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 53 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide the zoning configuration. Figure 57: Output of the ‘zoneshow’ command on the fabric A FC switch You can see that our zoning configuration mat...
Page 54 - Figure 58: Output of the ‘portshow 4’ command on the fabric A FC switch
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 54 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide If we look at the details of what’s connected to port 4 of the fabric A Fibre Channel switch, we see the WWPNs of both the Dell S5000 switch ...
Page 55 - Figure 59: Check NPIV devices logged into fabric A
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 55 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 59: Check NPIV devices logged into fabric A To see currently active FIP-snooping sessions, use the ‘show fip-snooping sessions’ comman...
Page 58 - iscsioptacl 0
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 58 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 65: Fabric A Dell S4810 (FSB) configuration > enable > config terminal > dcb stack-unit 0 pfc-buffering pfc-ports 64 pfc-queu...
Page 59 - Figure 66: N_Port WWPN logged into fabric A with S4810 as FSB
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 59 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 66: N_Port WWPN logged into fabric A with S4810 as FSB As mentioned prior, with the Dell PowerEdge m1000e chassis it’s more likely the...
Page 60 - Additionally, we can have a different topology such
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 60 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 67: Dell S5000 acting as a NPIV Proxy Gateway and Dell MXL as FSB One thing to note in Figure 67 above is that a separate link is need...
Page 63 - Dell S5000 acting as a NPIV Proxy Gateway and Dell IOA as FSB
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 63 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 71: Dell S5000 acting as a NPIV Proxy Gateway and Dell IOA as FSB Figure 70: N_Port WWPN logged into fabric A with MXL as FSB The Dell...
Page 64 - Figure 72: Dell IOA default configuration on each downstream port
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 64 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide preconfiguration already applied by default, once the Dell S5000 and server is configured properly, the IOA will automatically function as a ...
Page 65 - D: FCoE CNA adapter configuration specifics; website and vendor specific website if
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 65 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide D: FCoE CNA adapter configuration specifics As mentioned prior, it’s important to note that as long as the appropriate drivers for both FC an...
Page 69 - On the next dialog, we select the respective adapters to NIC team.
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 69 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide On the next dialog, we select the respective adapters to NIC team. Figure 82: Selecting virtual NIC ports on Broadcom BCM57810S to NIC team N...
Page 70 - Figure 85: VLAN configuration on Broadcom BCM57810S
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 70 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 84: We leave ‘LiveLink’ feature on Broadcom BCM57810S at the default setting Next, we enter VLAN information. We have setup LAN traffi...
Page 71 - Figure 87: We use VLAN 5 for our LAN traffic
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 71 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 86: Select ‘Tagged’ for the VLAN configuration on Broadcom BCM57810S Figure 87: We use VLAN 5 for our LAN traffic
Page 72 - Figure 88: We are not configuring additional VLANs
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 72 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 88: We are not configuring additional VLANs The final step is to confirm the changes. Figure 89: Commit changes to create NIC team on ...
Page 75 - Figure 94: Dell QLogic QLE8262 CNA FCoE/NPAR Configuration
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 75 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 94: Dell QLogic QLE8262 CNA FCoE/NPAR Configuration
Page 76 - Creating a NIC Team; Network and Internet
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 76 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Creating a NIC Team Since the NICs and HBAs are seen as virtual ports, we can treat them as separate entities and create a NIC team with the ...
Page 77 - Figure 97: Virtual adapter network connection as seen in Windows
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 77 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 96: Dell QLogic QLE8262 adapter propertise displaying the created NIC team The NIC team will now show in Windows as a new virtual adap...
Page 78 - Figure 99: Tagging the NIC team with VLAN 5
Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE 78 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE Deployment/Configuration Guide Figure 99: Tagging the NIC team with VLAN 5