If
PowerFlex Manager is deploying a template with partial network automation, you must configure the access switches manually before deployment. This section explains how to configure link aggregation control protocol (LACP) if you are using your own access switches.
Each brand of switch commands can be configured differently, see the vendor documentation for correct commands. Due to the number of switch vendors available, it is not possible to provide configurations for each switch. However, here are four configuration examples that are provided for the following switches:
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX
Dell PowerSwitch S5248
Dell PowerSwitch S5048
Dell PowerSwitch S5296F
Arista 7280-C
The following VLANs within the examples are represented as follows:
flex-node-mgmt-<vlanid>
flex-vmotion-<vlanid>
flex-stor-mgmt-<vlanid>
flex-data1-<vlanid>
flex-data2-<vlanid>
flex-data3-<vlanid> (if required)
flex-data4-<vlanid> (if required)
1000 - flex-prod
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX switch configuration example
The following example pertains to
PowerFlex hyperconverged node or VMware ESXi
PowerFlex compute-only node connectivity. Port examples for management as follows:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface port-channel37
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 104,106,150
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
no lacp suspend-individual
vpc 37
interface port-channel37
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 104,106,150
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
no lacp suspend-individual
vpc 37
Ethernet port
interface Ethernet1/15
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 104,106,150
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
channel-group 37 mode active
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/15
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 104,106,150
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
channel-group 37 mode active
no shutdown
The following table provides port examples for
PowerFlex:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface port-channel38
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 151,152,153,154
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
no lacp suspend-individual
vpc 38
interface port-channel38
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 151,152,153,154
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
no lacp suspend-individual
vpc 38
Ethernet port
interface Ethernet1/16
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 151,152,153,154
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
channel-group 38 mode active
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/16
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 151,152,153,154
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
channel-group 38 mode active
no shutdown
The following example pertains to
PowerFlex storage-only node connectivity.
NOTE:In a non-two layer deployment, the data1 network and data3 network (if required) are defined on port 1 along with PowerFlex management. Port 2 will have data2 network and data4 network (if required).
Port examples for management as follows:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface port-channel37
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,153,1000
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
no lacp suspend-individual
vpc 37
interface port-channel37
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,153,1000
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
no lacp suspend-individual
vpc 37
Ethernet port
interface Ethernet1/15
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,153,1000
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
channel-group 37 mode active
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/15
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,153,1000
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
channel-group 37 mode active
no shutdown
The following table provides port examples for
PowerFlex:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface port-channel38
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 152,154
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
no lacp suspend-individual
vpc 38
interface port-channel38
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 152,154
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
no lacp suspend-individual
vpc 38
Ethernet port
interface Ethernet1/16
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 152,154
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
channel-group 38 mode active
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/16
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 152,154
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
channel-group 38 mode active
no shutdown
The following example pertains to
PowerFlex storage-only node connectivity with SDS and SDC traffic.
NOTE:In a two layer deployment, the SDC only data1 (SDC traffic only) network and SDC only data2 (SDC traffic only) network are defined on port 1 along with PowerFlex management. Port 2 will have SDS only data1 (SDS traffic only) and SDS only data2 (SDS traffic only).
Port examples for management as follows:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface port-channel37
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,152,1000
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
no lacp suspend-individual
vpc 37
interface port-channel37
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,152,1000
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
no lacp suspend-individual
vpc 37
Ethernet port
interface Ethernet1/15
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,152,1000
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
channel-group 37 mode active
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/15
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,152,1000
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
channel-group 37 mode active
no shutdown
The data networks for these ports are used for SDS traffic only. The following table provides port examples for
PowerFlex:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface port-channel38
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 153,154
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
no lacp suspend-individual
vpc 38
interface port-channel38
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 153,154
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
no lacp suspend-individual
vpc 38
Ethernet port
interface Ethernet1/16
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 153,154
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
channel-group 38 mode active
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/16
switchport
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 153,154
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
speed 25000
mtu 9216
channel-group 38 mode active
no shutdown
Dell PowerSwitch S5248 and Dell PowerSwitch S5296F-ON switch configuration example
The following example pertains to
PowerFlex hyperconverged node or VMware ESXi
PowerFlex compute-only node connectivity. Port examples for management as follows:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface port-channel117
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 104,105,150
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
lacp fallback enable
mtu 9216
vlt-port-channel 117
spanning-tree port type edge
interface port-channel117
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 104,105,150
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
lacp fallback enable
mtu 9216
vlt-port-channel 117
spanning-tree port type edge
Ethernet port
interface Ethernet1/1/7
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 104,105,150
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
no switchport
mtu 9216
speed 25000
flowcontrol receive off
channel-group 117 mode active
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/1/7
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 104,105,150
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
no switchport
mtu 9216
speed 25000
flowcontrol receive off
channel-group 117 mode active
no shutdown
The following table provides port examples for
PowerFlex:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface port-channel118
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,152,154
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
lacp fallback enable
mtu 9216
vlt-port-channel 117
spanning-tree port type edge
interface port-channel118
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,152,154
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
lacp fallback enable
mtu 9216
vlt-port-channel 117
spanning-tree port type edge
Ethernet port
interface Ethernet1/1/8
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,152,154
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
no switchport
mtu 9216
speed 25000
flowcontrol receive off
channel-group 118 mode active
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/1/8
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,152,154
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
no switchport
mtu 9216
speed 25000
flowcontrol receive off
channel-group 118 mode active
no shutdown
The following example pertains to
PowerFlex storage-only node connectivity.
NOTE:In a two layer deployment, the data1 network and data3 network (if required) are defined on port 1 along with PowerFlex management. Port 2 will have the data2 network and data4 network (if required).
Port examples for management as follows:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface port-channel117
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,152
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
lacp fallback enable
mtu 9216
vlt-port-channel 117
spanning-tree port type edge
interface port-channel117
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,152
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
lacp fallback enable
mtu 9216
vlt-port-channel 117
spanning-tree port type edge
Ethernet port
interface Ethernet1/1/7
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,152
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
no switchport
mtu 9216
speed 25000
flowcontrol receive off
channel-group 117 mode active
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/1/7
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,152
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
no switchport
mtu 9216
speed 25000
flowcontrol receive off
channel-group 117 mode active
no shutdown
The following table provides port examples for
PowerFlex:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface port-channel118
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,153,154
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
lacp fallback enable
mtu 9216
vlt-port-channel 117
spanning-tree port type edge
interface port-channel118
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,153,154
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
lacp fallback enable
mtu 9216
vlt-port-channel 117
spanning-tree port type edge
Ethernet port
interface Ethernet1/1/8
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,153,154
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
no switchport
mtu 9216
speed 25000
flowcontrol receive off
channel-group 118 mode active
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/1/8
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,153,154
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
no switchport
mtu 9216
speed 25000
flowcontrol receive off
channel-group 118 mode active
no shutdown
The following example pertains to
PowerFlex storage-only node connectivity with SDS and SDC traffic only.
NOTE:In a two layer deployment, the SDC only data1 (SDC traffic only) network and SDC only data2 (SDC traffic only) network defined on port 1 along with PowerFlex management. Port 2 will have SDS only data1 (SDS traffic only) and only data2 (SDS traffic only).
Port examples for management as follows:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface port-channel117
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,152
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
lacp fallback enable
mtu 9216
vlt-port-channel 117
spanning-tree port type edge
interface port-channel117
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,152
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
lacp fallback enable
mtu 9216
vlt-port-channel 117
spanning-tree port type edge
Ethernet port
interface Ethernet1/1/7
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,152
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
no switchport
mtu 9216
speed 25000
flowcontrol receive off
channel-group 117 mode active
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/1/7
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,151,152
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
no switchport
mtu 9216
speed 25000
flowcontrol receive off
channel-group 117 mode active
no shutdown
The following table provides port examples for
PowerFlex:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface port-channel117
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,153,154
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
lacp fallback enable
mtu 9216
vlt-port-channel 117
spanning-tree port type edge
interface port-channel117
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,153,154
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
lacp fallback enable
mtu 9216
vlt-port-channel 117
spanning-tree port type edge
Ethernet port
interface Ethernet1/1/7
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,153,154
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
no switchport
mtu 9216
speed 25000
flowcontrol receive off
channel-group 117 mode active
no shutdown
interface Ethernet1/1/7
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 150,153,154
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
spanning-tree guard root
spanning-tree port type edge
no switchport
mtu 9216
speed 25000
flowcontrol receive off
channel-group 117 mode active
no shutdown
Dell PowerSwitch S5048 switch configuration example
The following example pertains to
PowerFlex hyperconverged node or VMware ESXi
PowerFlex compute-only node connectivity. Port examples for management as follows:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface Port-channel 37
no ip address
mtu 9216
portmode hybrid
switchport
spanning-tree mstp edge-port
spanning-tree rstp edge-port
spanning-tree 0 portfast
spanning-tree pvst edge-port
vlt-peer-lag port-channel 37
no shutdown
interface Port-channel 37
no ip address
mtu 9216
portmode hybrid
switchport
spanning-tree mstp edge-port
spanning-tree rstp edge-port
spanning-tree 0 portfast
spanning-tree pvst edge-port
vlt-peer-lag port-channel 37
no shutdown
LACP
lacp ungroup member-independent port-channel 37
lacp ungroup member-independent port-channel 37
Ethernet port
interface twentyFiveGigE 1/35
no ip address
mtu 9216 port-channel-protocol LACP
port-channel 37 mode active
no shutdown
interface twentyFiveGigE 1/35
no ip address
mtu 9216 port-channel-protocol LACP
port-channel 37 mode active
no shutdown
The following example pertains to
PowerFlex storage-only node connectivity.
NOTE: In a non-two layer deployment, the data1 network and data3 network (if required) are defined on port 1 along with PowerFlex management. Port 2 will have the data2 network and data4 network (if required).
Port examples for management as follows:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface Port-channel 37
no ip address
mtu 9216
portmode hybrid
switchport
spanning-tree mstp edge-port
spanning-tree rstp edge-port
spanning-tree 0 portfast
spanning-tree pvst edge-port
vlt-peer-lag port-channel 37
no shutdown
interface Port-channel 37
no ip address
mtu 9216
portmode hybrid
switchport
spanning-tree mstp edge-port
spanning-tree rstp edge-port
spanning-tree 0 portfast
spanning-tree pvst edge-port
vlt-peer-lag port-channel 37
no shutdown
LACP
lacp ungroup member-independent port-channel 37
lacp ungroup member-independent port-channel 37
Ethernet port
interface twentyFiveGigE 1/35
no ip address
mtu 9216 port-channel-protocol LACP
port-channel 37 mode active
no shutdown
interface twentyFiveGigE 1/35
no ip address
mtu 9216 port-channel-protocol LACP
port-channel 37 mode active
no shutdown
The following example pertains to
PowerFlex storage-only node connectivity with SDS and SDC traffic only.
NOTE:In a two layer deployment, the SDC only data1 (SDC traffic only) network and SDC only data2 (SDC traffic only) network defined on port 1 along with PowerFlex management. Port 2 will have SDS only data1 (SDS traffic only) and only data2 (SDS traffic only).
Port examples for management as follows:
Switch A
Switch B
Port channel
interface Port-channel 37
no ip address
mtu 9216
portmode hybrid
switchport
spanning-tree mstp edge-port
spanning-tree rstp edge-port
spanning-tree 0 portfast
spanning-tree pvst edge-port
vlt-peer-lag port-channel 37
no shutdown
interface Port-channel 37
no ip address
mtu 9216
portmode hybrid
switchport
spanning-tree mstp edge-port
spanning-tree rstp edge-port
spanning-tree 0 portfast
spanning-tree pvst edge-port
vlt-peer-lag port-channel 37
no shutdown
LACP
lacp ungroup member-independent port-channel 37
lacp ungroup member-independent port-channel 37
Ethernet port
interface twentyFiveGigE 1/35
no ip address
mtu 9216 port-channel-protocol LACP
port-channel 37 mode active
no shutdown
interface twentyFiveGigE 1/35
no ip address
mtu 9216 port-channel-protocol LACP
port-channel 37 mode active
no shutdown
The following example pertains to
PowerFlex hyperconverged node or VMware ESXi
PowerFlex compute-only node connectivity. Port examples for management as follows:
interface Ethernet35/5
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 151,152,153,154
spanning-tree portfast
no spanning-tree portfast auto
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
mtu 9216
speed forced 25gfull
channel-group 105 mode active
interface Ethernet35/5
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunkallowed vlan 151,152,153,154
spanning-tree portfast
no spanning-tree portfast auto
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
mtu 9216
speed forced 25gfull
channel-group 105 mode active
The following example pertains to
PowerFlex storage-only node connectivity.
NOTE: In a non-two layer deployment, the data1 network and data3 network (if required) are defined on port 1 along with PowerFlex management. Port 2 will have the data2 network and data4 network (if required).
interface Ethernet35/5
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 152,154
spanning-tree portfast
no spanning-tree portfast auto
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
mtu 9216
speed forced 25gfull
channel-group 105 mode active
interface Ethernet35/5
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunkallowed vlan 152,154
spanning-tree portfast
no spanning-tree portfast auto
spanning-tree bpduguard enable
mtu 9216
speed forced 25gfull
channel-group 105 mode active
The following example pertains to
PowerFlex storage-only node connectivity.
NOTE: In a non-two layer deployment, the SDC only data1 network and the SDC only data2 network are defined on port 1 along with PowerFlex management. Port 2 will have the SDS only data1 and SDS only data2 network.