- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Additional Resources
- Overview
- Storage services overview
- Prepare to configure the switches and networks for Storage services
- Switch requirements for deployments with storage services
- Network requirements for deployments with storage services
- Configuring PowerStore storage networks with Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148 Top-of-Rack switches
- Sample configuration
- Install the Top-of-Rack switches into the cabinet with the PowerStore appliance
- Configure Dell PowerSwitch Series for Storage services
- Get the completed Switch resources for Storage services worksheet
- Establish a terminal session to the switch
- Validate the switch version and licensing
- Configure general settings on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches
- Configure Virtual Link Trunking interconnect
- Configure the uplink ports on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches
- Configure the iSCSI network on the ToR switches
- Configure NVMe/TCP network on the ToR switches
- Configure the Replication and Block Import network on the ToR switches
- Configure NAS networks on the ToR switches
- Configure Cluster network on the Top-of-Rack switches
- Cable Dell PowerSwitch Series ToR switches for Storage services
- Validate PowerSwitch Series configuration with ToR switches
- Configure Storage networks in PowerStore Manager
- Create an additional Storage network
- Expand a Storage network to run across multiple ports
- Configuring a Fail-Safe Network with Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148 Top-of-Rack switches
- Sample Configuration
- Configure the Dell PowerSwitch Series to extend the NAS network with a Fail-Safe Network
- Get the completed worksheet for Switch resources to extend the NAS network with a Fail-Safe Network
- Cable the switches for the Fail-Safe Network
- Establish a terminal session to the switch
- Configure the Fail-Safe Network on the switch
- Validate NAS with FSN configuration on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches
- Create the Fail-Safe Network in PowerStore Manager
- File Mobility
- Configuring PowerStore T model appliances with ToR switches without a VLT interconnect
- Other Dell PowerSwitch Series configuration operations
Dell PowerStore PowerStore T and Q Networking Guide for Storage Services
Configure Dell PowerSwitch Series for Storage services
At a minimum, one out-of-band (OOB) management switch, and two Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches are required for PowerStore to support iSCSI or NVMe/TCP host connectivity, replication, import, clustering or Network Attached Storage (NAS).
NOTE:This section assumes that you have completed initial deployment of the
PowerStore T model appliance and the Management switch and networks are successfully configured.
As recommended, the following steps describe how to configure the two ToR switches with Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) as the Layer 2 (L2) interconnect. For steps to configure PowerStore T model deployments without a VLT interconnect, see: Configuring PowerStore T model without VLTi.
NOTE:Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) is specific to Dell PowerSwitich connectivity. The industry term is also referred to as Multi-chassis Link Aggregation Group (MC-LAG).
- Get the completed Switch resources for storage services worksheet.
- Establish a terminal session to the switch.
- Validate the switch version and licensing.
- Configure the general settings on the ToR switches.
- Configure Virtual Link Trunking interconnect.
- Configure the uplink ports on the ToR switches.
- Configure the networks on the ToR switches:
- If you have not already done so, cable the switches as described in Cable the Dell PowerSwitch Series for deployments with ToR switches.
Once you have configured and cabled the ToR switches to the base enclosure nodes, validate the configuration. For validation options see: Validate switch configuration.
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