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Dell PowerStore PowerStore T and Q Networking Guide for Storage Services

Configure the VLAN on the ToR switches

The following steps provide an example of configuring VLANs on two Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148 Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches.

You can cable the PowerStore T model appliance nodes to the switches before or after you perform these steps. For steps, see Cable the nodes to the ToR switches.

You can skip this step if you have already configured the additional ToR switch ports with the VLAN on which the iSCSI storage network was created.

See iSCSI Storage network resources for a list of:

  • Network resources required to expand a storage network
  • Sample values are used in the following steps.
  1. Establish a terminal connection to the first ToR switch (Switch1).
  2. Enter global configuration mode.
    configure terminal
  3. Configure the storage network VLAN to run over ToR Switch 1 port 6.
    interface ethernet 1/1/6
    description NodeA_IO_0_port_1
    no shutdown
    switchport mode trunk
    switchport trunk allowed vlan 200
    no shutdown
    exit
  4. Repeat steps 1 - 3 on the second ToR switch (Switch2) as demonstrated below.
    NOTE:Be sure to use the correct Ethernet ports when configuring the second ToR switch (Switch 2).
Table 1. Code sample for configuring ToR switches to expand an iSCSI Storage networkCode sample to expand a storage network on Switch1 and Switch2.
Tor Switch1 ToR Switch2
configure terminal
interface ethernet 1/1/6
description NodeA_IO_0_port_1
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 200
no shutdown
exit
configure terminal
interface ethernet 1/1/49
description NodeB_IO_0_port_1
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 200
no shutdown
exit

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