- 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
Example of running-configuration for the ToR switches
| Switch1 | Switch2 |
|---|---|
! Version 10.5.3.0 ! Last configuration change at May 04 16:13:40 2022 ! ip vrf default ! no multicast snooping flood-restrict spanning-tree mode rstp spanning-tree rstp priority 40960 hostname Switch1 system-user linuxadmin password **** interface breakout 1/1/25 map 100g-1x interface breakout 1/1/26 map 100g-1x interface breakout 1/1/29 map 100g-1x interface breakout 1/1/30 map 100g-1x iscsi enable iscsi target port 860 iscsi target port 3260 username admin password **** role sysadmin priv-lvl 15 aaa authentication login default local aaa authentication login console local ! class-map type application class-iscsi ! policy-map type application policy-iscsi ! interface vlan1 description Cluster_Network no shutdown ! interface vlan200 description iSCSI_Network no shutdown ! interface vlan300 description NVMe_Network no shutdown ! interface vlan400 description RepBlockImport_Network no shutdown ! interface vlan500 description NAS_Network no shutdown ! interface port-channel10 description NodeA_NAS_LACP_port_channel no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 switchport trunk allowed vlan 500 mtu 9216 spanning-tree port type edge vlt-port-channel 10 ! interface port-channel20 description NodeB_NAS_LACP_port_channel no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 switchport trunk allowed vlan 500 mtu 9216 spanning-tree port type edge vlt-port-channel 20 ! interface port-channel30 description NodeA_Cluster_LACP_port_channel no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 mtu 9216 spanning-tree port type edge vlt-port-channel 30 ! interface port-channel40 description NodeB_Cluster_LACP_port_channel no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 mtu 9216 spanning-tree port type edge vlt-port-channel 40 ! interface port-channel50 description Uplink no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 switchport trunk allowed vlan 200,300,400,500 mtu 9216 vlt-port-channel 50 ! interface mgmt1/1/1 no shutdown no ip address dhcp ip address 10.241.133.22/26 ipv6 address autoconfig ! interface ethernet1/1/1 description NodeA_4port_port_0 no shutdown channel-group 30 mode active no switchport mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/2 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/3 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/4 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/5 description NodeA_IO_0_port_0 no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 switchport trunk allowed vlan 300 mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/6 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/7 description NodeA_IO_0_port_2 no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 switchport trunk allowed vlan 200,400 mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/8 description NodeA_IO_0_port_3 no shutdown channel-group 10 mode active no switchport mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/9 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/10 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/11 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/12 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/13 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/14 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/15 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/16 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/17 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/18 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/19 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/20 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/21 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/22 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/23 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/24 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/25 description VLTi no shutdown no switchport flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/26 description VLTi no shutdown no switchport flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/29 description Uplink_Ports no shutdown channel-group 50 mode active no switchport mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/30 description Uplink_Ports no shutdown switchport access vlan 1 mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/31 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/32 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/33 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/34 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/35 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/36 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/37 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/38 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/39 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/40 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/41 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/42 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/43 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/44 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/45 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/46 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/47 description NodeB_IO_1_port_3 no shutdown channel-group 20 mode active no switchport mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/48 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/49 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/50 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/51 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/52 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/53 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/54 description NodeB_4port_port_1 no shutdown channel-group 40 mode active no switchport mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.0.100.10.1 ! vlt-domain 1 backup destination 100.0.100.11 discovery-interface ethernet1/1/25-1/1/26 peer-routing primary-priority 4096 vlt-mac 00:00:00:00:00:01 ! |
! Version 10.5.x.x ! Last configuration change at May 04 16:22:40 2022 ! ip vrf default ! no multicast snooping flood-restrict spanning-tree mode rstp spanning-tree rstp priority 45056 hostname Switch2 system-user linuxadmin password **** interface breakout 1/1/25 map 100g-1x interface breakout 1/1/26 map 100g-1x interface breakout 1/1/29 map 100g-1x interface breakout 1/1/30 map 100g-1x iscsi enable iscsi target port 860 iscsi target port 3260 username admin password **** role sysadmin priv-lvl 15 aaa authentication login default local aaa authentication login console local ! class-map type application class-iscsi ! policy-map type application policy-iscsi ! interface vlan1 description Cluster_Network no shutdown ! interface vlan200 description iSCSI_Network no shutdown ! interface vlan300 description NVMe_Network no shutdown ! interface vlan400 description RepBlockImport_Network no shutdown ! interface vlan500 description NAS_Network no shutdown ! interface port-channel10 description NodeA_NAS_LACP_port_channel no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 switchport trunk allowed vlan 500 mtu 9216 spanning-tree port type edge vlt-port-channel 10 ! interface port-channel20 description NodeB_NAS_LACP_port_channel no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 switchport trunk allowed vlan 500 mtu 9216 spanning-tree port type edge vlt-port-channel 20 ! interface port-channel30 description NodeA_Cluster_LACP_port_channel no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 mtu 9216 spanning-tree port type edge vlt-port-channel 30 ! interface port-channel40 description NodeB_Cluster_LACP_port_channel no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 mtu 9216 spanning-tree port type edge vlt-port-channel 40 ! interface port-channel50 description Uplink no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 switchport trunk allowed vlan 200,300,400,500 mtu 9216 vlt-port-channel 50 ! interface mgmt1/1/1 no shutdown no ip address dhcp ip address 10.241.133.23/26 ipv6 address autoconfig ! interface ethernet1/1/1 description NodeA_4port_port_1 no shutdown channel-group 30 mode active no switchport mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/2 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/3 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/4 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/5 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/6 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/7 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/8 description NodeA_IO_1_port_3 no shutdown channel-group 10 mode active no switchport mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/9 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/10 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/11 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/12 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/13 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/14 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/15 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/16 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/17 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/18 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/19 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/20 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/21 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/22 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/23 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/24 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/25 description VLTi no shutdown no switchport flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/26 description VLTi no shutdown no switchport flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/29 description Uplink_ports no shutdown channel-group 50 mode active no switchport mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/30 description Uplink_ports no shutdown channel-group 50 mode active no switchport mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/31 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/32 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/33 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/34 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/35 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/36 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/37 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/38 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/39 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/40 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/41 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/42 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/43 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/44 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/45 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/46 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/47 description NodeB_IO_0_port_3 no shutdown channel-group 20 mode active no switchport mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/48 description NodeB_IO_0_port_2 no shutdown switchport mode trunk switchport access vlan 1 switchport trunk allowed vlan 200,400 mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/49 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/50 description NodeB_IO_0_port_0 no shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/51 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/52 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/53 shutdown switchport access vlan 1 flowcontrol receive on flowcontrol transmit off ! interface ethernet1/1/54 description NodeB_4port_port_0 no shutdown channel-group 40 mode active no switchport mtu 9216 flowcontrol receive off flowcontrol transmit off ! management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.0.100.10.1 ! vlt-domain 1 backup destination 100.0.100.10 discovery-interface ethernet1/1/25-1/1/26 peer-routing primary-priority 8192 vlt-mac 00:00:00:00:00:01 ! |
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