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A Dell EMC Deployment and Configuration Guide 

Cisco Catalyst 3850 

Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs 

Dell Storage Engineering 

October 2016 

 

Summary of Contents for Cisco Catalyst 3850 PS Series

Page 1: ...A Dell EMC Deployment and Configuration Guide Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs Dell Storage Engineering October 2016 ...

Page 2: ... AND TECHNICAL INACCURACIES THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND 2016 Dell Inc All rights reserved Dell and the Dell EMC logo are trademarks of Dell Inc in the United States and or other jurisdictions All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies Date Description October 2016 Initial release ...

Page 3: ... recommended switch configuration 6 2 1 Hardware configuration 6 2 2 Startup configuration file 6 2 3 Basic system configuration 6 2 4 Configure Jumbo Frames LLDP and Spanning Tree 7 2 5 Configure policy map and increase queue multiplier 8 2 6 Configure port channel interfaces 8 2 7 Configuring edge ports 9 2 8 Save configuration 9 2 9 Configure additional switch 9 A Additional resources 10 ...

Page 4: ... guide describes a verified configuration following Dell best practices for a PS Series iSCSI SAN and is intended for storage or network administrators and deployment personnel 1 2 Switch details Table 1 provides an overview of the switch configuration This switch configuration guide covers setup instructions for all Catalyst 3850 switch models Switch specifications Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch vend...

Page 5: ...SANs SCG3299 1 3 Cabling diagram The cabling diagram shown in Figure 1 represents the Dell recommend method for deploying your servers and PS Series storage arrays Cabling diagram Note Figure 1 shows the Catalyst 3850 with 10 Gb SFP interfaces used for the port channel ...

Page 6: ...nd no flow control 5 Connect 2 x 10 Gb Ethernet ports at least between switch 1 and switch 2 as shown in Figure 1 These are used as switch interconnect links 2 2 Startup configuration file Note This example assumes a switch at its default configuration settings Always back up your configuration settings prior to performing any configuration changes Switch enable Switch erase startup config Erasing...

Page 7: ...face summary is displayed here Enter interface name used to connect to the management network from the above interface summary GigabitEthernet0 0 Configuring interface GigabitEthernet0 0 Configure IP on this interface no yes IP address for this interface management ip address Subnet mask for this interface 255 0 0 0 subnet mask Note The configuration command script is displayed here 0 Go to the IO...

Page 8: ...nd to prevent output queue drops Switch config qos queue softmax multiplier 1200 2 6 Configure port channel interfaces Switch config interface port channel 1 Switch config if switchport Switch config if flowcontrol receive on Switch config if exit Note 10 Gb ports 1 1 3 and 1 1 4 are used for the port channel Change the port number in the following command if using other ports for the port channel...

Page 9: ... 24 Note Configure all the 48 ports for the 48 port model of the switch using the following command interface range gigabitEthernet 1 0 1 48 Switch config if range flowcontrol receive on Switch config if range spanning tree portfast Switch config if range service policy output single queue buffer Switch config if range switchport Switch config if range no shutdown Switch config if range exit Switc...

Page 10: ...is an online technical community where IT professionals have access to numerous resources for Dell software hardware and services Storage Solutions Technical Documents on Dell TechCenter provide expertise that helps to ensure customer success on Dell Storage platforms See the following additional referenced or recommended Dell publications Dell PS Series Configuration Guide Dell Storage Compatibil...

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