Scenario 3:2 - Flex-10 with Multi-Enclosure stacking - VLAN Tagging (802.1Q) with Multiple Shared Uplink Sets (SUS) - VMware
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Installation and configuration
Switch configuration
Appendices A and B provide a summary of the commands required to configure the switch in either a
Cisco IOS or a ProCurve network infrastructure. The configuration information provided in the appendices
assumes the following information:
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The switch ports are configured as TRUNK ports to support VLANs 101, 102, 103, 104 and 105.
All frames will be forwarding to VC with VLAN tags.
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When adding the additional uplinks to the SUS, the switch ports connected to Virtual Connect will
need to be configured for LACP and configured for the same Link Aggregation Group.
VC CLI commands
Many of the configuration settings within VC can also be accomplished via a CLI command set. In order to
connect to VC via a CLI, open an SSH connection to the IP address of the active VCM. Once logged in,
VC provides a CLI with help menus. Through this scenario the CLI commands to configure VC for each
setting will also be provided.
Configuring the VC Module for Map VLAN Tags via GUI (Ethernet settings)
Flex-10 has also provided additional controls when configuring VC for mapped VLAN tags
(Multiple Networks over a single link) support. These features provide the ability to set a
Custom or Preferred network speed value for each NIC. These are VC domain wide settings
and when configured will limit the maximum configurable speed of a NIC.
Enable Map VLAN Tags within Virtual Connect
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On the Virtual Connect Manager screen, Left pane, click Ethernet Settings, Advanced Settings
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Select Map VLAN Tags
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Optionally, select a preferred/Maximum link speed
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Select Apply
Configuring the VC Module for Map VLAN Tags via CLI (Ethernet settings)
The following command can be copied and pasted into an SSH based CLI session with Virtual Connect
# Set Advanced Ethernet Settings to "Map VLAN Tags" and Enable Fast MAC cache fail-over
set enet-vlan vlantagcontrol=Map
Note:
Do not set a Preferred or Max speed for this scenario. This example is provided for reference
only. For the purpose of this scenario, we will not be configuring the custom values for Preferred Link or
Maximum Connection speeds. However, the CLI commands are provided below for reference.
Selecting the Set a Customer value for Preferred Link Connection Speed and/or Set a Customer value for
Maximum Link Connection Speed, Sets the respective speed for all connections using multiple networks to
500Mb and maximum connection speed to 2.5Gb.
Optionally
# Set Advanced Ethernet Settings to a Preferred speed of 500Mb and a Max Speed of 2500Mb