Example switch commands
You can use the following example commands to configure all switch ports used for NetApp HCI nodes. These
commands are based on a Cisco configuration, but might require only small changes to apply to Mellanox
switches. See your switch documentation for the specific commands you need to implement this configuration.
Replace the interface name, description, and VLANs with the values for your environment.
interface {interface name, such as EthernetX/Y or GigabitEthernetX/Y/Z}
description {desired description, such as NetApp-HCI-NodeX-PortY}
mtu 9216
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk native vlan 100
switchport trunk allowed vlan 105,107,200,201
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
Some switches might require inclusion of the native VLAN in the allowed VLAN list. See the
documentation for your specific switch model and software version.
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Network configuration
NetApp HCI can utilize multiple different network cabling and VLAN configurations. The
third configuration, option C, uses six network cables for each compute node with native
VLANs.
Configuration option C: Six cables for compute nodes with native VLANs
You can deploy NetApp HCI without using tagged VLANs for storage and virtualization traffic, and instead rely
on the switch configuration to separate the network segments. You can use this configuration with vSphere
Standard Switches or vSphere Distributed Switches (which require VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus
licensing).
NetApp HCI documentation uses letters to refer to network ports on the back panel of H-series nodes.
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