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- Page 1 Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs Dell Storage Engineering October 2016 A Dell EMC Deployment and Configuration Guide...
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Page 2: Revisions
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Configure policy-map and increase queue multiplier ..................8 Configure port-channel interfaces ........................8 Configuring edge-ports ............................9 Save configuration .............................. 9 Configure additional switch ..........................9 Additional resources ..............................10 Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3299... -
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction This document illustrates how to configure Cisco® Catalyst 3850 switches for use with Dell™ PS Series storage using Dell best practices. The recommended configuration uses a link aggregation group (LAG) for inter-switch connections. If you are following the steps, use sections 1 and 2 in this switch Rapid EqualLogic Configuration configuration guide. -
Page 5: Cabling Diagram
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: Dell Recommended Switch Configuration
The enable secret is a password used to protect access to privileged EXEC and configuration modes. This password, after entered, becomes encrypted in the configuration. Enter enable secret: <password> Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3299... -
Page 7: Configure Jumbo Frames, Lldp, And Spanning Tree
[2] Save this configuration to nvram and exit. Enter your selection [2]: 2 Configure Jumbo Frames, LLDP, and Spanning Tree Switch(config)#system mtu 9198 Switch(config)#lldp run Switch(config)#spanning-tree mode pvst Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3299... -
Page 8: Configure Policy-Map And Increase Queue Multiplier
Switch(config)#interface range tenGigabitEthernet 1/1/3 - 4 Switch(config-if-range)#no shutdown Switch(config-if-range)#channel-group 1 mode active Switch(config-if-range)#service-policy output single-queue-buffer Switch(config-if-range)#exit Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3299... -
Page 9: Configuring Edge-Ports
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 Switch(config)#exit Save configuration Switch#copy running-config startup-config Configure additional switch Repeat the commands from sections 2.1 through 2.8 to configure the second switch. Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3299... -
Page 10: Additional Resources
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 Compatibility Matrix Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3299...