Cisco Nexus 5548UP Configuration Manual
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- Page 1 Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs Dell Storage Engineering October 2013 SISfeedback@Dell.com...
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Page 2: Revisions
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
2.10.7 Define a queuing policy-map ............................11 2.11 Apply the Nexus policies ..............................12 2.12 Save configuration ................................12 2.13 Configure additional switch ............................12 2.14 Disabling DCB ..................................12 Additional resources ................................... 13 SCG1006 Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch Configuration Guide... -
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction This document illustrates how to configure Cisco® Nexus 5548UP switches for use with EqualLogic™ PS Series storage using Dell™ best practices. The recommended configuration uses link aggregation groups (LAGs) and Virtual Port Channel (vPC) for inter-switch connections. Note: Cisco currently does not support iSCSI TLV, which is required by EqualLogic to support Data Center Bridging (DCB). -
Page 5: Cabling Diagram
Cabling diagram The cabling diagram shown below represents the Dell recommend method for deploying your servers and EqualLogic arrays. Figure 1 Cabling diagram SCG1006 Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch Configuration Guide... -
Page 6: Dell Recommended Switch Configuration
Dell recommended switch configuration These steps show you how to configure two Cisco Nexus 5548UP switches with a vPC interconnect. The switches are interconnected using four of the 10Gb ports configured as the vPC link. Hardware configuration Power on both switches 2. - Page 7 Setup configures only enough connectivity for management of the system. Please register Cisco Nexus 5000 Family devices promptly with your supplier. Failure to register may affect response times for initial service calls. Nexus devices must be registered to receive entitled support services.
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Page 8: Configure The Vpc Domain
1/1-32 switch(config-if-range)#priority-flow-control mode off switch(config-if-range)#flowcontrol send on switch(config-if-range)#flowcontrol receive on switch(config-if-range)#exit Configure Port Channel switch(config)# interface port channel 1 SCG1006 Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch Configuration Guide... -
Page 9: Configure Portfast On Edge Ports
Enable VLAN The following example uses VLAN 101 and configures a range of ports. Any valid VLAN (between 2-4094) may be substituted. switch(config)# vlan 101 switch(config-vlan)# exit SCG1006 Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch Configuration Guide... -
Page 10: Enable Switch Ports
Define a QoS map for iSCSI switch(config)# class-map type qos class-iscsi switch(config-cmap-qos)# match cos 4 switch(config-cmap-qos)# exit 2.10.3 Define a QoS policy map for iSCSI switch(config)# policy-map type qos policy-qos switch(config-pmap-qos)# class type qos class-iscsi switch(config-pmap-c-qos)#set qos-group 3 SCG1006 Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch Configuration Guide... -
Page 11: Define A Network Qos Class Map
5 switch(config-pmap-c-que)# class type queuing class-fcoe switch(config-pmap-c-que))# bandwidth percent 0 switch(config-pmap-c-que)# class type queuing class-iscsi switch(config-pmap-c-que)# bandwidth percent 95 switch(config-pmap-c-que)# exit switch(config-pmap-que)# exit SCG1006 Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch Configuration Guide... -
Page 12: Apply The Nexus Policies
2.14 Disabling DCB Note: With Cisco Nexus family products, there is no command to fully disable DCB functionality. Using the configuration steps in this document results in a proper non-DCB environment. However disabling LLDP support can effectively prevent the negotiation of DCB by preventing the transmission of DCBx frames. -
Page 13: Additional Resources
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