Dell Recommended Switch Configuration; Hardware Configuration; Delete Startup Configuration - Dell Brocade VDX 6740 Configuration Manual

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Dell recommended switch configuration

These steps show how to configure two Brocade VDX 6740 switches with a Brocade proprietary LAG
interconnect. The switches are interconnected using two 40Gb ports configured as the LAG links. 40G
Port Upgrade license is required to use the 40G uplinks.
Note: The configuration steps in this section are only recommended when the switch is used as a
dedicated SAN for iSCSI traffic (not shared with any other traffic type).
2.1

Hardware configuration

1. Power on both switches
2. Connect a serial cable to the management port.
3. Using any terminal utility, open a serial connection session to the switch.
4. Open your terminal emulator and configure it to use the serial port (usually COM1 but this may
vary depending on your system). Configure serial communications for 9600,N,8,1 and no flow
control.
5. Connect the cables between switch 1 and switch 2 as shown in Figure 1. This will be used as your
Brocade LAG link.
Note: The below configuration steps assumes that the switch is configured with a unique Rbridge-id and
VCS id. The LAG interconnection will fail to come up if the Rbridge-id or VCS id is conflicting. Refer to
Section 4 on how to change the Rbridge-id and VCS id of the switch.
2.2

Delete startup configuration

Note: This example assumes a switch at its default configuration settings. Using the "copy default-config
startup-config" command sets the startup configuration file to its default settings. You should always
backup your configuration settings prior to performing any configuration changes.
sw0# copy default-config startup-config
This operation will modify your startup configuration. Do you want to continue?
[y/n]:y
WARN: "reload system" is required to have configuration changes take effect!
sw0# reload system
Warning: This operation will cause the chassis to reboot and
requires all existing telnet, secure telnet and SSH sessions to be
restarted.
Are you sure you want to reboot the chassis [y/n]? y
Note: The switch will reboot.
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