Table Of Contents - Dell Networking N4000 Series Configuration Manual

Table of contents

Revisions ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
1.1 Audience ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Switch details ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Cabling diagram .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 Dell recommended switch configuration ............................................................................................................................. 7
2.1 Hardware configuration ................................................................................................................................................. 7
2.2 Delete startup configuration ......................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Disable DCB ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.4 Configure out of band (OOB) management port ..................................................................................................... 9
2.5 Http and Telnet authentication .................................................................................................................................... 9
2.6 Configure login credentials ........................................................................................................................................... 9
2.7 Enable iSCSI optimization feature .............................................................................................................................. 10
2.8 Configure flow control (optional) .............................................................................................................................. 10
2.9 Configure Jumbo MTU for all ports .......................................................................................................................... 10
2.10 Configure spanning tree portfast on edge ports...................................................................................................... 11
2.11 Configure QSFP ports for LAG..................................................................................................................................... 11
2.12 Save configuration ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.13 Configure additional switch ......................................................................................................................................... 11
3 Configure Data Center Bridging (DCB) (Optional)............................................................................................................ 12
3.1 Enable DCB .................................................................................................................................................................... 12
3.2 Create VLAN ................................................................................................................................................................... 12
3.3 Configure class of service, dot1p mapping, and traffic class ................................................................................ 12
3.4 Configure Priority flow control on switch ports and port channel...................................................................... 12
3.5 Configure ETS values.................................................................................................................................................... 13
3.6 Save configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 13
3.7 Configure additional switches .................................................................................................................................... 14
4 Reverting from DCB to non-DCB configuration (Optional) ............................................................................................ 15
4.1 Disable DCB and the DCB policies ............................................................................................................................ 15
4.2 Revert to default VLAN ID on switch and arrays ..................................................................................................... 16
4.3 Save configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 16
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