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- Page 1 Brocade VDX 6940 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs Dell Storage Engineering October 2016 A Dell Deployment and Configuration Guide...
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Page 2: Revisions
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
2.14 Save configuration .............................. 9 2.15 Configure additional switch ..........................9 Performance tuning ..............................10 Configuring VCS ID and Rbridge ID ........................... 11 Additional resources ..............................12 Brocade VDX 6940 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3306... -
Page 4: Introduction
Separate variables <ip address> <mask> Audience This switch configuration guide describes a verified configuration following Dell best practices for a PS Series iSCSI SAN and is intended for storage or network administrators and deployment personnel. Switch details The table below provides an overview of the switch configuration. -
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 arrays. Cabling diagram Brocade VDX 6940 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3306... -
Page 6: Dell Recommended Switch Configuration
Dell recommended switch configuration These steps show how to configure two Brocade VDX 6940 switches with a Brocade proprietary LAG interconnect. The switches are interconnected using two 40Gb ports (35 and 36) configured as the LAG links. 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). -
Page 7: Configure Management Ports
1 mode active type brocade sw0(conf-if-fo-1/0/35-36)# no cee sw0(conf-if-fo-1/0/35-36)# no lldp disable sw0(conf-if-fo-1/0/35-36)# no shutdown sw0(conf-if-fo-1/0/35-36)# exit Brocade VDX 6940 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3306... -
Page 8: Configure Global Lldp Settings To Disable Dcb
Reminder: Perform this step on the other 4 x 10 edge ports. 2.10 Enable switchport sw0(conf-if-te-1/0/1:1-4)# switchport sw0(conf-if-te-1/0/1:1-4)# switchport mode access Reminder: Perform these steps on the other 4 x 10 edge ports. Brocade VDX 6940 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3306... -
Page 9: Enable Link Level Flow Control (802.3X)
This operation will modify your startup configuration. Do you want to continue? [y/n]:y 2.15 Configure additional switch Repeat the commands from sections 2.1 through 2.14 to configure the second switch. Brocade VDX 6940 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3306... -
Page 10: Performance Tuning
QoS receive buffer. Testing indicated the optimal setting is 3MB for the receive queue. sw0# configure sw0(config)# rbridge-id 1 sw0(config-rbridge-id-1)# qos rcv-queue limit 3000 sw0(config-rbridge-id-1)# end sw0# Note: Repeat the commands to configure the buffer on the second switch. Brocade VDX 6940 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3306... -
Page 11: Configuring Vcs Id And Rbridge Id
2 This operation will change the configuration to default and reboot the switch. Do you want to continue? [y/n]:y Note: The switch will reboot. Brocade VDX 6940 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell PS Series SANs | SCG3306... -
Page 12: Additional Resources
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