Table Of Contents - Dell Brocade VDX 6740 Configuration Manual

Table of contents

Revisions .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Audience ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Switch details ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Cabling diagram ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Dell recommended switch configuration ................................................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Hardware configuration .................................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Delete startup configuration ............................................................................................................................................ 6
2.3 Configure Port Channel ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.4 Configure Ports for LAG ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.5 Configure Global LLDP settings to disable DCB .......................................................................................................... 7
2.6 Disable Ethernet Fabric on edge ports ........................................................................................................................... 7
2.7 Enable Jumbo MTU ........................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.8 Enable Switchport .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
2.9 Enable link level flow control (802.3x) ........................................................................................................................... 8
2.10 Configure Spanning tree on edge ports ........................................................................................................................ 8
2.11 Disable LLDP iSCSI priority on Switch Ports ................................................................................................................. 8
2.12 Save configuration ............................................................................................................................................................. 8
2.13 Configure additional switch ............................................................................................................................................. 8
3 Performance Tuning ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
4 Configuring VCS ID and Rbridge-ID ....................................................................................................................................... 10
Additional resources ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11
3 SCG1020 | Brocade VDX 6740 Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs