Deployment Guide

20 VxRail Networking Guide with Dell EMC S4148-ON Switches | version 1.0
4.2 VxRail node facing interfaces
Configure VxRail node-facing interfaces based on the number of nodes and switches selected. Table 2
defines the S4148-ON ports for single-switch and dual-switch topologies.
Single and Dual-Switch selections
Number of VxRail Nodes
(Utilizing 2 ports)
Single S4148-ON TOR
Port Numbers
Dual S4148-ON TOR
Port Numbers
1
1,2
1
2
1-4
1,3
3
1-6
1,3,5
4
1-8
1,3,5,7
5
1-10
1,3,5,7,9
6
1-12
1,3,5,7,9,11
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12
1-24
1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23
From 12 to 13 Nodes
Skip ports 25-30
Skip ports 25-30
13
1-24 and 31-32
1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,31
16
1-24 and 31-38
1,3,5,7,9,11,,,,37
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Note: Ports 25 through 30 are for upstream or ISL ports
1. Interface configuration, enter the commands:
Command
Example
interface ethernet node/slot/port
description desc_text
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan vlan-id-list
no shutdown
interface ethernet 1/1/1
description "Appliance 1 Port 1"
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 110,120,130
no ip address
no shutdown
spanning-tree port type edge
4.3 VLAN configuration
For the following steps, refer to the worksheets in Appendix A and Appendix B for the VLAN IDs and VLAN
names.
1. Configure the Management VLAN interface, which uses the switch’s default native VLAN ID, using the
following commands:
Command
Example
interface vlan id
description Management
no shutdown
interface vlan1
description Management
no shutdown