Administrator Guide

3 Dell Campus Networking Interoperability with Cisco Catalyst 1.1 | version 1.1
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2 Deployment Scenarios ................................................................................................................................................. 8
2.1 Virtual LANs ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.1.1 Configuring VLANS — Dell N-Series ..................................................................................................... 9
2.1.2 Configuring VLANS — Cisco Catalyst ................................................................................................... 9
2.2 Multiple Virtual LANs ........................................................................................................................................ 11
2.2.1 Configuring Multiple VLANS — Dell N-Series ...................................................................................... 11
2.2.2 Configuring Multiple VLANS — Cisco Catalyst .................................................................................... 13
2.3 Link Aggregation Groups .................................................................................................................................. 14
2.3.1 Configuring LAGs — Dell N-Series ...................................................................................................... 15
2.3.2 Configuring LAGs — Cisco Catalyst .................................................................................................... 15
2.4 Multiple Link Aggregation Groups .................................................................................................................... 16
2.4.1 Configuring Multiple LAGs — Dell N-Series ......................................................................................... 17
2.4.2 Configuring Multiple LAGs — Cisco Catalyst ....................................................................................... 18
2.5 LACP Standby .................................................................................................................................................. 19
2.5.1 Configuring LACP Standby — Dell N-Series ....................................................................................... 20
2.5.2 Configuring LACP Standby — Cisco Catalyst...................................................................................... 22
2.6 Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP-PV and RPVST+) .......................................................................................... 24
2.6.1 Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol — Dell N-Series ......................................................................... 24
2.6.2 Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol — Cisco Catalyst ....................................................................... 27
2.7 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol ...................................................................................................................... 29
2.7.1 Configuring MST — Dell N-Series ....................................................................................................... 30
2.7.2 Configuring MST — Cisco Catalyst ...................................................................................................... 33
2.8 Cisco Unidirectional Link Detection Interoperability ......................................................................................... 34
2.8.1 Configuring UDLD — Dell N-Series ..................................................................................................... 34
2.8.2 Configuring UDLD — Cisco Catalyst ................................................................................................... 34
2.9 Interoperability with Cisco Discovery Protocol ................................................................................................. 36
2.9.1 Interoperability with Cisco Discovery Protocol — Dell N-Series .......................................................... 36
2.9.2 Interoperability with Cisco Discovery Protocol — Cisco Catalyst ........................................................ 37