Setup Guide

3 Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 Switch Configuration Guide for VxRail 4.7
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Supported switches and operating systems ....................................................................................................... 6
1.2 Typographical conventions ................................................................................................................................. 6
1.3 Attachments ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
2 Hardware overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Dell EMC PowerSwitch S5248F-ON .................................................................................................................. 7
2.2 Dell EMC PowerSwitch S3048-ON..................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Dell EMC VxRail 14G nodes .............................................................................................................................. 7
2.3.1 Dell EMC VxRail P Series node ......................................................................................................................... 8
2.3.2 Dell EMC VxRail V Series node ......................................................................................................................... 8
2.3.3 Dell EMC VxRail S Series node ......................................................................................................................... 8
2.3.4 Dell EMC VxRail E Series node ......................................................................................................................... 8
2.3.5 VxRail node network adapters ............................................................................................................................ 8
3 Topology options ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
3.1 Dual switch ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.1.1 Dual switch with VLT ........................................................................................................................................ 10
3.1.2 Dual switch without VLT ................................................................................................................................... 11
3.2 Single switch ..................................................................................................................................................... 12
4 VxRail in the data center ............................................................................................................................................ 13
4.1 Leaf-spine network ........................................................................................................................................... 13
4.2 OOB Management network .............................................................................................................................. 14
5 Configuration planning ............................................................................................................................................... 15
5.1 VLANs and IP addresses ................................................................................................................................. 15
5.2 VxRail network configuration table ................................................................................................................... 16
5.3 Using a jump box or laptop computer ............................................................................................................... 17
5.4 DNS and NTP servers ...................................................................................................................................... 17
6 Switch configuration prerequisites.............................................................................................................................. 19
6.1 Check switch OS version .................................................................................................................................. 19
6.2 Verify license installation .................................................................................................................................. 19
6.3 Factory default configuration ............................................................................................................................ 20
7 Configure switches ..................................................................................................................................................... 21
7.1 Dual switch with VLT ........................................................................................................................................ 21
7.1.1 General settings................................................................................................................................................ 22
7.1.2 Configure VLANs .............................................................................................................................................. 22