Cisco Nexus 9504 Switch Configuration Guide for Dell EMC SC Series and Dell PS Series SANs Abstract This document illustrates how to configure the Cisco® Nexus® 9504 chassis with Dell EMC™ SC Series or Dell PS Series storage using Dell EMC best practices.
Revisions Revisions Date Description June 2016 Initial release July 2018 Combined steps for PS Series and SC Series storage The information in this publication is provided “as is.” Dell Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the information in this publication, and specifically disclaims implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Table of contents Table of contents Revisions.............................................................................................................................................................................2 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................4 1.1 Document conventions ....................................................................................
Introduction 1 Introduction This document illustrates how to configure a Cisco® Nexus® 9504 chassis for use with Dell EMC™ SC Series or Dell™ PS Series storage using Dell EMC best practices. The recommended configuration when using a single chassis is to configure two I/O modules. 1.1 Document conventions Table 1 lists the formatting conventions used in this document. Item 1.2 Document conventions Convention Example Code samples Monospace System configuration has been modified.
Introduction 1.4 Cabling diagram Refer to one of the following cabling sections that is applicable to your storage system: PS Series (section 1.4.1) or SC Series (section 1.4.2). 1.4.1 PS Series cabling diagram The cabling diagram shown in Figure 1 represents the Dell EMC recommended method for deploying servers and PS Series storage arrays.
Introduction 1.4.2 SC Series cabling diagram The cabling diagram shown in Figure 2 represents the Dell EMC recommended method for deploying servers and SC Series storage arrays.
Dell EMC recommended switch configuration 2 Dell EMC recommended switch configuration The steps in this section show how to configure a single Cisco Nexus 9504 chassis with two I/O modules that are installed in slot 1 and slot 2. 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 LAN traffic). 2.
Dell EMC recommended switch configuration 2.3 Run basic system configuration The following steps use the setup utility to configure connectivity for basic management of the system.
Dell EMC recommended switch configuration Log in to the switch using the credentials you created. Note: You must perform port configurations for each individual port that is connected to a storage controller or a host server interface port, or you can specify a range of ports to configure. This example assumes all 48 ports on linecard modules 1 and 2. 2.
Dell EMC recommended switch configuration 2.7 Enable link-level flow control (802.3x) Perform this step for each individual port that is connected to a storage controller or a host server interface port, or specify a range of ports to configure. switch#configure switch(config)#interface ethernet 1/1-48 , ethernet 2/1-48 switch(config-if-range)#priority-flow-control mode off switch(config-if-range)#flowcontrol send off switch(config-if-range)#flowcontrol receive on switch(config-if-range)#exit 2.
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