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Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Dell recommended switch configuration
- 2.1 Hardware configuration
- 2.2 Delete startup configuration
- 2.3 Configure out of band (OOB) management port
- 2.4 Configure route for OOB management port (optional)
- 2.5 Configure login credentials
- 2.6 Enable switch ports
- 2.7 Enable Jumbo Frames
- 2.8 Configure flow control
- 2.9 Configure spanning tree on edge ports
- 2.10 Configure port channel for LAG
- 2.11 Configure QSFP ports for LAG
- 2.12 Save configuration
- 2.13 Configure additional switch
- 3 Configure Data Center Bridging (DCB) (optional)
- 4 Reverting from DCB to non-DCB configuration (optional)
- 5 Optional stack configuration
- 5.1 Delete startup configuration on the first switch
- 5.2 Configure stack on the first switch
- 5.3 Delete startup configuration on the second switch
- 5.4 Configure stack on the second switch
- 5.5 Verify stack configuration
- 5.6 Configure out of band (OOB) management port
- 5.7 Configure route for OOB management port (optional)
- 5.8 Configure login credentials
- 5.9 Configuring switch ports
- 5.10 Save configuration
11 SCG1005 Dell Networking and Force10 S4820T Switch Configuration Guide for PS Series SANs
FTOS(conf-if-range-fo-0/48,fo-0/52)#no shutdown
FTOS(conf-if-range-fo-0/48,fo-0/52)#flowcontrol rx on tx off
FTOS(conf-if-range-fo-0/48,fo-0/52)#port-channel-protocol lacp
FTOS(conf-if-range-fo-0/48,fo-0/52-lacp)#port-channel 1 mode active
FTOS(conf-if-range-fo-0/48,fo-0/52-lacp)#exit
FTOS(conf-if-range-fo-0/48,fo-0/52)#exit
FTOS(conf)#exit
2.12 Save configuration
FTOS#copy running-config startup-config
2.13 Configure additional switch
Repeat the commands from section 2 to configure the second switch.
Note: The preceding procedure places all switch ports in the default VLAN. If you prefer to place ports in
a non-default VLAN, refer to the documentation for your switch.