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Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI Abstract This document provides steps for the configuration and deployment of Dell EMC Networking switches running Dell EMC OS10 Enterprise Edition, into a Cisco ACI environment. December 2018 Dell EMC Configuration and Deployment Guide
Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI Abstract This document provides steps for the configuration and deployment of Dell EMC Networking switches running Dell EMC OS10 Enterprise Edition, into a Cisco ACI environment. December 2018 Dell EMC Configuration and Deployment Guide
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Table of contents Revisions...2 1 Introduction...5 1.1 Typographical conventions...5 1.2 Attachments...6 2 Hardware overview...7 2.1 Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON ...7 2.2 Dell EMC Networking S4148F-ON ...7 2.3 Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON ...7 2.4 Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX...8 2.5 Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ ...8 2.6 Supported Dell EMC switches ...8 3 Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)...9 4 Dell EMC ToR switches with Cisco ACI environment overview 10 4.1 Validated environment...11 5 OOB Management network...13 6 Cisco APIC configuration ...15...
Table of contents Revisions...2 1 Introduction...5 1.1 Typographical conventions...5 1.2 Attachments...6 2 Hardware overview...7 2.1 Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON ...7 2.2 Dell EMC Networking S4148F-ON ...7 2.3 Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON ...7 2.4 Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX...8 2.5 Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ ...8 2.6 Supported Dell EMC switches ...8 3 Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)...9 4 Dell EMC ToR switches with Cisco ACI environment overview 10 4.1 Validated environment...11 5 OOB Management network...13 6 Cisco APIC configuration ...15...
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9.3 Verify connectivity between VMs...30 A Additional information...31 A.1 Reset OS10EE switches to factory defaults...31 A.2 Spanning Tree Protocol recommendations ...31 B Validated components ...32 B.1 Dell EMC Networking switches...32 B.2 Cisco ACI components ...32 C Technical resources ...33 D Support and feedback ...34 4 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI
9.3 Verify connectivity between VMs...30 A Additional information...31 A.1 Reset OS10EE switches to factory defaults...31 A.2 Spanning Tree Protocol recommendations ...31 B Validated components ...32 B.1 Dell EMC Networking switches...32 B.2 Cisco ACI components ...32 C Technical resources ...33 D Support and feedback ...34 4 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI
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... in CLI output Bold text UI elements and information that provides high throughput and failure tolerance. The example shows how devices that are connected to Dell EMC Networking switches can choose from a wide range of industry-standard network applications, operating systems, and hardware platforms to realize cost savings and improvement in service agility...
... in CLI output Bold text UI elements and information that provides high throughput and failure tolerance. The example shows how devices that are connected to Dell EMC Networking switches can choose from a wide range of industry-standard network applications, operating systems, and hardware platforms to realize cost savings and improvement in service agility...
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...choice for ToR environments requiring connectivity for 10GbE and 25GbE compute and storage. 2.2 Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON switch Dell EMC Networking S4148F-ON The Dell EMC Networking S4148F-ON is a 1-RU switch with forty-eight 1GbE BASE-T ports and four 10GbE SFP+ ports. In this...compute and storage. 2.3 Dell EMC Networking S4148F-ON switch Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON The Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON is a 1-RU switch with forty-eight 10GbE SFP+ ports, two 40GbE QSFP+ ports, and four 100GbE QSFP28 ports. Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON 7 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition ...
...choice for ToR environments requiring connectivity for 10GbE and 25GbE compute and storage. 2.2 Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON switch Dell EMC Networking S4148F-ON The Dell EMC Networking S4148F-ON is a 1-RU switch with forty-eight 1GbE BASE-T ports and four 10GbE SFP+ ports. In this...compute and storage. 2.3 Dell EMC Networking S4148F-ON switch Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON The Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON is a 1-RU switch with forty-eight 10GbE SFP+ ports, two 40GbE QSFP+ ports, and four 100GbE QSFP28 ports. Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON 7 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition ...
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Supported Dell EMC Networking switches Dell EMC Networking Switch OS10EE, version 10.4.0R3 and later S5248F-ON S4148F-ON S5048F-ON S5148F-ON S5296F-ON S5232F-ON S6010-ON S6100-ON S4048-ON S4048T-ON S4112F-ON S4112T-ON S4128F-ON S4128T-ON ... is for any kind. Supported Dell EMC switches The switch models highlighted in blue in this document. 8 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with forty-eight 1/10/25GbE ports and six 40/100GbE ports. All Dell EMC Networking switches that arise out of this guide. Dell EMC is a 2-RU switch with the use of Cisco Nexus...
Supported Dell EMC Networking switches Dell EMC Networking Switch OS10EE, version 10.4.0R3 and later S5248F-ON S4148F-ON S5048F-ON S5148F-ON S5296F-ON S5232F-ON S6010-ON S6100-ON S4048-ON S4048T-ON S4112F-ON S4112T-ON S4128F-ON S4128T-ON ... is for any kind. Supported Dell EMC switches The switch models highlighted in blue in this document. 8 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with forty-eight 1/10/25GbE ports and six 40/100GbE ports. All Dell EMC Networking switches that arise out of this guide. Dell EMC is a 2-RU switch with the use of Cisco Nexus...
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...domain: • Multi-tenant security • Microsegmentation • Application specific policy management • Network availability and QoS • Network automation 9 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI 3 Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Cisco ACI is a central management appliance that handles policy,... Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is an application focused, software-defined networking solution utilizing both software and traditional switching hardware. The solution is an overlay on Cisco's high-performance...
...domain: • Multi-tenant security • Microsegmentation • Application specific policy management • Network availability and QoS • Network automation 9 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI 3 Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Cisco ACI is a central management appliance that handles policy,... Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is an application focused, software-defined networking solution utilizing both software and traditional switching hardware. The solution is an overlay on Cisco's high-performance...
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... of connections in this paper covers deploying S5248F-ON switches connected to a Cisco ACI environment. The C93180YC-EX leaf switch pair are 100 GbE. Dell EMC Networking switches connected to Cisco ACI leaf switches Connections from S5248F-ON switches to the C93180YC-EX leaf pair are connected to... show the types of Nexus C93180YC-EX switches as leaf switches as shown in Figure 5 is...
... of connections in this paper covers deploying S5248F-ON switches connected to a Cisco ACI environment. The C93180YC-EX leaf switch pair are 100 GbE. Dell EMC Networking switches connected to Cisco ACI leaf switches Connections from S5248F-ON switches to the C93180YC-EX leaf pair are connected to... show the types of Nexus C93180YC-EX switches as leaf switches as shown in Figure 5 is...
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All of three Application Policy Infrastructure Controllers (APICs) in Figure 6. Validated Dell EMC ToR and ACI environment Note: No physical peer link is used between the ACI environment and the S5248F-ON switches consist of a vPC on the Cisco ACI side and a VLT port channel ... in this chapter, are running VMware ESXi 6.7.0. 4.1 Validated environment In this example, two S5248F-ON switches are running Ubuntu Linux guest operating systems. 11 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI For this example are joined to an existing Cisco ACI...
All of three Application Policy Infrastructure Controllers (APICs) in Figure 6. Validated Dell EMC ToR and ACI environment Note: No physical peer link is used between the ACI environment and the S5248F-ON switches consist of a vPC on the Cisco ACI side and a VLT port channel ... in this chapter, are running VMware ESXi 6.7.0. 4.1 Validated environment In this example, two S5248F-ON switches are running Ubuntu Linux guest operating systems. 11 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI For this example are joined to an existing Cisco ACI...
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...and VMs to communicate using the relevant networks. The in-band test environment uses the five networks that are directly connected to the ACI leaf switches. The existing Cisco ACI environment has two PowerEdge R730xd rack servers that are shown in the rack to join the existing VMware vSphere cluster. ...-web03 web app01-app03 app db01-db02 db IP address 100.67.163.171 172.16.14.1-3 172.16.15.1-3 172.16.16.1-2 12 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with a vCenter VM named mgmtvc01 on R730xd-01 as shown in the validated environment use is out of scope...
...and VMs to communicate using the relevant networks. The in-band test environment uses the five networks that are directly connected to the ACI leaf switches. The existing Cisco ACI environment has two PowerEdge R730xd rack servers that are shown in the rack to join the existing VMware vSphere cluster. ...-web03 web app01-app03 app db01-db02 db IP address 100.67.163.171 172.16.14.1-3 172.16.15.1-3 172.16.16.1-2 12 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with a vCenter VM named mgmtvc01 on R730xd-01 as shown in the validated environment use is out of scope...
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... management network for management traffic only. The switch may be connected to other adjacent management switches, or upstream to configure, manage, and monitor devices such as servers and switches. Payload traffic that is a separate network for a single rack. Figure 7 demonstrates how the Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON switch may then be used for management are not...
... management network for management traffic only. The switch may be connected to other adjacent management switches, or upstream to configure, manage, and monitor devices such as servers and switches. Payload traffic that is a separate network for a single rack. Figure 7 demonstrates how the Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON switch may then be used for management are not...
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...254/24 dbBD1 Application EPG name vMotionEPG1 vSANEPG1 webEPG1 appEPG1 dbEPG1 In this deployment, EPGs are extended outside of the ACI fabric interfaces, switches, and application-level elements such as ACI endpoint groups (EPGs) and bridge domains. 6 Cisco APIC configuration The Cisco APIC configuration ...This is so when a frame tagged with Cisco ACI Bridge domains are associated with EPGs, which are mapped to external VLANs. 15 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with VLAN 1611, for example, enters the ACI fabric, ACI knows that it belongs to the ...
...254/24 dbBD1 Application EPG name vMotionEPG1 vSANEPG1 webEPG1 appEPG1 dbEPG1 In this deployment, EPGs are extended outside of the ACI fabric interfaces, switches, and application-level elements such as ACI endpoint groups (EPGs) and bridge domains. 6 Cisco APIC configuration The Cisco APIC configuration ...This is so when a frame tagged with Cisco ACI Bridge domains are associated with EPGs, which are mapped to external VLANs. 15 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with VLAN 1611, for example, enters the ACI fabric, ACI knows that it belongs to the ...
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... use these 100 GbE switch ports for connecting to the S5248FON switches. APIC configuration steps that are used as downlinks to devices outside of the ACI fabric, they must be configured as connections to Cisco documentation for more information. 16 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition... Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI By default, the 100 GbE switch ports are designated for detailed APIC configuration instructions. Refer to ACI spine...
... use these 100 GbE switch ports for connecting to the S5248FON switches. APIC configuration steps that are used as downlinks to devices outside of the ACI fabric, they must be configured as connections to Cisco documentation for more information. 16 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition... Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI By default, the 100 GbE switch ports are designated for detailed APIC configuration instructions. Refer to ACI spine...
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...management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.67.166.254 7.2 Note: The configuration for the Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON is not shown. VLT synchronizes Layer 2 and ARP table information between the two Dell EMC S5248F-ON switches. Configure S5248F-2 using SSH. The following section outlines the configuration commands that...commands in the first column of this example, configure VLT between the switches and enables a single port channel to be connected to the switch pair as described in Table 7. 17 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI VLT configuration In...
...management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.67.166.254 7.2 Note: The configuration for the Dell EMC Networking S5248F-ON is not shown. VLT synchronizes Layer 2 and ARP table information between the two Dell EMC S5248F-ON switches. Configure S5248F-2 using SSH. The following section outlines the configuration commands that...commands in the first column of this example, configure VLT between the switches and enables a single port channel to be connected to the switch pair as described in Table 7. 17 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI VLT configuration In...
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Configuration of UFD is a feature that disables downlink interfaces due to uplink interface failures. 7.5 Switch pair uplink configuration Configure the VLT port channel and interfaces connecting to a switch with failed uplinks. 20 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI Uplink configuration S5248F-1 S5248F-2 interface port-channel ... ethernet1/1/3-1/1/4 upstream port-channel 100 Note: UFD is a best practice to prevent downstream resources from sending traffic to the ACI leaf switches. Configure and enable uplink failure detection (UFD).
Configuration of UFD is a feature that disables downlink interfaces due to uplink interface failures. 7.5 Switch pair uplink configuration Configure the VLT port channel and interfaces connecting to a switch with failed uplinks. 20 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI Uplink configuration S5248F-1 S5248F-2 interface port-channel ... ethernet1/1/3-1/1/4 upstream port-channel 100 Note: UFD is a best practice to prevent downstream resources from sending traffic to the ACI leaf switches. Configure and enable uplink failure detection (UFD).
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...servers are joined to the ACI leaf switches. Hosts and VMs used in the validated environment in a single vSphere cluster Note: The VM locations in the topology are shown in Figure 6 at the beginning of this chapter. 21 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide ...by an administrator as shown in Figure 10. These servers are in a vSphere cluster named Management. After the Dell EMC Networking switches are deployed, servers in the Dell EMC ToR environment can communicate with Cisco ACI 8 vCenter configuration overview The existing ACI environment has two PowerEdge R730xd rack...
...servers are joined to the ACI leaf switches. Hosts and VMs used in the validated environment in a single vSphere cluster Note: The VM locations in the topology are shown in Figure 6 at the beginning of this chapter. 21 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide ...by an administrator as shown in Figure 10. These servers are in a vSphere cluster named Management. After the Dell EMC Networking switches are deployed, servers in the Dell EMC ToR environment can communicate with Cisco ACI 8 vCenter configuration overview The existing ACI environment has two PowerEdge R730xd rack...
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... 22 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with five distributed port groups, one for each port group in the VDS in this is used for the default Management Network port group in this document. With intermediate switches between ESXi hosts and ACI leaf switches, this ...example, both uplinks are beyond the scope of host-connected switch ports. A standard vSwitch (ESXi Management) is not possible without an LLDP ...
... 22 Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with five distributed port groups, one for each port group in the VDS in this is used for the default Management Network port group in this document. With intermediate switches between ESXi hosts and ACI leaf switches, this ...example, both uplinks are beyond the scope of host-connected switch ports. A standard vSwitch (ESXi Management) is not possible without an LLDP ...
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... OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI 9 Verify configuration This section covers methods to help validate the configuration. The role of one switch in this section are both be :f5:40 Role priority : 32768 VLT MAC address : 54:bf:64:ba:33:c0 IP address : fda5:74c8:...ID System MAC Address Status IP Address Version 2 54:bf:64:ba:33:c0 up . The default username and password are available to verify the Dell EMC ToR and ACI environment is configured properly. 9.1 Validation using SSH. The commands and output that are shown in the VLT pair is primary (not ...
... OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI 9 Verify configuration This section covers methods to help validate the configuration. The role of one switch in this section are both be :f5:40 Role priority : 32768 VLT MAC address : 54:bf:64:ba:33:c0 IP address : fda5:74c8:...ID System MAC Address Status IP Address Version 2 54:bf:64:ba:33:c0 up . The default username and password are available to verify the Dell EMC ToR and ACI environment is configured properly. 9.1 Validation using SSH. The commands and output that are shown in the VLT pair is primary (not ...
EMC Networking S5148F-ON Switch Configuration Guide for EMC SC Series and PS Series SANs
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... other using twinaxial or optical cabling. Note: For more information on Dell EMC Unity SAN design recommendations, see the Dell EMC Storage Compatibility Matrix. Switch specifications Dell EMC Networking S5148F-ON Switch vendor Dell EMC Switch model S5148F-ON Switch operating system 10.3.2.x R2 or later Note: For proper functionality, the switch must be at the switch operating system version shown in this configuration. Parameters Italic...
... other using twinaxial or optical cabling. Note: For more information on Dell EMC Unity SAN design recommendations, see the Dell EMC Storage Compatibility Matrix. Switch specifications Dell EMC Networking S5148F-ON Switch vendor Dell EMC Switch model S5148F-ON Switch operating system 10.3.2.x R2 or later Note: For proper functionality, the switch must be at the switch operating system version shown in this configuration. Parameters Italic...
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... per this Directive. Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) directive for recovery, recycle and reuse of IT and telecommunications products Dell EMC switches are labeled with the European WEEE Directive, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is not to be reused, recycled, or recovered... IV of the WEEE Directive, as shown above , as applicable throughout the European Union. For more information, contact the Dell EMC Technical Assistance Center. 44 Specifications Figure 26. The Directive determines the framework for the return, recycling and recovery of used ...
... per this Directive. Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) directive for recovery, recycle and reuse of IT and telecommunications products Dell EMC switches are labeled with the European WEEE Directive, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is not to be reused, recycled, or recovered... IV of the WEEE Directive, as shown above , as applicable throughout the European Union. For more information, contact the Dell EMC Technical Assistance Center. 44 Specifications Figure 26. The Directive determines the framework for the return, recycling and recovery of used ...