This section outlines example configuration issued to the Dell PowerSwitch Z9432F-ON switches. The switches start at their factory default setting.
CAUTION: Z9432F-ON SmartFabric Services with MX is not supported.
To configure the Z9432F-ON switches, perform the following steps:
- Set the switch hostname and management IP address. Configure Spanning Tree and run the command to Include Fabric Management Address in LLDP messages.
- Configure VLT between the switches.
- Configure VLANs.
- Configure port channels to connect to the upstream switches.
- Configure the ports connected to the upstream switches and compute sleds. Note: LLDP must be enabled on ACI and vCenter. To enable LLDP on ACI, see the Create vCenter domain for Cisco ACI and Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) domain integration section. To enable LLDP under vDS on vCenter, see the article at Enable Link Layer Discovery Protocol on a VSphere Distributed Switch.
- Use the following commands to configure the hostname, management interface, default gateway, spanning tree and required LLDP settings.
Z9432F-ON_1 Z9432F-ON_2 configure terminal
hostname Z9432F-ON_1
interface mgmt 1/1/1
no ip address dhcp
no shutdown
ip address 100.67.105.22/24
management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.67.105.254
spanning-tree disable
lldp management-addr-tlv ipv4 virtual-ipconfigure terminal
hostname Z9432F-ON_2
interface mgmt 1/1/1
no ip address dhcp
no shutdown
ip address 100.67.105.23/24
management route 0.0.0.0/0 100.67.105.254
spanning-tree disable
lldp management-addr-tlv ipv4 virtual-ip - Configure VLT between switches using the following commands. VLT configuration involves setting a discovery interface range and discovering the VLT peer in the VLT. Note: The default speed of port groups 1/1/1 through 1/1/16 is 400g-1x (QSFP56-DD 400 GbE connection) which means all the ports from 1/1/1 through 1/1/32 are all 400 GbE ports. Port 1/1/28 and port 1/1/30 are used for VLTi in this example.
Z9432F-ON_1 Z9432F-ON_2 interface range ethernet1/1/28-1/1/30
description VLTi
no shutdown
no switchport
vlt-domain 1
backup destination 100.67.105.23
discovery-interface ethernet
1/1/28-1/1/30interface range ethernet1/1/28-1/1/30
description VLTi
no shutdown
no switchport
vlt-domain 1
backup destination 100.67.105.22
discovery-interface ethernet
1/1/28-1/1/30 - Configure the required VLANs on each switch as described in the Network information for 100 GbE solution table. Network information and define the Virtual Routing Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) groups under each VLAN to provide gateway access.
Z9432F-ON_1 Z9432F-ON_2 interface vlan1811
description ESXi-MGMT
no shutdown
ip address 172.18.11.252/24
vrrp-group 11
virtual-address 172.18.11.254
interface vlan1812
description vMotion
no shutdown
ip address 172.18.12.252/24
vrrp-group 12
virtual-address 172.18.12.254
interface vlan1813
description vSAN
no shutdown
ip address 172.16.13.252/24
vrrp-group 13
virtual-address 172.18.13.254
interface vlan1814
description app
no shutdown
ip address 172.18.14.252/24
vrrp-group 14
virtual-address 172.18.14.254
interface vlan1815
description web
no shutdown
ip address 172.18.15.252/24
vrrp-group 15
virtual-address 172.18.15.254
interface vlan1816
description db
no shutdown
ip address 172.18.16.252/24
vrrp-group 16
virtual-address 172.18.16.254interface vlan1811
description ESXi-MGMT
no shutdown
ip address 172.18.11.253/24
vrrp-group 11
virtual-address 172.18.11.254
interface vlan1812
description vMotion
no shutdown
ip address 172.18.12.253/24
vrrp-group 12
virtual-address 172.18.12.254
interface vlan1813
description vSAN
no shutdown
ip address 172.16.13.253/24
vrrp-group 13
virtual-address 172.18.13.254
interface vlan1814
description app
no shutdown
ip address 172.18.14.253/24
vrrp-group 14
virtual-address 172.18.14.254
interface vlan1815
description web
no shutdown
ip address 172.18.15.253/24
vrrp-group 15
virtual-address 172.18.15.254
interface vlan1816
description db
no shutdown
ip address 172.18.16.253/24
vrrp-group 16
virtual-address 172.18.16.254 - Configure the port channel that connects to the upstream switches. The LACP protocol is used to create the dynamic LAG. Trunk ports allow tagged VLANs to traverse the trunk link. In this example, the trunk is configured to allow all VLANs.
- Configure upstream ports and ports connected to compute sleds through MX8116 FEM.
Z9432F-ON_1 Z9432F-ON_2 interface port-channel1
description “LACP to ACI”
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1811-1816
vlt-port-channel 1
interface ethernet1/1/31
description “Connection to ACI switches”
no shutdown
no switchport
channel-group 1 mode active
flowcontrol receive off
interface ethernet1/1/32
description “Connection to ACI switches”
no shutdown
no switchport
channel-group 1 mode active
flowcontrol receive off
interface ethernet 1/1/11:3
description “Chassis1-Sled1”
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1811-1816
flowcontrol receive off
interface ethernet 1/1/12:1
description “Chassis2-Sled2”
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1811-1816
flowcontrol receive offinterface port-channel1
description “LACP to ACI”
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1811-1816
vlt-port-channel 1
interface ethernet1/1/31
description “Connection to ACI switches”
no shutdown
no switchport
channel-group 1 mode active
flowcontrol receive off
interface ethernet1/1/32
description “Connection to ACI switches”
no shutdown
no switchport
channel-group 1 mode active
flowcontrol receive off
interface ethernet 1/1/11:3
description “Chassis1-Sled1”
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1811-1816
flowcontrol receive off
interface ethernet 1/1/12:1
description “Chassis2-Sled2”
no shutdown
switchport mode trunk
switchport access vlan 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1811-1816
flowcontrol receive off