Dell Force10 MXL Deployment Manual

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Deploying FCoE (FIP Snooping) on Dell Force 10 MXL49Scenario 4: Configuring multiple uplinks into vPC on Cisco Nexus 5000 seriesswitchMultiple link configuration between switches and storageFigure 42.Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Dell Compellent FC SAN solutionDell Force10 MXLDell PowerEdge M1000e BladeServer Chassis3CISCO NEXUS N5548P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32STATID1/10 GIGABIT ETHERNET 1/2/4/8G FIBRE CHANNEL1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8N55-M8P8FP3CISCO NEXUS N5548P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32STATID1/10 GIGABIT ETHERNET 1/2/4/8G FIBRE CHANNEL1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8N55-M8P8FPCisco Nexus 5000 SeriesB2C2 A2B1 C1A1417528639CMC2CMC1 KVM1 2 3 4 5 6GbGb 21CMCiKVMGbGb 21CMCCONSOLEMODEWS-CBS3130G-S24 2322 2120X 19X18X 17XSTK2 1MMBRMSTRSTCKSYSTCONSOLEMODEWS-CBS3130G-S24 2322 2120X 19X18X 17XSTK2 1MMBRMSTRSTCKSYSTCONSOLEMODEWS-CBS3130G-S24 2322 2120X 19X18X 17XSTK2 1MMBRMSTRSTCKSYSTCONSOLEMODEWS-CBS3130G-S24 2322 2120X 19X18X 17XSTK2 1MMBRMSTRSTCKSYSTCONSOLEMODEWS-CBS3130G-S24 2322 2120X 19X18X 17XSTK2 1MMBRMSTRSTCKSYSTCONSOLEMODEWS-CBS3130G-S24 2322 2120X 19X18X 17XSTK2 1MMBRMSTRSTCKSYST1234CONSOLEPowerConnect M8024-k171819201234CONSOLEPowerConnect M8024-k171819201234CONSOLEPowerConnect M8024-k171819201234CONSOLEPowerConnect M8024-k171819201234CONSOLEPowerConnect M8024-k171819201234CONSOLEPowerConnect M8024-k171819201234CONSOLEPowerConnect M8024-k17181920vPC Peer LinkPort-Channel / LAG Port-Channel / LAGPort-Channel / LAGfor FCoEPort-Channel / LAGfor FCoEVPC1 VPC2VPC1 VPC2Dell Force10 MXLCisco vPC or Virtual PortChannel is a feature that will allow a device (in this case the MXL switch) touse a single portchannel/LAG to connect to two different Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches but haveboth Cisco switches appear as a single switch (Cisco Systems, Inc., 2009). One of the key benefits tothis feature and configuration is that all of the uplinks to the Cisco Nexus switches will be forwardingand will not be impacted by spanning tree (Cisco Systems, Inc., 2010). Additionally the downstreamswitches (MXL) will not need any special configuration beyond a regular LAG/PortChannel to takeadvantage of this feature on the Cisco switch.The following scenarios will step through setting up the vPC configuration and then adding FCoE to theconfiguration. The naming conventions for the two Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches will be Nex5K-1for the first switch and Nex5K-2 for the second. The Dell Force10 MXL switches are named similarly.MXL-1, and MXL-2.