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How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of contents .................................................................................. 2
Executive summary ............................................................................... 3
Features of Simple Switch Mode .............................................. 3
Example scenarios ..................................................................... 4
Testing scenarios ................................................................................... 5
Scenario 1: Plugging and playing the Dell PowerConnect
M8024 switch ............................................................................ 6
Scenario 2: Configuring VLANs on the internal ports of the Dell
PowerConnect M8024 switch ................................................... 7
Scenario 3: Configuring multiple VLANs per internal port to
connect to a server NIC with Tag enabled ................................ 8
Scenario 4: Configuring multiple Port Aggregation Groups and
dedicating specific Uplinks ........................................................ 9
Scenario 5: Adding VLANs in a multi-AG configuration .......... 10
Scenario 6: Setting up a fully meshed topology ..................... 11
Scenario 7: Setting up a straight-through topology with LAG
failover .................................................................................... 13
Scenario 8: Establishing access with vPC enabled across the
Cisco Nexus 5010 switches ..................................................... 14
Appendix A – Detailed scenario methodology ................................... 15
Scenario 1: Plugging and playing the Dell PowerConnect
M8024 switch .......................................................................... 15
Scenario 2: Configuring VLANs on the internal ports of the Dell
PowerConnect M8024 switch ................................................. 16
Scenario 3: Configuring multiple VLANs per internal port to
connect to a server NIC with Tag enabled .............................. 18
Scenario 4: Configuring multiple Port Aggregation Groups and
dedicating specific Uplinks ...................................................... 21
Scenario 5: Adding VLANs in a multi-AG configuration .......... 24
Scenario 6: Setting up a fully meshed topology ..................... 29
Scenario 7: Setting up a straight-through topology with LAG
failover .................................................................................... 31
Scenario 8: Establishing access with vPC enabled across the
Cisco Nexus 5010 switches ..................................................... 33
Appendix B – Network switch configuration information .................. 40
About Principled Technologies ........................................................... 41