Deployment of Dell M8024k Blade Switch in Simple Mode With Cisco Nexus 5k Switch

Deployment of Dell M8024-k Blade
Switch in Simple Mode with Cisco

Nexus 5k Switch
A Dell Interoperability Whitepaper
Victor Teeter
Learn more at www.dell.com

Deployment of Dell M8024-k Blade Switch in Simple Mode with Cisco Nexus 5k Switch
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August 2011
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Contents
Contents .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1
Summary ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Simple Switch Mode...................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Testing Scenarios ................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Scenario 1: Plug and Play the Dell PowerConnect M8024-k switch ...................................................................... 4
Configuring the Dell M8024-k Switch.............................................................................................................................. 5
Configuring the Cisco 5020 Switch .................................................................................................................................. 5
Scenario 2: Configuring an untagged VLAN on a single LAG ................................................................................... 6
Configuring the Cisco 5020 Switch .................................................................................................................................. 7
Validation ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Scenario 3: Configuring multiple VLANs on a single LAG .......................................................................................... 9
Configuring the Cisco 5020 Switch ............................................................................................................................... 10
Validation ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Scenario 4: Configuring multiple LAGs and dedicating specific Uplinks .......................................................... 12
Configuring the Dell M8024-k Switch........................................................................................................................... 12
Command-Line Interface ................................................................................................................................................... 12
Configuring the Cisco 5020 Switch ................................................................................................................................16
Scenario 5: Configuring multiple VLANs on multiple LAGs ..................................................................................... 17
Configuring the Dell M8024-k Switch............................................................................................................................ 17
Configuring the Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch ................................................................................................................. 23
Scenario 6: Configuring a backup LAG for failover ..................................................................................................... 25
Configuring the Dell M8024-k Switch........................................................................................................................... 25
Configuring the Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch ................................................................................................................. 26
Appendix - Network switch Versions ..................................................................................................................................... 28
About Dell ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 28
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Summary
Adding a Dell™ PowerConnect™ blade (M-Series) switch, with a Dell PowerEdge™ M1000e modular
blade enclosure, to an external Cisco Nexus Switch is a straightforward process. The addition of
Simple Switch Mode on the Dell PowerConnect™ Blade switch further simplifies the process, allowing
integration into existing network with minimal effort. This document is part of the Simple Connect
campaign that includes both Simple Connect for SAN and Simple Connect for LANs – both targeted at
today’s FC SAN and Ethernet LAN environments and meant to serve as a supplement guide on how to
interconnect equipment that makes up datacenter.
This document provides an easy to use step-by-step guide on how to configure and deploy DELL M-
Series 10Gbit/s Blade Switch (M8024-k) (see Figure 1) with a Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch
PowerConnect M8024-k
CONSOLE
3
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Figure 1. The Dell PowerConnect M8024-k switch
Simple Switch Mode
Simple Switch Mode, or SSM, allows server administrators, or anyone with very limited expertise in
configuring Ethernet Switches, the ability to deploy a loop-free switching solution without having to
configure the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) or design its integration into the existing environment.
The primary advantages of deploying SSM are as follows:
 Port Aggregation is easy to configure. Simply group internal ports and associate with external
ports, assign VLANs (if required), and it’s ready to go.
 SSM automatically configures multiple external ports into a Link Aggregation Control Protocol
(LACP) trunk group.
 By using Aggregator Groups, the Simple Switch Mode provides loop-free operation without
using STP.
 Port Aggregation is completely interoperable. Dynamic (via LACP) and static link aggregation
is supported on the external ports.
To enable Simple Switch Mode on a Dell PowerConnect M8024-k switch, perform the following steps
via Command Line or Web Interface:
Command-Line Interface:
To enable simple mode on a M8024-k switch, follow the below:
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console> enable
console# config
config# mode simple
console(config)# exit
console# copy running-config startup-config
console# exit
Later versions of the firmware do not require a reload of the switch, however some earlier
versions do. Reload the switch if requested. Please run the “show run” command to verify you
are in Simple Mode. Look for the following message within the first 5 lines of the running
configuration:
……
!System Operational Mode “Simple”
…….
Web Interface:
Follow the steps below:
 Log into the switch.
 Select System  Operational Mode Configuration.
In the Configuration screen, select Enable in the Simple Mode drop-down menu, and left-click
Apply (see Figure 2).
Figure 2. Simple Mode configuration on the Dell PowerConnect M8024-k switch.
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Testing Scenarios
The following sections will present an overview of a variety of different network deployment
scenarios and will provide step-by-step set up guidance using configuration tools with screen shots
as a visual guide. The intent of the paper is to show how some of the features of Simple Switch
firmware can be used to easily and quickly configure both equipment to work with each other
without requiring extensive knowledge of network.
Each of the following scenarios in this document assume you are starting with a default
Simple Mode configuration and (by default) ports Te1/0/1 through Te1/0/20 are currently
members of Port Aggregator Group 1.
All scenarios assume the M8024-k is using external ports 17-20 and that no module is installed
providing additional external 10G ports.
Scenario 1: Plug and Play the Dell PowerConnect M8024-k switch
This scenario shows a basic network setup between the PowerConnect M8024-k switch and the
Cisco Nexus 5020. Figure 3 shows this connectivity.
By default, all internal ports and the first 4 external ports of a PowerConnect M8024-k are in port-
aggregator group 1. This configuration can be easily changed by the user at any time. All internal and
external ports within the same port aggregator group can communicate with each other. When one
or more cables are plugged into external ports of the same port-aggregator group and in the same
LAG role (primary or secondary) they are automatically joined in a LAG (link aggregation group).
Secondary LAG roles are for backup LAGs in case of LAG failure.
All ports in a port-aggregator group only go to a single destination, which eliminates the
need for STP.
Upstream switches using STP should have port-fast enabled on any links connected to an
external port of an M8024-k while in Simple Mode. Internal ports of an M8024-k are not
active unless there is at least one active external connection.
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Cisco Nexus 5020

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Dell M1000e Blade Enclosure

Single
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Figure 3. Graphic representation of Scenario 1
Configuring the Dell M8024-k Switch

The only necessary configuration on the M8024-k switch side is to put the switch at Simple Switch
mode. This procedure was explained at the pervious sections.
Configuring the Cisco 5020 Switch

Configure Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on Cisco switch ports. In this example, the first 4
ports of Cisco Nexus which are connected to M8024-k switch need to be configured as one single
aggregation group. To do so, login to Cisco Nexus 5020 and follow the below changes:
Nexus5020#config
Nexus5020(config)#feature lacp
Nexus5020(config)#interface ethernet 1/1-4
Nexus5020(config-if-range)#channel-group 1 mode active
Nexus5020(config-if-range)#exit
Nexus5020(config)#exit
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Scenario 2: Configuring an untagged VLAN on a single LAG
This scenario shows an overview of configuring VLANs on the internal ports of the Dell
PowerConnect M8024-k switch. Figure 4 shows this connectivity.
VLANs allow for greater granularity and quality of service (QoS) control over simple sub-netting, and
Dell switches with Simple Switch Mode enabled offer a quick and easy VLAN configuration. In this
example we will configure VLANs across the internal ports of the M8024-k and then extend these
VLANs into the external network by configuring the Cisco Nexus switch.
Cisco Nexus 5020

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Cisco Nexus
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Untagged VLAN
100
Figure 4. Graphic representation of Scenario 2.
Command-line interface for configuring the Dell M8024-k switch is as follow:
console(config)#port-aggregator group 1
console(config-portAggr-group-1)#interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/1
console(config-portAggr-if-Te1/0/1)#switchport general allowed vlan add 100 untagged
Warning! This operation changes default vlan of some interface(s).
console(config-portAggr-if-Te1/0/1)#exit
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console(config-portAggr-group-1)#exit
console(config)#exit config
Web Interface:
 Select Switching>Port Aggregator>Internal Port VLAN.
 Select any port from the Internal-Port menu. For this example we chose port Te1/0/1.
 Enter a VLAN number, i.e. 100, in the Untagged-VLAN field (Figure 5).
Figure 5. Web Interface for the Dell M8024-k Switch for Scenario 2.
 Click Apply.

Login to the Nexus 5020 and make the following changes:
Nexus5020# configure
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Nexus5020(config)# feature lacp
Nexus5020(config)# vlan 100
Nexus5020(config-vlan)# exit
Nexus5020(config)# interface ethernet 1/1-4
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Nexus5020(config-if-range)# channel-group 1 mode active

Nexus5020(config-if-range)# exit
Nexus5020(config)# interface port-channel 1
Nexus5020(config-if)# switchport mode trunk
Nexus5020(config-if)# switchport trunk allowed vlan 100
Nexus5020(config-if)# end
Validation
To validate this scenario simply assign an arbitrary IP address to VLAN interface on the Cisco switch
and try to ping that IP address from the server.
As an example, to assign an IP address to VLAN interface on Cisco Nexus use the following
commands:
Nexus5020(config)# feature interface-vlan

Nexus5020(config)# interface vlan 100
Nexus5020(config-vlan)# ip address 10.1.1.100/16
Nexus5020(config-vlan)# no shutdown
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Scenario 3: Configuring multiple VLANs on a single LAG
This section provides an overview of configuring multiple VLANs per internal port to connect to a
server NIC with Tagging enabled, which is useful for management of VMs. Figure 6 shows the
connectivity for this scenario.
Adding a tagged or untagged VLAN to an internal port will add the same VLAN (tagged only)
to all external ports that are members of the same port aggregator group as the internal port.
The same VLAN cannot be in multiple aggregator groups on the M8024k.
Cisco Nexus 5020

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VLAN 101 VLAN 103
VLAN 102
Figure 6. Graphic Representation of Scenario 3.
console(config-portAggr-group-1)#lacp auto
console(config-portAggr-group-1)#interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/1
console(config-portAggr-if-Te1/0/1)#switchport general allowed vlan add 101-103
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console(config)#port-aggregator lag-failover
Warning! Please ensure that lacp mode is ‘auto’ for all groups.
console(config)#exit
Web Interface:
 Select Switching > Port Aggregator > Internal Port VLAN.
 Select a port from the Internal-Port drop-down menu, i.e. Te1/0/1.
 From the Tagged-VLANs list select one or more VLANs, i.e. 101-103 (Figure 7).
Figure 7. Web Interface for Dell M8024-k Switch for Scenario 3.
 Click Apply.

Login to the Cisco Nexus 5020 and make the following changes:
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Nexus5020(config)# vlan 101-103

Nexus5020(config-if-range)# exit
Nexus5020(config-if)# siwtchport trunk allowed vlan 101-103
Nexus5020(config-if)# end
Validation
To validate scenario 3, assign three different IP addresses to each VLAN interfaces on the Cisco switch
and try to ping that IP address from the server.
As an Example, to assign different IP addresses to VLAN interface on Cisco Nexus use the following
commands:
Nexus5020(config)# feature interface-vlan

Nexus5020(config-vlan)# shutdown



In order to ping from server, make sure to use a correct subnet address and configure the
network on your server correctly.
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Scenario 4: Configuring multiple LAGs and dedicating specific Uplinks
This section will provide an overview of configuring multiple Port Aggregation Groups (LAGs) to
group specific attached blade servers and dedicating specific Uplinks to carry that traffic to the Cisco
Nexus switch network. For this scenario, blade servers in M1000e ports 1 through 8 get configured in
Port Aggregator Group 1, while blade servers in ports 9 through 16 get configures in Port Aggregator
Group 2.
Cisco Nexus 5020
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console#config
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console(config-portAggr-group-1)#no add interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/9-16

console(config-portAggr-group-1)#no add interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/19-20
console(config-portAggr-group-2)#add interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/9-16
console(config-portAggr-group-2)#add interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/19-20
console(config)#exit
Web Interface:
 Select Switching > Port Aggregator > Port Configuration.
 Add Group 2 ports:
o Change the group ID of half of the internal ports, i.e Te1/0/9-16 to group 2, while leaving the
first half of the ports in group 1 (Figure 9).
o Change the group ID of the external ports you want to use, i.e. Te1/0/19-20 to group 2
(Figure 10).
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 Verify Group 1 ports:

o Verify the group ID for the first half of the internal ports, i.e. Te1/0/1-8, remain in group 1 (the
default for internal ports) (Figure 11).
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o Verify the group ID for the first half of the external ports you want to use, i.e. Te1/0/17-18,
remain in group 1 (Figure 12).
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 Click Apply

Login to the Nexus 5020 and enter the following commands. In this example we are adding ports 1-2
to port-channel 1 and ports 3-4 to port-channel 2.
Nexus5020(config-if-range)# interface ethernet 1/3-4
Nexus5020(config-if-range)# end
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Scenario 5: Configuring multiple VLANs on multiple LAGs
This scenario will demonstrate an overview of adding VLANs in a multi-AG configuration, which
combine the advantages of virtual network administration with physical network separation.
LAG 1
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VLAN 104 VLAN 106
VLAN 105
VLAN 101 VLAN 103
VLAN 102
console#config
console(config-portAggr-group-1)#no add interface Tengigabitethernet 1/0/9-16
console(config-portAggr-group-1)#interface Tengigabitethernet 1/0/1
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console(config-portAggr-group-2)#add interface Tengigabitethernet 1/0/9-16
console(config-portAggr-group-2)#add interface Tengigabitethernet 1/0/19-20
console(config-portAggr-group-2)#interface Tengigabitethernet 1/0/9
Web Interface:
 Select Switching > Port Aggregator > Port Configuration.

o Change the group ID to group 2 for all internal ports connected to servers you want in
group 2. In this scenario we will change Te1/0/9-16 to group 2 which allows any
server in M1000e slots 9 through 16 to be in group 2 (Figure 14).
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o Change the group ID of the external ports you want to use to connect to the second Cisco
Nexus, i.e. Te1/0/19-20, to group 2 (Figure 15).

o Verify the group ID of the remaining internal ports, i.e. Te1/0/1-8, remains in group 1 (the
default for internal ports) (Figure 16).
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o Verify the group ID of the remaining external ports, i.e. Te1/0/17-18, remains in group 1
(the default) (Figure 17).
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 Click Apply
Follow these next steps to assign internal port VLANs to the two groups.
 Select Switching > Port Aggregator > Internal Port VLAN

 Make sure Group Id is set to 1.
 Select a port from the Internal-Port drop-down menu, i.e. Te1/0/1.
 In the Tagged-VLANs menu, select the VLANs, i.e. 101-103, for this port (Figure 18).
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 Click Apply.
 Change the Group Id to 2.
 Select a port from group 2 using the Internal-Port drop-down menu, i.e. Te1/0/9.
 In the Tagged-VLANs menu, select the VLANs, i.e. 104-106, for this port (Figure 19).
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 Click Apply.
Configuring the Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch

 Login to the first Nexus and enter the following commands to configure trunking and multiple
VLANs on a port-channel.
Nexus5020# configure terminal
Nexus5020(config)# vlan 101-103
Nexus5020(config-if)# switchport
Nexus5020(config-if)# switchport trunk allowed vlan 101-103
Nexus5020(config-if)# exit
Nexus5020(config-if-range)# switchport
Nexus5020(config-if-range)# no shutdown
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 Login to the second Nexus and enter the following commands to configure trunking and
multiple VLANs on a port-channel.
Nexus5020-2# configure terminal

Nexus5020-2(config)# feature lacp
Nexus5020-2(config)# vlan 104-106
Nexus5020-2(config-vlan)# exit
Nexus5020-2(config)# interface port-channel 1
Nexus5020-2(config-if)# switchport
Nexus5020-2(config-if)# switchport trunk allowed vlan 104-106
Nexus5020-2(config-if)# switchport mode trunk
Nexus5020-2(config-if)# exit
Nexus5020-2(config)# interface ethernet 1/1-2
Nexus5020-2(config-if-range)# switchport
Nexus5020-2(config-if-range)# channel-group 1 mode active
Nexus5020-2(config-if-range)# no shutdown
Nexus5020-2(config-if-range)# end
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Scenario 6: Configuring a backup LAG for failover
This section provides an overview of setting up a straight-through topology with LAG failover. Simple
Switch Mode LAG failover allows Dell switches to automatically change from the primary to the
backup LAG in the event of a port failure, reducing potential downtime.
Cisco Nexus 5020

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console(config-portAggr-group-1)#add interface Tengigabitethernet 1/0/19-20 secondary
console(config-portAggr-group-1)#end
Make sure to add two external 10Gig ports as a Secondary (backup) to group 1. The
Primary LAG is created automatically using Simple Switch Mode. Since it automatically
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puts all external ports into the Primary LAG, you will need to remove two ports from
Primary and make them Secondary.
Web Interface:
 Select Switching > Port Aggregator > Port Configuration
 In the Port Configuration screen, verify the Lag Role fields for Te1/0/17 and Te1/0/18 are set to
Primary.
 Change the Lag Role of ports Te1/0/19 and Te1/0/20 to Secondary (Figure 21).
Figure 21. Web Interface for Dell M6348 Switch for Scenario 6.
 Click Apply.
Configuring the Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch

Login to the Nexus 5020 and make the following changes:
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Nexus5020(config)# switchport
Nexus5020(config-if-range)# interface ethernet 1/3-4
Nexus5020(config)# switchport

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Appendix - Network switch Versions

Version information for the network switches we used are as follows:
Network switch Dell PowerConnect M8024k Cisco Nexus 5020
Software version 4.1.0.6 5.0(3)N1(1b)
Table 1. Switch Firmware Versions
About Dell
Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is a leading technology provider to commercial and public enterprises around
the world.
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Figure 1. The Dell PowerConnect M8024-k switch

Simple Switch Mode

Figure 2. Simple Mode configuration on the Dell PowerConnect M8024-k switch.

Scenario 1: Plug and Play the Dell PowerConnect M8024-k switch

Cisco Nexus 5020

Dell M1000e Blade Enclosure

Figure 3. Graphic representation of Scenario 1

Configuring the Dell M8024-k Switch

Configuring the Cisco 5020 Switch

Scenario 2: Configuring an untagged VLAN on a single LAG

Cisco Nexus 5020

Dell M1000e Blade Enclosure

Figure 4. Graphic representation of Scenario 2.

Configuring the Dell M8024-k Switch

Configuring the Cisco 5020 Switch

Nexus5020(config-if-range)# channel-group 1 mode active

Nexus5020(config)# feature interface-vlan

Scenario 3: Configuring multiple VLANs on a single LAG

Cisco Nexus 5020

Dell M1000e Blade Enclosure

VLAN 101 VLAN 103

Figure 6. Graphic Representation of Scenario 3.

Configuring the Dell M8024-k Switch

Figure 7. Web Interface for Dell M8024-k Switch for Scenario 3.

Configuring the Cisco 5020 Switch

Nexus5020(config)# vlan 101-103

Nexus5020(config)# feature interface-vlan

Nexus5020(config)# interface vlan 101

Nexus5020(config)# interface vlan 102

Nexus5020(config)# interface vlan 103

Scenario 4: Configuring multiple LAGs and dedicating specific Uplinks

Dell M1000e Blade Enclosure

Figure 8. Graphic representation of Scenario 4.

Configuring the Dell M8024-k Switch

console(config-portAggr-group-1)#no add interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/9-16

 Verify Group 1 ports:

Configuring the Cisco 5020 Switch

Scenario 5: Configuring multiple VLANs on multiple LAGs

Dell M1000e Blade Enclosure

VLAN 104 VLAN 106

VLAN 101 VLAN 103

Figure 13. Graphic representation of Scenario 5.

Configuring the Dell M8024-k Switch

 Select Switching > Port Aggregator > Port Configuration.

 Add Group 1 ports:

 Select Switching > Port Aggregator > Internal Port VLAN

Configuring the Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch

Nexus5020-2# configure terminal

Scenario 6: Configuring a backup LAG for failover

Cisco Nexus 5020

Dell M1000e Blade Enclosure

Figure 20. Graphic representation of Scenario 6.

Configuring the Dell M8024-k Switch

Configuring the Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch

Nexus5020(config)# interface ethernet 1/1-2

Nexus5020(config-if-range)# channel-group 2 mode active