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Deploy in g Dell P ow erCo nn ec t 8100 an d Cisco Catalyst S witches Using th e D ell Pow erCo nn ec t 8 10 0 Ser ies switch with the Ci sco Ca t al yst WS-C6504 -E A nd rew Berry Vic tor Teete r K ev in Lo ck le ar[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst ii This docume nt is f or info r ma tional p u rp o se s only and may c on tain typo gr aphical er rors an d te ch nica l in a ccur ac ie s . The c ont e nt is pro vi ded as is , without expr es s or impl ie d w ar ra nt ie s of an y kind. © 201 3 D el l I nc . All r ig h ts re[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst iii Conten ts I nt roducti on .. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. ..... .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. ... 4 Ov er vi ew of VLANs .......... ..... ....... ....... ..... ....... ...... ....... ..... ....[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 4 I ntr oduction New demanding campus workl oa ds are compe ll ing Net wo rk admin is trators to ta ke anothe r l oo k at th e cam pu s cor e/agg re ga t io n la y er s. T he e xis ting pr o du ct s l i ke Cis co Ca talyst 650 0 pl at fo r ms are aging an d ca nn ot su pp ort th[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 5 Th ere are a coup le of ke y d iff er ences be tw een the D ell P ow er Co nne ct 810 0 and the Cis co Ca talyst : • Por ts on the Cis co Ca talyst are i n shut mode b y de fa ul t, whe re as por ts on the Pow er Co n ne ct are a ct iv e (n o shu t) b y de f a ul t. To use a[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 6 In-band man ag em en t t raffi c is m ix ed in wi th pr o du ct io n ne two rk traffi c, and i s sub je ct to all of th e fi lt er ing ru le s ap pl ied on a s wi tc hed /ro ut e d port such as AC Ls and V LAN tagging . See t he Dell PowerC o nn e ct 810 0 Us er Guide fo r mor[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 7 Run the co mm ands b el ow on the Dell P ow er Co nn e ct 810 0 switch to c re a te a man ag eme nt V LA N , which a ll ow s in-band man ag eme n t to the switch. console# configure console(config)# username admin1 password goodpa55 privilege 15 console(config)# vlan 50 consol[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 8 cat6504E_1(config - vlan)# exit % Applying VLAN changes may take few minutes. Please wait... cat6504E_1(config)# interface vlan 50 cat6504E_1(config - if)# no shut cat6504E_1(config - vlan)# exit cat6504E_1(config)# interface TenGigabitEthernet 2/1 cat6504E_1(config - if)# swi[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 9 VLAN c on figur at ion exa mp le Th e fo ll owing topol og y o v er vi ew i s an e xa mple of a mu ch a bb re via ted ne twork c on fig ur at io n be twee n two (2) end-user systems , the cam pu s switch , a nd the core. Ex amp le of a cc es s, an d t r un k VLANs F ig u re 6.[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 10 console(config)# interface range te1/0/47 - 48 console(config - if)# channel-group 1 mode active console(config - if)# no shut console(config - if)# exit console(config)# po1 console(config - if-Po1)# switchport mode trunk console(config - if-Po1)# switchport trunk allowed vl[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 11 Cat6504E_1(config)# interface te2/7 Cat6504E_1(config - if)# switchport Cat6504E_1(config - if)# switchport access vlan 100 Cat6504E_1(config - if)# switchport mode access Cat6504E_1(config - if)# spanning-tree port fast edge Cat6504E_1(config - if)# no shutdown Cat6504E_1(co[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 12 Run the co mm ands b el ow to con fig ur e D ell P ow er Co n ne ct 810 0 s er ies switch fo r a tagged V LAN o n port 10 , eg re ssi ng to another s wi tc h. The nat iv e VL AN setting i s also sh ow n i n the exam pl e chan gi ng fro m the de fa ult value of 1 to a con fig [...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 13 Run the co mm ands b el ow to con fig ur e a t runk port on a si ng le int er fa ce wi th the nat iv e V LAN be in g con fig ur ed fo r 2. Cat6504E_1(config)# interface te2/6 Cat6504E_1(config - if)# switchport Cat6504E_1(config - if)# switchport trunk encapsula tion dot1q Ca[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 14 RS TP (B as ed o n I EE E 802 . 1w ) - Rapid STP. A sta nd ar ds-bas ed protocol that is con si dera bl y faster at ne t wo rk converg en ce ( af ter a topol og y chan ge) tha n i ts STP p re decess or i n m os t ne t wo rk im plementa t io ns. It is th e de fa ult fo r the D[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 15 F ig u re 7. Rec omm e nd ed Spa nning Tree method : Po rtf ast D ell Pow erConn ect 8100 CLI No changes are req uired to the Dell P ow er Co n ne c t 810 0 fo r u si n g this method. Ci sco Catal ys t CLI Run the co mm ands b el ow to en able portfast on al l int er fa ces t[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 16 Co ns ul t the Us er Guid es fo r each de vi ce fo r mor e infor mat io n o n bridge pr io ri ty s e tt in gs . Method 2 : MST P In a dd it io n, us er s can minimize downtim es b y u si ng a sta nd a rd pr otocol on the Cis co Ca talys t. Spa nn i ng t re e mo de s avai labl[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 17 int er fa ce opt io n en fo rces the dr opping of C DP pa cket s fo r the ing re ss on this int er fa ce even if th e global se tt ing i s en able d). Fo r more in fo rmat io n , see the Link Local Pr otoco l F ilt er ing se ct io n in th e Powe rCo nn e ct 810 0 User ’ s C[...]
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Deploying the Del l P ow erCo nn e ct 810 0 wi th the Cis co Ca talyst 18 A pp en dix A - Network swi t ch v er s ions V er sio n i n fo rmat io n fo r the ne t wo rk switc he s used i n c re at ing this docume nt are as fo ll ows : Ne tw ork s wi tch Sof tw are Ve r si on Dell P ow er Co n ne ct 8100 5.0.0 .4 Cis co Ca talyst WS -C6504-E IOS 12 .2[...]