Dell Powerconnect M8024k User Configuration Guide

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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...

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console(config-portAggr-group-1)#exit 
console(config)#port-aggregator lag-failover 
Warning!  Please ensure that lacp mode is ‘auto’ for all groups. 
console(config)#exit 
 
          
Web Interface:  
Follow the steps below: 
 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...

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Nexus5020(config)# vlan 101-103 
Nexus5020(config-vlan)# exit 
Nexus5020(config)# interface ethernet 1/1-4 
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)# siwtchport trunk allowed vlan 101-103 
Nexus5020(config-if)# end 
 
Validation 
To validate...

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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...

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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-1)#exit 
console(config)#port-aggregator group 2 
console(config-portAggr-group-2)#add interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/9-16 
console(config-portAggr-group-2)#add interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/19-20...

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Figure 10. Web Interface for the Dell M8024-k Switch for Scenario 4. 
 
   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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Figure 11. Web Interface for the Dell M8024-k Switch for Scenario 4. 
 
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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Figure 12. Web Interface for Dell M8024-k Switch for Scenario 4. 
 
 Click Apply 
 
 
Configuring the Cisco 5020 Switch 
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# configure 
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z. 
Nexus5020(config)# feature lacp...

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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.  
 
 
Figure 13. Graphic representation of Scenario 5. 
Configuring the Dell M8024-k Switch 
Command-Line Interface:   
Command-line interface for configuring the...

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console(config-portAggr-group-1)#exit 
console(config)#port-aggregator group 2 
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 
console(config-portAggr-if-Te1/0/9)#switchport general allowed vlan add 104-106...