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How to deploy the Dell M8024 family of switches in a Cisco Nexus network
Scenario 2: Configuring VLANs on the internal ports of the Dell PowerConnect M8024
switch
In this section, we provide an overview of configuring the VLANs on
the internal ports of the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch, while
configuring those on the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch to extend those
VLANs in the external Cisco Nexus network. VLANs allow for traffic
isolation and for granular quality of service (QoS) control over simple
subnetting, and Dell switches with Simple Switch Mode enabled offer
quick and easy VLAN configuration. We provide detailed instructions
in Appendix A
.
1. On the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch, enter the Internal Port
VLAN configuration screen, select a port, and change the default
Untagged VLAN (we changed port 1/xg1 to VLAN 101).
2. On the Cisco Nexus 5010 switch, create a four-port channel group
with LACP and Trunking (VLAN tagging) enabled.
3. Allow VLAN 101 through the new port channel.
4. Connect the cables from the ports of the port channel group to
the Dell PowerConnect M8024 Switch. The Dell PowerConnect
M8024 switch will automatically make a four-port LAG with VLAN
tagging enabled and tag all communications from the designated
internal port as VLAN 101.
Figure 3 illustrates the completed configuration for Scenario 2.
