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Table 12. PowerStore T model Network Setup Preparation Worksheet blank continued, Step details, Notes

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Table 12. PowerStore T model Network Setup Preparation Worksheet (blank) (continued) Step Step details Notes Management Uplink A to Management Uplink B to 7. Record the VLAN IDs that will be used on the OOB management switch: Remote Discovery (untagged) Management (untagged) 8. Record the VLAN IDs that will be used on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches: Storage network (tagged) NAS (tagged) Internal (untagged) 9. Reserve and record the IP addresses necessary to configure the switch below: Management IP address for out-of-band management switch Management IP address for switch 1 Management IP address for switch 2 Default gateway NTP server 10. Dell EMC supports deploying PowerStore T model with two Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches with a layer 2 interconnect link. Choose which type of layer 2 interconnect you will use: Highly Recommended: Multi-chassis Link Aggregation Group (MC-LAG) If you will be using MC-LAG, record the ports you will use to connect the switches together. Switch to switch port pair 1 Switch to switch port pair 2 Alternative to MC-LAG: Reliable L2 uplinks 11. If using MC-LAG, enter the Domain ID. 12. If using VLT for the Layer 2 interconnect, record the: VLT MAC address to use for both switch 1 and switch 2. Use the same VLT MAC address for switch 1 and switch 2. NOTE: You cannot use all zeros (00:00:00:00:00) for the VLT MAC address. VLT priority for switch 1 VLT priority for switch 2 13. If configuring with Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) record the LACP (port channel) ID for the node connections: Port Channel ID for Node A Port Channel ID for Node B 14. Record the ports on the ToR switches that will be used to connect to the uplinks. Uplink A to ToR 1 34 PowerStore Network Setup Preparation Worksheets

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Table 12. PowerStore T model Network Setup Preparation Worksheet (blank) (continued)
Step
Step details
Notes
Management Uplink A to
Management Uplink B to
7.
Record the VLAN IDs that will be used on the OOB management switch:
Remote Discovery (untagged)
Management (untagged)
8.
Record the VLAN IDs that will be used on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches:
Storage network (tagged)
NAS (tagged)
Internal (untagged)
9.
Reserve and record the IP addresses necessary to configure the switch below:
Management IP address for out-of-band management
switch
Management IP address for switch 1
Management IP address for switch 2
Default gateway
NTP server
10.
Dell EMC supports deploying PowerStore T model with two Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches with a layer 2 interconnect
link.
Choose which type of layer 2 interconnect you will use:
Highly Recommended
: Multi-chassis Link Aggregation Group (MC-LAG)
If you will be using MC-LAG, record the ports you will use to connect the switches together.
Switch to switch port pair 1
Switch to switch port pair 2
Alternative to MC-LAG
: Reliable L2 uplinks
11.
If using MC-LAG, enter the Domain ID.
12.
If using VLT for the Layer 2 interconnect, record the:
VLT MAC address to use for both switch 1 and switch 2.
Use the same VLT MAC address for switch 1 and switch
2.
NOTE:
You cannot use all zeros
(
00:00:00:00:00
) for the VLT MAC address.
VLT priority for switch 1
VLT priority for switch 2
13.
If configuring with Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) record the LACP (port channel) ID for the node
connections:
Port Channel ID for Node A
Port Channel ID for Node B
14.
Record the ports on the ToR switches that will be used to connect to the uplinks.
Uplink A to ToR 1
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