Dell 8132F Switch - shawfdong/hyades GitHub Wiki

The 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch of the Hyades cluster is a Dell PowerConnect 8132F switch, which we bought in January 2013 for $9,402.87. Dell 8132F is based on the Broadcom Trident+ ASIC (BCM56840)[1][2][3]. The Dell 8132F switch came standard with 24x 10Gb SFP+ (10Gb/1Gb) ports; we also bought a 10GBase-T Module, which offers 4 additional 10GBase-T ports (RJ45 for Cat6 cables). In the PowerConnect OS, the 10Gb SFP+ ports are named Te1/0/1 - Te1/0/24; and the 10GBase-T ports Te1/1/1 - Te1/1/4. 

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The Dell 8132F runs a PowerConnect OS 5.1.4.5, which is a Cisco IOS clone. It can be upgraded to DNOS (Dell Networking Operating System ) 6.x. Following the upgrade, the Dell PowerConnect 8132F switch will become a Dell Networking N4032F switch. 

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To disable output paging so that see the complete command output without pauses[4]: 

terminal length 0

PowerConnect OS 5.1.4.5 seems to run a Linux kernel: 

console#show running-config
!Current Configuration:
!System Description "PowerConnect 8132F, 5.1.4.5, Linux 2.6.27.47"
!System Software Version 5.1.4.5
!Cut-through mode is configured as disabled
!
...

Table of Contents

VLAN

VLAN 3076 is the Management Plane of the Huawei Universal Distributed Storage. For a detailed guide on how to configure VLAN on Dell 8132F, see Chapter 37: VLAN Command of Dell PowerConnect 8024/8132/8164 Series Systems CLI Reference Guide[5]. 

console#configure
console(config)#vlan 3076
console(config-vlan3076)#exit
console(config)#interface Te1/0/23
console(config-if-Te1/0/23)#description "to S6700 management plane"
console(config-if-Te1/0/23)#switchport access vlan 3076
console(config-if-Te1/0/23)#exit
console(config)#interface Te1/1/1
console(config-if-Te1/1/1)#description "pleiades eth1 to UDS management plane"
console(config-if-Te1/1/1)#switchport access vlan 3076
console(config-if-Te1/1/1)#exit

Link Aggregation

We use Link Aggregation (also called Port Channels, or Trunking, or Bonding) to increase network throughput to the Huawei Universal Distributed Storage. Huawei switches' link aggregation scheme is called Eth-Trunk, which supports the vendor-independent standard Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). LACP is supported by Dell 8132F as well (see Chapter 30: Port Channel Commands of Dell PowerConnect 8024/8132/8164 Series Systems CLI Reference Guide). 

console(config)#interface Te1/0/17
console(config-if-Te1/0/17)#channel-group 6 mode active
console(config-if-Te1/0/17)#description "LAG 6"
console(config-if-Te1/0/17)#exit
console(config)#interface Te1/0/18
console(config-if-Te1/0/18)#channel-group 6 mode active
console(config-if-Te1/0/18)#description "LAG 6"
console(config-if-Te1/0/18)#exit
console(config)#interface Te1/0/19
console(config-if-Te1/0/19)#channel-group 6 mode active
console(config-if-Te1/0/19)#description "LAG 6"
console(config-if-Te1/0/19)#exit
console(config)#interface Te1/0/20
console(config-if-Te1/0/20)#channel-group 6 mode active
console(config-if-Te1/0/20)#description "LAG 6"
console(config-if-Te1/0/20)#exit

Jumbo Frame

We use Jumbo Frame in the Hyades private 10GbE network. To enable jumbo frame on a port of Dell 8132F switch, the MTU (Max Frame Size) must be extended from the standard 1518 (1522 with VLAN header) bytes to 9216 (rather than 9000) bytes (see Chapter 15: Ethernet Configuration Commands of Dell PowerConnect 8024/8132/8164 Series Systems CLI Reference Guide). 

console(config)#interface Te1/0/13
console(config-if-Te1/0/13)#description "hyades em2"
console(config-if-Te1/0/13)#mtu 9216
console(config-if-Te1/0/13)#exit

References

  1. ^ Jim Warner - Switch Buffers
  2. ^ Jim Warner - Dell Switches
  3. ^ Jim Warner - Trident+
  4. ^ Show the Complete Configuration without Breaks/Pauses on Cisco Router/Switches, ASA Firewall and WLC (Wireless LAN Controller)
  5. ^ Dell PowerConnect 8024/8132/8164 Series Systems CLI Reference Guide
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