Hi,
I bought 3X Powerconnect N3048P Switches and want to set these up with ESXi 5.1 but I am new to Dell switches and have a few questions.
What I am trying to achieve is:
I have 3X Poweredge R710 servers with 4Nics each
In VMWare I have 1 vSwitch and I want to have all 4 Nics added to this Vswitch as Nic Teaming. (Multiple VLans but that should be easy to setup)
The 3 X N3048P switches are in a stack.
Now Dell best practise describes that the cabling should look as follows:
Server 1: Nic 1 + 2 go to Switch 1
Server 1: Nic 3 + 4 go to Switch 2
Server 2: Nic 1 + 2 go to Switch 2
Server 2: Nic 3 + 4 go to Switch 3
Server 3: Nic 1 + 2 go to Switch 3
Server 3: Nic 3 + 4 go to Switch 1
How do I set up the LAG's on the Dell switches?
Do I create 3 LAGS on each switch? And If I create LAG1, LAG2 and LAG3 on switch1 do I use the same LAG ID on switch 2 and switch 3?
If it is the same LAG ID do I then connect Server 1 Nic 1 + 2 to LAG1 on switch 1 and server 1 NIC 3 + 4 to LAG1 on Switch 2 and so on?
I have added a simple drawing below. Excuse the looks it was done in paint.
I hope you understand what I am trying to achieve?
Thanks in advance.
