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May 14th, 2013 09:00

Upgrade Dell Equallogic Infrastructure

Hi,

 

In my organization we have two Equallogic PS6000XV connected to two Powerconnect 5424 serving 3 VMWARE ESXI servers.

We want to upgrade the switches to Two Powerconnect 5548 stacked with hdmi cables and add a third Equallogic PS6100 to the mix.

Can the Powerconnect 5548 handle this configuration?

thanks in advance

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    Posted May 14th, 2013 10:00

    Hi Donald,

    What does the term ISL mean?

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    Posted May 14th, 2013 11:00

    Hi Donald,

    Thanks, is it posible to  LAG the two PE 6248 using 16 ports?

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    Posted May 14th, 2013 11:00

    HI Donald,

    The current ISL configuration of the PE 5424 is 8 LAG Ports.

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    Posted May 14th, 2013 11:00

    We have available two PE 6248 and two 5548, per your information we will use the two PE 6248 for this.

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    Posted May 14th, 2013 11:00

    Donald,

    thanks for all the help!

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    Posted May 14th, 2013 12:00

    Thanks again Donald for all the help!

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    spgsit

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    Posted July 31st, 2013 11:00

    "No, the 55xx series is not suitable for iSCSI use"

    That is rather drastic statement!

    What about all the people using these switches?

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    Posted August 1st, 2013 02:00

    Surely 2 switch stack should be able to handle 2 arrays & 3 servers?

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    Posted August 3rd, 2013 04:00

    I remember that the 55xx switches were not certified for Equallogic. Maybe now they are compliant (with latest firmware), but check the compatibility matrix.

    Remember also that adding a new member in an existing group need same firmware... so plan the upgrade of them first.

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    Posted August 3rd, 2013 08:00

    They works, but were not supported, for example, with EqualLogic.

    Not sure if recent firmware fix this issue.

    Note that 54xx were certified.

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