Internal server ports on VRTX

Question

I feel like I'm going to get a painfully obvious answer here, but how do I activate more ports for a blade server in a VRTX chassis?

Both my blades have 2 of 4 ports active. If i go into port config in the I/O module GUI, the other two ports show "down", but there are no options to bring them up.

This makes me think that each blade server would have a setting for how many of the internal NIC ports it uses, but I can't find such a setting anywhere in chassis management GUI.

What am I missing?

Daniel My · Accepted Answer

Hello

I feel like I'm going to get a painfully obvious answer here, but how do I activate more ports for a blade server in a VRTX chassis?

You can't enable more of the ports. You only have two available ports per node because of the switch/IOM you are using. The I/O module will only use the first two ports on each node. You will need to change to something other than the IOM to allow access to more ports. I think the IOM is the only available option that has this port restriction, but I have not checked every available option to be sure.

Thanks

wardog25 · Answer

Thank you for the info. So what is involved in changing to something besides IOM?

wardog25 · Answer

Anyone have an answer for this?  How do I switch to another option besides IOM?

Daniel My · Answer

Anyone have an answer for this? How do I switch to another option besides IOM?

I would suggest that you reach out to sales. You will need to purchase a switch module. Configuration of the switch module will be dependent on the switch you purchase. Most switches will function in a basic capacity out of the box. Some switches arrive with all ports shutdown and require limited configuration for any functionality.

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wardog25 · Answer

Great, thanks for the info.

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R4Ravindra · Answer

we recently have purchased the Dell VRTX and 2x R640 blades, with 10G Switch module with 2x10G SPF and 2xPCIE Cards on on chasis with 1-1 SFP each,

how can i achive the high availability, ?

how will be the LACP / port channeling will work?

i want to use 1 cable from the builtin port and other from the PCIE, same for second pair.

please suggest the good configuration in term of LACP, high availability, and the virtual Switch configuration

howt many LACP i can create in this hardware confirugation ?

howt many vSW i can create in this hardware confirugation ?

how many VLANs required to segrate the the traphics, as per the best practices

Dell-Martin S · Answer

Hi R4Ravindra,

i found these links on our Websites for you.

https://dell.to/3ekkm4D

https://dell.to/33eA6j6

https://dell.to/3ejdhRv

There are existing many configuration guides on Webpages from the manufacture of the switch, too.

If you want to buy some additional Hardware and want the best available solutions, our Sales Department would be the best to assist you with our Technical Sales Representatives.

If you have further questions please inform me.

Regards Martin

PowerEdge Hardware General

Internal server ports on VRTX

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