The below config is for a pair of Powerconnect 6224s stacked together and connected to a Equallogic SAN used with VMWare hosts. On each switch ports 1-4 are for management (i.e. default vlan), 21-24 are set for vMotion, the rest of the ports are for iSCSI. Jumbo frames are also enabled. Please also note my [...]

This article explains how to setup 2 Dell Powerconnect 5524 switches for use in an iSCSI environment. It assumes that the Dell switches are in a factory default state. This script creates 2 vlans with ports 1/0/1-16 & 2/0/1-16 used for iSCSI traffic and ports 1/0/17-19 & 2/0/17-19 used for vmotion. Note the both switches [...]

The script below is designed to be used to setup a Dell Powerconnect 6224 to work with ESXi hosts and an iSCSI SAN. It assumes that the Dell switches are in a factory default state. This script creates 2 vlans with ports 2-16 used for iSCSI traffic and pots 17-19 used for vmotion.  Port 1 [...]

To setup a new Dell Powerconnect 2824. In the below example I am using putty for terminal emulation although you could use hyperterminal, terrraterm etc. Connect your PC to the serial port of the Dell 2824 and open putty When it boots up for the first time you should see the setup program run (in [...]

Below is a sample config for use with ESX/ESXi ! ! *** NEED TO CHECK telnet/http ACCESS RIGHTS ON THIS *** ! ! Script to configure Dell Powerconnect 5424 for ESX/iSCSI – AE Jan 2010 ! Ports 1-16 = vlan 100 = iSCSI network ! Ports 17-19 = vlan 101 = vMotion ! Ports 20-24 [...]