Dell M8024 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Adding a Dell™ PowerConnect™ M8024 switch or a Dell M8024S LAN Module with a Dell PowerEdge™ M1000e modular blade enclosure to an existing network using a Cisco® infrastructure is a straightforward process. The addition of Simple Switch Mode on the Dell M8024 family of switches further simplifies the process, allowing integration into a Cisco network with minimal effort.

This Principled Technologies (PT) Guide explains the deployment process for the Dell PowerEdge M1000e modular blade enclosure with a Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch (see Figure 1) in an existing Cisco network. We tested two Dell PowerConnect M8024 switches in a variety of different network deployment scenarios with two Cisco Nexus® 5010 switches, and discovered that Simple Switch Mode is capable of automatically configuring the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switches to integrate with each scenario with minimal interaction from our technicians.

Figure 1: The Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch.

NOTE: We tested with the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switches, but all of our steps should apply to the Dell M8024S LAN Module, as well.

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