@Pete-S said in VLAN on Dell N4064 Stacked:

@Jimmy9008 said in VLAN on Dell N4064 Stacked:

@Pete-S said in VLAN on Dell N4064 Stacked:

@Jimmy9008 said in VLAN on Dell N4064 Stacked:

Thats the LAG page. So unit 1, Te1/1 is LAG1. Unit 2, Te1/1 is LAG1 (both N4000). Then on the N3000 it has the same where Unit1 Te/1 and Unit2 Te/1 are LAG1. Traffic passes over these perfectly for vlan1.

Perfect, then goto VLAN, VLAN members and select vlan 2. The click so you get vlan 2 on LAG 1.
Now the LAG 1 will pass VLAN 2 as well.

Click Te1/1/1 on vlan2 to say 'U'?

No, further down, where it says LAG and then shows you the LAG groups.

I think I see this now. I have made the changed remote, will test tomorrow when in the office. Will update how I got on.

I set LAG1 on vLAN2 to 'U', should it be 'T'?

@Pete-S said in VLAN on Dell N4064 Stacked:

@Jimmy9008 said in VLAN on Dell N4064 Stacked:

Thats the LAG page. So unit 1, Te1/1 is LAG1. Unit 2, Te1/1 is LAG1 (both N4000). Then on the N3000 it has the same where Unit1 Te/1 and Unit2 Te/1 are LAG1. Traffic passes over these perfectly for vlan1.

Perfect, then goto VLAN, VLAN members and select vlan 2. The click so you get vlan 2 on LAG 1.
Now the LAG 1 will pass VLAN 2 as well.

Click Te1/1/1 on vlan2 to say 'U'?

Thats the LAG page. So unit 1, Te1/1 is LAG1. Unit 2, Te1/1 is LAG1 (both N4000). Then on the N3000 it has the same where Unit1 Te/1 and Unit2 Te/1 are LAG1. Traffic passes over these perfectly for vlan1.

So, thats how the N4000 is setup, see any issues? VLAN2 in top image has int 4 (Te3) set to T, for tagged traffic (anything I plug in will have vlan 2 set in the NIC). [First image].

Second image shows Te/1/1/1, which is LAG port. Its set to general to pass all vlans. (I think). Image 3 shows Po1.

Image 4 shows Interface 3 switch 1, which is also set to General.

Image 5 shows default vLAN. Te3 is 'u'. So anything plugged in to te3, if not set to vLAN 2 should be in U on vlan1?

@Pete-S can you only do this through the console/com?

The LAG should be general mode or trunk mode? I guess general, as I've read trunk move only allows tagged traffic to flow. General seems to allow tagged and untagged...

@Pete-S said in VLAN on Dell N4064 Stacked:

@Jimmy9008 said in VLAN on Dell N4064 Stacked:

I'm at a point now where I have the three n4000 switch stacked together is one unit. Default/vLan1 is set.

Also, the three n3000 are stacked together with default/vLan1 set.

I have used link aggregation and hooked 10TbE 1 from N3000 switch 1 to 10TbE 1 in N4000 switch 1, and 10TbE 2 in N3000 switch 2 to 10TbE 1 in N4000 switch 2.

Anything I put in to the N3000's can ping anything on the N4000s. Same the other way around. So the two stacks, and the LAG are working perfectly for the default/vLan1.

Now, I can see where to create vLan2, that's fine. I can do that on both stacks. I just don't see how to get vLan2 to also be allowed over the LAG so clients on the vLan2 on either switch can talk. I'd like say interface 1 on N3000 unit 1 to be default/vLan1 if the device plugged in does not specify a vLan, if the device does specify vLan2, I want it to be able to get to a device on N4000 switch 1 interface 1 which is also set to vLan2...

Any help would be appreciated....

The LAG has a name like Po1 right?
You need to add the vlans to the port-channel.

I'll take a look for it and see if I can find that. On a train at the moment.

I'm at a point now where I have the three n4000 switch stacked together is one unit. Default/vLan1 is set.

Also, the three n3000 are stacked together with default/vLan1 set.

I have used link aggregation and hooked 10TbE 1 from N3000 switch 1 to 10TbE 1 in N4000 switch 1, and 10TbE 2 in N3000 switch 2 to 10TbE 1 in N4000 switch 2.

Anything I put in to the N3000's can ping anything on the N4000s. Same the other way around. So the two stacks, and the LAG are working perfectly for the default/vLan1.

Now, I can see where to create vLan2, that's fine. I can do that on both stacks. I just don't see how to get vLan2 to also be allowed over the LAG so clients on the vLan2 on either switch can talk. I'd like say interface 1 on N3000 unit 1 to be default/vLan1 if the device plugged in does not specify a vLan, if the device does specify vLan2, I want it to be able to get to a device on N4000 switch 1 interface 1 which is also set to vLan2...

Any help would be appreciated....

Or would that act like the stacking module with traffic just passed?

@Pete-S but would I still need to adding the two vLAN to that bonding?

I have have N3000 stack too. If I connect 1 * 10 GbE from the N4000 stack to 1 * 10 GbE on the N3000 stack, and set the interfaces to allow vLAN1 and vLAN20, on both stacks, will anything on each vLAN route though the 10 GbE to the other stacks respective vLAN? I guess like a dumb layer 2 switch being connected to another dumb switch, they just pass traffic irrespective of vLAN?

@Pete-S said in VLAN on Dell N4064 Stacked:

I did some stacking on N-series not too long ago.

Dell have some info on their site:
https://www.dell.com/support/article/se/sv/sedhs1/how10357/how-to-stack-and-unstack-a-member-in-dell-emc-networking-n4000-switch?lang=en

There is also some stacking videos on youtube. It's not too complicated but it requires some power cycling.

PS. Can't help you on DHCP and routing. I haven't done much L3 stuff with these switches but I assume it will work.

Thats pretty much the process that I have in mind. The part im not sure about is between step 1 and 2. To get to the part where you can configure the interfaces as stacking interfaces, you have to go through first boot and setup the switch... (does all of that setup get removed when they become stack members?)

Can I use the CLI to create a DHCP server running within the stack on vLAN20?

@wrx7m said in VLAN on Dell N4064 Stacked:

@Jimmy9008 Is that what the docs say the procedure is? I would imagine you would want to have all the switches at the same firmware level prior to adding them to the stack.

Yeah, they need to be the same firmware. The documentation is very light on setting up a stack.

I am pretty sure that is the process though.

When it comes to configuring the stack, I assume I connect by COM/Putty to the unit I want as master, boot it with the CLI, update firmware and restart. Then, go through the setup wizard, set my vLAN1/management/etc, then set the 40GbE interfaces (2 of them) to be 'stack' mode. Save then turn off.

Once that is done, connect to switch 2 and 3 in turn, update the firmware, run through the setup wizard but set no vLAN/etc as its not needed (as they will get that from the master when connected?), but do set the 2 x 40 GbE on each to 'stack'. Then turn them off.

Stick the stacking cables in. Finally, turn on the first one and let it boot, it would be master. Once that is up turn on the second switch, as it boots the master will push the config (setup at the start of this post), and finally the third once switch 2 is up...

I have not done that yet, will on Monday - but am I missing anything?

@Pete-S said in VLAN on Dell N4064 Stacked:

Something like this:

interface Gi1/0/1
switchport mode general
switchport general pvid 1
switchport general allowed vlan add 20 tagged

Also don't forget to save the config when you're done or it is gone if you reboot the switch.

Yep, makes sense. In theory I could set every interface on the whole stack to mode general, pvid1 (so vlan 1 is default if no vlan is set on the device) and all interfaces also vlan 20 allowed. Now, I can have a DHCP on vlan20 to hand out addresses on the switch to the 10.10.x.x network, and DHCP on vLAN1 (or no vLAN set) to provide DHCP to 192.168.x.x network?

Am I able to allow interface 1-10 pass traffic from vlan 1 to vlan 20, whilst telling 11 - 20 to not pass traffic between vlan?

@Pete-S said in VLAN on Dell N4064 Stacked:

Stacking will make it work as one switch and you make config changes on the master.

Ports will be named for instance Gi1/0/2, which is port 2 on switch 1 in the stack.

So, can Gi1/0/2 (interface two on stack member 1) have default of vLAN1, and vLAN20? If something is plugged in with no tag, it gets 1, if its tagged with 20, it gets vLAN20?

Hi folks,

I have three Dell PowerConnect N4064 switches stacked. vLAN1/default (192.168.x.x) is set and the entire stack is on the same LAN.

Is it possible to create a vLAN20, and set interface 1 - 40 as able to service vLAN1 and have vLAN20 set to say 10.10.x.x? Any devices plugged in with no vLAN set in their local config get put on vLAN1, and any devices set with vLAN20 get access to 10.10.x.x?

If I have a mix and match of interfaces on both of these from stacked switch 1 - 3, will the stacking enable them to still talk as its one stack?

Best,
Ta!