Deployment Guide

15 VxRail Networking Guide with Dell EMC S4148-ON Switches | version 1.0
3 Switch initial setup
This deployment guide assumes that the installer has a basic familiarity with the VxRail node requirements,
including the number of nodes for installation, whether the VxRail deployment uses VLANs or if all network
traffic resides in a single broadcast domain. The installer should also know how many ports are available on
the upstream switches from the S4148-ON and whether they are 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE and
100GbE ports.
3.1 Installer laptop connection
1. Serial console port: The laptop needs to connect to the serial console port of the S4148-ON (Figure 18).
A serial cable with an RJ-45 connector is provided with the S4148-ON switch for connecting to the
console port of the switch. The laptop may require an adaptor.
2. Serial console software: The installer must perform the configuration via the serial port. Console access
requires a terminal emulator program such as PuTTY.
3. Installer laptop rights must allow setting up and using the serial console port and terminal emulator
program.
4. For more detail on configuring the serial connection to the serial console port, refer to section Accessing
the RS-232 console port.
S4148-ON rear view
3.2 Configuration prerequisites
3.2.1 Check switch firmware version
The firmware version on the switch should be 10.4.0E (R2) or later and if it is not, visit Dell.com/support to
download the latest firmware version for the switch.
Switch-1# show version
Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise
Copyright (c) 1999-2018 by Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved.
OS Version: 10.4.0E(R2)
Build Version: 10.4.0E(R2.29)
Build Time: 2018-01-26T17:43:42-0800
System Type: S4148F-ON
Architecture: x86_64