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6 Dell EMC Networking S4048-ON and S4048T-ON Switch Configuration Guide for Dell EMC SC Series and Dell PS Series SANs | SCG1026
1.4 Hardware configuration
This section lists the required steps to configure your switches. The steps in this section apply to all switch OS
versions.
Note: Do not connect any server NIC or storage controller cables to the switch before performing the
following configuration steps.
1. Power on the two switches.
2. Connect a serial cable to the serial port of the first switch.
3. Using PuTTY or another terminal utility, open a serial connection session to the switch.
4. Open the terminal emulator and configure it to use the serial port (COM1, COM2). Configure serial
communications for 115200 N, 8, 1, and no flow control.
5. Perform all CLI steps from section 2.1 (OS 9.x) or section 3.1 (OS 10.x) on switch 1. Optionally,
perform the steps in section 2.2 (OS 9.x) or 3.2 (OS 10.x). Repeat this process (step 5) for switch 2.
6. Required for PS Series (optional for SC Series): Connect the interconnect cables between the
switches by connecting physical port 49 on switch 1 to physical port 49 on switch 2, and physical port
50 on switch 1 to physical port 50 on switch 2. See the interconnect configuration in Figure 2.
7. Connect all server NIC and storage controller cables to the switch. See section 1.5 for example
cabling diagrams.
1.5 Cabling diagrams
Refer to one of the following cabling sections that is applicable to your storage system: SC Series (section
1.5.1) or PS Series (section 1.5.2).