Back in
April I posted
Setting
up Cisco Nexus 3132Q-V Switches for NetApp ONTAP. At the time I didn’t have
access to a NX3132Q-V so had to source my information from manuals. In this post
I post the console output from a real-world NX3132Q-V basic setup (came with the
correct NXOS 7.0(3)I4(1) from the factory). The output is necessarily abridged
and some details are changed to anonymize the output.
Note: These are NetApp provided NX3132Q-V
switches - provided for the purpose of NetApp ONTAP cluster network.
First
thing to do is connect up the console cable to your laptop, open a suitable
client to view the console output (like PuTTY) and power up the switch.
First prompt
you’ll see:
Abort Auto Provisioning and continue with normal setup
?(yes/no)[n]: yes
System
Admin Account Setup:
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System Admin Account Setup ----
Do you want to enforce secure password standard
(yes/no) [y]: yes
Enter the
password for "admin": ********
Confirm the
password for "admin": ********
Note: Password should contain characters from
at least three of the following classes: lower case letters, upper case
letters, digits and special characters.
Basic
System Configuration Dialog:
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Basic System Configuration Dialog VDC: 1 ----
This setup utility will guide you through the basic
configuration of the system. Setup configures only enough connectivity for
management of the system.
...
Press Enter at anytime to skip a dialog. Use ctrl-c at
anytime to skip the remaining dialogs.
Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog
(yes/no): yes
Create another
login account (yes/no) [n]: no
Configure
read-only SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: no
Configure
read-write SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: no
Enter the
switch name: SWITCHNAME
Continue with
Out-of-band (mgmt0) management configuration? (yes/no) [y]: yes
Mgmt0 IPv4
address: A.A.A.A
Mgmt0 IPv4
netmask: N.N.N.N
Configure the
default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: yes
IPv4 address
of the default gateway: G.G.G.G
Configure
advanced IP options? (yes/no) [n]: no
Enable the
telnet service? (yes/no) [n]: no
Enable the ssh
service? (yes/no) [y]: yes
Type of ssh
key you would like to generate (dsa/rsa) [rsa]: rsa
Number of
rsa key bits 1024-2048 [1024]: 1024
Configure the
ntp server? (yes/no) [n]: no
Configure
default interface layer (L3/L2) [L2]: L2
Configure
default switchport interface state (shut/noshut) [noshut]: noshut
Configure CoPP
system profile (strict/moderate/lenient/dense) [strict]: strict
The following configuration will be applied:
password
strength-check
switchname SWITCHNAME
vrf context management
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 G.G.G.G
exit
no feature
telnet
ssh key rsa
1024 force
feature ssh
system default
switchport
no system
default switchport shutdown
copp profile
strict
interface mgmt0
ip address A.A.A.A N.N.N.N
no shutdown
Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no)
[n]: no
Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: yes
Then
login to the switch:
User Access Verification
SWITCHNAME login: admin
Password: ********
Check
the version is correct:
SWITCHNAME# show version
...
Software
BIOS: version
04.24
NXOS: version 7.0(3)I4(1)
...
The
correct NX3132 RCF downloaded from the NetApp support site, needs to be
applied. Here we download and apply the default RCF:
SWITCHNAME# copy tftp: bootflash: vrf management
Enter source filename: NX3132_RCF_v1.1_24p10g_26p40g.txt
Enter hostname for the tftp server: T.T.T.T
Trying to connect to tftp server......
Connection to Server Established.
TFTP get operation was successful
Copy complete, now saving to disk (please wait)...
SWITCHNAME# dir bootflash:
...
8088 Jun 07 09:15:28 2018 NX3132_RCF_v1.1_24p10g_26p40g.txt
...
SWITCHNAME# copy bootflash:NX3132_RCF_v1.1_24p10g_26p40g.txt running-config
...
Copy complete.
Verify
the config, copy to the startup config, then reboot the switch:
SWITCHNAME# show running-config
SWITCHNAME# copy running-config startup-config
SWITCHNAME# reload
This command will reboot the system. (y/n)? [n] yes
If the
RCF has been applied correctly, on reboot you will see (for the default RCF NX3132_RCF_v1.1_24p10g_26p40g.txt):
*****************************************************************************************
* N3K NetApp Reference Configuration File (RCF)
version 1.1-24p10g-26p40g (2016-08-23) *
* 40G ports 1/1 - 1/6 are configured as 4x10G
ports 1/1-6/1-4.
*
*
*
* Port 1 multiplexed H/W configuration
options:
*
* hardware profile front portmode qsfp (40G H/W port 1/1 is active -
default) *
* hardware profile front portmode
sfp-plus (10G H/W ports 1/1/1 - 1/1/4
are active) *
* hardware profile front portmode qsfp (To reset to QSFP) *
*****************************************************************************************
That’s
it, basic configuration of a Cisco Nexus 3132Q-V NetApp ONTAP cluster switch is
complete!
Image: Random bonus bit of information. The
blue fins on the fans indicate that that side should be in the cold (blue) aisle.
