topic Re: BES-53248 cluster switches in ONTAP Hardware

BES-53248 cluster switches

Loxley — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:54:41 GMT

Hello community, This is my first post. I'm setting up our first netapp starting with the BES-53248 switches. I have 2 of them. Our environment requires that we use vLans for security. I have everything setup on each individual switch but I don't know how to cluster them together. I have a 100gb connection on interface 0/55 and 0/56

0/55 Enable Auto 100G Full Up Enable Enable long
0/56 Enable Auto 100G Full Up Enable Enable long

The port channel shows as down.

(spfcs01)(Config)#show port-channel 1

Local Interface................................ 1/1
Channel Name................................... ch1
Link State..................................... Down
Admin Mode..................................... Enabled
Type........................................... Static
Port-channel Min-links......................... 1
Load Balance Option............................ 3
(Src/Dest MAC, VLAN, EType, incoming port)

Mbr Device/ Port Port
Ports Timeout Speed Active
------- ------------- --------- -------

(spfcs01)(Config)#

I'm not a big network guy so I'm struggling to figure this part out.

Thanks

Re: BES-53248 cluster switches

Loxley — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:35:13 GMT

Looks like I missed a step and didn't install the RCF file. Another step closer

Re: BES-53248 cluster switches

andris — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 16:53:54 GMT

I'm glad to hear you found out about the reference configuration files (RCF).

Here's some useful links to check out...

Documentation:

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-systems-switches/switch-bes-53248/overview-bes53248.html

Compatibility Matrix (to help you decide which EFOS version and RCF version to use):

https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/info/broadcom-cluster-switch

The support contract for the BES-53248 you have is with Broadcom. Here's info on this and how to register support for the switches.
https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/info/policies-and-offerings/broadcom