Dell Networking 7048 User manual

Dell PowerConnect

7000 Series Switch

User’s Configuration

Guide

Regulatory Models: PC7024, PC7024P,

PC7024F, PC7048, PC7048P, PC7048R, and

PC7048R-RA

Notes and Cautions

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your computer.

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instructions are not followed.

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Regulatory Models: PC7024, PC7024P, PC7024F, PC7048, PC7048P, PC7048R, and PC7048R-RA

January 2013 Rev. A05

Contents 3

Contents

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Additional Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

2 Switch Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

System Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Multiple Management Options . . . . . . . . . . . 52

System Time Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Integrated DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Management of Basic Network Information. . . . 54

IPv6 Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Dual Software Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Switch Database Management Templates. . . . . 55

Automatic Installation of Firmware and

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

sFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

CDP Interoperability through ISDP . . . . . . . . . 56

Remote Monitoring (RMON) . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Stacking Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

High Port Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

4Contents

Single IP Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Automatic Firmware Update for New Stack

Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Stacking Compatibility with the PowerConnect

M6348 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Master Failover with Transparent Transition . . . . 58

Nonstop Forwarding on the Stack . . . . . . . . . 58

Hot Add/Delete and Firmware Synchronization . . 58

Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Configurable Access and Authentication

Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Password-Protected Management Access . . . . 59

Strong Password Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . 59

TACACS+ Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

RADIUS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

SSH/SSL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Inbound Telnet Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Denial of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Port Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Captive Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Dot1x Authentication (IEEE 802.1X) . . . . . . . . . 61

MAC-Based 802.1X Authentication . . . . . . . . . 61

Dot1x Monitor Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

MAC-Based Port Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Access Control Lists (ACL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Time-Based ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

IP Source Guard (IPSG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

DHCP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Dynamic ARP Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Protected Ports (Private VLAN Edge). . . . . . . . 64

Green Technology Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Energy Detect Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Energy Efficient Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Contents 5

Power Utilization Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Power over Ethernet (PoE) Plus Features . . . . . . . . 66

Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Plus Configuration . . 66

PoE Plus Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Switching Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Flow Control Support (IEEE 802.3x) . . . . . . . . . 66

Head of Line Blocking Prevention . . . . . . . . . 66

Jumbo Frames Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Auto-MDI/MDIX Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

VLAN-Aware MAC-based Switching. . . . . . . . 67

Back Pressure Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Auto Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Broadcast Storm Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Port Mirroring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Static and Dynamic MAC Address Tables . . . . . 69

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) . . . . . . . 69

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for

Media Endpoint Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Connectivity Fault Management

(IEEE 802.1ag) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

switchCisco Protocol Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . 70

DHCP Layer 2 Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Virtual Local Area Network Supported Features . . . . 70

VLAN Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Port-Based VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

IP Subnet-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

MAC-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

IEEE 802.1v Protocol-Based VLANs . . . . . . . . 71

GARP and GVRP Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Voice VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Guest VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Double VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

6Contents

Spanning Tree Protocol Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Spanning Tree Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Rapid Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Multiple Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard. . . . . . 74

BPDU Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Link Aggregation Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Link Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Link Aggregate Control Protocol (LACP) . . . . . . 74

Routing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Table

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

VLAN Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) . . . . . . . . . . 76

BOOTP/DHCP Relay Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

IP Helper and UDP Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Routing Information Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Router Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Routing Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) . . . . 78

Tunnel and Loopback Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . 78

IPv6 Routing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

IPv6 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

IPv6 Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

OSPFv3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

DHCPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Quality of Service (QoS) Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Differentiated Services (DiffServ) . . . . . . . . . 80

Class Of Service (CoS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Contents 7

Auto Voice over IP (VoIP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Internet Small Computer System Interface

(iSCSI) Optimization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Layer 2 Multicast Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

MAC Multicast Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

IGMP Snooping Querier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

MLD Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Multicast VLAN Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Layer 3 Multicast Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol . . . . 83

Internet Group Management Protocol . . . . . . . 83

IGMP Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Protocol Independent Multicast—Dense

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Protocol Independent Multicast—Sparse

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Protocol Independent Multicast—Source

Specific Multicast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Protocol Independent Multicast IPv6 Support . . . 84

MLD/MLDv2 (RFC2710/RFC3810) . . . . . . . . . . 84

3 Hardware Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

PowerConnect 7000 Series Front Panel . . . . . . . . . 85

Switch Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Out-of-Band Management Port . . . . . . . . . . 89

USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Port and System LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Stack Master LED and Stack Number Display . . . 90

8Contents

PowerConnect 7000 Series Back Panel . . . . . . . . . 90

Expansion Slots for Plug-in Modules . . . . . . . . 92

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Ventilation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Locator LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

LED Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Module LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

System LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Switch Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

4 Using Dell OpenManage Switch

Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

About Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator. . . . 103

Starting the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Understanding the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Defining Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Understanding the Device View . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Using the Device View Port Features. . . . . . . 108

Using the Device View Switch Locator

Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

5 Using the Command-Line Interface . . . . 109

Accessing the Switch Through the CLI . . . . . . . . 109

Console Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Telnet Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Contents 9

Understanding Command Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Entering CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Using the Question Mark to Get Help . . . . . . . 113

Using Command Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Entering Abbreviated Commands . . . . . . . . . 114

Negating Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Understanding Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 115

Recalling Commands from the History Buffer . . . 115

6 Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

7 Setting the IP Address and Other

Basic Network Information . . . . . . . . . . 121

IP Address and Network Information Overview . . . . 121

What Is the Basic Network Information? . . . . . 121

Why Is Basic Network Information Needed? . . . 122

How Is Basic Network Information

Configured? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

What Is Out-of-Band Management and

In-Band Management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Default Network Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Configuring Basic Network Information (Web) . . . . . 126

Out-of-Band Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

IP Interface Configuration (Default VLAN IP

Address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Route Entry Configuration (Switch Default

Gateway) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Domain Name Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Default Domain Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Host Name Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

10 Contents

Dynamic Host Name Mapping . . . . . . . . . . 133

Configuring Basic Network Information (CLI). . . . . 134

Enabling the DHCP Client on the OOB Port . . . . 134

Enabling the DHCP Client on the Default VLAN . 134

Managing DHCP Leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Configuring Static Network Information on the

OOB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Configuring Static Network Information on the

Default VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Configuring and Viewing Additional Network

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Basic Network Information Configuration Example . 138

8 Managing a Switch Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Stacking Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

PowerConnect 7000 Series and M6348

Stacking Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

How is the Stack Master Selected? . . . . . . . 143

Adding a Switch to the Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Removing a Switch from the Stack . . . . . . . . 146

How is the Firmware Updated on the Stack?. . . 146

What is Stacking Standby? . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

What is Nonstop Forwarding? . . . . . . . . . . 147

Switch Stack MAC Addressing and Stack

Design Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

NSF Network Design Considerations. . . . . . . 150

Why is Stacking Needed? . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Default Stacking Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Managing and Monitoring the Stack (Web) . . . . . . 152

Unit Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Stack Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

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