Dell Networking N2024 User manual

Dell N20xx/N30xx

Series Switch

Getting Started Guide

Guide de mise en route

Guia de Primeiros Passos

Guía de introducción

Regulatory Models: N2024, N2024P,

N2048, N2048P, N3024, N3024P, N3048,

N3048P, N3024F

Dell N20xx/N30xx

Series Switch

Getting Started Guide

Regulatory Models: N2024, N2024P,

N2048, N2048P, N3024, N3024P, N3048,

N3048P, N3024F

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of

your switch.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of

data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal

injury, or death.

____________________

Trademarks used in this text: Dell®, the DELL logo, OpenManage™, and ReadyRails™ are

trademarksofDellInc.Microsoft®,andWindows®areregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporation

in the United States and/or other countries.

Regulatory Models N2024, N2024P, N2048, N2048P, N3024, N3024P, N3048, N3048P, N3024F

December 2013 P/N TX9NF Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 N20xx Series Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 N20xx Series Hardware Overview. . . . . . . 8

N20xx Series Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Switch Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Port and System LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Stack Master LED and Stack Number Display . . . 11

N20xx Series Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Ventilation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

N20xx Model Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4 N20xx Series Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Site Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Unpacking the N20xx Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Unpacking Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4Contents

Rack Mounting a N20xx Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing as a Free-standing Switch . . . . . . . . 17

Stacking Multiple N20xx Switches . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Creating a Switch Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5 Starting and Configuring the N20xx Switch 20

Connecting a N20xx Switch to a Terminal . . . . . . . 21

Connecting a N20xx Switch to a Power Source . . . . 22

AC and DC Power Connection . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Booting the N20xx Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Performing the N20xx Initial Configuration . . . . . . . 24

Enabling Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Initial Configuration Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Example Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Dell Easy Setup Wizard Console Example . . . . . 27

Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

6 N30xx Series Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

7 N30xx Series Hardware Overview . . . . . 31

N30xx Series Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Switch Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Out-of-Band Management Port. . . . . . . . . . . 35

USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Contents 5

Port and System LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Stack Master LED and Stack Number Display . . . 36

N30xx Series Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Expansion Slots for Plug-in Modules. . . . . . . . 37

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Ventilation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

N30xx Model Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

8 N30xx Series Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Site Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Unpacking the N30xx Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Unpacking Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Rack Mounting a N30xx Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Rack Mounting Safety Considerations . . . . . . . 42

Installing the Dell ReadyRail System . . . . . . . . 43

Installing as a Free-standing Switch . . . . . . . . 47

Stacking Multiple N30xx Switches . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Creating a Switch Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

9 Starting and Configuring the N30xx Switch 49

Connecting a N30xx Switch to a Terminal . . . . . . . 50

Connecting a N30xx Switch to a Power Source . . . . 51

AC and DC Power Connection . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Booting the N30xx Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Performing the N30xx Initial Configuration . . . . . . . 53

6Contents

Enabling Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Initial Configuration Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Example Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Dell Easy Setup Wizard Console Example . . . . . 56

Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

10 NOM Information (Mexico Only) . . . . . . 60

Getting Started Guide 7

Introduction

This document provides basic information about the Dell N20xx/N30xx

Series switches, including how to install a switch and perform the initial

configuration. For information about how to configure and monitor switch

features, see the User’s Configuration Guide, which is available on the Dell

Support website at dell.com/support/manuals, for the latest updates on

documentation and firmware.

This document contains the following sections:

• N20xx Series Overview

• N20xx Series Hardware Overview

• N20xx Series Installation

• Starting and Configuring the N20xx Switch

• N30xx Series Overview

• N30xx Series Hardware Overview

• N30xx Series Installation

• Starting and Configuring the N30xx Switch

• NOM Information (Mexico Only)

NOTE: Switch administrators are strongly advised to maintain Dell Networking

switches on the latest version of the Dell Networking Operating System (DNOS).

Dell Networking continually improves the features and functions of DNOS based on

feedback from you, the customer. For critical infrastructure, prestaging of the new

release into a noncritical portion of the network is recommended to verify network

configuration and operation with the new DNOS version.

N20xx Series Overview

The Dell N20xx switches are stackable Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet switches and

include the following models:

• Dell N2024

• Dell N2024P

• Dell N2048

• Dell N2048P

8Getting Started Guide

N20xx Series Hardware Overview

This section contains information about device characteristics and modular

hardware configurations for the N20xx Series switches.

All N20xx non-PoE models are 1U, rack-mountable switches with the

following physical dimensions:

• 440.0 x 257.0 x 43.5 mm (W x D x H).

• 17.3 x 10.1 x 1.7 inches (W x D x H).

All N20xx PoE models are 1U, rack-mountable switches with the following

physical dimensions:

• 440.0 x 387.0 x 43.5 mm (W x D x H).

• 17.3 x 15.2 x 1.7 inches (W x D x H).

N20xx Series Front Panel

The following images show the front panels of the switch models in the

N20xx Series.

Figure 1-1. N2048 Series with 48 10/100/1000BASE-T Ports (Front Panel)

In addition to the switch ports, the front panel of each model in the N20xx

series includes the following ports:

• Console port

• USB port

48 10/100/1000BASE-T Ports SFP+

Ports

Console Port USB Port

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