Dell PowerConnect 7048P 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

March 2011 Rev. A01

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Integrated DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Management of Basic Network Information. . . . 53

IPv6 Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Dual Software Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Switch Database Management Templates. . . . . 54

Automatic Installation of Firmware and

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

sFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

CDP Interoperability through ISDP . . . . . . . . . 55

Remote Monitoring (RMON) . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Stacking Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

High Port Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Single IP Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Automatic Firmware Upgrade for New

Stack Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Stacking Compatibility with the

PowerConnect M6348 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Master Failover with Transparent Transition . . . . 57

Nonstop Forwarding on the Stack . . . . . . . . . 57

Hot Add/Delete and Firmware

Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Configurable Access and Authentication

Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Password-Protected Management Access . . . . 58

Strong Password Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . 58

TACACS+ Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

RADIUS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

SSH/SSL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Inbound Telnet Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Denial of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Captive Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Dot1x Authentication (IEEE 802.1X) . . . . . . . . . 60

MAC-Based 802.1X Authentication . . . . . . . . . 60

Dot1x Monitor Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

MAC-Based Port Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Access Control Lists (ACL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Time-Based ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

IP Source Guard (IPSG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

DHCP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Dynamic ARP Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Protected Ports (Private VLAN Edge). . . . . . . . 62

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Green Technology Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Energy Detect Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Energy Efficient Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Power Utilization Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Power over Ethernet (PoE) Plus Features . . . . . . . . 63

Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Plus

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

PoE Plus Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Switching Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Flow Control Support (IEEE 802.3x) . . . . . . . . . 64

Head of Line Blocking Prevention . . . . . . . . . 64

Jumbo Frames Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Auto-MDI/MDIX Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

VLAN-Aware MAC-based Switching. . . . . . . . 65

Back Pressure Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Auto Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Broadcast Storm Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Port Mirroring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Static and Dynamic MAC Address Tables . . . . . 66

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) . . . . . . . 66

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for

Media Endpoint Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Connectivity Fault Management

(IEEE 802.1ag) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Cisco Protocol Filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

DHCP Layer 2 Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Virtual Local Area Network Supported Features . . . . 68

VLAN Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Port-Based VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

IP Subnet-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

MAC-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

IEEE 802.1v Protocol-Based VLANs . . . . . . . . 68

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GARP and GVRP Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Voice VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Guest VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Double VLANs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Spanning Tree Protocol Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Spanning Tree Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Rapid Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Multiple Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard. . . . . . 71

BPDU Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Link Aggregation Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Link Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Link Aggregate Control Protocol (LACP) . . . . . . 71

Routing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Table

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

VLAN Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) . . . . . . . . . . 72

BOOTP/DHCP Relay Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

IP Helper and UDP Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Routing Information Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Router Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Routing Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) . . . . 74

Tunnel and Loopback Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . 74

IPv6 Routing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

IPv6 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

IPv6 Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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OSPFv3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

DHCPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Quality of Service (QoS) Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Differentiated Services (DiffServ) . . . . . . . . . 76

Class Of Service (CoS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Auto Voice over IP (VoIP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Internet Small Computer System Interface

(iSCSI) Optimization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Layer 2 Multicast Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

MAC Multicast Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

IGMP Snooping Querier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

MLD Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Multicast VLAN Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Layer 3 Multicast Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol . . . . 78

Internet Group Management Protocol . . . . . . . 79

IGMP Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Protocol Independent Multicast—Dense

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Protocol Independent Multicast—Sparse

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Protocol Independent Multicast—Source

Specific Multicast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Protocol Independent Multicast IPv6 Support . . . 79

MLD/MLDv2 (RFC2710/RFC3810) . . . . . . . . . . 80

3 Hardware Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

PowerConnect 7000 Series Front Panel . . . . . . . . . 81

Switch Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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Out-of-Band Management Port. . . . . . . . . . . 85

USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Port and System LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Stack Master LED and Stack Number Display . . . 86

PowerConnect 7000 Series Back Panel . . . . . . . . . 87

Expansion Slots for Plug-in Modules . . . . . . . . 88

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Ventilation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Locator LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

LED Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Module LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

System LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

4 Using Dell OpenManage Switch

Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

About Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator. . . . . 97

Starting the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Understanding the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Defining Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Understanding the Device View . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Using the Device View Port Features. . . . . . . 102

Using the Device View Switch Locator

Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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5 Using the Command-Line Interface. . . . 103

Accessing the Switch Through the CLI . . . . . . . . . 103

Console Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Telnet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Understanding Command Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Entering CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Using the Question Mark to Get Help . . . . . . . 107

Using Command Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Entering Abbreviated Commands . . . . . . . . . 108

Negating Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Understanding Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 109

Recalling Commands from the History Buffer . . . 109

6 Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

7 Setting the IP Address and Other

Basic Network Information . . . . . . . . . . 115

IP Address and Network Information Overview . . . . 115

What Is the Basic Network Information? . . . . . 115

Why Is Basic Network Information Needed? . . . 116

How Is Basic Network Information

Configured? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

What Is Out-of-Band Management and

In-Band Management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Default Network Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Configuring Basic Network Information (Web) . . . . . 120

Out-of-Band Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

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IP Interface Configuration (Default VLAN

IP Address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Route Entry Configuration (Switch Default

Gateway) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Domain Name Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Default Domain Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Host Name Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Dynamic Host Name Mapping . . . . . . . . . . 127

Configuring Basic Network Information (CLI). . . . . 128

Enabling the DHCP Client on the OOB Port . . . . 128

Enabling the DHCP Client on the Default

VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Managing DHCP Leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Configuring Static Network Information on

the OOB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Configuring Static Network Information on

the Default VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Configuring and Viewing Additional

Network Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Basic Network Information Configuration

Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

8 Managing a Switch Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Stacking Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

PowerConnect 7000 Series and M6348

Stacking Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

How is the Management Unit Selected? . . . . . 137

Adding a Switch to the Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Removing a Switch from the Stack . . . . . . . . 139

How is the Firmware Updated on the Stack?. . . 140

What is Stacking Standby? . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

What is Nonstop Forwarding? . . . . . . . . . . 140

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