Dell PowerConnect 8024 User manual

Dell PowerConnect

8024, 8024F, 8132, 8132F, 8164,

and 8164F Switch

User’s Configuration

Guide

Regulatory Models: PC8024, PC8024F,

PC8132, PC8132F, PC8164, PC8164F

Notes and Cautions

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

your computer.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if

instructions are not followed.

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Regulatory Models: PC8024, PC8024F, PC8132, PC8132F, PC8164, PC8164F

January 2013 Rev. A04

Contents 3

Contents

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

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

Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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

Additional Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

2 Switch Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

System Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Multiple Management Options . . . . . . . . . . . 54

System Time Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Integrated DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Management of Basic Network Information . . . . 56

IPv6 Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Dual Software Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Switch Database Management Templates. . . . . 57

Automatic Installation of Firmware and

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

sFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

CDP Interoperability through ISDP . . . . . . . . . 58

Remote Monitoring (RMON) . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Stacking Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

High Port Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

4Contents

Single IP Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Automatic Firmware Update for New Stack

Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Master Failover with Transparent Transition . . . . 60

Nonstop Forwarding on the Stack . . . . . . . . . 60

Hot Add/Delete and Firmware

Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Configurable Access and Authentication

Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Password-Protected Management Access . . . . 61

Strong Password Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . 61

TACACS+ Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

RADIUS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

SSH/SSL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Inbound Telnet Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Denial of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Port Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Captive Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Dot1x Authentication (IEEE 802.1X) . . . . . . . . . 63

MAC-Based 802.1X Authentication . . . . . . . . . 63

Dot1x Monitor Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

MAC-Based Port Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Access Control Lists (ACL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Time-Based ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

IP Source Guard (IPSG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

DHCP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Dynamic ARP Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Protected Ports (Private VLAN Edge). . . . . . . . 66

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

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

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

Alternate Store and Forward (ASF). . . . . . . . . 66

Contents 5

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

Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) . . . . . . . . . 69

Data Center Bridging Exchange (DBCx)

Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Enhanced Transmission Selection . . . . . . . . . 70

Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Initialization

Protocol Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Cisco Protocol Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

DHCP Layer 2 Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Virtual Local Area Network Supported Features . . . . 71

VLAN Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Port-Based VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

IP Subnet-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

MAC-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

IEEE 802.1v Protocol-Based VLANs . . . . . . . . 72

GARP and GVRP Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Voice VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Guest VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Double VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Spanning Tree Protocol Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Spanning Tree Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Rapid Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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Multiple Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard. . . . . . 75

BPDU Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Link Aggregation Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Link Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Link Aggregate Control Protocol (LACP) . . . . . . 75

Routing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Table

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

VLAN Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) . . . . . . . . . . 77

BOOTP/DHCP Relay Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

IP Helper and UDP Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Routing Information Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Router Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Routing Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) . . . . 79

Tunnel and Loopback Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . 79

IPv6 Routing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

IPv6 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

IPv6 Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

OSPFv3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

DHCPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Quality of Service (QoS) Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Differentiated Services (DiffServ) . . . . . . . . . 81

Class Of Service (CoS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Auto Voice over IP (VoIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Internet Small Computer System Interface

(iSCSI) Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Contents 7

Layer 2 Multicast Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

MAC Multicast Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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

IGMP Snooping Querier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

MLD Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Multicast VLAN Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Layer 3 Multicast Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol . . . . 84

Internet Group Management Protocol . . . . . . . 84

IGMP Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Protocol Independent Multicast—Dense

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

Protocol Independent Multicast—Sparse

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Protocol Independent Multicast—Source

Specific Multicast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Protocol Independent Multicast IPv6 Support . . . 85

MLD/MLDv2 (RFC2710/RFC3810) . . . . . . . . . . 85

3 Hardware Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series Front

Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

PowerConnect 8024 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . 87

PowerConnect 8024F Front Panel . . . . . . . . . 88

PowerConnect 8132 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . 89

PowerConnect 8132F Front Panel . . . . . . . . . 89

PowerConnect 8164 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . 90

PowerConnect 8164F Front Panel . . . . . . . . . 91

Hot-Pluggable Interface Modules . . . . . . . . . 92

USB Port (Power Connect 8100-series

switches only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Port and System LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series Back

Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Out-of-Band Management Port. . . . . . . . . . . 96

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Ventilation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

LED Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Module Bay LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Out-of-Band Ethernet Management Port LEDs. . . 99

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

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

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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 QSFP Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

9 Managing a Switch Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Stacking Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Creating a PowerConnect 8000/8100 Series

Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

How is the Stack Master Selected? . . . . . . . 146

Adding a Switch to the Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Removing a Switch from the Stack . . . . . . . . 148

How is the Firmware Updated on the Stack?. . . 149

What is Stacking Standby? . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

What is Nonstop Forwarding? . . . . . . . . . . 150

Switch Stack MAC Addressing and Stack

Design Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

NSF Network Design Considerations. . . . . . . 153

Why is Stacking Needed? . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

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