Dell PowerEdge M420 User manual

Dell PowerConnect

M6220, M6348, M8024, and

M8024-k Switch

User’s Configuration

Guide

Regulatory Models: PCM6220, PCM6348,

PCM8024, and PCM8024-k

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: PCM6220, PCM6348, PCM8024, and PCM8024-k

March 2011 Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

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

About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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

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

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

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

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

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

Simple Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Port Aggregator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

System Time Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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

4Contents

Stacking Features (PCM6220 and PCM6348 Only). . . . 59

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

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

Automatic Firmware Upgrade for New Stack

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

Stacking Compatibility with the

PowerConnect 7000 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

Captive Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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

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

Dot1x Monitor Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

MAC-Based Port Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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

Time-Based ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

IP Source Guard (IPSG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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

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

Protected Ports (Private VLAN Edge). . . . . . . . 65

Contents 5

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

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

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

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

Jumbo Frames Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Auto-MDI/MDIX Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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

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

Auto Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Broadcast Storm Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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

Static and Dynamic MAC Address Tables . . . . . 68

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) . . . . . . . 68

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for

Media Endpoint Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Connectivity Fault Management

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

Cisco Protocol Filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

DHCP Layer 2 Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Virtual Local Area Network Supported Features . . . . 70

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

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

IP Subnet-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

MAC-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

IEEE 802.1v Protocol-Based VLANs . . . . . . . . 70

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

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

Guest VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Double VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Spanning Tree Protocol Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Spanning Tree Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Rapid Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Multiple Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard. . . . . . 73

BPDU Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Link Aggregation Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Link Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Link Aggregate Control Protocol (LACP) . . . . . . 73

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

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Table

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

VLAN Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) . . . . . . . . . . 74

BOOTP/DHCP Relay Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

IP Helper and UDP Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Routing Information Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Router Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Routing Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) . . . . 76

Tunnel and Loopback Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . 76

IPv6 Routing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

IPv6 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

IPv6 Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

OSPFv3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

DHCPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Quality of Service (QoS) Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Differentiated Services (DiffServ) . . . . . . . . . 78

Class Of Service (CoS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Auto Voice over IP (VoIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Contents 7

Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) . . . . . . . . . 79

Internet Small Computer System Interface

(iSCSI) Optimization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Layer 2 Multicast Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

MAC Multicast Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

IGMP Snooping Querier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

MLD Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Multicast VLAN Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Layer 3 Multicast Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol . . . . 81

Internet Group Management Protocol . . . . . . . 81

IGMP Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Protocol Independent Multicast—Dense

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Protocol Independent Multicast—Sparse

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Protocol Independent Multicast—Source

Specific Multicast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Protocol Independent Multicast IPv6 Support . . . 82

MLD/MLDv2 (RFC2710/RFC3810) . . . . . . . . . . 82

3 Hardware Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

PowerConnect M6220, M6348, M8024, and

M8024-k Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

PowerConnect M6220 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . 83

PowerConnect M6348 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . 85

PowerConnect M8024 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . 86

PowerConnect M8024-k Front Panel . . . . . . . . 87

Console (RS-232) Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Console Redirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

8Contents

Out-of-Band Management Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

LED Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Module LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

System LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

4 Using Dell OpenManage Switch

Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

About Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator. . . . . 95

Starting the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Understanding the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Defining Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Understanding the Device View . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Using the Device View Port Features. . . . . . . 100

5 Using the Command-Line Interface . . . . 101

Accessing the Switch Through the CLI . . . . . . . . 101

Console Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Telnet Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Understanding Command Modes . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Entering CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Using the Question Mark to Get Help. . . . . . . 105

Using Command Completion . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Entering Abbreviated Commands. . . . . . . . . 106

Negating Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Understanding Error Messages . . . . . . . . . 107

Contents 9

Recalling Commands from the History Buffer . . . 107

Specifying Physical Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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

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

10 Contents

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

Creating a PowerConnect M6220 Stack . . . . . 136

Creating a PowerConnect M6348 Stack . . . . . 137

PowerConnect 7000 Series and M6348

Stacking Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

How is the Management Unit Selected? . . . . . 139

Adding a Switch to the Stack . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Removing a Switch from the Stack . . . . . . . . 141

How is the Firmware Updated on the Stack?. . . 142

What is Stacking Standby? . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

What is Nonstop Forwarding? . . . . . . . . . . 142

Switch Stack MAC Addressing and Stack

Design Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

NSF Network Design Considerations. . . . . . . 146

Why is Stacking Needed? . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Default Stacking Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Managing and Monitoring the Stack (Web) . . . . . . 148

Unit Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Stack Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Stack Firmware Synchronization . . . . . . . . . 151

Supported Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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