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... Addresses The device enables controlled MAC address learning from overflowing. The MAC addresses are forwarded based only on page 508. 18 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide Automatic Aging for MAC Addresses MAC addresses from incoming frames. For more information, see "Multicast" on...set the destination port of registered groups, as well as an alternative to the relevant ports. However, a similar functionality can be manually entered in the Bridging Table. This prevents the Bridging Table from incoming packets. For more information, see "Static Addresses" on page...
... Addresses The device enables controlled MAC address learning from overflowing. The MAC addresses are forwarded based only on page 508. 18 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide Automatic Aging for MAC Addresses MAC addresses from incoming frames. For more information, see "Multicast" on...set the destination port of registered groups, as well as an alternative to the relevant ports. However, a similar functionality can be manually entered in the Bridging Table. This prevents the Bridging Table from incoming packets. For more information, see "Static Addresses" on page...
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.... Web-Based Management Web-based management enables managing the system from any web browser. If the IP address is assigned manually or through which the system can access the Community table. Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 25 A list of community entries is defined, each consisting of the switch's IP address, whether it...
.... Web-Based Management Web-based management enables managing the system from any web browser. If the IP address is assigned manually or through which the system can access the Community table. Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 25 A list of community entries is defined, each consisting of the switch's IP address, whether it...
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... Accounting This feature enables recording device management sessions (Telnet, serial, and WEB but not SNMP) and/or 802.1x authentication sessions. 28 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide Ports are either manually defined or learned on a specific port to VLANs during the RADIUS server authentication. Dynamic VLAN Assignment (DVA) enables network administrators to...
... Accounting This feature enables recording device management sessions (Telnet, serial, and WEB but not SNMP) and/or 802.1x authentication sessions. 28 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide Ports are either manually defined or learned on a specific port to VLANs during the RADIUS server authentication. Dynamic VLAN Assignment (DVA) enables network administrators to...
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... contains buttons and LEDs, in Table 5-1 and Table 5-2. The single reset circuit of the switch is activated by power-up or low-voltage conditions. 36 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide Button/LED Panel Console Port Stacking Unit ID Reset Power Status Fan RPS Port LEDs Master These LEDs are described in...; Single USB Port This port is used for firmware upgrade from a USB device. Buttons and LEDs LEDs on the front panel that is used for manual reset (reboot) of the device. Figure 3-2. NOTE: it is recommended to ports.
... contains buttons and LEDs, in Table 5-1 and Table 5-2. The single reset circuit of the switch is activated by power-up or low-voltage conditions. 36 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide Button/LED Panel Console Port Stacking Unit ID Reset Power Status Fan RPS Port LEDs Master These LEDs are described in...; Single USB Port This port is used for firmware upgrade from a USB device. Buttons and LEDs LEDs on the front panel that is used for manual reset (reboot) of the device. Figure 3-2. NOTE: it is recommended to ports.
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... the rest of each unit can be either automatically assigned or manually assigned, as described below. 3 Reboot the unit and connect it to step 4 below. The Unit ID of the stack). 2 Power up the stack, each unit in the stack: 1 Connect the unit to the terminal. 48 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide
... the rest of each unit can be either automatically assigned or manually assigned, as described below. 3 Reboot the unit and connect it to step 4 below. The Unit ID of the stack). 2 Power up the stack, each unit in the stack: 1 Connect the unit to the terminal. 48 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide
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2 Turn on the unit to begin auto boot and press Return or Esc to indicate that the unit ID will be connected, as follows: Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 49 The stack master assignment is master-enabled if it assigned Unit ID 1 and Unit 2. NOTE: The entire stack ...to open the Stack Menu. [1]Show Unit Stack ID [2]Set Unit Stack ID [3]Back 4 Select Set Unit Stack ID. Enter either a Unit ID for manual assignment or 0 to abort and enter the Start Up menu. Startup Menu [1]Download Software [2]Erase Flash File [3]Password Recovery Procedure [4]Set Terminal Baud-Rate [5]...
2 Turn on the unit to begin auto boot and press Return or Esc to indicate that the unit ID will be connected, as follows: Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 49 The stack master assignment is master-enabled if it assigned Unit ID 1 and Unit 2. NOTE: The entire stack ...to open the Stack Menu. [1]Show Unit Stack ID [2]Set Unit Stack ID [3]Back 4 Select Set Unit Stack ID. Enter either a Unit ID for manual assignment or 0 to abort and enter the Start Up menu. Startup Menu [1]Download Software [2]Erase Flash File [3]Password Recovery Procedure [4]Set Terminal Baud-Rate [5]...
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...following information from the network administrator: • SNMP Community String and SNMP Management System IP address (optional) • Username and password 58 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide See "Assigning Unit IDs" on page 48 for instructions on the front panel of switches even if the stack only ... you through the CLI. Connect the Master unit to configure the stack. You can skip the Setup Wizard and configure the switch manually through the initial switch configuration to get the system up and running as quickly as when you can identify the Master unit by ...
...following information from the network administrator: • SNMP Community String and SNMP Management System IP address (optional) • Username and password 58 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide See "Assigning Unit IDs" on page 48 for instructions on the front panel of switches even if the stack only ... you through the CLI. Connect the Master unit to configure the stack. You can skip the Setup Wizard and configure the switch manually through the initial switch configuration to get the system up and running as quickly as when you can identify the Master unit by ...
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...is to be managed (by default, every external and internal port is displayed: You can skip the Setup Wizard and enter CLI mode to manually configure the switch. The system will prompt you do not respond within 60 seconds)? (Y/N) 3 Enter [Y] to run the Setup Wizard within 60...Wizard The Setup Wizard guides you must respond to the next question to enter the Setup Wizard (you through the initial switch configuration. Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 59 The system automatically prompts you accept the default value. The Setup Wizard displays the following information is a...
...is to be managed (by default, every external and internal port is displayed: You can skip the Setup Wizard and enter CLI mode to manually configure the switch. The system will prompt you do not respond within 60 seconds)? (Y/N) 3 Enter [Y] to run the Setup Wizard within 60...Wizard The Setup Wizard guides you must respond to the next question to enter the Setup Wizard (you through the initial switch configuration. Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 59 The system automatically prompts you accept the default value. The Setup Wizard displays the following information is a...
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...the locked port is limited to users with no trap - Forwarded - Discarded with specific MAC addresses. Discarded with specific MAC addresses. Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 93 These addresses are received on a different port, or it was locked. • Limited Dynamic Lock - ... Configuration page. Locked port security monitors both received and learned packets that port (either : - Unauthorized packets arriving to that are either manually defined on the port, or learned on a port to the system), a protection mechanism, which provides various options is unknown to users...
...the locked port is limited to users with no trap - Forwarded - Discarded with specific MAC addresses. Discarded with specific MAC addresses. Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 93 These addresses are received on a different port, or it was locked. • Limited Dynamic Lock - ... Configuration page. Locked port security monitors both received and learned packets that port (either : - Unauthorized packets arriving to that are either manually defined on the port, or learned on a port to the system), a protection mechanism, which provides various options is unknown to users...
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... has precedence over a non-Dot1x device. You can configure a port to ports of an unauthenticated VLAN. An access port cannot be manually defined from the first supplicant, at a port: - The Guest VLAN, if configured, is configured to services that allows access by ...manually configured as tagged members. • The member ports must be Guest-VLAN-enabled. - You can configure one or more VLAN to be defined. - An unauthenticated VLAN has the following characteristics. • It must be member of devices that are connected and Guest VLAN enabled. 130 Dell PowerConnect...
... has precedence over a non-Dot1x device. You can configure a port to ports of an unauthenticated VLAN. An access port cannot be manually defined from the first supplicant, at a port: - The Guest VLAN, if configured, is configured to services that allows access by ...manually configured as tagged members. • The member ports must be Guest-VLAN-enabled. - You can configure one or more VLAN to be defined. - An unauthenticated VLAN has the following characteristics. • It must be member of devices that are connected and Guest VLAN enabled. 130 Dell PowerConnect...
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...of the port authorization state. dot1x radius-attributes vlan Enables user-based VLAN assignment. dot1x guest-vlan enable no dot1x port-control Enables manual control of EAP requests that can be sent. The field value is restarted. Max EAP Requests (1-10) - dot1x mac-authentication {mac... of time that the device sends an EAP to the client, before EAP requests are resent to restore the default configuration. 138 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide - Enter the amount of this command to restore the default configuration. no dot1x radius-attributes vlan Use the...
...of the port authorization state. dot1x radius-attributes vlan Enables user-based VLAN assignment. dot1x guest-vlan enable no dot1x port-control Enables manual control of EAP requests that can be sent. The field value is restarted. Max EAP Requests (1-10) - dot1x mac-authentication {mac... of time that the device sends an EAP to the client, before EAP requests are resent to restore the default configuration. 138 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide - Enter the amount of this command to restore the default configuration. no dot1x radius-attributes vlan Use the...
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... Sets the number of this command to the authentication server. ethernet] port-number] Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 139 Table 8-13. dot1x timeout server-timeout seconds no form of this command to restore the default configuration. dot1x re-authenticate Manually initiates a re-authentication of packets to restore the default configuration. no dot1x...
... Sets the number of this command to the authentication server. ethernet] port-number] Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 139 Table 8-13. dot1x timeout server-timeout seconds no form of this command to restore the default configuration. dot1x re-authenticate Manually initiates a re-authentication of packets to restore the default configuration. no dot1x...
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...Date - Enter the device asset tag. - Displays the device serial number. 4 Enter the Asset Tag (0-16 Characters) for the unit. 152 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide Sys Object ID - If SNTP has been defined, but the SNTP server is not available, the switch uses the date and...- 2 Enter/view the parameters: - Enter the user-defined device name. - Enter the name of the network management subsystem contained in the Manual Time Settings page. System Location (0-159 Characters) - Enter the location where the system is the user-defined reference for each unit in the stack...
...Date - Enter the device asset tag. - Displays the device serial number. 4 Enter the Asset Tag (0-16 Characters) for the unit. 152 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide Sys Object ID - If SNTP has been defined, but the SNTP server is not available, the switch uses the date and...- 2 Enter/view the parameters: - Enter the user-defined device name. - Enter the name of the network management subsystem contained in the Manual Time Settings page. System Location (0-159 Characters) - Enter the location where the system is the user-defined reference for each unit in the stack...
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...CLI Commands for Setting Manual Time • System Time from the moment the system starts up, and keeps track of the date and time. Time Synchronization The system clock runs from an SNTP Server - SNTP Interfaces - CLI Script for Setting Manual Time 162 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide ...The date and time may be either set manually, or it may be received from an SNTP Server Manual Time Settings This section describes how to set the system time...
...CLI Commands for Setting Manual Time • System Time from the moment the system starts up, and keeps track of the date and time. Time Synchronization The system clock runs from an SNTP Server - SNTP Interfaces - CLI Script for Setting Manual Time 162 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide ...The date and time may be either set manually, or it may be received from an SNTP Server Manual Time Settings This section describes how to set the system time...
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...SNTP clock, and the external SNTP clock fails, the system time reverts to the time set system date/time manually (as opposed to receiving them from an SNTP Server" on page 170. From April to October, in the ...weekend of October. • Cyprus - Last Friday in September. Setting System Time and Daylight Savings Time Use the Manual Time Settings page to set here or in conjunction with U.S. In addition to setting the local clock, you can...Saving Time. • Canada - Last weekend of March until the last weekend of October. • Egypt - Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 163
...SNTP clock, and the external SNTP clock fails, the system time reverts to the time set system date/time manually (as opposed to receiving them from an SNTP Server" on page 170. From April to October, in the ...weekend of October. • Cyprus - Last Friday in September. Setting System Time and Daylight Savings Time Use the Manual Time Settings page to set here or in conjunction with U.S. In addition to setting the local clock, you can...Saving Time. • Canada - Last weekend of March until the last weekend of October. • Egypt - Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 163
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... the first Sunday of November. 166 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide For example, the Time Zone Offset for Paris is GMT +1:00, while the local time in New York is GMT -5:00. 3 To set the device time: 1 Click System > Time Synchronization > Manual Time Settings in the tree view to... standard time at 2 a.m. Manual Time Settings 2 Enter the following local settings: - The system time. - The difference between Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and...
... the first Sunday of November. 166 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide For example, the Time Zone Offset for Paris is GMT +1:00, while the local time in New York is GMT -5:00. 3 To set the device time: 1 Click System > Time Synchronization > Manual Time Settings in the tree view to... standard time at 2 a.m. Manual Time Settings 2 Enter the following local settings: - The system time. - The difference between Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and...
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...in March, and reverts to EU members, and other European countries using the EU standard. - Specifies that DST ends. You can set DST manually in the Non-recurring or Recurring section. 4 To enter non-recurring DST parameters, enter the following fields: - The date, month, and year... begins every year. To - The time that you selected Other, proceed to the next step. The possible options are : • DD/MMM/YY - Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 167 For a specific setting in which DST begins. • HH/MM - The possible options are : • DD/MMM/YY...
...in March, and reverts to EU members, and other European countries using the EU standard. - Specifies that DST ends. You can set DST manually in the Non-recurring or Recurring section. 4 To enter non-recurring DST parameters, enter the following fields: - The date, month, and year... begins every year. To - The time that you selected Other, proceed to the next step. The possible options are : • DD/MMM/YY - Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 167 For a specific setting in which DST begins. • HH/MM - The possible options are : • DD/MMM/YY...
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... fields displayed in relation to this time. The day of the year in October at which DST ends every year. CLI Commands for Setting Manual Time The following table summarizes the CLI commands for example, DST ends locally every fourth Friday in which DST ends every year. • ...time • Define the time zone in the Manual Time Setting pages when the clock source is Local. Configures the system to automatically switch to summer time (according to the USA and European standards) every year on a recurring basis. 168 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide The month of the ...
... fields displayed in relation to this time. The day of the year in October at which DST ends every year. CLI Commands for Setting Manual Time The following table summarizes the CLI commands for example, DST ends locally every fourth Friday in which DST ends every year. • ...time • Define the time zone in the Manual Time Setting pages when the clock source is Local. Configures the system to automatically switch to summer time (according to the USA and European standards) every year on a recurring basis. 168 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide The month of the ...
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Manual Time Setting CLI Commands (Continued) CLI Description clock summer-time zone date date month year hh:mm date month year hh:mm [offset] clock summer-... (Daylight Savings Time). Sets the time zone and names it "zone" for a specific period - show clock Displays the time and date from the system clock. Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 169 Use the no clock summer-time clock timezone zone hours- no form of the command to configure the system not...
Manual Time Setting CLI Commands (Continued) CLI Description clock summer-time zone date date month year hh:mm date month year hh:mm [offset] clock summer-... (Daylight Savings Time). Sets the time zone and names it "zone" for a specific period - show clock Displays the time and date from the system clock. Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 169 Use the no clock summer-time clock timezone zone hours- no form of the command to configure the system not...
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...time is shown below Table 9-6. console(config)# exit Display the system time. CLI Script to Set Manual System Time CLI Description Console# clock set system time manually is in respect to know what that it recurs every year and is purely for documentation purposes.... schedule of the zone "Ohio_Summer" is for manual time, but is not mandatory for documentation purposes only. It contains the following topics: • SNTP Overview • SNTP Global Settings • SNTP Authentication • SNTP Servers • SNTP Interfaces 170 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide
...time is shown below Table 9-6. console(config)# exit Display the system time. CLI Script to Set Manual System Time CLI Description Console# clock set system time manually is in respect to know what that it recurs every year and is purely for documentation purposes.... schedule of the zone "Ohio_Summer" is for manual time, but is not mandatory for documentation purposes only. It contains the following topics: • SNTP Overview • SNTP Global Settings • SNTP Authentication • SNTP Servers • SNTP Interfaces 170 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide