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... Description 9 PowerConnect 2808 9 PowerConnect 2816 9 PowerConnect 2824 10 PowerConnect 2848 10 Summary of PowerConnect Models 11 Features 11 General Features 11 MAC Address Supported Features 13 Layer 2 Features 13 VLAN Supported Features 14 Spanning Tree Protocol Features 15 Class of Service (CoS) Features 16 Ethernet Switch Management Features 16 2 Hardware Description 17 Switch Port Configurations 17 PowerConnect 28xx Front...
... Description 9 PowerConnect 2808 9 PowerConnect 2816 9 PowerConnect 2824 10 PowerConnect 2848 10 Summary of PowerConnect Models 11 Features 11 General Features 11 MAC Address Supported Features 13 Layer 2 Features 13 VLAN Supported Features 14 Spanning Tree Protocol Features 15 Class of Service (CoS) Features 16 Ethernet Switch Management Features 16 2 Hardware Description 17 Switch Port Configurations 17 PowerConnect 28xx Front...
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... Mode 41 Advanced Configuration 44 Retrieving an IP Address From a DHCP Server 45 4 Contents Power Connectors 26 Internal Power Supply Connector 26 3 Installing the PowerConnect Device 27 Installation Precautions 27 Site Requirements 28 Unpacking 28 Package Contents 28 Unpacking the Device 28 Mounting the Device 29 Overview 29 Device Rack... Connections for 10/100/1000BaseT Ports 35 Port Default Settings 36 Auto-Negotiation 36 MDI/MDIX 36 Flow Control 36 Back Pressure 36 Switching Port Default Settings 37 4 Starting and Configuring the Device 39 Booting the Device -
... Mode 41 Advanced Configuration 44 Retrieving an IP Address From a DHCP Server 45 4 Contents Power Connectors 26 Internal Power Supply Connector 26 3 Installing the PowerConnect Device 27 Installation Precautions 27 Site Requirements 28 Unpacking 28 Package Contents 28 Unpacking the Device 28 Mounting the Device 29 Overview 29 Device Rack... Connections for 10/100/1000BaseT Ports 35 Port Default Settings 36 Auto-Negotiation 36 MDI/MDIX 36 Flow Control 36 Back Pressure 36 Switching Port Default Settings 37 4 Starting and Configuring the Device 39 Booting the Device -
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... TFTP Server 47 Management Modes 49 Default Values 49 Transitioning Between Modes 50 Returning to Managed Mode 51 5 Using Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator 53 Understanding the Interface 53 Device Representation 54 Using the Switch Administrator Buttons 55 Information Buttons 55 Device Management Buttons 56 Starting the Application 56 Access Levels 56 6 Configuring System...
... TFTP Server 47 Management Modes 49 Default Values 49 Transitioning Between Modes 50 Returning to Managed Mode 51 5 Using Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator 53 Understanding the Interface 53 Device Representation 54 Using the Switch Administrator Buttons 55 Information Buttons 55 Device Management Buttons 56 Starting the Application 56 Access Levels 56 6 Configuring System...
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... Excluding Addresses 87 Manually Allocating IP Addresses (Static Hosts 89 Configuring Address Binding 92 Defining Advanced Settings 93 Configuring General Device Parameters 93 7 Configuring Device Switching 95 Configuring Network Security 95 Configuring Port Based Authentication 96 Configuring Advanced Port Based Authentication 100 Authenticating Users 102 Configuring Ports 103 Defining Port Parameters...
... Excluding Addresses 87 Manually Allocating IP Addresses (Static Hosts 89 Configuring Address Binding 92 Defining Advanced Settings 93 Configuring General Device Parameters 93 7 Configuring Device Switching 95 Configuring Network Security 95 Configuring Port Based Authentication 96 Configuring Advanced Port Based Authentication 100 Authenticating Users 102 Configuring Ports 103 Defining Port Parameters...
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... Description This section describes the hardware configurations of the PowerConnect 28xx. Figure 1-1. The PowerConnect management features are managed by Dell's OpenManage Switch Administrator. PowerConnect 2808 Front Panel 1 The PowerConnect 2808 supports the following ports: • 8 Gigabit Ethernet copper ports PowerConnect 2816 The following figure illustrates the PowerConnect 2808 front panel. The switches are designed to medium business that require high performance edge...
... Description This section describes the hardware configurations of the PowerConnect 28xx. Figure 1-1. The PowerConnect management features are managed by Dell's OpenManage Switch Administrator. PowerConnect 2808 Front Panel 1 The PowerConnect 2808 supports the following ports: • 8 Gigabit Ethernet copper ports PowerConnect 2816 The following figure illustrates the PowerConnect 2808 front panel. The switches are designed to medium business that require high performance edge...
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PowerConnect Models Model PowerConnect 2808 PowerConnect 2816 PowerConnect 2824 PowerConnect 2848 Copper Ports/ RJ-45 Connectors Optical Ports/ ...PowerConnect Models The following modes: • Managed Mode - Table 1-1. For more information about the management modes, see "Management Modes" on the whole system. HOL blocking queues packets, and the packets at the head of the queue are forwarded before packets at all ports is unavailable for configuration. Provides switch... so that it becomes inaccessible for additional incoming traffic. Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 11
PowerConnect Models Model PowerConnect 2808 PowerConnect 2816 PowerConnect 2824 PowerConnect 2848 Copper Ports/ RJ-45 Connectors Optical Ports/ ...PowerConnect Models The following modes: • Managed Mode - Table 1-1. For more information about the management modes, see "Management Modes" on the whole system. HOL blocking queues packets, and the packets at the head of the queue are forwarded before packets at all ports is unavailable for configuration. Provides switch... so that it becomes inaccessible for additional incoming traffic. Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 11
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.... AutoMDI/MDIX Support The switch automatically detects whether the cable connected to detect and report potential cabling issues, such as Media-Dependent Interface with an MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) size of this facility are detected: • Cable Type and Status • Cable Length • Fault-Distance 12 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide...
.... AutoMDI/MDIX Support The switch automatically detects whether the cable connected to detect and report potential cabling issues, such as Media-Dependent Interface with an MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) size of this facility are detected: • Cable Type and Status • Cable Length • Fault-Distance 12 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide...
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...service, which simulates the behavior of a multicast router, allowing snooping of the VLAN tag. VLAN-aware MAC-based Switching in the Bridging Table. IGMP Snooping is supported, including IGMP Querier which allows one-to-many and many-to ...PowerConnect 2808, 2816, 2824 switches support a total of 8K MAC addresses, and the PowerConnect 2848 supports a total of transmit power. Auto-Learning MAC Addresses The switch enables MAC address auto-learning from overflowing. The MAC addresses are forwarded based only on a port, and subsequent reducing of 16K MAC addresses. Dell PowerConnect...
...service, which simulates the behavior of a multicast router, allowing snooping of the VLAN tag. VLAN-aware MAC-based Switching in the Bridging Table. IGMP Snooping is supported, including IGMP Querier which allows one-to-many and many-to ...PowerConnect 2808, 2816, 2824 switches support a total of 8K MAC addresses, and the PowerConnect 2848 supports a total of transmit power. Auto-Learning MAC Addresses The switch enables MAC address auto-learning from overflowing. The MAC addresses are forwarded based only on a port, and subsequent reducing of 16K MAC addresses. Dell PowerConnect...
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... copies of the ingress port and package contents. Packets are flooded to VLANs during the RADIUS server authentication. Link Aggregation The PowerConnect 28xx switches support up to four member ports to process these frames, thus placing load on a combination of all ports on the RADIUS...packets to six aggregated links. The benefits of this facility are collections of incoming and outgoing packets from physical link disruption 14 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide Each of power over Ethernet cables shorter than 40m. Reduction of the six aggregated links may be ...
... copies of the ingress port and package contents. Packets are flooded to VLANs during the RADIUS server authentication. Link Aggregation The PowerConnect 28xx switches support up to four member ports to process these frames, thus placing load on a combination of all ports on the RADIUS...packets to six aggregated links. The benefits of this facility are collections of incoming and outgoing packets from physical link disruption 14 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide Each of power over Ethernet cables shorter than 40m. Reduction of the six aggregated links may be ...
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...other IP parameters. BootP and DHCP Clients DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) enables additional setup parameters to be used to provide the switch system with the same speed set to full-duplex operation. The information replied is then used in network topologies where forwarding loops do...STP) 802.1d Spanning tree is a corrupted or invalid software image. During this delay, and can take 30-60 seconds for the switch Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 15 DHCP service is an extension to converge. The BootP client then continuously attempts to find a BootP server, ...
...other IP parameters. BootP and DHCP Clients DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) enables additional setup parameters to be used to provide the switch system with the same speed set to full-duplex operation. The information replied is then used in network topologies where forwarding loops do...STP) 802.1d Spanning tree is a corrupted or invalid software image. During this delay, and can take 30-60 seconds for the switch Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 15 DHCP service is an extension to converge. The BootP client then continuously attempts to find a BootP server, ...
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... view the results, using the Web management interface in the system. 16 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide The system contains an Embedded Web Server (EWS), which serves HTML pages, through TFTP. TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol The PowerConnect 28xx switches support software boot image and software download through which provides network traffic statistics...
... view the results, using the Web management interface in the system. 16 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide The system contains an Embedded Web Server (EWS), which serves HTML pages, through TFTP. TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol The PowerConnect 28xx switches support software boot image and software download through which provides network traffic statistics...
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...autonegotiation, duplex mode (Half or Full duplex), and flow control. Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 17 PowerConnect 2808 Front Panel 2 On the front panel there are eight ports which indicates the Ethernet switch operational status and the management mode. The following figures illustrate the ...the right side on the front panel is powered on or not. Hardware Description Switch Port Configurations PowerConnect 28xx Front and Back Panel Port Description The Dell™ PowerConnect™ 28xx switches use 10/100/1000BASE-T ports on the front panel for connecting to right....
...autonegotiation, duplex mode (Half or Full duplex), and flow control. Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 17 PowerConnect 2808 Front Panel 2 On the front panel there are eight ports which indicates the Ethernet switch operational status and the management mode. The following figures illustrate the ...the right side on the front panel is powered on or not. Hardware Description Switch Port Configurations PowerConnect 28xx Front and Back Panel Port Description The Dell™ PowerConnect™ 28xx switches use 10/100/1000BASE-T ports on the front panel for connecting to right....
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... transitioning between management modes and to indicate the port status. PowerConnect 2816 Back Panel 18 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide PowerConnect 2816 Front Panel On the front panel there are 16 ports which indicates the Ethernet switch operational status and the management mode. Figure 2-2. PowerConnect 2808 Back Panel Figure 2-3. A Mode push-button, located on the right...
... transitioning between management modes and to indicate the port status. PowerConnect 2816 Back Panel 18 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide PowerConnect 2816 Front Panel On the front panel there are 16 ports which indicates the Ethernet switch operational status and the management mode. Figure 2-2. PowerConnect 2808 Back Panel Figure 2-3. A Mode push-button, located on the right...
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.... The system automatically detects the media used at any one of the two physical connections of a combo port can switch from the RJ-45 to right. NOTE: The system can be disabled. Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 19 On the front panel is used . For more information about management modes and transitioning...
.... The system automatically detects the media used at any one of the two physical connections of a combo port can switch from the RJ-45 to right. NOTE: The system can be disabled. Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 19 On the front panel is used . For more information about management modes and transitioning...
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... Panel Figure 2-7. PowerConnect 2848 Front Panel On the front panel there are 48 ports, which are LEDs to indicate the port status. On each port, there are numbered 1 ... ports 45, 46, 47 and 48, for swappable optical transceiver, which indicates the Ethernet switch operational status and the management mode. A Mode push- 20 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide On the top right side of a combo port can switch from the RJ-45 to right. There are logical ports with two physical connections...
... Panel Figure 2-7. PowerConnect 2848 Front Panel On the front panel there are 48 ports, which are LEDs to indicate the port status. On each port, there are numbered 1 ... ports 45, 46, 47 and 48, for swappable optical transceiver, which indicates the Ethernet switch operational status and the management mode. A Mode push- 20 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide On the top right side of a combo port can switch from the RJ-45 to right. There are logical ports with two physical connections...
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...in) • Depth - 255 mm (10.04 in .) The PowerConnect 2848 switch has the following figure illustrates the back panel of links, power supply, fan status, and Managed Mode status. PowerConnect 2848 Back Panel Physical Dimensions The PowerConnect 2808 switch has the following physical dimensions: • Height - 43.2 mm (1.... on the front panel is used to transition between them, see "Management Modes" on page 49. Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 21 For more information about management modes and transitioning between management modes and to reset the device.
...in) • Depth - 255 mm (10.04 in .) The PowerConnect 2848 switch has the following figure illustrates the back panel of links, power supply, fan status, and Managed Mode status. PowerConnect 2848 Back Panel Physical Dimensions The PowerConnect 2808 switch has the following physical dimensions: • Height - 43.2 mm (1.... on the front panel is used to transition between them, see "Management Modes" on page 49. Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 21 For more information about management modes and transitioning between management modes and to reset the device.
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... transition. The following figure illustrates the RJ-45 10/100/1000BASE-T LEDs. 22 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide Indicates the switch is a Power LED. Managed Mode LED On the PowerConnect 28xx front panel there is a Managed Mode LED monitoring the switch node as well as indicating diagnostic test results. The following table describes the...
... transition. The following figure illustrates the RJ-45 10/100/1000BASE-T LEDs. 22 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide Indicates the switch is a Power LED. Managed Mode LED On the PowerConnect 28xx front panel there is a Managed Mode LED monitoring the switch node as well as indicating diagnostic test results. The following table describes the...
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... The port is linked at either 10 or 100 Mbps. Table 2-5. Off No link is established. The PowerConnect 2808 and PowerConnect 2816 devices have no internal fans. Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 23 Figure 2-9. RJ-45 Copper-based 10/100/1000BASE-T LEDs The RJ-45 LED... modes, press the button normally. SFP LED Indications LED Color Description Green Solid Link is occurring. Switch Ventilation Fan The PowerConnect 2848 switch has three fans and the PowerConnect 2824 switch has one fan for at least 7 seconds. The Mode button is linked at 1000 Mbps. The...
... The port is linked at either 10 or 100 Mbps. Table 2-5. Off No link is established. The PowerConnect 2808 and PowerConnect 2816 devices have no internal fans. Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 23 Figure 2-9. RJ-45 Copper-based 10/100/1000BASE-T LEDs The RJ-45 LED... modes, press the button normally. SFP LED Indications LED Color Description Green Solid Link is occurring. Switch Ventilation Fan The PowerConnect 2848 switch has three fans and the PowerConnect 2824 switch has one fan for at least 7 seconds. The Mode button is linked at 1000 Mbps. The...
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...1000BASE-T, provided if all critical connections or any new cable installations. For each device, the supported mode is set to the switch physical interface ports, located on the front panel. However, it is recommended that are connected. Cables, Port Connections, and... explains the switch physical interfaces, and provides information about cables and port connections. Copper cable diagnostics are copper Twisted-Pair ports. RJ-45 Connections for 10/100/ 1000BASE-T Ethernet Port Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 Function TxRx 1+ TxRx 1TxRx 2+ TxRx 2TxRx 3+ 24 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems ...
...1000BASE-T, provided if all critical connections or any new cable installations. For each device, the supported mode is set to the switch physical interface ports, located on the front panel. However, it is recommended that are connected. Cables, Port Connections, and... explains the switch physical interfaces, and provides information about cables and port connections. Copper cable diagnostics are copper Twisted-Pair ports. RJ-45 Connections for 10/100/ 1000BASE-T Ethernet Port Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 Function TxRx 1+ TxRx 1TxRx 2+ TxRx 2TxRx 3+ 24 Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems ...
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Only one of the two physical connections of a combo port can be monitored and displayed to the system administrator. PowerConnect 2824 switch supports SFP diagnostics. SFP Pin Connections Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Use Transmitter ... fault Transmitter disable; Receiver ground (common with transmitter ground) Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 25 Module definition 1; Table 2-7. SFP Ports The PowerConnect 2824 switch supports two SFP transceivers combo ports, and the PowerConnect 2848 switch supports four SFP transceivers combo ports for serial ID. Module ...
Only one of the two physical connections of a combo port can be monitored and displayed to the system administrator. PowerConnect 2824 switch supports SFP diagnostics. SFP Pin Connections Pin No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Use Transmitter ... fault Transmitter disable; Receiver ground (common with transmitter ground) Dell PowerConnect 28xx Systems User Guide 25 Module definition 1; Table 2-7. SFP Ports The PowerConnect 2824 switch supports two SFP transceivers combo ports, and the PowerConnect 2848 switch supports four SFP transceivers combo ports for serial ID. Module ...