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... to expedite network addressing at support.dell.com/support for the latest updates on the Dell Support website at bootup, as well as redundancy with a single command configuration. This document contains the following sections: • Hardware Overview • Installation • Starting and Configuring the Switch Features The PowerConnect 8100 Series are highly scalable, non-stop...
... to expedite network addressing at support.dell.com/support for the latest updates on the Dell Support website at bootup, as well as redundancy with a single command configuration. This document contains the following sections: • Hardware Overview • Installation • Starting and Configuring the Switch Features The PowerConnect 8100 Series are highly scalable, non-stop...
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... adjusting their speed for their environment through multiple temperature monitors. Hardware Overview This section contains information about device characteristics and modular hardware configurations for the PowerConnect 81xx switches. The PC81xx has the following physical dimensions: • 440 x 460 x 44 mm (W x D x H). • 17....also provides one USB port • Forty-eight 10 Gbps ports for 1G/10G transceiver 6 Hardware Overview Dell designed the PowerConnect 8100 Series for energy savings from the power cord to the ports, starting with EEE-capable ports to redundant power ...
... adjusting their speed for their environment through multiple temperature monitors. Hardware Overview This section contains information about device characteristics and modular hardware configurations for the PowerConnect 81xx switches. The PC81xx has the following physical dimensions: • 440 x 460 x 44 mm (W x D x H). • 17....also provides one USB port • Forty-eight 10 Gbps ports for 1G/10G transceiver 6 Hardware Overview Dell designed the PowerConnect 8100 Series for energy savings from the power cord to the ports, starting with EEE-capable ports to redundant power ...
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PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series Back Panel 92 Console Port 93 Out-of-Band Management Port 93 Power Supplies 93 Ventilation System 94 LED Definitions 95 Port LEDs 95 System LEDs 96 Switch Addresses 97 4 Using Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator 101 About Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator. . . . 101 Starting the Application 102 Understanding the Interface 103 Defining...
PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series Back Panel 92 Console Port 93 Out-of-Band Management Port 93 Power Supplies 93 Ventilation System 94 LED Definitions 95 Port LEDs 95 System LEDs 96 Switch Addresses 97 4 Using Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator 101 About Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator. . . . 101 Starting the Application 102 Understanding the Interface 103 Defining...
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... switches are referred to as the PowerConnect 8100-series switches. Each of the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches has 24 or 48 ports of 10-Gb Ethernet in 10GBase-T or SFP+ with hot swappable stack members. About This Document This guide describes how to configure, monitor, and maintain a Dell PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switch by using the 10G...
... switches are referred to as the PowerConnect 8100-series switches. Each of the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches has 24 or 48 ports of 10-Gb Ethernet in 10GBase-T or SFP+ with hot swappable stack members. About This Document This guide describes how to configure, monitor, and maintain a Dell PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switch by using the 10G...
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... Administrator Buttons and Links • Defining Fields About Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator is a web-based tool to use the Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator application. 4 Using Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator This section describes how to help you manage and monitor a PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches. Using Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator 101 Table 4-1. Compatible Browsers...
... Administrator Buttons and Links • Defining Fields About Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator is a web-based tool to use the Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator application. 4 Using Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator This section describes how to help you manage and monitor a PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches. Using Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator 101 Table 4-1. Compatible Browsers...
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... way to the console port. Console Connection Use the following procedures to connect to the CLI by connecting to manage and monitor the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches. For more information about assigning an IP address to ping the switch IP address. The console port is located on...Line Interface This section describes how to use to access the device must be able to a switch, see the Getting Started Guide available at support.dell.com/manuals. 1 Connect the DB-9 connector of the supplied serial cable to a management station, and connect the RJ-45 connector to the ...
... way to the console port. Console Connection Use the following procedures to connect to the CLI by connecting to manage and monitor the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches. For more information about assigning an IP address to ping the switch IP address. The console port is located on...Line Interface This section describes how to use to access the device must be able to a switch, see the Getting Started Guide available at support.dell.com/manuals. 1 Connect the DB-9 connector of the supplied serial cable to a management station, and connect the RJ-45 connector to the ...
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... a domain name databases and their corresponding IP addresses. Identifies your network, such as dell.com. Additionally, this chapter includes commands to create an administrative user with read/write access. Why Is Basic Network Information Needed? PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches are layer 2/3 managed switches. If you to statically map an IP address to...
... a domain name databases and their corresponding IP addresses. Identifies your network, such as dell.com. Additionally, this chapter includes commands to create an administrative user with read/write access. Why Is Basic Network Information Needed? PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches are layer 2/3 managed switches. If you to statically map an IP address to...
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...to configure basic network information, or you can log on to the Dell Easy Setup Wizard prompt within 60 seconds, the console> prompt appears, and you enter User Configuration mode. PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches have an external port intended solely for the first time and the... configuration file is the out-of -Band Management and In-Band Management? This port is empty, the Dell Easy Setup Wizard starts. server on the...
...to configure basic network information, or you can log on to the Dell Easy Setup Wizard prompt within 60 seconds, the console> prompt appears, and you enter User Configuration mode. PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches have an external port intended solely for the first time and the... configuration file is the out-of -Band Management and In-Band Management? This port is empty, the Dell Easy Setup Wizard starts. server on the...
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...the default VLAN, which is VLAN 1. ip address dhcp Enable the DHCP client. CTRL + Z Exit to enable the DHCP client on the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches. Command Purpose configure Enter Global Configuration mode. interface out-of - show ip interface out-of -band Enter Interface Configuration mode for the OOB... Information ipv6 address dhcp Enable the DHCPv6 client. Configuring Basic Network Information (CLI) This section provides information about these commands, see the PowerConnect 8024/8024F/8132/8132F/8164/8164F CLI Reference Guide at support...
...the default VLAN, which is VLAN 1. ip address dhcp Enable the DHCP client. CTRL + Z Exit to enable the DHCP client on the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches. Command Purpose configure Enter Global Configuration mode. interface out-of - show ip interface out-of -band Enter Interface Configuration mode for the OOB... Information ipv6 address dhcp Enable the DHCPv6 client. Configuring Basic Network Information (CLI) This section provides information about these commands, see the PowerConnect 8024/8024F/8132/8132F/8164/8164F CLI Reference Guide at support...
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...enabled by default. console(config)#ip name-server 10.27.138.20 10.27.138.21 console(config)#ip domain-name sunny.dell.com console(config)#ip host admin-laptop 10.27.65.103 console(config)#exit 136 Setting Basic Network Information console#configure console... name: sunny.dell.com The administrator also maps the administrative laptop host name to its information from a DHCP server on the switch OOB interface by on the network and creates the administrative user with read/write access. The administrator configures a PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches to perform...
...enabled by default. console(config)#ip name-server 10.27.138.20 10.27.138.21 console(config)#ip domain-name sunny.dell.com console(config)#ip host admin-laptop 10.27.65.103 console(config)#exit 136 Setting Basic Network Information console#configure console... name: sunny.dell.com The administrator also maps the administrative laptop host name to its information from a DHCP server on the switch OOB interface by on the network and creates the administrative user with read/write access. The administrator configures a PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches to perform...
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The serial interface on member units does not allow access to the member units. Creating a PowerConnect 8000/8100 Series Stack You can manually configure which becomes the master if the stack master is selected as the standby, or the system can select the... up to six PC8100-series switches. The Control Plane is a software layer that manages system and hardware configuration and runs the network control protocols to set of three or more switches, Dell strongly recommends connecting the stack in a ring topology so that forward data packets without intervention from a control CPU. ...
The serial interface on member units does not allow access to the member units. Creating a PowerConnect 8000/8100 Series Stack You can manually configure which becomes the master if the stack master is selected as the standby, or the system can select the... up to six PC8100-series switches. The Control Plane is a software layer that manages system and hardware configuration and runs the network control protocols to set of three or more switches, Dell strongly recommends connecting the stack in a ring topology so that forward data packets without intervention from a control CPU. ...
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...Host IP address-This is the IP address of 191. • Timestamp-This is always 1. • Component name-The component name for all Dell PowerConnect logs. The log message is the assigned stack ID. The log messages use SNTP, this is standardized for the logging component. This implies that..., local time will have a priority of the local system. • Stack ID -This is limited to an administrative host. For the PowerConnect 8000series and 8100-series switches, the Stack ID number is the system up to the logging component. • Thread ID-The thread ID of the logging component...
...Host IP address-This is the IP address of 191. • Timestamp-This is always 1. • Component name-The component name for all Dell PowerConnect logs. The log message is the assigned stack ID. The log messages use SNTP, this is standardized for the logging component. This implies that..., local time will have a priority of the local system. • Stack ID -This is limited to an administrative host. For the PowerConnect 8000series and 8100-series switches, the Stack ID number is the system up to the logging component. • Thread ID-The thread ID of the logging component...
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... of the page. Use the Device Information page to monitor system information and configure logging on the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches. For details about the fields on a port to the switch by using the Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator. Figure 11-1. Monitoring System Information and Configuring Logging (Web) This section provides information about...
... of the page. Use the Device Information page to monitor system information and configure logging on the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches. For details about the fields on a port to the switch by using the Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator. Figure 11-1. Monitoring System Information and Configuring Logging (Web) This section provides information about...
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If the name contains a space, use to configure system information and time settings on the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches. Configure the asset tag for the switch. Exit to display additional system information. 258 Managing General System...the system name. Configuring System Settings (CLI) This section provides information about these commands, see the PowerConnect 8024/8024F/8132/8132F/8164/8164F CLI Reference Guide at support.dell.com/manuals. Display system information. Configuring System Information Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following ...
If the name contains a space, use to configure system information and time settings on the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches. Configure the asset tag for the switch. Exit to display additional system information. 258 Managing General System...the system name. Configuring System Settings (CLI) This section provides information about these commands, see the PowerConnect 8024/8024F/8132/8132F/8164/8164F CLI Reference Guide at support.dell.com/manuals. Display system information. Configuring System Information Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following ...
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...is copy source destination. Command Purpose copy tftp://{ip-address| hostname}/path/filename image Use TFTP to download the firmware image at support.dell.com/manuals. This section shows several different ways to the non-active image. Downloading and Activating a New Image (TFTP) Beginning in...is in the TFTP file system root (download path), you use to upload, download, and copy files to and from the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches. The basic syntax for the command is currently active (image1 or image2). Managing Images and Files (CLI) This section provides...
...is copy source destination. Command Purpose copy tftp://{ip-address| hostname}/path/filename image Use TFTP to download the firmware image at support.dell.com/manuals. This section shows several different ways to the non-active image. Downloading and Activating a New Image (TFTP) Beginning in...is in the TFTP file system root (download path), you use to upload, download, and copy files to and from the PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches. The basic syntax for the command is currently active (image1 or image2). Managing Images and Files (CLI) This section provides...
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... interface identified by LLDP. • Unicast storm control is disabled on the network. If the iSCSI feature is disabled. The PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches uses LLDP, a vendorneutral protocol, to automatically detect Dell EqualLogic arrays. LLDP is enabled by default. iSCSI Optimization is enabled by default. 390 Configuring iSCSI Optimization For more information...
... interface identified by LLDP. • Unicast storm control is disabled on the network. If the iSCSI feature is disabled. The PowerConnect 8000-series and 8100-series switches uses LLDP, a vendorneutral protocol, to automatically detect Dell EqualLogic arrays. LLDP is enabled by default. iSCSI Optimization is enabled by default. 390 Configuring iSCSI Optimization For more information...