Forum Post: Port-Channel/Redundant links
Our company is in the middle of standing up a SAN between two colocation facilties. The two facilities will be connected via two layer 2 private leased lines, each side with a two member Dell N4064F...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Setting up VLANs on stacked 6224s (iSCSI and LAN)
VLAN 99 was created in my example so that if VLAN 1 needed to be routed, it could be. Since you are using VLAN 20 and 30, there is no need for VLAN 99. In some best practices documents they suggest...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Setting up VLANs on stacked 6224s (iSCSI and LAN)
Okay... None of my LAN devices access the SAN. All of the iSCSi connections happen directly between my VMware hosts and SAN over dedicated NICs (that will be connected to the iSCSI VLAN). The SAN...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Port-Channel/Redundant links
I cannot find a feature that fits the requirements you are looking for. The Link Aggregation feature has static and dynamic settings, and then the hashing algorithm can be changed. But I do not see...
View ArticleForum Post: Dell Networking N3024 Gi1/0/10 is transitioned from the...
In my Dell Networking N3024 ORACLE port is transitioned from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state in instance 0 How to resolve Thanks Notice Jan 13 00:55:40 TRAPMGR Gi1/0/10 is transitioned from...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: 10 mb on dell 5548
Hello All i'm new to dell switches as I come from a cisco environment. can someone tell me the commands on how to dis-able and enable ports on a powerconnect 5548. Thank you
View ArticleForum Post: PC6248p - How to protect core switch's IP address? DAI?
I recently had a situation where we had an apparent network outage which manifested itself as all external links went down which implicated the core switch, which also performs all required routing.
View ArticleForum Post: Dis-ableing and enabling port commands
Hello All I'm new to dell switches as I come from a cisco environment. can someone tell me the commands on how to dis-able and enable ports on a powerconnect 5548. thank you Ralph
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dell Networking N3024 Gi1/0/10 is transitioned from the...
The first thing I suggest looking at is what device plugs into port Gi1/0/10? Troubleshooting steps can differ based on the device plugged into that port. Where is this switch located in your network,...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Setting up VLANs on stacked 6224s (iSCSI and LAN)
My last question would be... If I setup the IP for VLAN 30 as 192.168.1.250 for management from the LAN side, what do I set the device IP to during the Easy Setup Wizard phase (I'll be clearing the old...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Dis-ableing and enabling port commands
The command # shutdown, will disable an interface. The command # no shutdown, will enable the interface.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Setting up VLANs on stacked 6224s (iSCSI and LAN)
During setup the IP address that is configured is assigned to the management VLAN, VLAN 1. Since you wont be using VLAN 1, you can leave it blank or assign a generic IP address. Do not assign a...
View ArticleForum Post: Connecting Multiple 6248's
I currently have 2x PC6248's that are stacked with YY741 stacking module and 2x Dell F4XF-F4XF 1 meter cables between them and it's all working fine. # show stack-port indicates that xg1 and xg2 are in...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: High CPU for ipMapForwardingTask
FYI - we are seeing this issue on all our 8024F (three) units that are in Layer 3 mode. We have been chasing it as a STP issue but are not turning up anything STP. Logs were set to debug hoping to...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: PowerConnect 5424 erase file system
If there is an Admin password set on the switch, try using it. Also try using "Kenan" as the password. Let us know if that works.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Connecting Multiple 6248's
that distance is too far for stacking. Both the Stacking module and 10GE CX4 module can be configured to either role (Ethernet or Stacking). By default, each module functions according to its module...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Connecting Multiple 6248's
The only other question I have is, if I'm reading correctly, the 10GBase-T X901C are for Ethernet connections and explicitly can not be used for stacking, correct??? Or am I mistaken and I could run...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Connecting Multiple 6248's
The 10GBase-T modules are for Ethernet only, they must be used in bay 2. With them installed you can use Cat6/7 to connect the switches together, but it would be a Trunk connection and not a stacking...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Confusing Config and Routing
Port 6 is setup as a general mode port with the PVID set to VLAN 12. Any untagged packets the port receives will be placed on VLAN 12. Your workstation sends untagged frames, and this works fine when...
View ArticleForum Post: Connecting Dell M630 10G LOM with Cisco 2960X-24TS-L (10G SFP+ to...
Hope you are doing fine. I have a Blade Chassis with 10G Pass through in Fabric A1/A2, 2 Blade servers which are running on Oracle Linux 7.2; and an external switch pair Cisco 2960X-24TS-L with 4 SFP...
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