Dell PowerConnect 5212- Manuals

Back to Contents Page Installation Dell™ PowerConnect™ 5212 Systems User's Guide Package Contents   Before you begin installing the switch, confirm that your package contains the following items: l   Switch l   AC power cable l   Null modem cable l   Self-adhesive rubber pads for desktop installatio...

Connecting the Console Port   The switch provides an RS-232 serial port that enables a connection to a computer or terminal for monitoring and configuring the switch. This port is a male DB-9 connector, implemented as a data terminal equipment (DTE) connection.   To use the console port, you need th...

  Console#   After your initial login, define new passwords for both default user names to prevent unauthorized access to the switch, and record the passwords for future reference. 1.   At the CLI login prompt, enter admin as the user name and password for the Privileged Exec level. Press <Enter&...

1.   From the Privileged Exec level global configuration mode prompt, type interface vlan 1 to access the interface-configuration mode. Press <Enter>. 2.   At the next prompt, use one of the following commands: l   To obtain IP settings through DHCP, type ip address dhcp l   To obtain IP setti...

Back to Contents Page Management Interface Dell™ PowerConnect™ 5212 Systems User's Guide   With web- based management, you can configure the PowerConnect 5212 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch and monitor the system using a web browser.   Most pages for the switch include the following buttons: l   Re...

Switch   The Switch page contains all system operations and general information. It includes links to the following options: l   General — Allows you to view general system information and perform general administration l   IP Address — Allows you to view or edit Internet Protocol (IP) parameters l ...

l   System Location   To save any changes you make in this page, click Apply Changes . If you don't want to save the changes, click Refresh .   CLI Commands   The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for items in the Switch/General/Asset page.   Example   Console(config)#hostname S...

  ------------------- DONE --------------------   Console# Health   The Health page contains the following information: l   Internal Power Status l   Redundant Power Status   The power status is indicated by the following icons: l   Green check — Power is connected and operating. l   Red cross — Pow...

  Service tag            :3      Hardware version       :/2002      Number of ports        :12      Main power status      :up      Redundant power status :up    Agent(master)     Unit id                :1      Loader version         :1.0.0.0      Boot rom version       :1.0.0.2      Operation code ...

  Loader version         :1.0.0.0      Boot rom version       :1.0.0.2      Operation code version :0.0.0.5    Console# System Logs Configuration   The system can be configured to send debug and error messages to a logging process. This logging process controls the type of error messages that are st...

CLI Commands   The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for items in the Switch/General/System Logs page.   Example   Console(config)#logging on   Console(config)#logging history ram 0   Console(config)#   Console#show logging flash   Syslog logging: Disable   History logging in FL...

  The Logs page allows you to scroll through the logged system and event messages. The switch can store up to 2048 log entries in temporary RAM (memory flushed on power reset) and up to 4096 entries in permanent flash memory.   Remote Logs Configuration   The Switch/General/Remote Logs page allows y...

Syslog logging: Enable   REMOTELOG status: enable   REMOTELOG facility type: local use 7   REMOTELOG level type: Warning conditions   REMOTELOG server ip address: 10.1.0.9   REMOTELOG server ip address: 0.0.0.0   REMOTELOG server ip address: 0.0.0.0   REMOTELOG server ip address: 0.0.0.0   REMOTELOG...

CLI Commands   The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for items in the Switch/IP Address page.   Example   Console(config)#interface vlan 1   Console(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.5 255.255.255.0   Console(config-if)#exit   Console(config)#ip default-gateway 192.168.1.254   Con...

CLI Commands   The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI command for items in the Switch/IP Address/DHCP page.   Security   The Security page contains links to the following information: l   Passwords l   SSH l   Authentication Settings l   HTTPS Passwords   You should change the default pas...

CLI Commands   The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for items in the Switch/Security/Passwords page.     Example   Console(config)#enable password level 15 0 admin   Console(config)#username bob access-level 15   Console(config)#username bob password smith   Console(config)# SS...

  SSH authentication timeout: 100   SSH authentication retries: 5   Console#show ssh   Information of secure shell   Session Username Version Encrypt method Negotiation state   ------- -------- ------- -------------- -----------------   0 admin 1.5 cipher-3des session-started   Console# Authenticati...

Example   Console(config)#authentication login local radius tacacs   Console(config)#radius-server host 192.168.1.25   Console(config)#radius-server port 181   Console(config)#radius-server key green   Console(config)#radius-server retransmit 5   Console(config)#radius-server timeout 10   Console(co...

  When you start HTTPS, the client and server establish a secure encrypted connection. A padlock icon should appear in the status bar for Internet Explorer 5.x and Netscape Navigator 4.x.   The Switch/Security/HTTPS page contains the following editable fields: l   HTTPS Status — Allows you to enable...

  The switch provides more efficient large sequential data transfers by supporting jumbo frames up to 9000 bytes. Compared to standard Ethernet frames that run only up to 1500 bytes, using jumbo frames significantly reduces the per-packet overhead required to process protocol encapsulation fields.  ...

  The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for items in the Switch/Firmware page.     Example   Console#copy tftp file   TFTP server ip address: 10.1.0.45   Choose file type:   1. config: 2. opcode: <1-2>: 2   Source file name: runtime   Destination file name: 0126.bix   /   ...

CLI Commands   The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI command for items in the Switch/Reset page.   Example   Console#reload   System will be restarted, continue <y/n>? y   Console# Ports   The Port Manager contains links to the following options: l   Port Configuration l   Trunk Co...

Example   Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/5   Console(config-if)#   Console(config-if)#description RD SW#3   Console(config-if)#no negotiation   Console(config-if)#speed-duplex 100half   Console(config-if)#flowcontrol Trunk Configuration   On the Trunk Configuration page, you can enable and dis...

  Console(config-if)#speed-duplex 100half   Console(config-if)#flowcontrol Broadcast Control   In the Broadcast Control page, you can enable and disable broadcast control for all ports on the switch.   The Broadcast Control page also contains the following editable fields: l   Broadcast Control Stat...

Port Mirroring   From the Port Mirroring page, you can configure a port mirror session by setting a source and destination port pair. Port mirroring helps you debug a network.     The following options are available: l   Sessions Table — Displays the current port mirror session l   Source Port — Spe...

Console(config-if)#port monitor ethernet 1/5 both   Console(config-if)# Port Security   Port security allows you to configure a switch port with one or more device MAC addresses that are authorized to access the network through that port.   When port security is enabled on a port, the switch stops l...

  To configure port security on a trunk, check the Security Status checkbox next to the trunk number. Configured trunks are listed at the bottom of the page, underneath the port listing.   To save any changes you make in this page, click Apply Changes . If you don't want to save the changes, click R...

  Console(config-if)#port security   Console(config-if)# Address Table   The Address Table page includes links to the following pages: l   Static Addresses l   Dynamic Addresses l   Address Aging Static Addresses   From the Static Addresses page, you can specify the Media Access Control (MAC) addres...

  Example   Console(config)#mac-address-table static 00-e0-29-94-34-de ethernet 1/1 vlan 1 delete-on-reset   Console(config)# Dynamic Addresses   The Dynamic Address lookup table allows you to view the MAC addresses that are currently in the address database. When addresses are in the database, the ...

default is 300 seconds.)   To save any changes you make in this page, click Apply Changes . If you don't want to save the changes, click Refresh .   CLI Commands   The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI command for items in the Address Tabled/Address Aging page.   Example   Console(config...

Bridge Settings   The Bridge Settings page contains the following information: l   Bridge ID — Identifies a unique identifier for the switch in the Spanning Tree. The ID is calculated using the defined Spanning Tree priority of the switch and its MAC address. The lower the Bridge ID, the more likely...

  Console(config)#spanning-tree max-age 20   Console(config)#spanning-tree priority 40000 Advanced Bridge Settings   From the Advanced Bridge Settings page, under Attributes , you can configure the following parameters: l   Path Cost Method — The path cost is used to determine the best path between ...

  Console(config)# Port and Trunk Settings   You can configure RSTP attributes for specific interfaces, including port priority, path cost, link type, and edge port. You may use a different priority or path cost for ports of the same media type to indicate the preferred path, link type to indicate a...

Console(config-if)#no spanning-tree edge-port   Console#spanning-tree protocol-migration ethernet 1/5 VLAN   You can use virtual LANs (VLANs) to assign ports on the switch to any of up to 255 LAN groups. In conventional networks with routers, broadcast and multicast traffic is split up into separate...

  Console(config-vlan)#exit   Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/1   Console(config-if)#switchport allowed vlan add 105,7,9 tagged   Console(config-if)#exit   Console(config)#exit   Console#show vlan id 105   VLAN Name      Status    Ports/Channel groups    ---- -------- --------- ----------------...

Console(config-if)#switchport acceptable-frame-types tagged   Console(config-if)#switchport ingress-filtering   Console(config-if)# Trunk Settings   On the Trunk Settings page, you can specify the default port VLAN ID (PVID) for ports that are configured as trunk members. When an untagged packet ent...

Console(config)#bridge-ext gvrp   Console(config)# Class of Service   Class of Service (CoS) allows you to assign priority to data packets when traffic in the switch is buffered due to congestion. This switch supports CoS by using four priority queues for each port. Data packets in a port's high-pri...

  Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/3   Console (config-if)#switchport priority default 5 Trunk Settings   On the Trunk Settings page, you can specify the default port priority for each port in a switch trunk. All packets entering the switch that are untagged (do not already have a priority value...

       1       3         2       4 5         3       6 7    .   .   . Queue Scheduling   In the Queue Scheduling page, you can configure Weighted Round Robin (WRR) queueing for the switch ports.   The following options are available: l   WRR Setting Table — Displays a list of weight values for each ...

SNMP   The SNMP page contains links to the following pages: l   Communities l   Traps l   IP Filtering Communities   On the Communities page, you can create different communities and customize access. The public string has read-only privileges by default.   The following options are available: l   S...

Console(config)# Traps   On the Traps page, you can specify management stations that receive authentication failure messages and other trap messages from the switch.     The following options are available: l   Trap Manager Capability — Indicates that the switch supports up to five trap managers l  ...

Console(config)#snmp-server host 10.1.19.23   Console(config)#snmp-server enable traps link-up-down   Console(config)# IP Filtering   On the SNMP/IP Filtering page, you can create a list of up to 16 IP addresses or IP address groups that are allowed access to the switch via SNMP management software....

  The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI command for items in the SNMP/IP Filtering page.   Example   Console(config)#snmp ip filter 10.1.2.3 255.255.255.255   Console(config)# Multicast Support   Multicasting is used to support real-time programs such as video conferencing or streaming a...

  Console(config)#exit   Console#show ip igmp snooping     Service status: Enabled      Querier status: Enabled      Query count: 10      Query interval: 100 sec      Query max response time: 20 sec      Router port expire time: 300 sec      IGMP snooping version: Version 1    Console# IGMP Member P...

  ---- ------------------ -------     1  Eth 1/ 5            Static    Console# Statistics   From the Statistics page, you can chart a variety of system data. You can see the value of each bar or line in the chart by clicking the bar. For each chart, after you have set all the variables, click Draw ...

Back to Contents Page VLANs Dell™ PowerConnect™ 5212 Systems User's Guide    VLANs and Frame Tagging    VLAN Configuration    Automatic VLAN Registration    VLAN Examples VLANs and Frame Tagging   The PowerConnect 5212 switch supports IEEE 802.1Q-compliant virtual LANs (VLANs). This capability provi...

l   In the VLAN Membership page, if a U is assigned to a port and VLAN, packets leaving the switch from that port and VLAN are untagged. If a T is assigned to a port and VLAN, packets leaving the switch from that port and VLAN are tagged with the respective ID for the VLAN to which that port belongs...

VLAN Examples   The following two examples demonstrate typical web-interface VLAN configurations for the switch. l   Example 1 demonstrates a simple two-group VLAN setup. l   Example 2 demonstrates a more elaborate setup, illustrating all possible scenarios for a comprehensive understanding of tagge...

8.   To allow untagged packets to participate in the new VLAN, change the Port VLAN IDs for the relevant ports in the Port Settings page. 9.   Click Apply Changes to save any changes. Click Refresh if you don't want to save the changes.   Example 2   Example 2 illustrates a more complicated setup an...

Back to Contents Page Appendix Dell™ PowerConnect™ 5212 Systems User's Guide    Troubleshooting    Downloading Firmware Through the Console Port    Technical Specifications    Getting Help    Regulatory Notices Troubleshooting   This section explains how to isolate and diagnose problems with the swi...

¡   Your management station has management VLAN access (see " Management VLAN Access "). ¡   The switch is powered up. ¡   You have a valid network connection to the switch and the port you are using has not been disabled. l   Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) management software can...

  In the preceding figure, the management VLAN is different on each switch, with the Layer 3 switch interconnecting the VLANs. The ports that interconnect the switches are configured as tagged ports. The ports on the Layer 3 switch that connect to the other switches must be configured as members of ...

Runtime Image Filename : run_10030   Updating file system.   File system updated.   [Press any key to continue] 12.   To set the new downloaded file as the startup file, click the [S]et Startup File menu option. 13.   When you have finished downloading code files, click the [C]hange Baudrate menu op...

3.   If the preceding steps have not resolved the problem, contact Dell. NOTE: Call technical support from a telephone near or at the computer so that technical support can assist you with any necessary procedures. NOTE: Dell's Express Service Code system may not be available in all countries.   Whe...

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Regulatory Notices FCC Compliance Statement   This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy. If not installed and used properly, in strict accordance with the instructions provided with the equipment, it might cause interference to radio and TV communication.  The equipment has been teste...

  This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment g...

  This is a Class A product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) for information technology equipment. If this equipment is used in a domestic environment, radio disturbance may arise. When such trouble occurs, the user may be required to take corrective act...

Back to Contents Page Caution: Safety Instructions Dell™ PowerConnect™ 5212 Systems User's Guide     Use the following safety guidelines to ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your system from potential damage. General l   Observe and follow service markings. Do not service any produ...

l   Position system cables and power cables carefully; route cables so that they cannot be stepped on or tripped over. Be sure that nothing rests on any cables. l   Do not modify power cables or plugs. Consult a licensed electrician or your power company for site modifications. Always follow your lo...

Back to Contents Page     CAUTION: A qualified electrician must perform all connections to DC power and to safety grounds. All electrical wiring must comply with applicable local or national codes and practices.   CAUTION: Never defeat the ground conductor or operate the equipment in the absence of ...