Dell S60- Manuals

S60 Quick Start Guide 3 This document is intended to aid you with quick installation and set-up of a new S60 system. • For complete S60 installation information, including illustrations and display details, refer to Installing the S60 System (included in the shipping box with the new chassis). To in...

4 Hardware Installation Install the S60 chassis in a rack or cabinet Attach mounting brackets The S60 is shipped with mounting brackets (rack ears) and required screws for rack or cabinet installation. The brackets are enclosed in a package with the chassis. . Follow these steps to attach the bracke...

S60 Quick Start Guide 5 Install chassis into rack or cabinet Ensure that there is adequate clearance surrounding the rack or within the cabinet to permit access and airflow. If you are installing two S60 switches side-by-side, position the two chassis at least 5 inches (12.7 cm) apart to permit prop...

6 Hardware Installation Insert Optional Modules The S60 system has expansion slots at the front left and the rear right of the chassis, that can be used for SFP+ devices.The following table lists the modules that can be installed into these slots. The modules are hot-swappable; you can insert or rep...

S60 Quick Start Guide 7 Install the SFP and SFP+ optics The S60 has 4 SFP optical ports in the front of the chassis in addition to the optional SFP+ optical modules. To install SFP or SFP+ optics into an open port, follow the steps below: 6 Remove the module from its packaging and slide the module i...

8 Hardware Installation Supply power and power up the system Supply power to the S60 after they are mounted in a rack (or on a table) and the optional modules are installed. AC power Connect the plug to each AC receptacle, making sure that the power cord is secure. As soon as the cable is connected ...

S60 Quick Start Guide 9 This document is intended to aid you with quick installation and set-up of a new S60 system. • For complete information regarding the configuration of the S60 and FTOS features, refer to the FTOS Configuration Guide for the S60 and the FTOS Command Line Reference Guide for th...

10 Getting Started Figure 1 S60 serial console port connector To access the console port, follow the procedures below. Refer to Table 1 for the console port pinout. Accessing the RJ-45 console port with a DB-9 adapter You can connect to the console using an RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter along with the RJ-45...

S60 Quick Start Guide 11 Access the USB-B console port The S60 has 2 management ports available for system access: a console port and a USB-B port. The USB-B ports acts exactly as the console port. The terminal settings are the same, and the S60 sends all messages to the USB-B drive when it is conne...

S60 Quick Start Guide 13 Figure 3 Completed Boot Process Default Configuration A version of FTOS is pre-loaded onto the chassis, however the system is not configured when you power up for the first time (except for the default hostname, which is Force10). You must configure the system using the CLI,...

14 Getting Started Configure a Host Name The host name appears in the prompt. The default host name is force10 . • Host names must start with a letter and end with a letter or digit. • Characters within the string can be letters, digits, and hyphens. To configure a host name: Figure 4 illustrates th...

S60 Quick Start Guide 15 1. Configure an IP address for the management port. See Configure the Management Port IP Address . 2. Configure a management route with a default gateway. See Configure a Management Route . 3. Configure a username and password. See Configure a Username and Password . Configu...

16 Getting Started To configure a username and password: Access the S-Series Remotely ( on a non-management port) The S-Series does not have a dedicated management port nor a separate management routing table. Configure any port on the S-Series to be the port through which you manage the system and ...

S60 Quick Start Guide 17 Figure 5 Configuring the S-Series for Remote Access Configure the Enable Password Access the EXEC Privilege mode using the enable command. The EXEC Privilege mode is unrestricted by default. Configure a password as a basic security measure. There are two types of enable pass...

18 Getting Started The E-Series EtherScale platform architecture uses MMC cards for both the internal and external Flash memory. MMC cards support a maximum of 100 files. The E-Series TeraScale and ExaScale platforms architecture use Compact Flash for the internal and external Flash memory. It has a...

S60 Quick Start Guide 19 Important Points to Remember • You may not copy a file from one remote system to another. • You may not copy a file from one location to the same location. • The internal flash memories on the RPMs are synchronized whenever there is a change, but only if both RPMs are runnin...

20 Getting Started View Files File information and content can only be viewed on local file systems. To view a list of files on the internal or external Flash: The output of the command dir also shows the read/write privileges, size (in bytes), and date of modification for each file, as shown in Fig...

S60 Quick Start Guide 21 Figure 8 Viewing a List of Files in the Internal Flash To view the contents of a file: View Configuration Files Configuration files have three commented lines at the beginning of the file, as shown in Figure 9 , to help you track the last time any user made a change to the f...

22 Getting Started Figure 9 Tracking Changes with Configuration Comments File System Management The Force10 system can use the internal Flash, external Flash, or remote devices to store files. It stores files on the internal Flash by default but can be configured to store files elsewhere. To view fi...

S60 Quick Start Guide 23 Figure 11 Alternative Storage Location View command history The command-history trace feature captures all commands entered by all users of the system with a time stamp and writes these messages to a dedicated trace log buffer. The system generates a trace message for each e...