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Link Aggregation between stacked N4032's and stacked 6442's
Up until last evening, I had a (4) port LAG between 2xN4032s & 2x6224's each in an indpendant stack configuration. These switches are being used as a path from our VMWARE system to our corporate...
View ArticleForeign pdu on interface
Im getting so many of theses in the 7048P logsany clue what would be causing thisSwitch is connect 10Gig via module to Fortinet firewall and by 4 fiber ports to 4-5424 switchesthksGlenn
View Articleswitchport mode general & switchport access
What if a switch port is configured withc switchport general PVID and switchport access vlan ? Which one is invalid?
View Articleunable to access VLAN Management Port Dell N2024
hi all , need help how to change the management vlan 1 to vlan 80 that i created . The CLI Command not same as power connect 6224 as follows :enableconfigureip address vlan 80(this does not work...
View ArticleProblem with rebooting switches 5548 in stack
Hi,First I would like to describe current configuration:I have 8 switches: 5548, all have the same (the newest) firmware and boot image. I've manually set stack id from1 to 8. During this operation,...
View ArticleQuestion about "Networking Best Practices - Connecting Two Switches" article
Hi,I would like to warn, I'm newbie :-(Ther is an example "Layer 3 + Layer 2 with an external router" in this article. My question is: how does the switch B know where is the router? We add route only...
View ArticleDell 6248P - Guest Wifi VLAN config
I am attempting to recover the set up of a VLAN. The VLAN is for guest wireless traffic to go through our main switches and out to an ADSL router but I am running into some difficulties.We have 3 Unifi...
View ArticleVLAN Mirroring
Hi,I have a stack of six 5548P switches with 2 VLANs (Voice and Data). We recently bought a call recording application that requires to mirror the voice traffic we want to record. Is it possible to...
View ArticleN Series Switches SNMP info
I had a questions about snmp info from the N series switches. Specifically an N3024 with the latest FW.When I query the switch, or more so, add it to my monitoring systems, it pulls in all "link...
View Articlex4012 high availability configuration?
Has anyone been playing with this new switch? I see it is poised from Dell to act as a backend core switch. It seems the x-1052? is specified in places to establish redundant connection to other hosts....
View ArticleM6220 switch stack problem
Hi AllI have a stack of 4 M6220 switches, I have just updated the firmware to 5.1 all went well apart from switch 1 a member switch. I upload the image and set the switch to use image 2 the reload...
View ArticleVLAN config on PowerConnect 5524
Hello, I would like to set up a simple VLAN to isolate SAN iSCSI traffic on my PowerConnect 5524 from the rest of my network. I am using the OpenManage Switch Administrator. I want to make absolutely...
View ArticleN3048P odd log entry
Hi all,Doesn't seem to be causing us any problems but I have noticed this error showing up fairly frequently in the logs for a couple of weeks now, in our stack of 3 N3048P's. "DOT1Q Cannot configure...
View ArticleSpanning tree routing bridge
Good day to AllI have a problem in my network with an old device with a 10mbit half duplex nic - we have Powerconnect N3048 switches in the rack - we found that they don't play well with the old...
View ArticlePowerConnect 6248 VLAN IP communication issue over trunk
Scenario:I have a switch (6248 without IP routing) which hangs off my core switch (6248 with IP routing) via cat5 cable, ports either side configured as trunk carrying vlan X.Problem:PowerConnect 6248...
View ArticlePowerEdge M1000e 10gb nightmares
Hi, I have a Dell M1000 chasis with 3 Dell PowerEdge M620 and 4 Dell PowerConnect M6220.I have installed the 10gb TBase card into the powerconnect.I cannot figure out at all how to give the blades...
View ArticleDELL S6000 and GVRP
Hello,Why GVRP create/registre Vlan on single port?#show vlanG 16 Active G Po117(Te 0/117,Te 1/117)
View ArticleSpanning tree topology change causes network downtime
We had some serious network connection problems caused by spanning tree topology changes. Our root switch is set with the lowest STP priority and this root switch also never changes, so this setting is...
View ArticleProblem IP Routing on Switch N3024P
Hi all,I have a problem regarding ip routing in the core switch N3024P. There are several different IP segments that can not be accessed.Example:IP device connected in the core switch: 172.16.31.5/24I...
View ArticleN2000 MAC ACL - I need help on configuring only to allow mac address to pass...
we have a subnet that we only want certain mac address to pass through. Is it possible to add all the mac address into the config . if it match, move forward, if it doesn't exist deny access to the...
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