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Dell PowerConnect Network Switches

Dell PowerConnect is Dell's product line of business networking devices. They connect computers and servers in mostly small to medium sized networks. They are available in pre-configured unmanaged models as well as managed models for flexibility in managing traffic.

There are two main model lines of PowerConnect switches. The classic line are 8-48 port 100Mbps/1Gbps/10Gbps ethernet switches, unmanaged and managed.

The B-series, J-series, and W-series are re-branded Brocade, Juniper, and Aruba Networks switches respectively and target the enterprise network market.

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Making a L3 Switch Pretend to be an L2 Switch

Note: I am not a network engineer. My background is coding but I'm just helping someone out with a small hardware upgrade. Basically, we're talking about a small network of 14 computers currently running on a bog-standard 100Mbit 3Com switch. We've…
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Anyone love/hate the PowerConnect line of switches from Dell?

I am looking at replacing some unmanaged 16 port store bought GB switches and wanted to go with Cisco but it may be cost prohibitive. Instead I am looking at ProCurve or Dell's PowerConnect line up. I am looking for SNMP, Management, VLANs, and…
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Dell PowerConnect 2824 VLAN isolation question

We have an environment with 4 Hyper-V servers connected through a Dell PowerConnect 2824 switch to two Cisco PIX redundant firwalls. Right now, it all works without a VLAN, but I want to isolate some of the traffic, so I need to set a VLAN tag on a…
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How to remove second ip address from a vlan interface on a switch?

I am using ssh to remotely connect to a Dell PowerConnect switch (Dell uses the same commands as Cisco). I need to change the ip address of vlan 1 from 192.x.x.x to 10.x.x.x. I am able to add the new address of 10.x.x.x by: console(config-if)# ip…
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Broadcom NIC Teaming w/ 802.3ad and Dell Powerconnect 2824

We have a Poweredge R210 running WS2K8R2. The server has two Broadcom 5716C NICs running Broadcom BASP. I can team the NICs using the 802.3ad protocol on the server end no problem. I have no VLAN. Now I go to the 2824 switch (default settings all…
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Reset Button on Dell PowerConnect 5324

The instructions for this switch say about the reset button on the front of the switch: "The reset button, located on the front panel, manually resets the device." Well thanks Dell :-) Is a reset the same as the 'reload' command on Cisco, or…
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Dell PowerConnect 5324 ignoring DHCPOFFER

I've recently procured a "new" Dell PowerConnect 5324. The firmware is updated to the current version and most of it works just fine. The exception is DHCP. When I enable DHCP, it cannot seem to request an IP successfully. "show ip interface" gives…
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Managed Switch Stability

Our office has been experiencing a series of rolling internet outages over the last couple of weeks which is driving everyone crazy. After isolating a few individual components, my current theory is that this might be due to a failing Dell…
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Dell PowerConnect Link Aggregation Failover Failed

We are a small office with two Dell PowerConnect 5548 switches that, together, cover all of our servers and hosts. I had them connected using ports 47 and 48, which I placed in a LAG. Port 47 was using a fiber converter box on each end that was…
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Rear Rack Ears for Dell PowerConnect 2824 Switch

I've been looking for a solution to mount the Dell switch from the back instead of the front, since we don't have a rack for switches yet.. My original thought was to find some special rack ears that are extended and reversed so that they can be…
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Setting Up VLAN on Dell Switches

I need to create a vlan on a dell switch. I'm brand new to vlans, and have a few simple questions. I have the MAC addresses for devices that are plugged into the switch, how can I figure out which devices map to which ports? From what I've seen…
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Spanning Tree Necessary With 2 Stacked Dell Managed Switches?

I have a PowerConnect 6248 and 6224P stacked with the 6248 acting as the managing switch. They're connected using the 48Gbps stacking module with 2 cables running between the switches. Do I need to have STP on for this configuration? I'm not…
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NIC Bonding/balance-rr with Dell PowerConnect 5324

I'm trying to get NIC bonding to work with balance-rr so that three NIC ports are combined, so that instead of getting 1 Gbps we get 3 Gbps. We are doing this on two servers connected to the same switch. However, we're only getting the speed of one…
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Portfast on a trunk port on a Cisco 3750

Good morning everyone! Some history, we have mixed environment of Dell Powerconnect 6248 switches and Cisco 3750 switches and a Cisco 6500 core for our Head office. We have two VLANs 1 & 20 where 20 is used for our VoIP, therefore ports need to be…
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Attempting to configure Dell PowerConnect 6244 No Output from Serial Port

I am trying to configure a Dell PowerConnect 6224 Switch managed switch. The documentation for setup can be found here. However I am unable to connect via serial port to the switch. I do not have access to a laptop with a serial port and Windows…
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