Can someone help me understand LLDP?
I am a lone sysadmin with limited networking knowledge, however I'm learning quite a bit these days. One new thing I've been trying to learn about is LLDP because we are getting a new VoIP system...
View ArticleBetter to stack n1548 or uplink 10GbE?
Hi Dell Community.We have a stack of 2 n1548 we use in the role of access switches for phones and computers. This switch also handles routed fiber connections to our remote offices.We had an old Cisco...
View ArticleX1052 crashed/bricked after connecting SFP module
Hi I have for last 2 weeks used X1052 without any problem. I have setup 2 SFP+ ports (I use them in SFP mode) as LACP to connect to ZyXEL GS1920-24 on other end. Until yesterday I use only one port...
View ArticleTransmitted oversized packets: message on N-Series switches
Hi,we see a lot of "Transmitted oversized packets" on our N-series switches (N2000, N3000, and N4000). This happens most likely on uplink ports. As an example, here are the results from an N2000...
View ArticleIP ACL problems N-Series switch
Hi,defining a rule following the description on page 711 User Guide the swich notes "% Invalid input detected at '^' marker."for the following aclpermit every 10.10.10.0 0.0.1.255 10.50.10.0...
View ArticlePowerConnect N3048P too many logging messages
We have a few DELL N3048P switch stacks that are producing a lot of logging messages:NOT01-01-47-03#show verMachine Description............... Dell Networking SwitchSystem Model ID......................
View ArticleInformation about S2700 Switch
Overview:Huawei LS-S2700-9TP-SI-AC Switch,8 Ethernet 10/100 ports,1 dual-purpose 10/100/1000 or SFPNon-POE SwitchLayer 2 Ethernet SwitchFixed AC PowerSoftware: Standard VersionHuawei S2700 series...
View ArticleNo ICMP between vlans and a lot of Discarded packets
Hello to everyone,I have a stack of 3* N3048 Switches (running config attached). There are different vlans configured. The clients are connected to access mode ports. The Gateway for all vlans is the...
View ArticleS4048 Hardening Guide
Hello All,I am currently working on building a baseline hardening guide for the S4048. I was wondering if someone might have some tips or suggestions? I am new to the Dell networking products. Thanks...
View ArticleEndpoint ports: best practice
Hi,We are a small company, with a few Dell switches (5324, 5448 & 5548). These were installed a long time ago by previous IT staff and without any setup, just powered up and stuff plugged into...
View ArticlePowerconnect 3548 - New to managed switches
I've recently come to be hired by a small manufacturing company that employs 4 Powerconnect 3548 and 4 Powerconnect 3548P switches. Being that my previous IT jobs worked more with server hardware, VMs,...
View ArticleN3024 Switch Configuration
I have recently purchased a Dell N3024 switch to replace an older Cisco switch and router combination that is no longer suppported plus, I did not have access to the CLI on that equipment as it was...
View ArticleN-Series switch log message CLI_WEB[UtilTask]: cmd_logger_api.c(260) 6324951...
Hi,can one explain this log message?
View ArticleNetwork simulator?
Does anyone know if there is an updated (or any) simulator for the F10 MXL, S, or N series switches? I see the FTOS 9.11 emulator for the S series but looks like it's lacking a few things and hasn't...
View ArticleN2048 VPC/MLAG completely broken after upgrade to 6.3.3.10
Hi,I was getting a memory error every 30 seconds on this N2048 and I did some searching around and it said to try updating the firmware. I updated the firmware on one of the switches and rebooted it....
View ArticleUnable to share port between VLANs on old PowerConnect 2724
Greetings all, my company has an old PowerConnect 2724 switch and I'm passing the last month stuck in a odd situation: I want to create three VLANs for security purposes, with 1 specific port (of my...
View Articlevlt peer routing and ip helper configuration
i m planning to migrate to dual configuration of S4048-ON with vlt per routing and i m wondering what is the best configuration for ip helper configurationshould i put the configuation tto two...
View ArticleRIP version on S4048-ON version 9.10(0.1)
Hii have some trouble configuring rip on my force10 switchi would like to go to rip version 2 to be able to have cidr in the documentation i can read To specify the RIP version, use the version command...
View ArticleVLANs on Powerconnect 5548
My scenario is simple. I need to create two VLANs A, B. Ports 1-20 need to be able to access both VLANs A and B. The rest of the ports 21-48 only VLAN A. The purpose of the setup is to isolate a...
View Articlecan N3024F control the traffic bandwidth per port
HelloWe have N3024F we are working as ISPI'm wondering if i can control the traffic bandwidth per port , with N3024Ffor example port 4 should allow to use 350Mbps for upload and download traffic ,not...
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