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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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list known mac-addresses on Dell PowerConnect 5324

I have a Dell PowerConnect 5324 (SW version: 2.0.1.3) which I hardly ever use. I need to list out the mac-addresses it sees on certain ports, such as g23. I have fooled around with the cli and done a few google searches, but have not run across…
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How to upgrade an iSCSI Switch stack with minimal downtime?

We have several Dell 6248 swtich stacks (of 3 each) that form the backbone of our iSCSI Storage network. We need to perform firmware updates on the switch stacks, but are concerned about the downtime required. By way of information our storage is…
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Why DELL PowerConnect and Juniper are so rare ? Why do enterprises stick with Cisco?

I have a little question, I'm actually studing IT in France, and when looking on alternative on the very [...] very expensive Cisco equipments, I've found Juniper and DELL PowerConnect pretty attractive on features and price, but I rarely see…
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Redundant links from Router to Switches

With a setup of two NICs on a server into two different switches where each NIC has a different IP (But both on the same network), and then the switches to the router. How would I configure the two ports on the router to be redundant so that one…
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STP in a mixed environment

Good day all, We have some a mixed environment of Dell Powerconnect and Cisco switches. On both brands of switches, I am seeing numerous STP topology changes. I've decided to try on work on the Dell switches first. The root switch is a Cisco…
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Inexplicable STP Behaviour

I have a problem with a couple of Dell PowerConnect 6248 switches (latest firmware) connected to a pair of external (3rd party) switches providing Internet connectivity via HSRP. I'll post more detailed configuration when I get time, but briefly…
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Equivalent of Cisco's logging synchronous CLI command on Dell PowerConnect switch

When using the CLI of cisco devices, there is the "logging syncronous" command that keeps the log messages from interrupting the command prompt. Do Dell PowerConnect switches have a similar command somewhere?
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Why aren't certain devices getting an ip address over the wifi?

Here is how our network is setup: We have one Sonicwall NSA 3500 that feeds internet to the entire campus. Connected to the Sonicwall is a Dell PowerConnect 5548. Connected to that are the 4 main UAP's (Ubiquiti UniFi access points) for the main…
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LAN segregation for security reasons using VLAN

I was asked to segregate the testing environment in our network to improve our security. Our structure includes: 1 switch Dell Power Connect 3448 1 switch Dell Power Connect 2748 A few 5 ports Star Tech switches (work around to expand our cabling…
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Bridging two VLANs together

I have a connection to a network service provider with two VLANs on it. One VLAN has the internet. The service provider has defined a default router and assigned me a subnet of IPs attached to that router for me to use. The other VLAN is a…
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Bonded Gigabit Interfaces capped at ~500mbps each

This issue has been driving me nutty for days now! I recently bonded the eth0/eth1 interfaces on a few linux servers into bond1 with the following configs(same on all systems): DEVICE=bond0 ONBOOT=yes BONDING_OPTS="miimon=100 mode=4…
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Setting DST timespan on Dell N-series switches that span over newyears

I have a stack of brand new Dell N2048 switches. I am doing the initial setup, and am wanting to set up Daylight Savings Time for Australia. Our DST runs from October to April every year, but the switch will not let me configure this date/time…
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How to disable stacking mode (turn on standalone mode) on Dell PowerConnect 6248?

I know there's button on Dell 35xx that I can change the stacking status during the reboot. But on Dell 6248 I didn't find such function, nor did I find the way to disable in the manual. In Dell 6248's manual, it did mention when all Stacking LEDs…
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Should a Dell 5424 switch have an arp entry for every machine connected to it?

I've got a Dell 5424 with about 20 machines directly attached to it. I did a ping sweep of my network (and got answers from all 20), then went to the CLI of the switch and did show arp. To my surprise, I only see two arp entries: one for my…
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Dell PowerConnect 2824 - DHCP takes 30 - 40 seconds to respond

I have a very strange problem. DHCP requests (to my router, going through my PowerConnect switch) take 35 - 40 seconds. Here is my setup: Router (pfSense) --> PowerConnect 2824 switch --> LAN DHCP server is disabled on the PowerConnect 2824 but is…
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