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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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PowerConnect switches, Juniper firewalls and esx redundancy

Let me preface this question by saying that I am a developer and have basic knowledge of networking. My current job requires that I wear many hats. I am building out a DataCenter for our SaaS Application and have purchased all the hardware on…
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How to reset password for Dell PowerConnect 2708?

I do as the user manual says and press "Managed Mode" button to get into unmanaged mode and then press "Managed Mode" button again for managed mode. This should reset the device to factory defaults and username "Admin" with no password. However, the…
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VLANs through a trunk between Dell Powerconnect 6248 and 2848?

I have a Powerconnect 6248 connected to a 2848 and I am trying to get VLANS working on the 2848. VLANS work and receive DHCP addresses, traffic routes correctly and DNS works on the 6248. The DHCP, DNS server is connected to port 1 on the 6248. …
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How to Configure Different Gateways for Different VLANs

I have around 10 VLANs, and two different internet gateways. I want traffic on some VLANs to use one gateway, and traffic on other VLANs to use another gateway. (e.g. I wish to route server traffic via one gateway and desktop internet traffic down…
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Dell PowerConnect 2724 VLAN frame type filtering issue?

The endless VLAN headaches (and questions), eh? I really have no idea how to title this one, do not judge. I'm currently configuring VLANs on a Dell PowerConnect 2724 switch. Currently, all ports except 5 use PVID 1, no ingress filtering, admit all…
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Gigabit ports on Dell Powerconnect 2324 never worked

I have a Dell Powerconnect 2324 with Gigabit ports - 24 ports 10/100 ports with 2 Gigabit ports - that never worked. It's supposed to auto-detect everything, but even trying different combinations I never get any lights or connection on the 2…
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Dell PowerConnect SNMP stack member monitoring

I am looking to monitor a stack of Dell PowerConnect 6248p switches via SNMP. There is a stack of 3 switches that I want to monitor. Due to the stack being 1 logical unit it only has 1 IP, so when monitoring via Nagios as long as 1 switch in the…
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Drop Events on a Dell Powerswitch 2724

I have a rather simple network setup here at an office. We utilize a Sonicwall TZ205N, plugged into a Business-Class Cable modem for internet, and plugged into three Dell PowerConnect 2724 gigabit switches. The original configuration was a series of…
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Setting Up VLANS between a Dell PowerConnect 2824 and 2716

Goals: - Have two Dell switches trunked together with 1 cat5 cable. - Have VLANs of the same number/name passing traffic from switch to switch. - Not allowing any traffic from one VLAN to pass to a different VLAN. Switches Used: - Dell PowerConnect…
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Dell PowerConnect 2848 Link Aggregation

I saw some similar posts but nothing like my problem. Thing is, I have a R210II server with NIC Teaming enabled, so 2 nics look like 1. So far so good, both ports of the teammed nics are connected to my PowerConnect 2848. Theres only one base vlan…
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How to troubleshoot slow powerconnect 62xx management interface

Our Dell Powerconnect 62xx switches have a very high packetloss on the management interface. I presume this is caused by a new appliance which uses multicast for communication but I am not sure. Our network setup is following: servers a -> Dell…
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Stacking two Dell PowerConnect 6248's: do I need one or two cables?

I'm planning on stacking Dell PowerConnect 6248 switches together. I know that I need one stacking module in each switch, but I'm uncertain about the cabling. Since I only have two switches, do I need to loop them using two cables or will one…
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How to set a management IP on a Dell powerconnect 5524/5548 switch?

When you first power on a 5524, connected via the serial console, you are offered a setup wizard where you can enter the management IP/Net/Gateway and enter the admin password. HOWEVER, if you dont do this in 60 seconds, the wizard dissapears, and…
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Layer 3 switch routing

I need help moving over to using our layer 3 switch as the inter vlan routing device rather than our cisco router. I've mostly got it working but I've got stuck near the end and need some advice (I think I just need a bit of education on the subject…
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Q-BRIDGE-MIB representation of ports on Dell PowerConnect 6248

I have a Dell PowerEdge 6248 with a 2x10Gb uplink module. I'm trying to make sense of the representation of the ports from the following snmp output: Q-BRIDGE-MIB::dot1qVlanStaticUntaggedPorts.4081 = Hex-STRING: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00…
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