EMC PowerSwitch N3000E-ON Series

Dell EMC PowerSwitch N3000E-ON Series User guide

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Dell EMC Networking N-Series
N1100-ON, N1500, N2000,
N2100-ON, N3000, N3100-ON,
and N4000 Switches
User’s Configuration
Guide
Version 6.5.1.x - N2000/N2100-ON/N3000/N3100-ON/
N4000 Series Switches
Version 6.4.x.x - N1100-ON Series Switches
Regulatory Models: E04W, E05W, E06W,
E07W, E15W, E16W, E17W, E18W,
PowerConnect 8132, PowerConnect 8132F,
PowerConnect 8164, PowerConnect 8164F
Notes and Cautions
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
your computer.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if
instructions are not followed.
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Information in this publication is subject to change without notice.
Copyright © 2018 Dell EMC Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and
international copyright and intellectual property laws. Dell EMCâ„¢ and the Dell EMC logo are
trademarks of Dell EMC Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names
mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
Marketing Models: N1108T-ON, N1108P-ON, N1124T-ON, N1124P-ON, N1148T-ON, N1148P-ON, N1524, N1524P, N1548, N1548P, N2024,
N2024P, N2048, N2048P, N2128PX-ON, N3024, N3024F, N3024P, N3048, N3048P, N3048EP-ON, N3132PX-ON, N4032, N4032F, N4064,
N4064F
Regulatory Models: E04W, E05W, E06W, E07W, E15W, E16W, E17W, E18W, PowerConnect 8132, PowerConnect 8132F,
PowerConnect 8164, PowerConnect 8164F
February 2018 Rev. A05
Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Audience
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Document Conventions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Additional Documentation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
2 Switch Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
System Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Multiple Management Options
. . . . . . . . . . . 58
System Time Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Log Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Integrated DHCP Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Management of Basic Network Information
. . . . 59
IPv6 Management Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Dual Software Images
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
File Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Switch Database Management Templates
. . . . 61
Automatic Installation of Firmware and
Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
sFlow
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs
. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
CDP Interoperability Through ISDP
. . . . . . . . 63
Remote Monitoring (RMON)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 63
N3000 Series Advanced and Advanced-Lite
Firmware Images
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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Stacking Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Mixed and Single Series Stacking
. . . . . . . . . 66
Single IP Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Master Failover with Transparent Transition
. . . . 67
Nonstop Forwarding on the Stack
. . . . . . . . . 68
Hot Add/Delete and Firmware
Synchronization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Security Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Configurable Access and Authentication
Profiles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Password-Protected Management Access
. . . . 69
Strong Password Enforcement
. . . . . . . . . . . 69
TACACS+ Client
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
RADIUS Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SSH/SSL
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Inbound Telnet Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Denial of Service
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Port Protection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Captive Portal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
802.1X Authentication (IEEE 802.1X)
. . . . . . . . 72
MAC-Based 802.1X Authentication
. . . . . . . . . 73
802.1X Monitor Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
MAC-Based Port Security
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Access Control Lists (ACLs)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Time-Based ACLs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
IP Source Guard (IPSG)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
DHCP Snooping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dynamic ARP Inspection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Protected Ports (Private VLAN Edge)
. . . . . . . . 75
Green Technology Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Energy Detect Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Energy Efficient Ethernet
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Contents 5
Power Utilization Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Power over Ethernet (PoE) Plus Features
. . . . . . . . 77
Key PoE Plus Features for the Dell EMC
Networking N1108P-ON, N1124P-ON, N1148P-ON,
N2024P, N2048P, N2128PX-ON, N3024P, N3048P,
and N3132PX-ON Switches
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Plus
Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
PoE Plus Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
PoE 60W Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Powered Device Detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
PoE Power Management Modes
. . . . . . . . . . 79
Power Management in Guard Band
. . . . . . . . 81
PoE Plus Default Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Switching Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Flow Control Support (IEEE 802.3x)
. . . . . . . . . 84
Head of Line Blocking Prevention
. . . . . . . . . 84
Alternate Store and Forward (ASF)
. . . . . . . . . 84
Jumbo Frames Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Auto-MDI/MDIX Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
VLAN-Aware MAC-based Switching
. . . . . . . . 85
Back Pressure Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Auto-negotiation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Storm Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Port Mirroring
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Static and Dynamic MAC Address Tables
. . . . . 87
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
. . . . . . . 87
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for Media
Endpoint Devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Connectivity Fault Management (IEEE 802.1ag)
. . 88
Priority-based Flow Control (PFC)
. . . . . . . . . 88
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Data Center Bridging Exchange (DBCx)
Protocol
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Enhanced Transmission Selection
. . . . . . . . . 89
Cisco Protocol Filtering
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
DHCP Layer-2 Relay
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Virtual Local Area Network Supported Features
. . . . 91
VLAN Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Port-Based VLANs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
IP Subnet-based VLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
MAC-based VLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
IEEE 802.1v Protocol-Based VLANs
. . . . . . . . . 91
Voice VLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
GARP and GVRP Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Guest VLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Unauthorized VLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Double VLANs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Spanning Tree Protocol Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
. . . . . . . . . . . 94
Spanning Tree Port Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Rapid Spanning Tree
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Multiple Spanning Tree
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard
. . . . . . 95
BPDU Filtering
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
RSTP-PV and STP-PV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Link Aggregation Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Link Aggregation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Link Aggregate Control Protocol (LACP)
. . . . . . 97
Multi-Switch LAG (MLAG)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Routing Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Table
Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Contents 7
VLAN Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
IP Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
. . . . . . . . . . 99
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
. . . . . . . . . . 99
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
. . . . . . . 99
BOOTP/DHCP Relay Agent
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
IP Helper and DHCP Relay
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Routing Information Protocol
. . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Router Discovery
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Routing Table
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
. . . . 101
Tunnel and Loopback Interfaces
. . . . . . . . . . 101
IPv6 Routing Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
IPv6 Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
IPv6 Routes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
OSPFv3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
DHCPv6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Quality of Service (QoS) Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Differentiated Services (DiffServ)
. . . . . . . . . 103
Class Of Service (CoS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Auto Voice over IP (VoIP)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Internet Small Computer System Interface
(iSCSI) Optimization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Layer-2 Multicast Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
MAC Multicast Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
IGMP Snooping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
IGMP Snooping Querier
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
MLD Snooping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Multicast VLAN Registration
. . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Layer-3 Multicast Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
. . . . 106
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Internet Group Management Protocol . . . . . . . 106
IGMP Proxy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Protocol Independent Multicast—Dense
Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Protocol Independent Multicast—Sparse
Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Protocol Independent Multicast—Source
Specific Multicast
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Protocol Independent Multicast IPv6
Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
MLD/MLDv2 (RFC2710/RFC3810)
. . . . . . . . . . 107
3 Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Dell EMC Networking N1100-ON Series Switch
Hardware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Power Supply
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Ventilation System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Thermal Shutdown
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Power Consumption for PoE Switches
. . . . . . . 116
Wall Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Dell EMC Networking N1500 Series Switch Hardware
. 119
Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Back Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Power Consumption for PoE Switches
. . . . . . . 126
Dell EMC Networking N2000 Series Switch Hardware
. 128
Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Back Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Contents 9
LED Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Power Consumption for PoE Switches
. . . . . . . 136
Dell EMC Networking N2100-ON Series Switch
Hardware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Back Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Power Consumption for PoE Switches
. . . . . . . 144
Dell EMC Networking N3000 Series Switch Hardware
147
Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Back Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Power Consumption for PoE Switches
. . . . . . . 159
Dell EMC Networking N3100-ON Series Switch
Hardware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Back Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Power Consumption for PoE Switches
. . . . . . . 168
PoE Power Budget Limit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Dell EMC Networking N4000 Series Switch Hardware
171
Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Back Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Switch MAC Addresses
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
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4 Using Dell EMC OpenManage Switch
Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
About Dell EMC OpenManage Switch
Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Starting the Application
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Understanding the Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Using the Switch Administrator Buttons and
Links
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Defining Fields
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Understanding the Device View
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Using the Device View Port Features
. . . . . . . . 188
Using the Device View Switch Locator
Feature
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
5 Using the Command-Line Interface . . . . 191
Accessing the Switch Through the CLI . . . . . . . . . 191
Console Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Telnet Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Understanding Command Modes
. . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Entering CLI Commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Using the Question Mark to Get Help
. . . . . . . . 195
Using Command Completion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Entering Abbreviated Commands
. . . . . . . . . . 196
Negating Commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Command Output Paging
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Understanding Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . 197
Contents 11
Recalling Commands from the History Buffer . . . 197
6 Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
7 Setting the IP Address and Other Basic
Network Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
IP Address and Network Information Overview . . . . 203
What Is the Basic Network Information?
. . . . . 203
Why Is Basic Network Information Needed?
. . . 204
How Is Basic Network Information
Configured?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
What Is Out-of-Band Management and
In-Band Management?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Default Network Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Configuring Basic Network Information (Web)
. . . . . 209
Out-of-Band Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
IP Interface Configuration (Default VLAN IP
Address)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Route Entry Configuration (Switch Default
Gateway)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Domain Name Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Default Domain Name
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Host Name Mapping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Dynamic Host Name Mapping
. . . . . . . . . . . 217
Configuring Basic Network Information (CLI)
. . . . . . 218
Enabling the DHCP Client on the OOB Port
. . . . . 218
Enabling the DHCP Client on the Default
VLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Managing DHCP Leases
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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Configuring Static Network Information on the OOB
Port
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Configuring Static Network Information on the
Default VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Configuring and Viewing Additional Network
Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Basic Network Information Configuration Examples
. . 224
Configuring Network Information Using the OOB
Port
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Configuring Network Information Using the Serial
Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
8 Managing QSFP Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
9 Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Stacking Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Dell EMC Networking N1124-ON/N1148-ON, N1500,
N2000, N2100-ON, N3000, N3048EP-ON, N3100-ON,
and N4000 Stacking Compatibility
. . . . . . . . . 237
How is the Stack Master Selected?
. . . . . . . . 237
Adding a Switch to the Stack
. . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Removing a Switch from the Stack
. . . . . . . . . 239
How is the Firmware Updated on the Stack?
. . . . 240
What is Stacking Standby?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
What is Nonstop Forwarding?
. . . . . . . . . . . 241
Switch Stack MAC Addressing and Stack
Design Considerations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
NSF Network Design Considerations
. . . . . . . . 244
Why is Stacking Needed?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Default Stacking Values
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Contents 13
Managing and Monitoring the Stack (Web) . . . . . . 247
Unit Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Stack Summary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Stack Firmware Synchronization
. . . . . . . . . . 249
Supported Switches
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Stack Port Summary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Stack Port Counters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Stack Port Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
NSF Summary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Checkpoint Statistics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Managing the Stack (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Configuring Stack Member, Stack Port, and NSF
Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Viewing and Clearing Stacking and NSF
Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Connecting to the Management Console from a
Stack Member
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Stacking and NSF Usage Scenarios
. . . . . . . . . . . 258
Basic Failover
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Preconfiguring a Stack Member
. . . . . . . . . . 260
NSF in the Data Center
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
NSF and VoIP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
NSF and DHCP Snooping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
NSF and the Storage Access Network
. . . . . . . 265
NSF and Routed Access
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
10 Authentication, Authorization, and
Accounting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
AAA Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Methods
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Method Lists
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
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Access Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Enabling SSH Access
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Access Lines (AAA)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Access Lines (Non-AAA)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Authentication
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Authentication Types
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Authentication Manager
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Using RADIUS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Using TACACS+ Servers to Control Management
Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Authentication Examples
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Public Key SSH Authentication Example
. . . . . . 297
Associating a User With an SSH Key
. . . . . . . . 305
Authorization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Exec Authorization Capabilities
. . . . . . . . . . . 307
Authorization Examples
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
RADIUS Change of Authorization
. . . . . . . . . . 311
TACACS Authorization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Accounting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
RADIUS Accounting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
IEEE 802.1X
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
What is IEEE 802.1X?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
What are the 802.1X Port Authentication
Modes?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
What is MAC-Based 802.1X Authentication?
. . . . 323
What is the Role of 802.1X in VLAN
Assignment?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
What is Monitor Mode?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
How Does the Authentication Server Assign
DiffServ Policy?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
What is the Internal Authentication Server?
. . . . 330
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Default 802.1X Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Configuring IEEE 802.1X (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . . 331
Captive Portal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Captive Portal Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Default Captive Portal Behavior and Settings
. . . 364
Configuring Captive Portal (Web)
. . . . . . . . . 366
Configuring Captive Portal (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . 382
Captive Portal Configuration Example
. . . . . . . 388
In Case Of Problems in Captive Portal
Deployment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
11 Monitoring and Logging System
Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
System Monitoring Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
What System Information Is Monitored?
. . . . . . 393
Why Is System Information Needed?
. . . . . . . 394
Where Are Log Messages Sent?
. . . . . . . . . . 394
What Are the Severity Levels?
. . . . . . . . . . . 395
What Are the System Startup and Operation
Logs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
What Is the Log Message Format?
. . . . . . . . . 396
What Factors Should Be Considered When
Configuring Logging?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Default Log Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Monitoring System Information and Configuring
Logging (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Device Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
System Health
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
System Resources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Unit Power Usage History
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Integrated Cable Test for Copper Cables
. . . . . . 405
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Optical Transceiver Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 406
Log Global Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
RAM Log
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Log File
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
SYSLOG Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Email Alert Global Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . 413
Email Alert Mail Server Configuration
. . . . . . . 413
Email Alert Subject Configuration
. . . . . . . . . 415
Email Alert To Address Configuration
. . . . . . . 416
Email Alert Statistics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Monitoring System Information and Configuring
Logging (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Viewing System Information and Enabling the
Locator LED
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Running Cable Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Configuring Local Logging
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Configuring Remote Logging
. . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Configuring Mail Server Settings
. . . . . . . . . . 422
Configuring Email Alerts for Log Messages
. . . . 423
Logging Configuration Examples
. . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Configuring Local and Remote Logging
. . . . . . 425
Configuring Email Alerting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
12 Managing General System Settings . . . 431
System Settings Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Why Does System Information Need to Be
Configured?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
What Are SDM Templates?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Why is the System Time Needed?
. . . . . . . . . 436
How Does SNTP Work?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
What Configuration Is Required for Plug-In
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Modules? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Default General System Information
. . . . . . . . . . 437
Configuring General System Settings (Web)
. . . . . . 438
System Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
CLI Banner
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
SDM Template Preference
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Clock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
SNTP Global Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
SNTP Authentication
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
SNTP Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Summer Time Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Time Zone Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Card Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Slot Summary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Supported Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Power Over Ethernet Global Configuration
. . . . . 455
Power Over Ethernet Unit Configuration
. . . . . . 456
Power Over Ethernet Interface Configuration
. . . 457
Configuring System Settings (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Configuring System Information
. . . . . . . . . . 459
Configuring the Banner
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Managing the SDM Template
. . . . . . . . . . . 461
Configuring SNTP Authentication and an SNTP
Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Setting the System Time and Date Manually
. . . . 463
Configuring the Expansion Slots (Dell EMC
Networking N3000/N3100-ON/N4000 Series
Only)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Viewing Slot Information (Dell EMC Networking
N4000 Series Only)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Configuring PoE Settings (Dell EMC Networking
N1108P-ON/ N1124P-ON/ N1148P-ON,
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N1524P/N1548P, N2024P/N2048P/N2128PX-ON,
N3024P/N3048P/N3048EP-ON/N3132PX-ON
Only)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
General System Settings Configuration
Examples
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Configuring System and Banner Information
. . . . 467
Configuring SNTP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Configuring the Time Manually
. . . . . . . . . . . 472
13 SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
SNMP Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
What Is SNMP?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
What Are SNMP Traps?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Why Is SNMP Needed?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Default SNMP Values
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Configuring SNMP (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
SNMP Global Parameters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
SNMP View Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Access Control Group
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
SNMPv3 User Security Model (USM)
. . . . . . . 482
Communities
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Notification Filter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Notification Recipients
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Trap Flags
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
OSPFv2 Trap Flags
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
OSPFv3 Trap Flags
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Trap Log
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Configuring SNMP (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Configuring the SNMPv3 Engine ID
. . . . . . . . . 495
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Configuring SNMP Views, Groups, and Users . . . 496
Configuring Communities
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Configuring SNMP Notifications (Traps and
Informs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
SNMP Configuration Examples
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Configuring SNMPv1 and SNMPv2
. . . . . . . . . 504
Configuring SNMP Management Station
Access
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Configuring SNMPv3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
14 Images and File Management . . . . . . . . 511
Image and File Management Overview . . . . . . . . . 511
What Files Can Be Managed?
. . . . . . . . . . . 511
Why Is File Management Needed?
. . . . . . . . . 513
What Methods Are Supported for File
Management?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
What Factors Should Be Considered When
Managing Files?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
How Is the Running Configuration Saved?
. . . . . 520
Access Router/Switch Role
. . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Aggregation Router Role
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Managing Images and Files (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . . 523
File System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Active Images
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
USB Flash Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
File Download
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
File Upload
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Copy Files
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Managing Images and Files (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Downloading and Activating a New Image
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(TFTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Managing Files in Internal Flash
. . . . . . . . . . 533
Managing Files on a USB Flash Device
. . . . . . 534
Uploading a Configuration File (SCP)
. . . . . . . . 535
Managing Configuration Scripts (SFTP)
. . . . . . 536
File and Image Management Configuration
Examples
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Upgrading the Firmware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Managing Configuration Scripts
. . . . . . . . . . 540
Managing Files by Using the USB Flash
Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
15 DHCP and USB Auto-Configuration . . . . 545
Auto Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
What Is USB Auto Configuration?
. . . . . . . . . 546
What Files Does USB Auto Configuration
Use?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
How Does USB Auto Configuration Use the Files
on the USB Device?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
What Is the Setup File Format?
. . . . . . . . . . . 549
What Is the DHCP Auto Configuration
Process?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Monitoring and Completing the DHCP Auto
Configuration Process
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
What Are the Dependencies for DHCP Auto
Configuration?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
Default Auto Configuration Values
. . . . . . . . . . . 557
Managing Auto Configuration (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . 558
Auto-Install Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
Managing Auto Configuration (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . 559
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