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Dell PowerConnect
5500 Series
Getting Started Guide
Regulatory Models: PowerConnect 5524, 5524P, 5548, 5548P
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ContaxGS.book Page 2 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your system. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2010 Dell Inc. All rights rese
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ContaxGS.book Page 3 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM Contents 1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Site Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Unpacking the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing the Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Installing
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ContaxGS.book Page 4 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM 3 Configuring the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Configuration Work Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting the Switch to the Terminal . . . . . . . . . 14 Booting the Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Configuring the Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Configuration Using the Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . 16 4 Contents
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ContaxGS.book Page 5 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM Installation Overview This guide describes how to install and run the PowerConnect 5500 series switches. For more information, see the Dell PowerConnect 5500 Series User Guide, available on your Documentation CD, or check the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals for the latest updates on documentation and software. In this document, the word "switch" refers to either a single switch or a group of stacked switches. For a com
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ContaxGS.book Page 6 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM • Cabling — The cabling is routed to avoid sources of electrical noise, such as radio transmitters, broadcast amplifiers, power lines, and fluorescent lighting fixtures. • Ambient Requirements — The ambient unit operating temperature range is 0 to 45ºC (32 to 113ºF) at a relative humidity of 10% to 90%, non- condensing. Unpacking Package Contents While unpacking the switch, ensure that the following items are included: •Switch • AC power
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ContaxGS.book Page 7 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM Installing the Switch The PowerConnect 5500 Series switches can be: • Installed on a rack • Placed on a flat surface Installing in a Rack CAUTION: Disconnect all cables from the unit before mounting the switch in a rack or cabinet. CAUTION: When mounting multiple switches into a rack, mount the switches from the bottom up. To install the switch in a rack: 1 Place the supplied rack-mounting bracket on one side of the switch, ensuring th
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ContaxGS.book Page 8 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM 3 Repeat the process for the rack-mounting bracket on the other side of the switch. 4 Insert the unit into the 48.26-cm (19-inch) rack, ensuring that the rack-mounting holes on the switch line up to the mounting holes on the rack. 5 Secure the unit to the rack with the rack screws (not provided). Fasten the lower pair of screws before the upper pair of screws. Ensure that the ventilation holes are not obstructed. Installing on a Flat S
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ContaxGS.book Page 9 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM Stacking Overview Each switch is a member in a stack, although the stack may consist of only a single switch. Up to eight switches are supported per stack. All stacks must have a Master unit, and may have a Master Backup unit. All other switches are connected to the stack as members (slaves). Stacking Switches PowerConnect 5500 series switches use two HDMI 10G ports for stacking. To connect the switches in the stack: 1 Insert one end of
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ContaxGS.book Page 10 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM Figure 2-1 shows this process. Figure 2-1. Stacking Cable Diagram HDMI Ports HDMI Ports HDMI Ports HDMI Ports 10 Stacking Front Panel Front Panel Front Panel Front Panel
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ContaxGS.book Page 11 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM Unit ID Assignment Each switch in the stack has a unique unit ID that defines the unit’s position and function in the stack. Figure 2-2 describes the stacking LEDs on the front panel of the switch. Figure 2-2. Stacking LEDs on Front Panel Unit ID Master The Unit ID of each switch can be either automatically assigned or manually assigned, as described below. Automatic Assignment When you power-up the stack, each switch is assigned a un
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ContaxGS.book Page 12 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM Manual Assignment To assign unit IDs to the switches in the stack, do the following for each switch in the stack: 1 Connect the switch to the terminal, as described in "Connecting the Switch to the Terminal". 2 Turn on the switch to begin auto boot and press Return or Esc to abort and enter the Start Up menu. Startup Menu [1]Download Software [2]Erase Flash File [3]Password Recovery Procedure [4]Set Terminal Baud-Rate [5]Stack menu [6]
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ContaxGS.book Page 13 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM Configuring the Switch This section describes the configuration that must be performed after the switch is installed and connected to power supplies. Additional advanced functions are described in the Dell PowerConnect 5500 Series User Guide on the Documentation CD. NOTE: Before proceeding further, read the release notes for this product. You can download the release notes from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. NOTE: We r
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ContaxGS.book Page 14 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM Connecting the Switch to the Terminal The switch is configured and monitored through a terminal desktop system that runs terminal emulation software. The switch connects to the terminal through the console port. To connect the switch to a terminal: 1 Connect an RS-232 cable to a VT100-compatible terminal or the serial connector of a desktop system running terminal emulation software. 2 Connect the RS-232 cable to the switch console por
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ContaxGS.book Page 15 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM Booting the Switch After the local terminal is connected, turn on power. The switch then goes through power-on self-test (POST). POST runs every time the switch is started and checks hardware components, to determine if the switch is operational before completely booting. If the system detects a critical problem, the boot process stops. If POST passes successfully, a valid executable image is loaded into RAM. POST messages are display
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ContaxGS.book Page 16 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM Configuring the Stack The switch is always considered to be a stack of switches even if the stack only contains a single switch. If there is more than one switch in the stack, each switch must be configured individually. See "Unit ID Assignment" for instructions on how to configure the stack. Configuration Using the Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard guides you through the initial switch configuration to get the system up and running as qu
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ContaxGS.book Page 17 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM • The IP address to be assigned to the VLAN 1 interface through which the switch is to be managed (by default, every external and internal port is a member of the VLAN 1) • The IP subnet mask for the network • The default gateway (next hop router) IP address for configuring the default route 2 Boot the Master unit. The system automatically prompts you to use the Setup Wizard. The Setup Wizard displays the following information: Welcom
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ContaxGS.book Page 18 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM To manage the switch using SNMP (required for Dell Network Manager) you can: • Setup the initial SNMP version 2 account now. • Return later and set up the SNMP version account. For more information on setting up a SNMP version 2 account, see the user documentation. Would you like to set up the SNMP management interface now? [Y/N] 4 Enter [N] to skip to Step 7 or enter [Y] to continue the Setup Wizard. If you enter [Y] the following i
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ContaxGS.book Page 19 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM 7 Set up user account privilege level, as follows: The following information is displayed: Now we need to set up your initial privilege (Level 15) user account. This account is used to login to the CLI and Web interface. You may set up other accounts and change privilege levels later. For more information on setting up user accounts and changing privilege levels, see the user documentation. To set up a user account: Enter the user n
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ContaxGS.book Page 20 Friday, August 20, 2010 1:53 PM 11 Press Enter. The following information is displayed: Finally, set up the default gateway. Please enter the IP address of the gateway from which this network is reachable (e.g. 192.168.2.1).Default gateway (A.B.C.D):[0.0.0.0] 12 Enter the default gateway. 13 Press Enter. The following is displayed (example): This is the configuration information that has been collected: SNMP Interface = "Dell Network Manager"@192.168.2.10 User Acc
