Dell PowerConnect 5424 User Manual

8 Contents
Managing Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
File Management Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Downloading Files
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Uploading Files
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Copying Files
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Managing Device Files
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Defining Advanced Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Configuring General Device Tuning Parameters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Optimizing iSCSI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Configuring iSCSI Global Parameters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Defining iSCSI Global Parameters Using CLI Commands
. . . . . . . . 234
Managing iSCSI Targets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Defining iSCSI Targets Using CLI Commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Monitoring iSCSI Sessions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Defining iSCSI Sessions Using CLI Commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
7 Configuring Device Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Configuring Network Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Configuring Advanced Port Based Authentication
. . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Authenticating Users
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Configuring Port Security
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
ACL Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Defining MAC Based Access Control Lists
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Defining ACL Binding
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Configuring DHCP Snooping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Defining DHCP Snooping on VLANs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Defining Trusted Interfaces
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Adding Interfaces to the DHCP Snooping Database
. . . . . . . . . . . 275
Configuring Ports
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Defining Port Parameters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Configuring Load Balancing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Enabling Storm Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Defining Port Mirroring Sessions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Dell PowerConnect 5424 Specifications

General

Ports	24 x 10/100/1000Base-T
Switching Capacity	48 Gbps
Forwarding Rate	35.7 Mpps
VLAN Support	Yes
Rack Mountable	Yes
Power Supply	Internal
MAC Address Table Size	8K entries
RAM	128 MB
Flash Memory	16 MB
Voltage Required	100-240V AC
Management	Web, CLI, SNMP
Operating Temperature	0°C to 45°C
Storage Temperature	-20°C to 70°C
Humidity	10% to 90% (non-condensing)
Standards Compliance	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab
Remote Management Protocol	SNMP, RMON, Telnet
Features	QoS, VLAN, Link Aggregation