Dell PowerConnect 8024 - Table of Contents

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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Additional Documentation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
2 Switch Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
System Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Multiple Management Options
. . . . . . . . . . . 54
System Time Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Log Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Integrated DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Management of Basic Network Information . . . . 56
IPv6 Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Dual Software Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
File Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Switch Database Management Templates. . . . . 57
Automatic Installation of Firmware and
Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
sFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CDP Interoperability through ISDP
. . . . . . . . . 58
Remote Monitoring (RMON) . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Stacking Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
High Port Count
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59