Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Manual

Contents 9
Understanding Command Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Entering CLI Commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Using the Question Mark to Get Help
. . . . . . . 113
Using Command Completion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Entering Abbreviated Commands . . . . . . . . . 114
Negating Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Understanding Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . 115
Recalling Commands from the History Buffer . . . 115
6 Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
7 Setting the IP Address and Other
Basic Network Information . . . . . . . . . . 121
IP Address and Network Information Overview . . . . 121
What Is the Basic Network Information?
. . . . . 121
Why Is Basic Network Information Needed? . . . 122
How Is Basic Network Information
Configured?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
What Is Out-of-Band Management and
In-Band Management?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Default Network Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Configuring Basic Network Information (Web) . . . . . 126
Out-of-Band Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
IP Interface Configuration (Default VLAN IP
Address)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Route Entry Configuration (Switch Default
Gateway)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Domain Name Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Default Domain Name
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Host Name Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Dell PowerConnect 8024 Specifications

General

Switching Capacity	480 Gbps
Stackable	Yes
Device Type	Switch
Enclosure Type	Rack-mountable
Power Redundancy	Optional
Width	17.3 in
Height	1.7 in
Jumbo Frame Support	Yes
Ports	24 x 10 Gigabit SFP+
Management	Web-based GUI, Command Line Interface (CLI), SNMP
VLAN Support	Yes
Power Supply	Internal
Routing Protocol	Static routing
Features	Quality of Service (QoS), VLAN support
Compliant Standards	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3z
Operating Temperature	0 to 45 °C
Storage Temperature	-20 to 70 °C
Relative Humidity	10% to 90% (non-condensing)
MAC Address Table Size	32, 000 entries