Dell PowerConnect 8132F - Appendix A - Commands Used in this Document; Appendix B - Network Switch Versions; About Dell

Stacking Dell PowerConnect Switches: 8132, 8132F, 8164, 8164F
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Appendix A – Commands used in this document
All CLI commands used in this document, along with a brief description, are listed below in order of
appearance. Some commands are used multiple times in the document.
Command
Definition
show run
Shows running configuration
show switch
Shows all stack members and roles
show system
Shows MAC address
hardware profile portmode 4x10g (from config-if)
Changes a QSFP+ port to 4x10G
boot auto-copy-sw (from config#)
Allows for automatic firmware updates
show switch stack-ports
Shows available ports for stacking
show switch stack-ports | include Stack
Shows only ports in stack mode
stack (from config#)
Stack configuration mode
stack-port fortygigabitether 1/1/1 stack (from config-
stack#)
Turns on stacking on a port
copy running-config startup-config
Backs up the running configuration
show version m
Shows firmware and CPU versions on units
copy tftp://10.10.1.10/PC8100v5.0.0.3.stk backup
Example of firmware download using tftp
boot system backup
Activates the backup image to be active
reload
Reloads the stack
locate switch 2
Blinks the locate LED on rear of switch
no member 5 (from config-stack#)
Removes a unit from the stack config
switch 4 renumber 3 (from config#)
Renumbers a unit in the stack
standby 3 (from config-stack#)
Changes the standby to another unit
initiate failover (from config-stack#)
Causes Master to failover to the standby
Appendix B - Network switch versions
Version information for the network switches used in creating this document are as follows:
Network switch
Dell PowerConnect 8100
Software version
5.0.0.3, 5.0.0.4, 5.1.0.0
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