If you are installing a stack of switches, connect the terminal to the Master Switch. When a stack is powered up for the first time, the switches elect the Master Switch, which may occupy any location in the stack. This switch lights the Master Switch LED. If you connect the terminal to a subordinate switch, you will not be able to use the CLI.
NOTE: Before proceeding, read the release notes for this product. You can download the release notes from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.
The switch can be managed over a direct connection to the switch console port, or through a Telnet connection. You can access the switch without a user account if you’re directly connected to the switch. However, to access the switch through Telnet, at least one user account must be defined. Also, if access is through a Telnet connection, the switch must have a defined IP address, corresponding management access granted, and a workstation connected to the switch before using CLI commands.
The PowerConnect 6200 Series switches are delivered with binary files containing the switch operating system and ASCII configuration files that are used to define the relationship of the switch to its network environment. The configuration process consists of adjusting the ASCII configuration files so that each switch fits into its unique network topology.
During boot, you can use the Boot menu, if necessary to run special procedures. To enter the Boot menu, press 2 within the first ten seconds after the following message appears.
An Easy Setup Wizard displays when the system boots up without a configuration or with only the default factory configuration. The Easy Setup Wizard is designed to guide you through some initial steps to set up basic system configuration and security and to make the switch manageable. The Easy Setup Wizard requires that the initial administrator account be setup when turning up the switch. This administrative account setup by the wizard has the highest privilege level (level 15).
The Easy Setup Wizard guides you in the basic initial configuration of a newly installed switch so that it can be immediately deployed, functional, and completely manageable through the Web, CLI, and the remote Dell Network Manager. After the initial set up, you may enter the system to set up more advanced configuration.
Sets up the SNMP community string to be used by the SNMP manager at a given IP address. You may choose to skip this step if SNMP management is not used for this switch. If it is configured, the default access level is set to the highest available access for the SNMP management interface. Initially only SNMPv1/2c is activated. SNMPv3 is disabled until you return to configure security access for SNMPv3 (for example, engine ID, view, etc.). The SNMP community string may include spaces. The wizard requires the use of quotation marks when you want to enter spaces in the community string. Although spaces are allowed in the community string, their use is discouraged. The default community string contains no spaces.
This section describes an Easy Setup Wizard session. See the state diagram (Figure 5‑2) for the general flow. The values used by the following session are examples only. Please request the actual values from your network adminstrator(s):
NOTE: In the example below, the possible user options are enclosed in [ ]. Also, where possible, the default value is provided in { }. If you enter <Return> with no options defined, the default value is accepted. Help text is in parentheses.
The Setup Wizard guides you through the initial switch configuration, and gets you up and running as quickly as possible. You can skip the setup wizard, and enter CLI mode to manually configure the switch. You must respond to the next question to run the setup wizard within 60 seconds, otherwise the system will continue with normal operation using the default system configuration. Note: You can exit the setup wizard at any point by entering [ctrl+z].
To setup the SNMP management account you must specify the management system IP address and the "community string" or password that the particular management system uses to access the switch. The wizard automatically assigns the highest access level [Privilege Level 15] to this account. You can use Dell Network Manager or other management interfaces to change this setting, and to add additional management system later. For more information on adding management systems, see the user documentation.
Now we need to setup your initial privilege (Level 15) user account. This account is used to login to the CLI and Web interface. You may setup other accounts and change privilege levels later. For more information on setting up user accounts and changing privilege levels, see the user documentation.
Use the ? command to get context sensitive help in the CLI. It can be used to get the list of possible sub-commands or to list possible commands starting with some partially entered commands. The ? command when specified on an empty line provides the list of commands possible for the given level in the command tree. The ? can also be used within a command input to return the list of parameters that are required to fully complete the command. Parameters that are already provided by the user is left out of the command list so that only the missing parameters are listed.
Unit#/Interface ID — each interface is identified by the Unit# followed by a / symbol and then the Interface ID (see below). For example, 2/g10 identifies gigabit port 10 within the second unit of a stack.
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Unit# — the unit number is used only in a stacking solution where a number of switches are stacked to form a virtual device. In this case, the unit number identifies the physical device identifier within the stack.
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Interface ID — is formed by the interface type followed by the interface number. There is currently a predefined list of interface types (see below). If additional interface types are to be defined, they must be registered with Dell. For example, 1/xg10 identifies the 10-gigabit port 10 on the first unit.
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Interface Types — the following interface types are defined in the switches:
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xg — 10 Gb Ethernet port (for example, 1/xg2 is the 10 Gb Ethernet port 2).
SwitchA> — indicates that the host name is SwitchA and the CLI in the User EXEC mode.
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SwitchA# — this prompt is similar to the above prompt except that the # indicates that the CLI is in a privileged EXEC mode (not in the User EXEC mode).
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SwitchA(config)# — indicates that the CLI is currently in the global configuration mode of the command hierarchy. Enter this mode by typing configure at the privileged EXEC mode.
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SwitchA(config-if)# — this prompt indicates that the CLI is currently in the interface configuration mode. Enter this by typing interface range ethernet, interface range port-channel, or interface range vlan from the global configuration mode. In this case, there is no specific reference to an interface so the system is operating on a generic set of interfaces.
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SwitchA(config-if-1/xg1)# — indicates that the CLI is in interface configuration mode for the 10 gigabit Ethernet interface 1.
NOTE: When creating a user name, the default priority is 1, which allows access but not configuration rights. A priority of 15 must be set to enable access and configuration rights to the switch.
Select the image for the next boot by entering the boot system command. After this command, enter the command show version to verify that the copy indicated as a parameter in the boot system command is selected for the next boot.
Use the update bootcode command to update the bootcode on all switches. For each switch, the bootcode is extracted from the next-active image and programmed to flash. To update the bootcode for one switch, specify the unit in the command (as shown in the following example).
Use option 6 to abort a boot code update initiated by the user. A user can initiate a boot code update by selecting option 7 on the boot menu or by entering a CLI command. This sets a flag and causes the system to reboot. When the boot code starts, the system reads the flag and determines that a boot code update has been requested, and pauses for user response. The boot code update proceeds if there is no user response within 10 seconds. During that interval, the user can enter the boot menu and select option 6 to cancel the boot code update and continue rebooting.
Use option 7 to update the boot code in the flash memory. This option is only valid after loading new boot code using Boot Menu option 4. User action is confirmed with a Y/N question before executing the command.
Use option 10 to load using the system default configuration and to boot without using the current startup configuration. Selecting 10 from the Boot Menu restores system defaults and deletes the configuration files. Boot Sequence can then be started by selecting 1 from the Boot Menu.
NOTE: 9600 is the default baud rate for a new switch. The switch may have another baud rate. If using the default baud rate does not result in viewing the switch terminal, try another baud rate.
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Use F2F null modem cable to connect the workstation to the switch.
If you do not enter the Boot menu, the system continues operation by decompressing the code into RAM. The code starts running from the RAM and the list of available port numbers and their states (up or down) are displayed.
NOTE: The following screen is an example configuration. Items such as addresses, versions, and dates may differ for each switch.
To return to device default settings use delete startup-config command at the privileged mode prompt (#), and reboot the device. Once device reloads – it is set with the default settings.
In this example, the user name Dell, the password is Dell1234, and the privilege level is 15. Privilege levels range from 1–15, with 15 being the highest level. Level 15 access is the only level of access for the Web interface.
