Dell Force10 S4820T System User manual

Dell Force10
S4820T System
Getting Started Guide
Publication Date: December 2012
Regulatory Model: S4820T

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Regulatory Model: S4820T
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Contents
Contents 1
1 About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Unpacking the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Unpacking Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Install an AC or DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rack Mounting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rack Mounting Safety Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing the Dell ReadyRails System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chassis Physical Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Environmental Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
DC Input Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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IEEE Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6 Performing the Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Navigating CLI Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Console Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configure Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configure a Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Access the System Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configure the Management Port IP Address . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configure the Management Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configure the Username and Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configure the Enable Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Create a Port-based VLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Assign Interfaces to a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Assign an IP Address to a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting the S4820T to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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About this Guide 1
About this Guide
This document is intended as a Getting Started Guide to get new systems up and
running and ready for configuration. For complete installation and configuration
information, refer to the documents listed in
Table 1-1 .
Table 1-1. S4820T Documents
Information Documentation
Hardware installation and power-up
instructions Installing the S4820T System
Software configuration FTOS Configuration Guide for the S4820T
System
Command line interface FTOS Command Line Reference Guide for
the S4820T System
Latest updates FTOS Release Notes for the S4820T System

2About this Guide

Introduction 3
1
Introduction
This document provides basic information about the S4820T switch,
including how to install the switch and perform the initial configuration. For
information about how to configure and monitor switch features,
refer to the
User’s Configuration Guide, which is available on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/support.
This document contains the following sections:
• Hardware Overview
• Installation
•Technical Specifications
•Performing the Initial Configuration
Product Description
S4820T is a top-of-rack (ToR) switch/router product for copper connections to
10G servers and 40Gbps uplinks to the 40G switching fabric in the core. The
S4820T has 48 ports of 10GBase-T and four ports of 40Gbps with features and
functions similar to the S4810 product.
The S4820T switch runs the Dell Force10 Operating System (FTOS), providing
switching, bridging, and routing functionality for transmitting data, storage, and
server traffic.
In a data center network, the S4820T switch provides converged network
support and interoperates with Dell and third-party ToR devices. The switch
supports
data center bridging (DCB) features and optimizes connectivity
between servers and storage devices using Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE) and Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) links.
By providing increased 40GbE bandwidth for device interconnection in a
shared network storage environment, with the possibility of splitting 40GbE
Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (QSFP+) uplinks into 10GbE SFP+
connections, the S4820T switch is perfectly positioned to help transition a
data center with multiple speed requirements.

4Introduction
The S4820T solution is optimized to provide 10Gbps throughput for distances
of up to:
• 330 feet (100 meters) over Cat6, 6A, and 7 shielded copper cable and
Cat6A UTP copper cable
• 181.5 feet (55 meters) over Cat6 UTP copper cable