Dell N1500 Series User manual

Dell Networking
N1500 Series Switch
Getting Started Guide
Guide de mise en route
Handbuch zum Einstieg
Руководство по началу работы
Priručnik za početak rada
Guía de introducción
Başlangıç Kılavuzu
הדובע תליחת ךירדמ

Dell Networking
N1500 Series Switch
Getting Started Guide
Regulatory Models: N1524, N1524P,
N1548, N1548P

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
your switch.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of
data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal
injury, or death.
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2015-05 P/N M25TN Rev. A00

Contents 5
Contents
1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Dell Networking N1500 Series Overview . . . 7
3 Hardware Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Dell Networking N1500 Series Front Panel . . . . . . . . 8
Switch Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Port and System LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Stack Master LED and Stack Number Display . . . 12
Dell Networking N1500 Series Back Panel. . . . . . . 13
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ventilation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Dell Networking N1500 Series Model Summary . . . . 14

6Contents
4 Dell Networking N1500 Series
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Site Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Unpacking the N1500 Series Switch . . . . . . . . . . 16
Package Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Unpacking Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rack Mounting the N1500 Series Switch . . . . . . . . 17
Installing in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing as a Free-standing Switch . . . . . . . . 18
Stacking Multiple Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Creating a Switch Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5 Starting and Configuring the
Dell Networking N1500 Series Switch . . . . 22
Connecting a N1500 Series Switch to a Terminal. . . . 23
Connecting a Switch to a Power Source . . . . . . . . 25
AC and DC Power Connection . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Booting the Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Performing the Initial Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . 27
Enabling Remote Management. . . . . . . . . . . 27
Initial Configuration Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Example Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Dell Easy Setup Wizard Console Example . . . . . 30
Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
6 NOM Information (Mexico Only) . . . . . . 34

Getting Started Guide 7
Introduction
This document provides basic information about the Dell Networking N1500
Series switches, including how to install a switch and perform the initial
configuration. For information about how to configure and monitor switch
features, see the User’s Configuration Guide, which is available on the Dell
Support website at dell.com/support for the latest updates on documentation
and firmware.
This document contains the following sections:
• Dell Networking N1500 Series Overview
• Hardware Overview
• Dell Networking N1500 Series Installation
• Starting and Configuring the Dell Networking N1500 Series Switch
• NOM Information (Mexico Only)
NOTE: Switch administrators are strongly advised to maintain Dell Networking
switches on the latest version of the Dell Networking Operating System. Dell
Networking continually improves the features and functions of Dell OS based on
feedback from you, the customer. For critical infrastructure, prestaging of the new
release into a noncritical portion of the network is recommended to verify network
configuration and operation with the new Dell OS version.
Dell Networking N1500 Series
Overview
The Dell Networking N1500 Series switches are stackable Layer 2/3 1-Gigabit
stackable Ethernet switches and include the following models:
• Dell Networking N1524
• Dell Networking N1524P
• Dell Networking N1548
• Dell Networking N1548P

8Getting Started Guide
Hardware Overview
This section contains information about device characteristics and modular
hardware configurations for the Dell Networking N1500 Series switches.
All Dell Networking N1500 non-PoE models are 1U, rack-mountable switches
with the following physical dimensions:
• 440.0 x 257.0 x 43.5 mm (W x D x H).
• 17.3 x 10.1 x 1.7 inches (W x D x H).
All Dell Networking N1500 PoE models are 1U, rack-mountable switches with
the following physical dimensions:
• 440.0 x 387.0 x 43.5 mm (W x D x H).
• 17.3 x 15.2 x 1.7 inches (W x D x H).
Dell Networking N1500 Series Front Panel
The following images show the front panels of the four switch models in the
Dell Networking N1500 Series.
Figure 1-1. Dell Networking N1548 with 48 10/100/1000BASE-T Ports (Front Panel)
In addition to the switch ports, the front panel of each model in the
Dell Networking N1500 Series includes the following ports:
• Console port
•USBport
48 10/100/1000BASE-T Ports SFP+
Ports
Console Port USB Port

Getting Started Guide 9
Figure 1-2. Dell Networking N1524 Close-up
The Dell Networking N1500 Series switch front panel, shown in Figure 1-2,
has status LEDs for over-temperature alarm, internal power, and system
health status on the top row. The bottom row of status LEDs displays the
stack master, redundant power supply (RPS 720) status and fan alarm status.
Figure 1-3. Dell Networking N1524P Close-up
The Dell Networking N1500P Series front panel, shown in Figure 1-3, has
status LEDs for over-temperature alarm, internal power and system health
status on the top row. The bottom row of status LEDs displays the stack
master, modular power supply (MPS 1000) status and fan alarm status.

10 Getting Started Guide
Switch Ports
The Dell Networking N1524/N1524P front panel provides 24 Gigabit
Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) RJ-45 ports that support
auto-negotiation for speed, flow control, and duplex. The Dell Networking
N1500 Series models support four SFP+ 10G ports. Dell-qualified SFP+
transceivers are sold separately.
The Dell Networking N1548/N1548P front panel provides 48 Gigabit
Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) RJ-45 ports that support
auto-negotiation for speed, flow control, and duplex. The N1548/N1548P
support four SFP+ 10G ports. Dell-qualified SFP+ transceivers are sold
separately.
The front-panel switch ports have the following characteristics:
• The switch automatically detects the difference between crossed and
straight-through cables on RJ-45 ports and automatically chooses the MDI
or MDIX configuration to match the other end.
• RJ-45 ports support full-duplex and half-duplex mode 10/100/1000 Mbps
speeds on standard Category 5 UTP cable, using 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX
and 1000BASE-T technologies. 1000BASE-T operation requires auto-
negotiation to be enabled.
• The four SFP+ ports support SFP+ (SR, LR) transceivers and SFP+
copper twin-ax (CR) transceivers plus SFP transceivers operating at 1G.
SFP+ ports operate in full-duplex mode only.
• The N1524P/N1548P front panel ports support PoE (15.4W) and
PoE+ (25.5W).