Dell PowerConnect 5012 Installation and operating instructions

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Dell™ PowerConnect™ 3024, 3048, and 5012 Network Switches
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions
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NOTE: The features
described in this section
apply to both the Web
interface and the console
interface for your switch.
NOTE: The graphics in
this section may differ
slightly from the graphics
on your computer.
New Features:
•IPAssignmentMode
• SNMP Host Authorization Table
• User Authentication Mode — RADIUS Server IP Address, RADIUS
Shared Secret, IP Filtering, and Allowed IP Addresses
• Layer 3 Priority — DiffServ
• Configuration File Management
• Enhanced Security Administration
• More Statistics/Utilization Summary

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System Manager/IP Settings:
•IP Assignment Mode — Sets whether IP functionality is enabled
through manual (static) configuration or set by Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or Boot Protocol (BootP).
–Manual — Sets static IP address.
–BootP — Gets IP address from a BootP server.
–DHCP — Gets IP address from a DHCP server.

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System Manager/Security Admin:
•User Authentication Mode — Selects the authentication or
authentication sequence required.
–Local Only — The switch authenticates the user.
–Local then Remote — The switch attempts to authenticate the
user first, and then a RADIUS server attempts to authenticate the
user.
–Remote then Local — A RADIUS server attempts to authenticate
the user first, and then the switch attempts to authenticate the
user.
–Remote Only — A RADIUS server authenticates the user.
•RADIUS Server IP Address — Identifies the IP address of the
RADIUS server.
•RADIUS Shared Secret — Specifies the text string that is shared
between the switch and the RADIUS server.
•IP Filtering — Allows up to 16 IP addresses to access the switch
management function, if enabled.
•Password Admin — Enables or disables password protection.

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•Allowed IP Addresses — You can enter up to 16 IP addresses in the
Allowed IP Address table.
•Disable Telnet/Web Access (Console Only) — Provides an option to
enable or disable Telnet or Web access to the switch.

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Layer 3 Priority — DiffServ:
• DiffServ — You can change the default ToS priority by selecting
Normal Priority or High Priority for each class of services. This setting
leverages the IETF definition of the IPv4 Type of Service (ToS) octet
in the IP packet-header by using the Differentiated Services Code.

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•Point(DSCP)field(6bits)classifiespackets into any of the 64 possible
classes.

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SNMP Host Authorization Table:
If the host authorization is disabled, which is the default setting, the
switch allows any SNMP manager to access the switch. If the host
authorization is enabled, the administrator can specify up to 16 SNMP
managers on the host table to access the switch.

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Statistics/Counter Reset:
Reset — Allows you to reset all statistics counters.
•Statistics/Utilization Summary — Allows you to view a summary by
port of the link status, percent utilization, ratio of incoming unicast,
nonunicast, and error packets.

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•Refresh — Allows you to refresh the Utilization Summary page.
•Statistics/Counter Summary — Allows you to view all ports
accumulated, transmitted, and received unicast, nonunicast and error
packets.
•Refresh — Allows you to refresh the Counter Summary page.

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Configuration File Management:
• To save the switch’s current configuration file to a server, supply the
TFTP server IP address and configuration filename, and then select
Transfer Configuration File to Server. To load a configuration file
from a server, supply the TPTP server IP address and configuration
filename, and then select Transfer Configuration File from Server.
• To restore the preinstalled configuration, select Restore.
•TFTP Server IP Address — Inserts the TFTP Server IP Address to
save or load.
•TFTP Path/Configuration Filename — Inserts the TFTP Path and
configuration filename to save or load.
•Transfer Configuration File to Server— Saves the switch
configuration file to a server.
•Transfer Configuration File from Server — Loads a configuration file
from a server to the switch.
•Restore — Restores preinstalled default settings.

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09X417A00
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