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Dell PowerConnect 5316M Ethernet Switch Module
User’s Guide
PC5316M

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October 2004 Rev. A00

Contents 1
Contents
1 Introduction
PowerConnect 5316M and the Dell Modular Server System . . . . . . . . . 9
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
MAC Address Supported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Layer 2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
VLAN Supported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Spanning Tree Protocol Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Link Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Layer 3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Quality of Service Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ethernet Switch Module Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Locked Port Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Port Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Additional CLI Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2 Hardware Description
Ethernet Switch Module Port Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
PowerConnect 5316M Front Panel Port Description . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Physical Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
LED Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Port Connections, Cables, and Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1000 Base-T Cable Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
RJ-45 Connections for 10/100/1000 Base-T Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2Contents
3 Installing the Ethernet Switch Module
Installation Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Unpacking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Package Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unpacking the Ethernet Switch Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Major Components of the Ethernet Switch Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing and Removing a Ethernet Switch Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ethernet Controller Enumeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
System Reliability Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Handling Static Sensitive Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing the Ethernet Switch Module into Dell Modular Server Chassis. . . 28
Removing a Ethernet Switch Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Accessing the Ethernet Switch Module CLI User Interface via
DRAC/MC Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting Network to an Ethernet Switch Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
External Port Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Auto-Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
MDI/MDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Back Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4 Starting and Configuring the Ethernet Switch Module
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Accessing Startup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Static IP Address and Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Static Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Contents 3
Assigning Static IP Addresses on a Default VLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Verifying the IP and Default Gateway Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SNMP Community Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Configuring SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Viewing SNMP Community Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Advanced Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Retrieving an IP Address From a DHCP Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Receiving an IP Address From a BOOTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Security Management and Password Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Configuring Security Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Configuring an Initial Terminal Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Configuring an Initial Telnet Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Configuring an Initial SSH Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Configuring an Initial HTTP Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Configuring an Initial HTTPS Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Startup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Startup Menu Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Software Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Erase FLASH File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Erasing the Ethernet Switch Module Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Password Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Software Download Through TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5 Using Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator
Understanding the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Switch Module Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the OpenManage Switch Administrator Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Information Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Ethernet Switch Module Management Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Starting the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

4Contents
Accessing the Ethernet Switch Module Through the CLI. . . . . . . . . . . 61
Console Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Telnet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Command Mode Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
User EXEC Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Privileged EXEC Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Global Configuration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Interface Configuration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CLI Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6 Configuring System Information
Defining General Switch Module Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Viewing the Asset Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Viewing the Versions Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Resetting the Switch Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Configuring SNTP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Polling for Unicast Time Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Polling for Anycast Time Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Broadcast Time Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Defining SNTP Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Defining SNTP Authentication Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Defining SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Defining SNTP Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Managing Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Defining Global Log Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Displaying RAM Log Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Displaying the Log File Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Configuring the Remote Log Server Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Defining Switch Module IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Defining Default Gateways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Defining IP Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Defining DHCP IP Interface Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Configuring Domain Name Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Defining Default Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Contents 5
Mapping Domain Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Configuring ARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Running Cable Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Viewing Copper Cable Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Managing Switch Module Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Defining Access Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Defining Authentication Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Assigning Authentication Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Defining the Local User Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Defining Line Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Defining Enable Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Defining TACACS+ Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Configuring RADIUS Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Defining SNMP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Defining Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Defining Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Managing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
File Management Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Downloading Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Uploading Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Defining Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Configuring General Switch Module Tuning Parameters. . . . . . . . 165
7 Configuring Switch Module Information
Configuring Network Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Network Security Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Configuring Port Based Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Configuring Advanced Port Based Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . 174
Authenticating Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Configuring Port Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Configuring Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Defining Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Defining LAG Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Enabling Storm Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

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Defining Port Mirroring Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Configuring Address Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Defining Static Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Viewing Dynamic Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Configuring GARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Defining GARP Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Configuring the Spanning Tree Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Defining STP Global Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Defining STP Port Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Defining STP LAG Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Configuring Rapid Spanning Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Configuring VLANs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Defining VLAN Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Defining VLAN Ports Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Defining VLAN LAG Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Defining VLAN Protocol Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Adding Protocol Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Configuring GVRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Aggregating Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Defining LACP Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Defining LAG Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Multicast Forwarding Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Defining Multicast Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Adding Bridge Multicast Address Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Assigning Multicast Forward All Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
8 Viewing Statistics
Viewing Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Viewing Utilization Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Viewing Counter Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Viewing Interface Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Viewing Etherlike Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Viewing GVRP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Contents 7
Viewing RMON Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Viewing RMON Statistics Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Viewing RMON History Control Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Viewing RMON History Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Defining Ethernet Switch Module RMON Events . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Viewing the RMON Events Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Defining RMON Ethernet Switch Module Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Viewing Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Viewing Port Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Viewing LAG Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
9 Configuring Quality of Service
Quality of Service (QoS) Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
CoS Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Defining CoS Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Configuring QoS Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Defining QoS Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Defining Queue Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Mapping CoS Values to Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Mapping DSCP Values to Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
10 Ethernet Switch Module Specifications
Feature Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Quality of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Layer 2 Multicast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Ethernet Switch Module Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Additional Switching Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Ethernet Switch Module Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

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Tables
Table 1-1. Port Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Table 2-2. RJ-45 Copper based 10/100/1000 Base-TLED
Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Table 2-3. System LED Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 2-4. Ports, Connectors and Cables . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 2-5. RJ-45 Pin Number Allocation for
10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet Port . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 5-6. Interface Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Table 5-7. Led Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Table 5-8. Information Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Table 5-9. Ethernet Switch Module Management
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Table 6-10. Asset CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Table 6-11. Clock Setting CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Table 6-12. Versions CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Table 6-13. Reset CLI Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Table 6-14. SNTP Global Parameters CLI Commands . . . . . 82
Table 6-15. SNTP Authentication CLI Commands . . . . . . . 85
Table 6-16. SNTP Server CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Table 6-17. SNTP Broadcast CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . 89
Table 6-18. Log Severity Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Table 6-19. Global Log Parameters CLI Commands . . . . . . 93
Table 6-20. RAM Log Table CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . 95
Table 6-21. Log File Table CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . 97
Table 6-22. Remote Log Server CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 101
Table 6-23. Default Gateway CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . 103
Table 6-24. IP Interface Parameters CLI Commands . . . . . 106

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Table 6-25. DHCP IP Interface CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 108
Table 6-26. DNS Server CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Table 6-27. DNS Domain Name CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 112
Table 6-28. Domain Host Name CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 115
Table 6-29. ARP Settings CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Table 6-30. Copper Cable Test CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 120
Table 6-31. Access Profiles CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . 125
Table 6-32. Authentication Profile CLI Commands . . . . . . 130
Table 6-33. Select Authentication CLI Commands . . . . . . 133
Table 6-34. Local User Database CLI Commands . . . . . . . 137
Table 6-35. Line Password CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . 139
Table 6-36. Modify Enable Password CLI Commands . . . . . 141
Table 6-37. TACACS+ CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Table 6-38. RADIUS Settings CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . 149
Table 6-39. SNMP Community CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 153
Table 6-40. SNMP Trap Settings CLI Commands . . . . . . . 157
Table 6-41. File Download CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . 161
Table 6-42. Copy Files CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Table 6-43. General Settings CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . 167
Table 7-44. Port Authentication CLI Commands . . . . . . . 173
Table 7-45. Multiple Hosts CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . 176
Table 7-46. Add User Name CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . 178
Table 7-47. Port Security CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Table 7-48. Port Configuration CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 185
Table 7-49. LAG Configuration CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 191
Table 7-50. Storm Control CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . 195
Table 7-51. Port Mirroring CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . 198
Table 7-52. Static Address CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . 201

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Table 7-53. Query and Sort CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . 203
Table 7-54. GARP Timer CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Table 7-55. STP Global Parameter CLI Commands . . . . . . 209
Table 7-56. STP Port Settings CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 213
Table 7-57. STP LAG Settings CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 216
Table 7-58. RSTP Settings CLI Command . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Table 7-59. VLAN Membership Group CLI Commands . . . . . 222
Table 7-60. VLAN Port Membership Table . . . . . . . . . . 223
Table 7-61. Port-to-VLAN Group Assignments
CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Table 7-62. VLAN Port CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Table 7-63. LAG VLAN Assignments CLI Commands . . . . . 229
Table 7-64. VLAN Protocol Groups CLI Commands . . . . . . 232
Table 7-65. Protocol Port CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Table 7-66. GVRP Global Parameters CLI Commands . . . . . 235
Table 7-67. LACP Parameters CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 239
Table 7-68. LAG Membership CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . 242
Table 7-69. Multicast Forwarding and Snooping
CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Table 7-70. IGMP Port/LAG Members Table
Control Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Table 7-71. Multicast Service Member CLI Commands . . . . 247
Table 7-72. Bridge Multicast Forward All Router/Port
Control Settings Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Table 7-73. CLI Commands for Managing LAGs and Ports
Attached to Multicast Routers . . . . . . . . . . 250
Table 7-74. IGMP Snooping CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . 252
Table 8-75. Interface Statistics CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 259
Table 8-76. Etherlike Statistics CLI Commands . . . . . . . . 261
Table 8-77. GVRP Statistics CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . 264

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Table 8-78. GVRP Statistics CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . 267
Table 8-79. RMON Statistics CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . 270
Table 8-80. RMON History CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . 273
Table 8-81. RMON History Control CLI Commands . . . . . . 275
Table 8-82. RMON Event Definition CLI Commands . . . . . . 278
Table 8-83. RMON Event Definition CLI Commands . . . . . . 280
Table 8-84. RMON Alarm CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Table 8-85. LAG Statistic CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Table 9-86. CoS to Queue Mapping Table Default values . . . 289
Table 9-87. DSCP to Queue Mapping Table
Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Table 9-88. CoS Setting CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Table 9-89. CoS Interface CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . 294
Table 9-90. Queue Settings CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . 296
Table 9-91. CoS to Queue Settings CLI Commands . . . . . . 299
Table 9-92. DSCP Value to Queue CLI Commands . . . . . . 300
Figures
Figure 1-1. PowerConnect 5316M Front Panel . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 2-2. PowerConnect 5316M Front Panel . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 2-3. RJ-45 Copper based 10/100/1000 Base-T LEDs . . . 20
Figure 2-4. RJ-45 Pin Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 3-5. Ethernet Switch Module Components . . . . . . . 25
Figure 3-6. Dell Modular Server Chassis I/O Module
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 3-7. Caution Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 3-8. Ethernet Switch Module in the open position . . . . 28

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Figure 3-9. Inserting a Ethernet Switch Module into the
Dell Modular Server Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 3-10. Pull the release latch on the
Ethernet Switch Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 3-11. Slide the Ethernet Switch Module out of the
Dell Modular Server Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 4-12. Installation and Configuration Flow . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 5-13. Switch Administrator Components . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 5-14. Port Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 6-15. System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Figure 6-16. Asset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Figure 6-17. Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Figure 6-18. Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 6-19. Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Figure 6-20. SNTP Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 6-21. SNTP Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 6-22. Add Authentication Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 6-23. Authentication Key Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 6-24. SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Figure 6-25. Add SNTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Figure 6-26. SNTP Servers Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Figure 6-27. Global Log Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Figure 6-28. RAM Log Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Figure 6-29. Log File Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Figure 6-30. Remote Log Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Figure 6-31. Add a Log Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Figure 6-32. Remote Log Servers Table . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Figure 6-33. IP Interface Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Figure 6-34. Add a Static IP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

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Figure 6-35. IP Interface Parameter Table . . . . . . . . . . 107
Figure 6-36. DHCP IP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Figure 6-37. Domain Naming System (DNS) . . . . . . . . . . 111
Figure 6-38. Add DNS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Figure 6-39. DNS Server Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Figure 6-40. Default Domain Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Figure 6-41. Host Name Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Figure 6-42. Add Host Name Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Figure 6-43. Hosts Name Mapping Table . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Figure 6-44. ARP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Figure 6-45. Integrated Cable Test for Copper Cables . . . . . 121
Figure 6-46. Access Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Figure 6-47. Add an Access Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Figure 6-48. Add an Access Profile Rule . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Figure 6-49. Profile Rules Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Figure 6-50. Authentication Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Figure 6-51. Add Authentication Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Figure 6-52. Authentication Profiles Table . . . . . . . . . . 132
Figure 6-53. Select Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Figure 6-54. Local User Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Figure 6-55. Add a User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Figure 6-56. Local User Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Figure 6-57. Line Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Figure 6-58. Enable Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Figure 6-59. TACACS+ Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Figure 6-60. Add TACACS+ Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Figure 6-61. TACACS+ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Figure 6-62. RADIUS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

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Figure 6-63. Add RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Figure 6-64. RADIUS Servers List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Figure 6-65. SNMP Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Figure 6-66. Add SNMP Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Figure 6-67. Community Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Figure 6-68. SNMP Trap Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Figure 6-69. Add Trap Recipient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Figure 6-70. Trap Recipient Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Figure 6-71. File Download From Server . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Figure 6-72. File Upload to Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Figure 6-73. Copy Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Figure 6-74. General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Figure 7-75. Port Based Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Figure 7-76. Port Based Authentication Table . . . . . . . . . 174
Figure 7-77. Multiple Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Figure 7-78. Multiple Hosts Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Figure 7-79. Authenticated Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Figure 7-80. Authenticated Users Table . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Figure 7-81. Port Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Figure 7-82. Port Security Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Figure 7-83. Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Figure 7-84. Ports Configuration Table . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Figure 7-85. LAG Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Figure 7-86. LAG Configuration Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Figure 7-87. Storm Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Figure 7-88. Storm Control Settings Table . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Figure 7-89. Port Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Figure 7-90. Static MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

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Figure 7-91. Dynamic Addresses Table . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Figure 7-92. GARP Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Figure 7-93. STP Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Figure 7-94. STP Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Figure 7-95. STP LAG Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Figure 7-96. Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Figure 7-97. VLAN Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Figure 7-98. VLAN Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Figure 7-99. VLAN LAG Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Figure 7-100. Protocol Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Figure 7-101. Protocol Port Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Figure 7-102. GVRP Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Figure 7-103. LACP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Figure 7-104. LAG Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Figure 7-105. Multicast Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Figure 7-106. Bridge Multicast Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Figure 7-107. Add Bridge Multicast Group . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Figure 7-108. Bridge Multicast Forward All . . . . . . . . . . 248
Figure 7-109. IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Figure 8-110. Utilization Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Figure 8-111. Counter Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Figure 8-112. Interface Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Figure 8-113. Etherlike Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Figure 8-114. GVRP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Figure 8-115. EAP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Figure 8-116. RMON Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Figure 8-117. RMON History Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Figure 8-118. RMON History Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

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Figure 8-119. RMON Events Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Figure 8-120. RMON Events Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Figure 8-121. RMON Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Figure 8-122. Add an Alarm Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Figure 8-123. Port Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Figure 8-124. LAG Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Figure 9-125. QoS Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Figure 9-126. Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Figure 9-127. Global Queue Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Figure 9-128. CoS to Queue Mapping Table . . . . . . . . . . 300
Figure 1-1. PowerConnect 5316M Front Panel . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 2-2. PowerConnect 5316M Front Panel . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 2-3. RJ-45 Copper based 10/100/1000 Base-T LEDs . . . 20
Figure 2-4. RJ-45 Pin Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 3-5. Ethernet Switch Module Components . . . . . . . 25
Figure 3-6. Dell Modular Server Chassis I/O Module
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 3-7. Caution Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 3-8. Ethernet Switch Module in the open position . . . . 28
Figure 3-9. Inserting a Ethernet Switch Module into the
Dell Modular Server Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 3-10. Pull the release latch on the Ethernet Switch
Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 3-11. Slide the Ethernet Switch Module out of the
Dell Modular Server Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 4-12. Installation and Configuration Flow . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 5-13. Switch Administrator Components . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 5-14. Port Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 6-15. System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Figure 6-16. Asset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Figure 6-17. Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 6-18. Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 6-19. Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 6-20. SNTP Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 6-21. SNTP Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 6-22. Add Authentication Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 6-23. Authentication Key Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 6-24. SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 6-25. Add SNTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 6-26. SNTP Servers Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 6-27. Global Log Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Figure 6-28. RAM Log Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Figure 6-29. Log File Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Figure 6-30. Remote Log Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Figure 6-31. Add a Log Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Figure 6-32. Remote Log Servers Table . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Figure 6-33. IP Interface Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Figure 6-34. Add a Static IP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Figure 6-35. IP Interface Parameter Table . . . . . . . . . . 105
Figure 6-36. DHCP IP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Figure 6-37. Domain Naming System (DNS) . . . . . . . . . . 109
Figure 6-38. Add DNS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Figure 6-39. DNS Server Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Figure 6-40. Default Domain Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Figure 6-41. Host Name Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Figure 6-42. Add Host Name Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Figure 6-43. Hosts Name Mapping Table . . . . . . . . . . . 114

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Figure 6-44. ARP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Figure 6-45. Integrated Cable Test for Copper Cables . . . . . 119
Figure 6-46. Access Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Figure 6-47. Add an Access Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Figure 6-48. Add an Access Profile Rule . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Figure 6-49. Profile Rules Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Figure 6-50. Authentication Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Figure 6-51. Add Authentication Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Figure 6-52. Authentication Profiles Table . . . . . . . . . . 130
Figure 6-53. Select Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Figure 6-54. Local User Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Figure 6-55. Add a User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Figure 6-56. Local User Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Figure 6-57. Line Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Figure 6-58. Enable Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Figure 6-59. TACACS+ Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Figure 6-60. Add TACACS+ Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Figure 6-61. TACACS+ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Figure 6-62. RADIUS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Figure 6-63. Add RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Figure 6-64. RADIUS Servers List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Figure 6-65. SNMP Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Figure 6-66. Add SNMP Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Figure 6-67. Community Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Figure 6-68. SNMP Trap Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Figure 6-69. Add Trap Recipient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Figure 6-70. Trap Recipient Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Figure 6-71. File Download From Server . . . . . . . . . . . 160