Dell X1000 Series User manual

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Dell™ Networking™ X1000
and X4000 Series Switches
User Guide

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MAC Address Capacity Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Layer 2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
VLAN Supported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Spanning Tree Protocol Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Quality of Service Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Device Management Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3 Hardware Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Device Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Device Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Managed Mode Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
LED Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4 Using the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Starting the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Understanding the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Saving Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Information Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Field Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Common GUI Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5 Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Switch Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Recent Logged Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Active Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Ports and VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Configuration Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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6 Switch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
IP Addressing Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Switch Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
IPv4 Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
IPv6 Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
File Update and Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Domain Name System (DNS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Management Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
7 Logs and Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Login History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Remote Log Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
8 Statistics and Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 129
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

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9 Network Administration: VLAN . . . . . . . 143
VLAN Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Standard VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Voice VLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
10 Network Administration: Port Settings . 161
Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Address Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
UDLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
11 Network Administration: Spanning Tree and LAG
185
Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Link Aggregation (LAG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
12 Network Administration: Link Layer Discovery
Protocol (LLDP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
LLDP Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
LLDP Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
MED Network Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
MED Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Neighbors Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

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13 Network Administration: Route Settings 215
System Routing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
IPv4 Route Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
IPv6 Route Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
14 Network Administration: Quality of Service 227
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Global Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
QoS Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
QoS Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
15 Network Administration: Security . . . . . 245
Dot1x Authentications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Storm Control Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Port Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
ACL and ACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
16 Network Administration: SNMP Monitoring 277
SNMP Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
SNMP Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
View Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

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Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
User Security Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Notification Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Notification Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
17 Network Administration: Multicast . . . . 289
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Multicast Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Multicast Forward All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
IGMP Snooping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
MLD Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Unregistered Multicast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Multicast TV VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
18 Network Administration: DHCP Snooping and
DHCP Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
DHCP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
DHCP Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

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19 Network Administration: DHCP Server 309
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
DHCP Server Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Network Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Static Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Address Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Excluded Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
20 Network Administration: Power Management 317
Green Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Power Over Ethernet (PoE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
21 Network Administration: sFlow . . . . . . . 323
22 Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
CLI Command Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Accessing the Device Through the CLI . . . . . . . . . 331
IPv6 Address Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
23 CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
clear counters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

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clear logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
configure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
crypto certificate generate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
crypto certificate import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
crypto certificate request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
crypto key generate dsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
crypto key generate rsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
crypto key import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
debug-mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
dir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
enable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
exit (EXEC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
exit (Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
ip address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
ip default-gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
ip https certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
ip routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
ip ssh server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
lldp transmit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
lldp receive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

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ping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
power inline legacy support disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
power inline usage-threshold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
show bootvar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
show crypto certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
show crypto key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
show interfaces counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
show interfaces status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
show ip dhcp tftp-server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
show ip https . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
show ip interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
show power inline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
show power inline consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
show running-config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
show system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
show tech-support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
show version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
show vlan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
spanning-tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
username . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
vlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
write. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
24 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Locating Your System Service Tag . . . . . . . . . . . 395

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Downloading Drivers, Firmware, and Software. . . . 396
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Documentation Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

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Preface
This guide contains the information needed for configuring and maintaining
the Dell™ Networking™ X1000 and X4000 Series devices through the Dell
Networking Administrator.
For explanation of acronyms, refer to the
Glossary .

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Features
This section describes the features of the Dell™ Networking™ X1000 and
X4000 Series devices.
For a complete list of all updated device features, see the Release Notes
included in the latest version of software released at
dell.com/support .
This section provides a brief description of the following features:
• IP Version 6 (IPv6) Support
• Head of Line Blocking Prevention
•BackPressureSupport
• Virtual Cable Testing (VCT)
• Auto-Negotiation
• MDI/MDIX Support
• MAC Address Capacity Support
• Layer 2 Features
• IGMP Snooping
• MLD Snooping
• Port and VLAN Mirroring
• Broadcast Storm Control
•VLANSupport
• Spanning Tree Protocol Features
• Link Aggregation
• Quality of Service Features
• Device Management Features
• Security Features
•DHCPServer
• Protected Ports
• Proprietary Protocol Filtering

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•UDLD
• Static Routing
•IPv6Router
•sFlow
IP Version 6 (IPv6) Support
The device functions as an IPv6-compliant host, as well as an IPv4 host (also
known as dual stack). This enables device operation in a pure IPv6 network as
well as in a combined IPv4/IPv6 network.
For more information, see
IPv6 Addressing .
Head of Line Blocking Prevention
Head of Line (HOL) blocking results in traffic delays and frame loss caused
by traffic competing for the same egress port resources. The switch prevents
HOL blocking by queueing packets, such that packets in the front of a queue
do not block the packets behind if they are to be sent to different ports.
Back Pressure Support
On half-duplex links, the receiving port prevents buffer overflows by
occupying the link so that it is unavailable for additional traffic.
For more information, see
Back Pressure .
Virtual Cable Testing (VCT)
VCT detects and reports copper link cabling faults, such as open cables and
cable shorts.
For more information, see
Diagnostics .
Auto-Negotiation
Auto-negotiation enables the device to advertise modes of operation. The
auto-negotiation function enables an exchange of information between two
devices that share a point-to-point link segment, and automatically
configures both devices to take maximum advantage of their transmission
capabilities.

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The devices enhance auto-negotiation by providing port advertisement. Port
advertisement enables the system administrator to configure the port speeds
that are advertised.
For more information, see
Network Administration: Port Settings .
MDI/MDIX Support
Standard wiring for end stations is known as Media-Dependent Interface
(MDI), and standard wiring for hubs and switches is known as Media-
Dependent Interface with Crossover (MDIX).
If auto-negotiation is enabled, the device automatically detects whether the
cable connected to an RJ-45 port is MDIX (crossed) or MDI (straight). This
enables both types to be used interchangeably.
If auto-negotiation is disabled, only MDI (straight) cables can be used.
For more information, see
MDI/MDIX .
MAC Address Capacity Support
MAC Address Capacity Support
All SKUs support up to 16K MAC addresses except for the X4012 that
supports 32K addresses. They reserve specific MAC addresses for system use.
For more information, see
Address Tables .
Static MAC Entries
MAC entries can be manually entered in the Bridging Table, as an alternative
to learning them from incoming frames. These user-defined entries are not
subject to aging and are preserved across reset to reboots.
For more information, see
Address Tables .
Self-Learning MAC Addresses
The device enables controlled MAC address learning from incoming packets.
The MAC addresses are stored in the Dynamic Address Table.
For more information, see
Address Tables .

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Automatic Aging for MAC Addresses
MAC addresses from which no traffic is received for a given period, are aged
out. This frees Bridging Table resources for learning new MAC addresses.
For more information, see
Address Tables .
VLAN-Aware MAC-Based Switching
The device always performs VLAN-aware bridging. VLAN-aware bridges
perform VLAN-based MAC address learning and forwarding. Frames
addressed to a unknown destination MAC address are flooded to all ports of
the relevant VLAN.
This is a standard feature.
MAC Multicast Support
Multicast service is a service that enables one-to-many and many-to-many
communication for information distribution. In Layer 2 Multicast service, a
single frame is addressed to a specific Multicast address, from which copies of
the frame are transmitted to the relevant ports. When Multicast groups are
statically enabled, you can set the destination port of registered groups, as
well as define the behavior of unregistered Multicast frames.
For more information, see
Network Administration: Multicast .
Layer 2 Features
IGMP Snooping
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Snooping examines IGMP
frame contents, when they are forwarded by the device from work stations to
an upstream Multicast router. From the frame data, the device identifies work
stations configured for Multicast sessions, and which Multicast routers are
sending Multicast frames. The IGMP Querier simulates the behavior of a
Multicast router. This enables snooping of the Layer 2 Multicast domain even
if there is no Multicast router.
For more information, see
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MLD Snooping
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping performs the function of
IGMP Snooping for IPv6.
For more information, see
MLD Snooping .
Port and VLAN Mirroring
Port and VLAN mirroring monitors network traffic by forwarding copies of
incoming and outgoing packets from a monitored port to a monitoring port.
Users specify which target port receives copies of all traffic passing through a
specified source port.
For more information, see
Port and VLAN Mirrorings .
Broadcast Storm Control
Storm Control limits the number of Multicast and Broadcast frames accepted
and forwarded by the device.
When Layer 2 frames are forwarded, Broadcast and Multicast frames are
forwarded to multiple ports on the relevant VLAN and excess Broadcast and
Multicast could degrade network performance and disrupt services.
For more information, see
Storm Control Configuration .
VLAN Supported Features
VLAN Support
VLANs are collections of switching ports that comprise a single Broadcast
domain. Packets are classified as belonging to a VLAN, based on either the
VLAN tag or on a combination of the ingress port and packet contents.
Packets sharing common attributes can be grouped in the same VLAN.
For more information, see
Network Administration: VLAN .
Port-Based Virtual LANs (VLANs)
Port-based VLANs classify incoming packets to VLANs, based on their ingress
port.
For more information, see
VLAN Membership .

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Full 802.1Q VLAN Tagging Compliance
IEEE 802.1Q defines an architecture for virtual, bridged LANs, the services
provided in VLANs, and the protocols and algorithms involved in the
provision of these services.
For more information, see
VLAN Overview .
GVRP Support
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) provides IEEE 802.1Q-
compliant VLAN pruning and dynamic VLAN creation on 802.1Q trunk
ports. When GVRP is enabled, the device registers and propagates VLAN
membership on all ports that are part of the active underlying Spanning Tree
Protocol topology.
For more information, see
GVRP Parameters .
Voice VLAN
Voice VLAN enables network administrators to enhance VoIP service by
configuring ports to carry IP voice traffic from IP phones on a specific VLAN.
VoIP traffic has a preconfigured Organizationally Unique Identifiers (OUI)
prefix in the source MAC address. Network administrators can configure
VLANs from which voice IP traffic is forwarded. Non-VoIP traffic is dropped
from the Voice VLAN in Auto-Voice VLAN Secure mode. Voice VLAN also
provides QoS to VoIP, ensuring that the quality of voice does not deteriorate if
the IP traffic is received unevenly.
The default secure mode is supported.
For more information, see
Voice VLAN .
Guest VLAN
Guest VLAN provides limited network access to unauthorized ports. If a port
is denied network access via port-based authorization, but the Guest VLAN is
enabled, the port receives limited network access through the Guest VLAN.
For more information, see
Dot1x Authentications .