Dell 6024 manual

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    Dell | PowerConnect INFO Brief PowerConnect 6024 and 6024F Routing Switches Front view of PowerConnect 6024 Front view of PowerConnect 6024F Rear view of PowerConnect 6024/6024F Key Points • The Dell PowerConnect TM 6000 Series Gigabit Ethernet routing swit ches are designed to address the connect ivity needs of medium and large organizations. Th[...]

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    Page 2 January 2004 • The PowerConnect 6024 and 6024F are rack-dense, fixed-port Gigabit Ethernet Layer 3 switches delivering wire-speed switching performance. Offering 24 Gigabit Ethernet po rts in a 1U form factor, the PowerConnect 6024 and 6024F each have a total switching cap acity of 48 Gbps and a maximum forwarding rate of 35.6 Mpp s. The P[...]

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    Page 3 January 2004 to scale with growth while protecting networking i nfrastructure investments. • Advanced security features of the PowerConnect 6000 Series help protect the network from accidental or malicious interference. MAC-based port security is designed to prevent unauthorized MAC addresses from accessing the network. This feature can se[...]

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    Page 4 January 2004 Table 1 PowerConnect 6024 comparison to the PowerConnect 5224 Features PowerConnect 5224 PowerConnect 6024 Total Switching Capacity 48 Gbps 48 Gbps Maximum Forwarding Rate 35.6 Mpps 35.6 Mpps Gigabit Ethernet Ports 24 copper GbE ports OR 4 optional fiber GbE via SFP transceivers 24 Copper GbE ports OR 8 optional Fiber GbE via SF[...]

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    Page 5 January 2004 Features PowerConnect 5224 PowerConnect 6024 Management copy files support SNMP Support SNMP v2c SNMP v1/v2c Remote Logging Syslog Syslog Industry-standard CLI Yes Yes Form Factor 1U, rack mountable 1U, rack mountable Target Markets/Applications The PowerConnect 6000 Series is designed for customers who require high-performance [...]

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    Page 6 January 2004 Features and Benefits The features and benefits of the PowerConnect 6024 and 6024F are shown in the following table. Table 2 Features, Functions and Benefits of the Pow erConnect 6000 Series Feature Function Benefit Total Switching Capacity Enables full wire-speed switching across all ports, including Gigabit Ethernet ports/slot[...]

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    Page 7 January 2004 Feature Function Benefit routing for small and medium sized networks. OSPF Open Shortest Path First routing protocol sends information to all nodes in the network to calculate the shortest path to each hop. Provides a method of determining the networks topology, flexible in a topology that is subject to changes. OSPF provides le[...]

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    Page 8 January 2004 Feature Function Benefit dynamic port-based VLAN configuration as per IEEE 802.1Q. provides dynamic VLAN configurations and reduces administrative tasks associated with static VLANs. 802.1p Priority Utilizes separate transmission queues for low and high priority traffic. Helps ensure low-latency delivery of time critical network[...]

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    Page 9 January 2004 Feature Function Benefit provides encryption of management traffic when accessing the switch via CLI. IP Address Management Allows the network administrator to assign an IP address statically or dynamically. Provides the network administrator options for assigning IP addresses to a switch, including the flexibility to use a Boot[...]

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    Page 10 January 2004 accomplished with a broad variety of management tools like the Dell OpenManage Network Manager. • Advanced security capabilities With MAC-based port security, multi-layer Access Control Lists (ACL), SSL/SSH management tr affic encryption, management authentication (includi ng RADIUS) and SNMP access filtering, the PowerConnec[...]

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    Page 11 January 2004 Diagram 1 is an example of a resilient datacenter center designed using PowerConnect 6024 switches. This so lution provides high availability wire-speed Gigabit routing capabilities to access a large number of servers. Servers can be connected to the switches using either copper or fiber cabling. Each switch is capable of suppo[...]

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    Page 12 January 2004 switch all packets to the core. Data leaving th e stack of Edge Switch 1 with a destination address at Edge Switch 2 would not have to take the additional hops of going to the core of the network a nd then back out to Edge Switch 2. In this scenario, the aggregation switch can act ually run multiple links to the network core an[...]

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    Page 13 January 2004 With the Virtual Redundant R outing Protocol (VRRP), the PowerConnect 6024 switches will synchronize their routing tables with one another t o ensure fail-over support in the ev ent of a switch or link failure. Additionally, the PowerConnect 6024 can be configured with up t o seven trunk groups (with a maximum) of seven ports i[...]

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    Page 14 January 2004 • Remote Software and Storage Support Gold Enterprise Services Rapid, expert support services for critical systems. Includes: • 4-Hour Same Day onsite 2 response Service with advance exchange hardware replacement • Engineer-to-Engineer Telephone Suppo rt with direct access to Dell's senior-level Gold Queue • Techni[...]