Configuring Ip Addresses - Dell PowerConnect B-MLXe Series Getting Started Manual

Configuring IP addresses

The PowerConnect B-MLXe Series implement separate data and control planes. This architecture affects how you
assign IP addresses. Table 3
In this table, "in band" refers to an interface over which user packets are routed, while "out of band" refers to an
interface over which control packets related to system management are forwarded.
TABLE 3
Assigning IP addresses
Interface
Management interface
Any interface over which user packets are routed
Any virtual interface over which user packets are routed
Loopback interface
This section describes the following:
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PowerConnect B-MLXe Series support of sub-net masks
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How to assign an IP address to a management interface
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How to assign an IP address to an interface or virtual interface over which user packets are routed
Support of subnet masks
The PowerConnect B-MLXe Series supports both classical IP network masks (Class A, B, and C subnet masks, and so
on) and Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR) network prefix masks.
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To enter a classical network mask, enter the mask in IP address format. For example, enter
"209.157.22.99 255.255.255.0" for an IP address with a Class-C subnet mask.
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To enter a prefix number for a network mask, enter a forward slash (/) and the number of bits in the mask
immediately after the IP address. For example, enter "209.157.22.99/24" for an IP address that has a network
mask with 24 significant ("mask") bits.
Assigning an IP address to a management interface
Instead of assigning a global IP address to the B-MLXe for system management purposes, you must assign an IP
address to the active management module. If the active management module becomes unavailable and the
redundant module becomes the active module, the IP address is automatically assigned to the new active
management module.
For example, to assign the IP address 10.0.1.1 to the management interface, do the following:
1. At the opening CLI prompt, enter enable:
PowerConnect> enable
2. Enter the following command at the Privileged EXEC level prompt (for example, PowerConnect#), then press
Enter. This command erases the factory test configuration if still present:
PowerConnect# erase startup-config
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outlines the interfaces to which you can assign IP addresses.
Associated physical port
Ethernet 10/100/1000 port on active
or redundant management module
Any interface module port
Any interface port
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Out of band or in band
Out of band
In band
In band
In band
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