Configuring Ip Addresses; Support Of Subnet Masks - Dell PowerConnect B - MLXe 4 Hardware Installation Manual

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Configuring IP addresses

3. Enter the enable super-user-password command to set the super-user password.
4. Enter the following commands to set the port configuration and read-only passwords.
Configuring IP addresses
Dell routers implement separate data and control planes. This architecture affects how you assign
IP addresses.
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 17
Interface
Management interface
Any interface over which user
packets are routed
Any virtual interface over which
user packets are routed
Loopback interface

Support of subnet masks

Dell routers support 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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NetIron# configure terminal
NetIron(config)#
Syntax: configure terminal
NetIron(config)# enable super-user-password mustang
Syntax: enable super-user password <text>
NOTE
You must set the super-user password before you can set other types of passwords.
NetIron(config)# enable port-config-password mustang
NetIron(config)# enable read-only-password mustang
NOTE
If you forget your super-user password, see the Multi-Service IronWare Software Release 5.1.0
Notes.
Syntax: enable | super-user-password | read-only-password | port-config-password <text>
The text for the read-only--password and the port-config password should be different from the
text for the super-user password. Passwords can be up to 48 characters long.
Table 17 outlines the interfaces to which you can assign IP addresses.
Interfaces that can be given 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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Enter a classical network 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.
Out of band or In band
Out of band
In band
In band
In band
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