What Is Simple Mode - Dell PowerEdge M420 Configuration Manual

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What is Simple Mode?

The PowerConnect M6220, M6348, M8024, and M8024-k switches support a
simple operational mode to allow auto configuration of complex network
setting. Simple mode minimizes the administration required for managing
the blade-centric switch blades as aggregation devices. The Port Aggregator
feature is available only when the switch is operating in Simple mode.
NOTE:
The PowerConnect M8024-k switch operates in Simple mode by default.
The PowerConnect M6220, M6348, and M8024 switches operate in normal mode,
with Simple mode disabled, by default.
When Simple mode is enabled, negotiation, speed, duplex, VLAN, and MTU
configurations are allowed on the Aggregator Group but not on the individual
ports. These configurations are applied to all the member ports of the
Aggregator Group.
Simple mode has the following characteristics:
• A user with privilege level 15 can change the mode of operation using the
CLI, Web, and SNMP interfaces.
• Operational mode is set to Normal mode on resetting the configuration to
Factory defaults from the software boot menu.
• When you change the operational mode, a trap is generated apart from
logging a message.
• A limited set of configuration options are available from the Web-based
interface, CLI, and SNMP. Additionally, SNMPv3 is not available.
• Routing -related features and QoS, are not supported.
• The switch maintains two separate configuration files, one for Simple
mode and another for Normal mode. The selection of the configuration
file while applying the configuration is based on the mode selection. If
there is no saved configuration, then the default configuration of the
selected mode is applied.
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