Reference Guide

17 Management Networks for Dell EMC Networking
4.1 Network management switch
Dedicated network management switches today are usually 1GbE Base-T switches. These switches are less
expensive than most other networked equipment they are being used to manage. Many 1GbE Base-T
Ethernet switches on the market provide the features needed to make it a viable management switch.
You should select a switch that will provide enough 1GbE ports to connect to all devices you want to manage
in the rack. The Dell EMC PowerSwitch S3048-ON and the Dell EMC PowerSwitch N2048 are two examples
of switches that are ideal for OOB management of a single rack. Each are 1-RU with forty-eight 1GbE Base-T
ports for connecting to downstream managed devices, such as switches and servers. The S3048-ON has four
10GbE SFP+ ports, and the N2048 has two 10GbE SFP+ ports, for connecting to the upstream management
cloud. These switches may be used right out of the box to manage a single rack of equipment.
Note: Dell EMC recommends changing the admin password to a complex password during the first login.
4.2 Configuring OOB management on production switches
Note: The steps in this document were validated using specific Dell EMC PowerSwitch series switches and
operating systems. The steps may be used for other Dell EMC PowerSwitch series switch models that have
the same networking operating system version or later, if the switch has the available port numbers, speeds,
and types. Consult your switch’s documentation for the specific commands to be used.
The commands for setting the OOB management ports can differ depending on the switch hardware and
operating system. For example, the OOB port for the Dell EMC PowerSwitch S4048-ON running OS9 is
managementethernet 1/1. The OOB port for the Dell EMC PowerSwitch S4148-ON running OS10EE is
mgmt 1/1/1. OS9 and OS10EE examples are provided in the following sections.
The commands that are used in the following examples are entered on the production switches that connect
their OOB ports to the management switch. OOB interfaces are always untagged.
4.2.1 OS9 configuration
The following commands show how to configure the OOB port on a Dell EMC PowerSwitch series production
switch with Dell EMC Networking OS9 installed. Replace the IP address and management route (default
gateway) address with the ones for your network.
OS9#configure
OS9(conf)#interface managementethernet 1/1
OS9(conf-if-ma-1/1)#ip address 192.168.1.10/24
OS9(conf-if-ma-1/1)#no shutdown
OS9(config)#management route 0.0.0.0/0 192.168.1.1