Reference Guide

3 Management Networks for Dell EMC Networking
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Purpose of this document ................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Typographical conventions ................................................................................................................................. 5
1.3 Production network example .............................................................................................................................. 6
Management network selection .................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Switch management ports .................................................................................................................................. 8
2.2 Console management ........................................................................................................................................ 8
2.3 OOB Ethernet management ............................................................................................................................... 9
2.4 In-band Ethernet management ........................................................................................................................... 9
Console management ................................................................................................................................................ 11
3.1 Connecting a single switch ............................................................................................................................... 11
3.2 Using a console server ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Out-of-band (OOB) management networks ............................................................................................................... 16
4.1 Network management switch ........................................................................................................................... 17
4.2 Configuring OOB management on production switches .................................................................................. 17
4.2.1 OS9 configuration ............................................................................................................................................. 17
4.2.2 OS10EE configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 18
4.3 Cabling production switches to OOB management .......................................................................................... 18
In-band management networks .................................................................................................................................. 19
5.1 Network switch (for production and management) ........................................................................................... 19
5.2 Configuring management on production switches ........................................................................................... 20
5.2.1 OS9 configuration ............................................................................................................................................. 20
5.2.2 OS10EE configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 21
5.3 Control access to management functions ........................................................................................................ 22
5.3.1 OS9 configuration ............................................................................................................................................. 22
5.3.2 OS10EE configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 22
Managing Dell EMC Servers ...................................................................................................................................... 23
6.1 Connecting Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers (Serial Port) .................................................................................. 23
6.2 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) ......................................................................................... 25
6.2.1 Configuring the iDRAC IP address ................................................................................................................... 25
6.3 Connecting to Dell EMC Servers ..................................................................................................................... 26
6.4 Licensed features in iDRAC7, iDRAC8, and iDRAC9 ...................................................................................... 27
Remote access ........................................................................................................................................................... 28
7.1 Command Line Interface .................................................................................................................................. 28