Reference Guide

20 Management Networks for Dell EMC Networking
count usually provides enough 10GbE ports to connect to all devices in the rack. For this example, rack
servers, server chassis, and rack power distribution units (PDUs) were connected.
5.2 Configuring management on production switches
To configure the switch to use the in-band connections (front panel Ethernet ports), an IP address is assigned
to a VLAN. By default, all IPs can access the management console of the Dell EMC switch.
The commands for setting up a management VLAN often depend on the switch hardware and operating
system. The examples that are provided for the S4048T-ON are running the OS9 or OS10 operating system.
Separate VLANs could be configured to manage different types of equipment based on your requirements. In
this example, VLAN 10 is used for both switch and server management.
On switches running OS10, Telnet is disabled, and SSH is enabled by default. OS10 has default credentials
of admin/admin. The switch is accessible by default using SSH with those credentials. Changing the admin
password to something more complex is recommended.
Note: While the steps in this document were validated using the specified Dell EMC PowerSwitch series
switches and operating systems, they may be used for other Dell EMC PowerSwitch models using the same
networking operating system version or later assuming the switch has the available port numbers, speeds,
and types. Consult the documentation included with the switch for the specific commands to use.
5.2.1 OS9 configuration
The commands in this section show how to configure the management VLAN on a Dell EMC PowerSwitch
series switch with OS9 installed. For a more secure connection, SSH is enabled and Telnet is disabled.
OS9# config
OS9(conf)# ip ssh enable
OS9(conf)# username admin password admin privilege 15
OS9(conf)# no ip telnet enable (optional)
Configure the interfaces for the upstream and server connections. In this example port 1/48 is used for
upstream and ports 1/1-1/4 are used for server connections. Provide an interface description, use portmode
hybrid to allow tagged and un-tagged frames, and configure ports as layer 2 switchport using the switchport
command.
OS9(conf)#interface tengigabitethernet 1/48
OS9(conf-if-te-1/48)# description upstream network
OS9(conf-if-te-1/48)# portmode hybrid
OS9(conf-if-te-1/48)# switchport
OS9(conf-if-te-1/48)# no shutdown
OS9(conf-if-te-1/48)# exit
OS9(conf)# interface range tengigabitethernet 1/1-1/4
OS9(conf-if-te-1/48)# description server connections
OS9(conf-if-te-1/48)# portmode hybrid
OS9(conf-if-te-1/48)# switchport
OS9(conf-if-te-1/48)# no shutdown
OS9(conf-if-te-1/48)# exit