
Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst
The Cisco Catalyst uses a similar setting known as SVI (switch virtual interface) to do remote switch management. When activated, an SVI is used only for management and not for user traffic, just like the management VLAN on the Dell switch.
Figure 5 shows the basic topology of a management VLAN that is configured in this example: creating and then connecting a management VLAN and an SVI.
Management VLAN across a Dell PowerConnect 8100
Figure 5.
Both switches use the existing cables (that are carrying production traffic from switch to switch) to carry
Dell PowerConnect 8100 CLI
The example below shows the commands for setting up a management VLAN on the Dell PowerConnect 8100. After creating a username and password for remote access to the switch, create a VLAN and assign it an IP address. Assign trunk ports to be attached to the Cisco Catalyst or other switch. Finally, configure a single access port, though any number of ports may be added and used in the management VLAN.
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