Deploying the Dell PowerConnect 8100 with the Cisco Catalyst |
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Contents |
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Introduction | 4 |
Overview of VLANs | 5 |
Creating and assigning VLANs | 5 |
Management VLAN vs. SVI on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 | 5 |
Dell PowerConnect 8100 CLI | 6 |
Cisco Catalyst CLI | 7 |
Access, trunk and general Switchport Modes | 8 |
VLAN configuration example | 9 |
Dell PowerConnect 8100 CLI | 9 |
Cisco Catalyst CLI | 10 |
PVID and native VLAN | 11 |
Dell PowerConnect 8100 CLI | 11 |
Cisco Catalyst CLI | 12 |
Creating and connecting LAGs using LACP | 13 |
Enabling Spanning Tree – RSTP vs. RPVST+ | 13 |
Method 1: Portfast | 14 |
Dell PowerConnect 8100 CLI | 15 |
Cisco Catalyst CLI | 15 |
Method 2: MSTP | 16 |
Cisco proprietary protocols | 16 |
Appendix A - Network switch versions | 18 |
About Dell | 18 |
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