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Firmware CLI Transition Guide
A Dell Technical White Paper
Dell PowerConnect™ Firmware CLI Transition Guide
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Contents
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The Dell™ PowerConnect CLI Transition Guide White Paper discusses the changes in the CLI commands
from the PowerConnect 6200 and 8024 3.x software to the 4.x software release on the 6200, 7000, and
8000 Series switches. Some changes were syntactical only and some were functional as specified in the
following sections.
NOTE: Not all commands are available on all switches. Refer to the D
GUIDE for commands specific to your switch model.
ELL POWERCONNECT CLIREFERENCE
Changes to the Interface Naming Convention
Changes to the Interface Naming Conventions are applicable to all switches. The conventions for
naming interfaces in CLI commands are described in the following sections.
Ethernet Interfaces
The gigabit Ethernet and 10-gigabit Ethernet ports are identified in the CLI by the variable
unit/slot/port, where:
• <Interface Type> Unit#/Slot#/Port#—Identifies a specific interface by the interface type
tag followed by the Unit# followed by a / symbol, then the Slot# followed by a / symbol,
and then the Port#.
Table 1
2.
• Unit
switches are stacked to form a virtual switch. In this case, the Unit# indicates the logical
position of the switch in a stack. The range is 1–12. The unit value is 1 for standalone
switches.
• Slot
in slot 0. The expansion slots use slot numbers 1 or 2. Use the
retrieve information for a particular slot.
• Port #
and corresponds to the number printed next to the port. Ports are numbered from 1 to
the maximum number of ports available on the switch, typically 24 or 48.
Within the CLIREFERENCE GUIDE, the tag interface–id refers to an interface identifier that follows the
naming convention above.
below lists the supported interface type tags.
#—The unit number is greater than 1 only in a stacking solution where a number of
#—The slot number is an integer number assigned to a particular slot. Fixed ports are
—The port number is an integer number assigned to the physical port on the switch
For example, gi2/0/10
identifies the gigabit port 10 in slot 0 on unit
show slot
command to
Table 1: Interface Identifiers
Interface Type Long Form Short Form Identifier
Gigabit Ethernet gigabitethernet gi (gi was g) unit/slot/port
10–Gigabit Ethernet tengigabitethernet te (te was xg) unit/slot/port
Loopback loopback lo Loopback-id (0–7)
Port Channel port-channel po port-channel-number
Tunnel tunnel tu tunnel-id (0–7)
VLAN vlan vl vlan-id (1–4093)
When listed in command line output, gigabit Ethernet interfaces are preceded by the characters Gi,
and 10-gigabit Ethernet interfaces are preceded by Te.
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Port Channel Interfaces
Port-channel (or LAG) interfaces are represented in the CLI by the variable port-channel-number,
which can assume values from 1–48.
When listed in command line output, port channel interfaces are preceded by the characters Po.
Loopback Interfaces
Loopback interfaces are represented in the CLI by the variable loopback-id, which can assume values
from 0–7.
VLAN Interfaces
VLAN interfaces are represented in the CLI by the variable vlan-id, which can assume values from 1–
4093.
Tunnel Interfaces
Tunnel interfaces are represented in the CLI by the variable tunnel-id, which can assume values from
0–7.
Refer to the Interface Naming Conventions section of the CLI
REFERENCE GUIDE.
Migration Key Concepts
The 4.x software was designed for the migration to require minimal user intervention. Migration issues
documented here are applicable across all platforms.
Commands That Did Not Migrate
Some commands did not migrate to the 4.x software. Some old commands no longer exist; some
commands have been deprecated by a new command or removed entirely. A list of these commands is
provided in Deprecated Commands on page 18.
Slot Naming Conventions
Along with the interface naming convention changes are the slot naming convention changes. The old
method was unit/type port, for example 1/g1. The new method is interface type unit/slot, based on
industry-standard naming convention, e.g., Gigabit Ethernet (Gi) 1/0/1.
Port channels old method ch1 or port-channel 1, depending on where you were in CLI. The new
abbreviation for port-channel is “po”.
Ethernet Configuration Commands
There is no longer a negotiation command. Effective with the 4.x software, auto-negotiation is
configured as part of the speed and duplex commands. Refer to the descriptions of the speed and
duplex commands in the CLI
REFERENCE GUIDE.
VLANs
In version 4.x, there is a distinction between Layer 2 and Layer 3 configuration. Interface VLAN
Configuration mode is used only for Layer 3 configuration.
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Management Interfaces
There is no longer a preconfigured management VLAN on the switch. Effective with the 4.x software,
the administrator can configure a management VLAN on the in-band interfaces, but the VLAN should
not be enabled for routing. The ip address command in Global Config mode no longer exists.
The ability of the switch to obtain an address via DHCP is no longer restricted to a single interface.
Effective with the 4.x software, the embedded DHCP client can be enabled on more than one interface
at a time. DHCP now works on any routing interface. For example, DHCP can operate on a routing
interface and out-of-band (OOB) at the same time. Therefore, DHCP can obtain a switch address over
more interfaces than before.
ARP arp timeout seconds arp timeout seconds In the revised implementation,
ARP arp dynamicrenew arp dynamicrenew Changed default state from
ARP show arp show arp Changed the behavior so that all
Audit show logging show logging This command is used to display
Comments
the command is supported in
both Global Configuration Mode
and Interface Configuration
Mode, while previous
implementation supported only
Global Configuration Mode. This
capability gives administrators
the ability to adjust the ARP
timings to better operate on
subnets with different
performance requirements.
enabled to disabled.
entries are displayed when the
command is used without any
keywords.
Made the command available in
User EXEC mode.
all logging information, including
auditing status.
Banner show running-config show running-config This command output has been
enhanced to show banner
configuration.
Denial of
Service
Ethernet
Configuration
IP Routing show ip route show ip route The command displays the
IPv6 Routing show ipv6 route show ipv6 route The command displays the
dos-control icmp [size] dos-control icmp [size] Maximum ICMP packet size.
(Range 0-16376). If size is
unspecified, the value is 512.
IP Routing show ip interface show ip interface The output of the command is
IPv6 Routing show ipv6 interface show ipv6 interface The output of the command is
IP Routing show ip route show ip route Displays the IPv4 address of the
IPv6 Routing show ipv6 route show ipv6 route Displays the IPv6 address of the
IP6 Routing show ip route preferences show ip route preferences The user can configure a global
show ipv6 route summary
[best]
Use best to display the count
summary for only best routes.
updated to indicate how each IP
address was assigned.
updated to include the method
of assignment for each IPv6
address that is either autoconfigured or leased from a
DHCP server.
default gateway.
default gateway, similar to show
ip route.
default gateway (ip defaultgateway), creating a default
route with a preference of 253.
The command output is updated
to list the new preference value
and the preference of default
routes learned from a DHCP
server.
Modified the show switch
command to show the Switch
Firmware Synchronization (SFS)
status.
The show switch command can
display a new value, SDM
Mismatch, in the Switch Status
field, indicating that the unit
joined the stack, but is running a
different SDM template than the
management unit.
Made severity-level optional,
with a default value of error.
Note that persistent logging is
disabled by default.
command behaves identically
with the quit command, closing
an active terminal session by
logging off the switch.
Virtual Router
Redundancy
Protocol (VRRP)
Ip vrrp
Ip vrrp mode
vrrp group ip ip-address
[secondary]
no vrrp group ip ip-address
vlan secondary
Use the no form of the command
to remove the secondary IP
address. It is not possible to
remove the primary ip address
once assigned. Remove the VRRP
group instead.
ARP arp timeout seconds arp timeout seconds In the revised implementation,
Banner banner motd banner motd <message> The command mode was changed
DHCP
Snooping
DHCP
Snooping
DHCP
Snooping
show ip dhcp snooping show ip dhcp snooping The command mode was changed
show ip dhcp snooping
database
show ip dhcp snooping
statistics
show ip dhcp snooping
database
show ip dhcp snooping
statistics
Comments
the command is supported in both
Global Configuration Mode and
Interface Configuration Mode,
while previous implementation
supported only Global
Configuration Mode.
from Privileged EXEC to Global
Configuration.
from Privileged EXEC to User
EXEC and Privileged EXEC.
The command mode was changed
from Privileged EXEC to User
EXEC and Privileged EXEC.
The command mode was changed
from Privileged EXEC to User
EXEC and Privileged EXEC.
Ethernet
Configuration
IGMP
Snooping
IGMP
Snooping
IP Addressing ip address n/a There is no longer an ip address
IP Routing show ip protocols show ip protocols The command mode was changed
IP Routing show ip route summary [all] show ip route summary [best] The command mode was changed
interface range ethernet
{port-range | all}
ip igmp snooping ip igmp snooping vlan vlan-id In Dell™ PowerConnect, the
ip igmp snooping leave-timeout [time-out|immediate-
leave]
Interface range {port-range|port-type all}
ip igmp snooping leave-timeout [time-out|immediate-
leave]
It is no longer necessary to exit
Interface Configuration mode to
execute this command.
command was modified from
VLAN Interface Configuration
Mode command to Global
Configuration Mode command
that includes the VLAN ID as a
parameter.
Changed the leave-time-out range
to 1-3174 seconds.
command in Global Config mode
due to the deprecation of support
for the management interface
(i.e., network port).
from Privileged EXEC to Privileged
EXEC and User EXEC.
from Privileged EXEC to Privileged
EXEC and User EXEC.
Multicast ip pimsm spt-threshold This command is replaced by the ip pim spt-threshold
and ip pim register-rate-limit commands.
Multicast ip pimsm rp-address This command is replaced by the ip pim rp-address
command.
Multicast ip pimsm rp-candidate This command is replaced by the ip pim bsr-border
command.
Multicast show ip pimsm bsr This command is replaced by the show ip pim bsr-router
command.
Multicast show ip pimsm rphash This command is replaced by the show ip pim rp hash
command.
Multicast show ip pimsm rp mapping This command is replaced by the show ip pim rp
mapping command.
Multicast show ip mcast This command is changed to show ip multicast.
Multicast show ip mcast interface This command is changed to show ip multicast
interface.
OSPF 1583compatibility This command is changed to compatible rfc1583.
OSPFv3 Ipv6 ospf areaid This command is changed to ipv6 ospf area.
PHY
Diagnostics
PIM-DM and
PIM-SM
PIM-DM and
PIM-SM
PIM-DM and
PIM-SM
PIM-DM and
PIM-SM
Power Over
Ethernet
Power Over
Ethernet
Power Over
Ethernet
show copper-ports cablelength
ip pimsm and ip pimdm These commands are replaced by the ip pim command.
ip pimsm hello-interval and
ip pimdm hello-interval
show ip pimsm interface and
show ip pimdm interface
show ip pimsm neighbor and
show ip pimdm neighbor
power inline legacy This command is deprecated by the power inline
power inline traps enable This command is deprecated by the snmp-server enable
show poe-firmware-version This command is deprecated by the show power inline
This command is deprecated. Use the show copper-ports
tdr command to display the stored information
regarding cable lengths and the test copper-port tdr
command to perform a cable length test. Testing a port
brings the port down momentarily.
These commands are replaced by the ip pim hellointerval command.
These commands are replaced by the show ip pim
interface command.
These commands are replaced by the show ip pim
neighbor command.