Dell PC7000, PC8024, PC8024F, PCM6220, PCM6348 User Manual
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DELL PowerConnect™
PCM6220/PCM8024/PCM6348
PCM8024-k/PC8024/
PC8024F/PC7000 Series
Firmware CLI Transition Guide
A Dell Technical White Paper
Dell PowerConnect™ Firmware CLI Transition Guide
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Contents
A Dell Technical White Paper ......................................................................................... i
Introduction ................................................................................................................. 2
Changes to the Interface Naming Convention ........................................................................ 2
Ethernet Interfaces ..................................................................................................... 2
Port Channel Interfaces ................................................................................................ 3
Loopback Interfaces .................................................................................................... 3
VLAN Interfaces ......................................................................................................... 3
Tunnel Interfaces ....................................................................................................... 3
Migration Key Concepts ................................................................................................... 3
Commands That Did Not Migrate ..................................................................................... 3
Slot Naming Conventions .............................................................................................. 3
Ethernet Configuration Commands .................................................................................. 3
VLANs...................................................................................................................... 3
Management Interfaces ................................................................................................ 4
Updated Commands – Operational Modifications .................................................................... 5
Updated Commands – Command Mode Modifications ............................................................... 8
Updated Commands – Syntax Modifications ......................................................................... 10
Deprecated Commands ................................................................................................. 18
Tables
Table 1: Interface Identifiers ............................................................................. 2
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Introduction
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 CLI REFERENCE
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 CLI REFERENCE 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.
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Updated Commands – Operational Modifications
Feature Previous Implementation Dell™ PowerConnect 4.x
Implementation
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.
flowcontrol flowcontrol Changed the default
configuration from disabled to
enabled.
default gateway associated with
the route.
default gateway associated with
the route.
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Feature Previous Implementation Dell™ PowerConnect 4.x
Implementation
Comments
IPv6 Routing show ipv6 route summary
[all]
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.
Spanning Tree spanning-tree mst instance-
id priority priority
Stack Firmware
Synchronization
(SFS)
SDM Templates
Syslog logging file level
show switch [unit]
show stack-port
show stack-port counters
show stack-port diag
show stack-standby
spanning-tree mst instance-
id priority priority
show switch [chassis-mgmt |
stack-member-number |
stack-ports [counters | diag]
| stack-standby]
logging file [severity-levelnumber | type]
Changed the instance-id range to
1-4094.
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.
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