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April 24th, 2012 07:00
New to Dell Switches: Administration Tool?
Good day,
I am newly managing a network with several (10-15) Dell PowerConnect Switches. They are PowerConnect 5524P mostly. I am wondering if there is a free tool to discover and manage them, set up VLANs, enable/disable features and ports, etc, similar to Cisco Network Administrator. I have heard that there is an OpenManage for switches, but these didnt come with that on CD and it isnt in downloads. Please send me a link for a free Dell switch management GUI to download.
Thanks!
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JWESLLC
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April 24th, 2012 08:00
I followed that link once before and it goes to a third party called Dorado, who makes you fill out a form and promises a link to download the software, but I never received the link. It is only free to manage 10 switches, not free for as many as you want. Not exactly what I was hoping for...Isnt there a better solution?
JWESLLC
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April 24th, 2012 09:00
Holy Cow, this requires:
• Dual Core processor or higher
• 6 Gig memory minimum, 8 Gig recommended (Additional memory will enhance application performance)
• 40 Gig of available disk capacity, 100 Gig recommended (Additional memory will enhance archiving of performance data and event records).
And only runs on a Server OS?
I am really looking for a fairly simple management tool, like this one that Cisco has:
www.cisco.com/.../index.html It runs on XP and is free for more than 10 switches. Does Dell have anything that fits this bill to manage the PowerConnect switches?
Konakcc
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May 7th, 2012 16:00
You could look at the Solarwinds tools. However I am not sure if the free version works with Dell switches. Its just an option.