6224 Vlan Setup

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I am configuring a new PC 6224. It will contain 4 vlans. This will replace a switch that already houses these vlans, plus a few others i will be dropping. With the pasted below, does anyone see any issues?     Thanks for your time.     show run !Current Configuration: !System Description 'Dell PowerConnect' !System Software Version 1.0.0.27 ! configure gvrp enable vlan database vlan 68-71 exit stack member 1 1 exit ip address 10.244.69.1 255.255.255.0 interface vlan 68 name '10 244 68 x' routing ip address  10.244.68.1  255.255.255.0 ip local-proxy-arp exit interface vlan 69 name '10 244 69 x'   exit interface vlan 70 name '10 244 70 x' routing ip address  10.244.70.1  255.255.255.0 ip local-proxy-arp exit interface vlan 71 name '10 244 71 x' routing ip address  10.244.71.1  255.255.255.0 ip local-proxy-arp exit bootpdhcprelay maxhopcount 6 bootpdhcprelay serverip 10.1.210.8 username 'duh' password 76183d6fad609c3fc221a56c10a32a6b level 15 encrypted ! interface ethernet 1/g1 gvrp enable switchport mode access exit ! interface ethernet 1/g2 switchport access vlan 69 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g3 switchport access vlan 69 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g4 switchport access vlan 69 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g5 switchport access vlan 69 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g6 switchport access vlan 69 exit   ! interface ethernet 1/g7 switchport access vlan 69 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g8 switchport access vlan 69 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g9 switchport access vlan 69 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g10 switchport access vlan 69 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g11 switchport access vlan 69 exit !   interface ethernet 1/g12 switchport access vlan 69 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g13 switchport access vlan 69 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g14 switchport access vlan 69 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g19 switchport access vlan 71 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g20 switchport access vlan 71 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g22   switchport access vlan 68 exit ! interface ethernet 1/g23 switchport access vlan 70 exit ! interface ethernet 1/xg2 switchport access vlan 68 exit ! interface ethernet 1/xg3 switchport access vlan 70 exit ! interface port-channel 1 switchport access vlan 68 exit exit   console#

StarLog · Answer

Hi, I have been doing the similiar thing with a 6224 and fourteen 5324 switches.   Two things I would add: 1. on the ports spanning-tree portfast 2. on the dhcp statements bootpdhcprelay enable   I am sure you know if your plugged into a port that is a member of vlan70, then you can get to the GUI with the address of 10.244.70.1   I noticed that your out-of-band ip address is 10.244.69.1, and you also have a vlan69 with no ip. are you planning to use this management vlan ip for the vlan69.?   It would be simpilar to give the out-of-band ip something you would never use. And then set the vlan69 with a good 10.244.69.1 ip. If you are connected to any of the ports that are a member of the vlan 69, you can http://10.244.69.1 right to it, and get a management gui.

Cblair · Answer

Thanks for the reply!   I will check on adding: 1. on the ports spanning-tree portfast 2. on the dhcp statements bootpdhcprelay enable   I am a bit confused by the out-of-band IP address. I was planning on making the vlan 69 with the IP 10.244.69.1, but then i wasn't sure about management, so i left the switch IP'd as 10.244.69.1 and added the ports i wanted in the 69 vlan into vlan 1.   Should i just leave port 1 out of any VLAN's and leave the ip as 192.168.2.1? Or can it be assinged to the vlan 69 and given the IP 10.244.69.1?   Thanks again.

StarLog · Answer

The 6224 is a bit differrent then the rest of the switches Dell makes with respect to the management ip.   They told me it was to be considered like an out-of-band ip, one that would be used for backup management if nothing else was accessible to the switch.   So with that in mind, I set all my vlans to have. 192.168.xxx.254 for their ip, this means, if I want to access the switch management gui from any vlan I am currently on, I http to 192.168.xxx.254. The port 1 can be a member of any vlan you want, it does not have to be designated as a management port.   Set the management vlan1 ip to something you might not ever use in your network. 192.244.1.1   I will be posting a good config here Friday, to show you what I mean.   Since your management vlan1 is 192.244.1.1, that leaves your vlan69 to have the 69.1 ip. Just make sure that when you telnet or http to the switch, you have a correct ip segment to contact that vlan. For instance in our setup, we have a dhcp server with three dhcp scopes. each scope is respective to a vlan. When a pc is plugged into a switch downstream that is a vlan member it pulls that respective ip address. i.e.   vlan 5 is 192.168.5.254 vlan 6 is 192.168.6.254 vlan 7 is 192.168.7.254   So any pc connected to a port a member of vlan 5 will get a dhcp address of 192.168.5.xxx from the dhcp server. Hope this helps.

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