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Managing managed switches
I have a number of Dell PowerConnect switches. I've successfully setup various 'trunks' and vLANs and all working sweet. But one thing annoys me. I can't seem to 'manage' my switches from my laptop as I am on a particular subnet (vLAN12 10.0.12.x) and my switches are all setup to be managed on the 10.0.1.x and its not routable. I need to go down and plug my laptop physically into each switch - which is a pain in the arse.
Any ideas or thoughts?? .... Other than I'm an idiot ;)
switch dell dell-powerconnect manage share|improve this question edited Dec 4 '11 at 4:00
asked Dec 4 '11 at 3:41
Three options come to mind:
Make the 10.0.1.0/24 network routed via your router.
Give your switches 10.0.1.0/24 management IPs.
Have a server or one swtich on both the 10.0.1.x network and the 10.0.12.x network and use that as a management box that you ssh or remote desktop into. Then connect to all the switches from that box. The management box could also have a some sort of serial multiplexer and be connected to each switch's port -- but that would be bit out of the norm.
share|improve this answer answered Dec 4 '11 at 3:58
Cheers Guys, will do a bit of playing around with these sugegstions ;)
Dec 4 '11 at 4:19
my current switches all use 10.0.1.x addresses. That subnet I am assuming is in VLAN1 the default vlan and therefor unroutable?!?
Dec 4 '11 at 4:59
No VLAN is unroutable, but you will need a router set up to route between the different VLANs in your setup.
Dec 4 '11 at 6:42
Is there a reason you don't route your management network? Between firewalling and management-access ACLs on the switches, you should be able to lock access down sufficiently.
share|improve this answer answered Dec 4 '11 at 3:56
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switch - Managing managed switches - Server Fault
Managing managed switches
I have a number of Dell PowerConnect switches. I've successfully setup various 'trunks' and vLANs and all working sweet. But one thing annoys me. I can't seem to 'manage' my switches from my laptop as I am on a particular subnet (vLAN12 10.0.12.x) and my switches are all setup to be managed on the 10.0.1.x and its not routable. I need to go down and plug my laptop physically into each switch - which is a pain in the arse.
Any ideas or thoughts?? .... Other than I'm an idiot ;)
switch dell dell-powerconnect manage share|improve this question edited Dec 4 '11 at 4:00
asked Dec 4 '11 at 3:41
Three options come to mind:
Make the 10.0.1.0/24 network routed via your router.
Give your switches 10.0.1.0/24 management IPs.
Have a server or one swtich on both the 10.0.1.x network and the 10.0.12.x network and use that as a management box that you ssh or remote desktop into. Then connect to all the switches from that box. The management box could also have a some sort of serial multiplexer and be connected to each switch's port -- but that would be bit out of the norm.
share|improve this answer answered Dec 4 '11 at 3:58
Chee
rs Guys, will do a bit of playing around with these sugegstions ;)
Dec 4 '11 at 4:19
my current switches all use 10.0.1.x addresses. That subnet I am assuming is in VLAN1 the default vlan and therefor unroutable?!?
Dec 4 '11 at 4:59
No VLAN is unroutable, but you will need a router set up to route between the different VLANs in your setup.
Dec 4 '11 at 6:42
Is there a reason you don't route your management network? Between firewalling and management-access ACLs on the switches, you should be able to lock access down sufficiently.
share|improve this answer answered Dec 4 '11 at 3:56
3,296913
Not the answer you're looking for?	Browse other questions tagged switch dell dell-powerconnect manage or ask your own question.	asked
3Managed Switch Question?0How to reset Dell PowerConnect 2824 switch2Making a L3 Switch Pretend to be an L2 Switch1DELL 6224 switch strange behaviour2How to troubleshoot slow powerconnect 62xx management interface0Cheapest Way To Stack 48 Port Switch With My Dell 6248?-1Getting packets from one port to another on a Dell PowerConnect 2824 switch1Managed Switch Stability0I FUBAR'd the IP, subnet, and VLAN settings. Now how to access managed switch?2LAG on one managed switch