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Configure Dell PowerConnect PC5324

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Configure Dell PowerConnect PC5324

Followed help from these sites

Tools to connect to console

Minicom

  • can be a problem if the env variable TERM is not set correctly.

  • hit enter. then cntl-A then q then enter to exit minicom.

screen

  • Use the screen quit command (normally ctrl-A \).

Steps taken

  1. Downloaded latest firmware

  2. Hosted firmware package on tftp server on main server (did not enable the service as don’t expect to run it all-time)

  3. Ran update commands from above links, rebooted.

  4. Configured as below.

Settings configured

console> enable
console# config
console# interface vlan 1
console(config-if)# ip address 192.168.1.222 /24
console(config-if)# ip default-gateway 192.168.1.1  // this did not work, got % Unrecognized command
console(config-if)# exit
config(config)# exit
console#

console# copy running-config startup-config

ran this later, after a firmware update

console(config-if)# ip default-gateway 192.168.1.1
console# configure
console(config)# clock timezone -8
console(config)# clock summer-time recurring first Sun Apr 02:00 last Sun Oct 02:00 zone PDT
console(config)# sntp client enable vlan 1
console(config)# clock source sntp
console(config)# sntp client poll timer 1024
console(config)# sntp unicast client enable
console(config)# sntp unicast client poll
console(config)# sntp anycast client enable
console(config)# sntp broadcast client enable
console(config)# sntp server 129.6.15.28 poll   // latest IPs for NIST
console(config)# sntp server 129.6.15.29 poll
console(config)# sntp server 129.6.15.30 poll
console(config)# exit

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