Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit Quick Setup Guide Odie Cavazos, Technical Marketing Colin King, Network Engineering Valerie Padilla, Network Engineering
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. This document is for informational purposes only and may contain typographical errors and technical inaccuracies.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide Contents Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit ................................................................................. 4 What’s included in your Mobility Starter Kit ...................................................................... 4 Purpose of this guide .................................................................................................. 4 Resources .........................................................................
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit This guide will help you install and configure the Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit. To ensure an easy installation, please read through the entire guide and determine the configuration options that will best suit your needs.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide Getting Started Network Topology Getting Started with the Dell PowerConnect 5500 Series PoE Switch This guide describes how to install and configure the PowerConnect 5500 Series PoE switch. The outlined steps will guide you through the initial switch configuration to get the system up and running as quickly as possible.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide Figure 1 PowerConnect 5524P Switch Chassis Configuring the PowerConnect 5500 Series PoE Switch After the switch is installed on a flat surface or rack and connected to a power supply, we are ready to begin the configuration. 1. Connect the switch to the terminal and boot the unit. The boot process runs for approximately 40-45 seconds. When the boot process completes, the following LEDs are lit, as shown in the figure below.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide 3. The Setup Wizard is run automatically .The Setup Wizard displays the following information: Welcome to Dell Easy Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard guides you through the initial switch configuration and gets you up and running easily and quickly. You can skip the Setup Wizard and enter CLI mode to manually configure the switch. The system will prompt you with a default answer; by pressing Enter, you accept the default value.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide To add a management station: Please enter the SNMP community string to be used: 6. Enter the SNMP community string. You can use the default name "public" Please enter the IP address of the Management System (A.B.C.D) or wildcard (0.0.0.0) to manage from any Management Station: [0.0.0.0]. 7. Enter the SNMP Management System IP. 8.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide 13. Enter the default gateway and press enter. The following message is displayed (example): This is the configuration information that has been collected: SNMP Interface = "Dell Network Manager"@192.168.2.10 User Account setup = admin Password = ********** Management IP address = 192.168.2.100 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway = 192.168.2.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide Connect to the Provisioning Wi-Fi Network PowerConnect W-Series IAPs will be setup by accessing the WLAN through a SSID named “instant”. 3. On a PC with WLAN enabled, connect to the instant SSID as shown in Figure 3. Click the Connect button Figure 3 Connecting to provisioning network with Windows 7 Log in to the Dell PowerConnect W-Series Instant Access Point WebUI 4. Open a web browser and navigate to instant.dell-pcw.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide 6. If you have ordered an IAP that is for use outside of the US or Japan, you will be prompted for a country code. Select your country code from the drop-down menu. Users in the US and Japan do not need to complete this step. Creating a Network Dell PowerConnect W-Series Instant Access Point user interface is a standard web-based interface that allows you to configure and monitor an IAP network. 1.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide 3. In the Basic Info tab, shown in Figure 6, enter a name for the network in the Name (SSID) text box. Click Next to continue. 4. In the VLAN tab, shown in Figure 7, select the required Client IP assignment and Client VLAN assignment options. For this basic setup, keep the default settings. Click Next to continue. Figure 7 VLAN Tab 5. In the Security tab, shown in Figure 8, enter a passphrase in the Passphrase and Retype fields.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide 6. In the Access tab, shown in Figure 9, use the default option Unrestricted. Click Finish to continue. Figure 9 Access Tab 7. Verify that the new network you named in step 9 has been created. Figure 10 shows a network that was created named example. Figure 10 Verifying new networks 8. For future reference, note the IP address of the Virtual Controller.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide Figure 11 Virtual Controller IP address 9. Connect your client PC to the network you created, as described in step 3 in the section “Connect to the Provisioning WiFi Network”. 10. Login to the Dell Instant Access Point Web UI, as in step 4 and 5 in the section “Connect to the Provisioning WiFi Network”.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide Dell OpenManage Network Manager OpenManage Network Manager is designed to help simplify management in your Dell network environment through: • One-to-many management functionality • Easy monitoring and diagnosing of networking health and performance • The ability to deploy firmware, backup and restore configurations across many switches Key features in OpenManage Network Manager 5.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide OMNM Download instructions: Navigate to the URL: http://www.dell.com/NetworkManager Click on “Click here to download” Fill in the required information on the registration form and you will be sent an email with a link to download the software. Included in the download package are the OpenManage Network Manager User Guide and Quick Start Guide. During the install, refer to both these documents to customize to your network settings.
Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide • Internet Explorer (v 9 and above) Supported Operating System Versions: • Windows 2003 (Standard, Enterprise and Web 64-bit only) • Windows Server 2008 (including R2 and Enterprise Edition), 64-bit only. • Red Hat (Enterprise version 5.5 or 6.0) Linux, 64-bit only. NOTE: You must disable User Account Control if you are installing on Windows Server 2008. Temporarily disable the system Firewall or any Anti-Virus software prior to install.
