Users Guide

Managing a Port Extender
Manage the PEs connected to a parent C9010 through a Telnet session. You can display PE operational status
and current stack configuration or rest the PE.
Starting a Telnet Session
To manage a standalone port extender or a PE stack, start a Telnet session with the PE or the master unit in
the stack using the connect pe command.
• connect pe pe-id
EXEC Privilege
• pe-id is a port-extender ID number from 0 to 255.
Dell# connect pe 254
Login: peadmin
Password: calvin
Displaying PE Status
To verify the operational status of a C1048P attached to a C9010, enter any of the show commands in this
section.
In the command output, online indicates that a C1048P is up; offline indicates that a C1048P is down.
Dell# show pe brief
-- Port Extenders Information --
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PE-id Status Stack-size Type System-MAC
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3 offline 1 C1048P a0:68:00:3f:92:bc
255 online 5 C1048P 6c:c0:00:43:11:11
Dell#show pe 3
Codes: A - Active, I - Inactive
Reason: CTM - Card Type Mismatch, CAM - CAM ACL Mismatch
SVM - Software Version Mismatch, UE - Unknown Error
Offline Reason: UNP - Unit Not Present,
ICE - IPC CP Error, IRE - IPC RP Error
ISE - IPC Setup Error, CVE - Card Validation Error
PE-ID assigned: 3
Status: offline
System Mac: a0:68:00:3f:92:bc
PE Up Time: 00:00:00
PE Discovery Status: Provisioned PE
User Configured Cascade Ports: Te 0/0(A)
Cascade LAG: Po 261(Up)
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Stack-id Status Reason Type UnitMac No. of Ports
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Port Extenders (PEs) 826