Administrator Guide

102 Hardware Overview
Te1/0/1 and Te1/0/2 may be configured to support stacking, or Te1/0/3 and
Te1/0/4 may be configured to support stacking, or all four ports may be
configured to support stacking.
• The Dell Networking N1524P/N1548P front-panel ports support PoE
(15.4W) and PoE+ (34.2W) as well as legacy capacitive detection for pre-
standard powered devices (PDs).
Console Port
The console port provides serial communication capabilities, which allows
communication using the RS-232 protocol. The serial port provides a direct
connection to the switch and allows access to the CLI from a console
terminal connected to the port through the provided serial cable (with RJ45
YOST to female DB-9 connectors).
The console port is separately configurable and can be run as an asynchronous
link from 1200 baud to 115,200 baud. The Dell CLI supports changing the
speed only. The defaults are 9600 baud rate, 8 data bits, No Parity, 1 Stop Bit,
No Flow Control.
USB Port
The Type-A, female USB port supports a USB 2.0-compliant flash memory
drive. The Dell Networking N-Series switch can read or write to a flash drive
with a single partition formatted as FAT-32. Use a USB flash drive to copy
switch configuration files and images between the USB flash drive and the
switch. The USB flash drive may be used to move and copy configuration files
and images from one switch to other switches in the network. The system
does not support the deletion of files on USB flash drives.
The USB port does not support any other type of USB device.
Reset Button
The reset button is accessed through the pinhole and enables performing a
hard reset on the switch. To use the reset button, insert an unbent paper clip
or similar tool into the pinhole. When the switch completes the boot process
after the reset, it resumes operation with the most recently saved
configuration. Any changes made to the running configuration that were not
saved to the startup configuration prior to the reset are lost.