Administrator Guide

122 Hardware Overview
Combo Ports
Combo ports automatically select the active media and always choose fiber
media if both copper and fiber are active. Copper combo ports do not support
10 Mbps forced mode.
Console Port
The console port provides serial communication capabilities, which allows
communication using 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 only supports changing the speed.
The defaults are 9600 baud rate, 8 data bits, No Parity, 1 Stop Bit, No Flow
Control.
Out-of-Band Management Port
The Out-of-Band (OOB) management port is a 10/100/1000BASE-T
Ethernet port connected directly to the switch CPU and dedicated to switch
management. Traffic on this port is segregated from operational network
traffic on the switch ports and cannot be switched or routed to or from the
operational network. In addition, ACLs (including management ACLS), do
not operate on the out-of-band port. Connect the out-of-band port only to a
physically secure network.
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. It is also possible to use the USB flash drive 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 attached USB
flash drives.
The USB port does not support any other type of USB device.