Administrator Guide

6 Dell Campus Networking Interoperability with Cisco Catalyst 1.1 | version 1.1
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Logical Topology of a Campus Network
The goal of this paper is to show exactly how to configure Dell N-Series and Cisco Catalyst switches to
directly attach and work together in a heterogeneous network. While the examples presented in this
document use Dell N3024 switches, the same commands can be used to configure any of the N-Series
switches listed below.
N1524
N2024
N3024
N4032
N1524P
N2024P
N3024P
N4032F
N1548
N2048
N3024F
N4064
N1548P
N2048P
N3048
N4064F
N3048P
The Dell N-Series is a family of energy efficient, PoE+ capable, high performance 1GbE and 10GbE switches
designed for modernizing and scaling the Campus Network Infrastructure. N-Series switches utilize
comprehensive Enterprise-Class feature sets, deliver consistent, simplified management and allow high
availability network designs.
This guide enables network administrators to avoid the most common pitfalls when connecting a Cisco switch
to an existing Dell EMC environment, or an N-Series switch to an existing Cisco environment, including
dealing with Cisco proprietary protocols, spanning tree and link aggregation between switches.