Switch – Force10 S60 remote management

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We've got a Force10 S60 switch to replace an older Cisco. I can't find a way to give the switch itself an IP address on the local VLAN so I can ssh to it. The config guide talks about using either a management interface on a separate management network or dedicating e.g. a gigabit port as a management port with a dedicated IP address. Ideally I would like to do what we do currently with the Cisco switches, which is in effect give the entire switch an IP so it can be reached from any host on the same VLAN without having to use up a physical port on the switch or physically connect the management port to another device.

Is this possible with the S60 and if so, how would you give it, say the address 10.0.1.1 in vlan 10 (10.0.1.1/24)?

Thanks!!!

Best Answer

You want to set up a VLAN, assign an IP to the VLAN, and then allocate all the interfaces on the switch to that VLAN.

Force10# conf t
Force10(conf)# interface range gigabitethernet 0/1 - 48
Force10(conf-if-range-gi-0/1-48)# switchport
Force10(conf-if-range-gi-0/1-48)# no shutdown
Force10(conf-if-range-gi-0/1-48)# exit
Force10(conf)# int vlan 10
Force10(conf-if-vlan)# untagged gi 0/1-48
Force10(conf-if-vlan)# ip address 10.0.1.1/24
Force10(conf-if-vlan)# exit
Force10(conf)#

You then have to enable the ssh server.

Force10(conf)# ip ssh server enable
Force10(conf)# ip ssh rsa-authentication enable
Force10(conf)# ip ssh server version 2

You should then be able to access the switch via SSH at 10.0.1.1 using a host plugged into the switch and in the same subnet.

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