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Having trouble configuring Dell PowerConnect 5424 switch

Asked by Lassen01 in Network Switches & Hubs

Tags: Dell, PowerConnect, 5424, switch

Hello Experts!

Let me give a little background to better explain where I'm coming from: Our organization currently has about a dozen Dell PowerConnect 6248P switches. They have been fine so far and all connect back by fiber to a Dell Layer 3 "core" switch that does the routing. We also bought a Dell PowerConnect 5424 for budget purposes as one of our locations didn't need PoE and some of the other nice features.   We have a Management VLAN (VLAN 4) where we statically assign the IP address for our switches and APs. The Default VLAN (VLAN 1) is for regular data traffic while VLAN 6 is for Voice (IP phones).

The problem is that I can't quite figure out a configuration issue with the 5424. It's CLI is somewhat different to the 6248P. Right now, I have the switch configured (IP address is on the Management VLAN) where I can telnet into it and ping to various other IPs and subnets. So far so good. However, I am not able to get traffic across to VLAN 1 (data VLAN), so my computers are not getting a DHCP and talking with the rest of the network. I thought it was because I needed this command on the trunk port that goes back to the core switch: "switchport trunk allowed vlan add 1".  But it gives me this error: "VLAN 1: VLAN was not created by user."

Is there a limitation of this switch, or I am configuring something wrong? I'll attach some modified configs so you can get a general idea how I've configured them. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! 
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--Dell PowerConnect 5424--
 
EdgSW04# sh run
interface range ethernet g(1-23)
spanning-tree portfast
exit
interface ethernet g23
description "Reserved: wireless AP"
exit
interface ethernet g24
description "Uplink: CoreSW01 3/g4"
exit
interface range ethernet g(1-23)
switchport mode general
exit
interface ethernet g24
switchport mode trunk
exit
vlan database
vlan 4,6,8
exit
interface ethernet g24
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 4
exit
interface range ethernet g(1-23)
switchport general allowed vlan add 6
exit
interface ethernet g24
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 6
exit
interface vlan 4
name Management
exit
interface vlan 6
name Voice
exit
voice vlan oui-table add 0001e3 Siemens_AG_phone________
voice vlan oui-table add 00036b Cisco_phone_____________
voice vlan oui-table add 00096e Avaya___________________
voice vlan oui-table add 000fe2 H3C_Aolynk______________
voice vlan oui-table add 0060b9 Philips_and_NEC_AG_phone
voice vlan oui-table add 00d01e Pingtel_phone___________
voice vlan oui-table add 00e075 Polycom/Veritel_phone___
voice vlan oui-table add 00e0bb 3Com_phone______________
iscsi target port 860 address 0.0.0.0
iscsi target port 3260 address 0.0.0.0
no iscsi enable
interface vlan 4
ip address x.x.x.x 255.255.255.0
exit
ip default-gateway x.x.x.x
hostname EdgeSW04
enable password level 15 892ba610d10f4c0e28a891c5c965df24 encrypted
username admin password 892ba610d10f4c0e28a891c5c965df24 level 15 encrypted
snmp-server location "some place"
snmp-server contact "me"
clock timezone -7 zone MST
clock summer-time recurring usa zone MDT
ip domain-name our_domain
ip name-server  x.x.x.x
 
 
Default settings:
Service tag: xxxxxx
 
SW version 2.0.0.35 (date  27-Jan-2009 time  18:13:34)
 
Gigabit Ethernet Ports
=============================
no shutdown
speed 1000
duplex full
negotiation
flow-control off
mdix auto
no back-pressure
 
interface vlan 1
interface port-channel 1 - 8
 
spanning-tree
spanning-tree mode STP
 
qos basic
qos trust cos
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