So You bought Dell PowerConnect 64xx Switches For Your Equallogic

Here is my favorite set of commands to get those beasts up and running

Configure your Stack Ports

console>enable
console#configure
console(config)# stack-port 1/xg1 stack
console(config)# stack-port 1/xg2 stack
console(config)#exit
console# show stack-port

 Configured Running
 Stack Stack Link Link
Unit Interface Mode Mode Status Speed (Gb/s)
---- ---------------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ------------
1 xg1 Stack Stack Link Down 12
1 xg2 Stack Stack Link Down 12
1 xg3 Ethernet Ethernet Link Down Unknown
1 xg4 Ethernet Ethernet Link Down Unknown

Configure IP & Gateway

console(config)#ip address 192.168.1.69 255.255.255.0
console(config)#ip default-gateway 192.168.1.1
console(config)#ip domain-name domainname.gr

Configure Name Servers

console> enable
console# configure
console(config)# ip name-server 192.168.1.100
console(config)# ip name-server 192.168.1.101

 Configure Time

console(config)#sntp unicast client enable
console(config)#sntp server time.nist.gov
console(config)#clock timezone 3 minutes 0

Configure iSCSI Optimizations

console# configure
console(config)# iscsi enable
console(config)# exit
console# show iscsi

Configure SSH

console>enable
console#configure
console(config)# username admin password passwd level 15
console(config)# crypto key generate rsa
console(config)# crypto key generate dsa
console(config)# ip ssh server
console(config)# exit
console# copy running-config startup-config

Configuring an Initial SSH Password
To configure an initial SSH password, enter the following commands:
console> enable
console# configure
console(config)# aaa authentication login default line
console(config)# aaa authentication enable default line
console(config)# line ssh
console(config-line)# login authentication default
console(config-line)# enable authentication default
console(config-line)# password admin
console(config-line)# exit
console(config)# exit

Configure https GUI access

console(config)# ip https server

console(config)# exit
console# copy running-config startup-config

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