Dell Networking Operating System: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 04:26, 22 July 2023

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* DNOS 9.x: TeUTg on [[NetBSD]].

Only the PowerConnect 8100 will be able to run on DNOS 6.x: all other PowerConnect ethernetEthernet switches will continue to run its own PowerConnect OS (on top of VxWorks) while the PowerConnect W-series run on a Dell specific version of ArubaOS.

The Dell Networking S- xxxx and Z9x00 series will run on DNOS where the other Dell Networking switches will continue to run FTOS 8.x firmware.

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==Capabilities==

All DNOS 9.x based switches offer a wide range of layer2 and layer3 protocols. All features are available on all switches: some switch models (in the S-series) offer an additional license for layer3 or routing: this additional license is NOT required to use that protocol, but only required to get support from the Dell Networking support department on using these features. All interfaces on DNOS 9.x running switches are configured as a layer3 interface and by default shutdown. To use such an interface as an ethernetEthernet switchport you need to configure it as such (with the command "switchport") and then enable that port using "no shutdown".

Unlike DNOS 6.x (which provide web and CLI - with extensive API control via undocumented "dedug console" and "dev help" commands), DNOS 9.x only offers a documented command line interface (CLI) to configure and monitor the switch directly, though it is possible with the "Automation Tools" to create your own webGui on DNOS 9.x switches.

===Layer2 capabilities===

All standardized ethernetEthernet standards are supported by switches running FTOS including: [[Spanning Tree Protocol]] and [[Spanning Tree Protocol#Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol|RSTP]], [[VLAN]] and the [[IEEE 802.1Q]] standards, QinQ or [[IEEE 802.1ad]], [[Link Layer Discovery Protocol]] and LLDP MED.

The S-series switches ending with a '''V''' and some of the E-series line-cards support [[Power over Ethernet]] or PoE with the standards for this protocol.

===Layer3 capabilities===

As mentioned above, by default an interface on a switch running DNOS 9.x are configured as a layer3 port. All these switches are thus routers with many interfaces that can (and most often are) reconfigured into a layer2 ethernetEthernet switch.

All DNOS 9 switches run at least the following routing protocols: [[Routing Information Protocol]] and [[Routing Information Protocol#RIP version 2|RIP version 2]], [[Open Shortest Path First|OSPF]], [[IS-IS]] and [[Border Gateway Protocol]] version 4.