DELL N3000 User Manual

Configuring Port Characteristics

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What Interface Types are Supported?

The physical ports on the switch include the out-of-band (OOB) interface

(N3000 and N4000 only) and Ethernet switch ports. The OOB interface

supports a limited set of features and is for switch management only. The

Ethernet switch ports support many logical features that are often supported

by logical interfaces. The switch supports the following types of logical

interfaces:

• Port-based VLANs — For more information, see "Configuring VLANs" on

• VLAN routing interfaces — For more information, see "Configuring

• Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs), which are also called port-channels) —

• Tunnels — For more information, see "Configuring Routing Interfaces"

• Loopback interfaces — For more information, see "Configuring Routing

The Dell Networking switches includes the following Power over Ethernet

(PoE) Plus models: the N2024P, N2048P, N3024P, N3048P. For information

about configuring PoE plus features for the ports, see "Managing General

System Settings" on page 279.
N3000 and N4000 switches have a single expansion slot and can support the

following module types:

• 10GBaseT  module
• SFP+  module
• QSFP+  module  (N4000 only)

What is Interface Configuration Mode?

When you use the CLI to configure physical or logical characteristics for an

interface, you must enter Interface Configuration Mode for that interface. To

enter the mode, type the keyword interface followed by the interface type and

additional information to identify the interface, such as the interface number.