Here is a list of basic CLI commands which will help you manage your Dell PowerConnect series switches…

Show
/// Port VLAN details
> show interfaces switchport gigabitethernet 1/0/1
/// Port channel VLAN details
> show interfaces switchport port-channel 1
/// Port configuration
> show interfaces configuration gigabitethernet 1/0/1
/// Port channel configuration
> show interfaces configuration port-channel 1
/// VLAN 100 details
> show vlan tag 100
/// Display static routes
> show ip route static
/// Stack info
> show switch
/// Show all access-lists
> show access-lists

Find physical port using MAC
/// This will return a port #
> sh mac address-table address d4:be:d9:e8:d0:8d

Config
All config commands must be run under Global Config Mode.

/// Enable Privileged EXEC mode
> enable
/// Enter Global Configuration mode
> config

Create VLAN
/// Enter VLAN mode
> vlan database
/// Create VLANs number 100 to 150
> vlan 100-150

Select Interface
/// Select one port
> interface gigabitethernet 1/0/1

Select Interface range
/// Select a range of ports
> interface range gigabitethernet 1/0/1-24

Port VLAN Modes
General — The port belongs to VLANs, and each VLAN is user-defined as tagged or untagged (full 802.1Q mode).

PVID (1-4095) — Enter a VLAN ID to be added to untagged packets. The possible values are 1-4095. VLAN 4095 is defined according to standard and industry practice as the discard VLAN. Packets classified to the discard VLAN are dropped.

/// Select interface
> interface gigabitethernet 1/0/1
/// Change VLAN mode to general
> switchport mode general
/// Set native VLAN to 100 (U)
> switchport general pvid vlan 100
/// Add VLAN 101 as untagged
> switchport general allowed vlan add 101 untagged
/// Add VLAN 102 as tagged
> switchport general allowed vlan add 102 tagged

Access — The port belongs to a single untagged VLAN. When a port is in Access mode, the packet types that are accepted on the port cannot be designated. Ingress filtering cannot be enabled/disabled on an access port.

/// Select interface
> interface gigabitethernet 1/0/1
/// Change VLAN mode to access
> switchport mode access
/// Make port a member of VLAN 100 (U)
> switchport access vlan 100

Trunk — The port belongs to VLANs on which all ports are tagged (except for one port that can be untagged).

/// Select interface
> interface gigabitethernet 1/0/1
/// Change VLAN mode to trunk
> switchport mode trunk
/// Set native VLAN to 100 (U), only one untagged VLAN allowed
> switchport trunk native vlan 100
/// Make port a member of VLAN 102 (T)
> switchport trunk allowed vlan 102

Set port IP address and mask
/// Set the IP address with mask
> ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.0

Create a port channel
/// Create port-channel 1
> interface port-channel 1

Add ports to port channel
/// Select interface
> interface gigabitethernet 1/0/1
/// Add port 1 to port-channel 1
> channel-group 1

Set route
/// Set a static route
> ip route 1.1.1.1 (dest.) 255.255.255.0 (mask) 2.2.2.2 (gw)

Enabling PortFast
/// Select interface
> interface ethernet 1/0/1
/// Enable portfast on port
> spanning-tree portfast

/// Select interface range
> interface range ethernet all
/// Enable portfast on range
> spanning-tree portfast

Create a IP based Access-List
/// Create access-list ACL1
> ip access-list extended ACL1
/// Deny 1.10 access to 1.1
> deny ip 10.40.1.10 255.255.255.0 10.40.1.1 255.255.255.0
/// Permit everything else
> permit ip any any
/// Select interface
> interface gigabitethernet 1/0/1
/// Apply ACL to port
> service-acl input (output) ACL1

Using TFTP download software and boot code to stacked switches
Copy software first, then copy the boot software.
/// Copy software to all switches
> copy tftp://{tftp address}/{file name} unit://*/image
/// Copy boot software to all switches
> copy tftp://{tftp address}/{file name} unit://*/boot
/// Verify active image
> show bootvar
/// Activate new image on all switches
> boot system image-1 all
/// Reload stack
> reload