Dell SonicWALL X-Series Solution Deployment Guide
About the Dell SonicWALL X-Series Solution
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Features provided by the Dell SonicWALL
X-Series Solution
Key features supported by the Dell SonicWALL X-Series Solution are:
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Provisioning of an X-Series switch as an extended switch – Up to two X-Series switches can be provisioned
as an extended switch on a TZ series firewall. When provisioned, the ports on the X-Series switch are
managed as are the other ports of the firewall.
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PortShield functionality – Ports on the X-Switch are viewed as “extended” interfaces of the firewall and
can join PortShield Groups. For further information, see
PortShield functionality and X-Series switches
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Configuring the extended switch Interface settings – The switch interface settings are configured as
regular interface settings through the SonicOS GUI.
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Managing of the basic extended switch global parameters using GMS – These global parameters are
available on the extended switch:
• STP Mode
– By default, STP mode is set to
Rapid
on the extended switch.
• STP State
– By default, STP is
Enabled
globally on the extended switch.
• PoE Alert Usage Threshold
– By default, the threshold is set to
95
% on the extended switch.
• PoE Traps
– By default, traps are
disabled
globally on the extended switch.
• PoE Power Limit Mode
– By default, the mode is set to
Port limit
(default)
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Managing of the extended switch using GMS – The Dell X-Series switch integration feature allows unified
management of both the firewall and the switch using the SonicOS management interface and Dell
SonicWALL GMS version 8.1 SP1 or higher. GMS supports all configuration operations, such as provisioning
of an extended switch, configuration of extended switch interface settings, and manageability of
extended switch global parameters.
For information about managing extended switches with GMS, refer to the latest
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High Availability (HA) with PortShield functionality – Extended switches can be added to firewalls in an
HA configuration with PortShield functionality.
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Diagnostics support for the extended switch – Diagnostic support features are:
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Retrieving statistics of extended switch ports
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Clearing statistics of extended switch ports
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Upgrading of the firmware image, boot image on the extended switch
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Restarting the extended switch
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Support for VLANs in a dedicated uplink configuration – VLAN is supported on extended switches with
these caveats:
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Support for VLANs is not available on common and isolated uplinks. For example, VLANs cannot be
configured under the firewall interface, which is provisioned as the common uplink for the
X-Series switch.
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Overlapping VLANs cannot exist under appliance interfaces configured as dedicated uplinks. For
example, if X3 and X5 are configured for dedicated uplinks, VLAN 100 cannot be present under
both X3 and X5. Such a configuration is rejected.
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PoE/PoE+ and SFP/SFP+ functionality for TZ series firewalls – Certain Dell X-Switches provide PoE/PoE+
functionality to TZ series firewalls. For Dell X-Switches that provide PoE/PoE+ functionality, see
NOTE:
The following PoE parameters are available only on PoE-capable extended switches.
