Dell PowerConnect 7048P User Manual - Page 486

What Interface Types are Supported? The physical ports on the switch front panel include the out-of-band (OOB) interface and Gigabit 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 page 571. • VLAN routing interfaces - For more information, see "Configuring Routing Interfaces" on page 843. • Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs), which are also called port channels) - For more information, see "Configuring Link Aggregation" on page 819. • Tunnels - For more information, see "Configuring Routing Interfaces" on page 843. • Loopback interfaces - For more information, see "Configuring Routing Interfaces" on page 843. The PowerConnect 7000 Series includes two Power over Ethernet (PoE) Plus models: the PowerConnect 7024P and the PowerConnect 7048P. For information about configuring PoE plus features for the ports, see "Managing General System Settings" on page 271. Two expansion slots are located on the back of the switch and can support the following modules: • 10GBase module • SFP+ module • Stacking/10 GbE module Each plug-in module has two ports. The Stacking/10GbE modules can be configured to operate as either 16-Gigabit stacking ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch ports. 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. 486 Configuring Port Characteristics