Hello,
I have a Dell PowerEdge R610 connected to a Dell PowerVault MD3200i with two Dell PowerConnect 5524 switches in between them. The R610 and MD3200i are connected with iSCSI.
The Dell switches are not accessible from the rest of the LAN even though their IP addresses are in the same range as the rest of the LAN - so I can only log into the switches by bringing a PC into the server room and setting it up next to the switches. I'm guessing that some sort of block was implemented when the switches were installed (no one knows if that's the case or even who setup the switches in the first place).
My question is, is this the normal procedure for a setup like this? Is there a good reason not to have these switches accessible on the LAN?
Thanks in advance!
David