Cabletron Systems Netlink FRX8000, Installation And Setup Manual

Page 1: ...Installation Setup Guide The Comp le te Net wo rking Solutio n TM...

Page 2: ...trademark of Cabletron Systems Inc All other product designations are the property of their respective owners Statements of Compliance United States FCC The equipment provided by Cabletron Systems Inc...

Page 3: ...01 April 1997 Initial version 02 March 1998 Misc format changes Terminology and Conventions This typeface represents general text This typeface represents computer input and output In on screen versio...

Page 4: ...period should be entered it will be shown as The same applies to all other punctuation When instructed to for example press A B from the Main Menu this means press A then B not A comma B Screen displa...

Page 5: ...he Hardware 2 2 Create Load Database Records 2 9 Configuring TCP IP 2 37 Re configuring a Token Ring LAN Adapter 2 39 Rebooting or Shutting Down a Node 2 41 Chapter 3 Local Node Displays Status Displa...

Page 6: ...16 Local ICP Configuration Menu 2 18 LP Configuration Menu 2 19 Physical Trunk Port Configuration Menu 2 20 Logical Trunk Configuration Menu 2 20 Frame Relay Logical Trunk Frame Relay Parameters 2 21...

Page 7: ...atistics Display 3 23 Ethernet Card Statistics Display 3 29 Token Ring Card Statistics Display 3 29 List of Tables Supported Hardware 1 1 RLP Interfaces 1 4 Physical Trunk Port Parameters 1 7 Logical...

Page 8: ...viii FRX8000 Installation Setup Guide...

Page 9: ...ail ability Three types of card RLP Ethernet LAN adapter and Token Ring LAN adapter These components are all described in detail later Their interrelationships are shown in the following table A LAN c...

Page 10: ...erprise Switch with call processing capability plus all functions of the Enterprise Switch except LAN connectivity INM Integrated Network Manager Switch also called simply INM an ICP Switch withadded...

Page 11: ...nfigurationshownin the following figure Figure 1 2 RLP with I O Box and Cables The physical interface depends on the combination of the Line Interface Card LIC and the I O cable exiting the I O box Su...

Page 12: ...sis LAN Adapters The Enterprise Switch supports LAN local area network interfaces via one of these Ethernet 802 3 10baseT RJ45 twisted pair 10base2 BNC coax or AUI DB15 coax Token Ring 802 5 RJ45 twis...

Page 13: ...ont panel 19 0w x 7 0h in 48 3w x 17 8h cm Hardware Requirements Each FRX8000 requires an attached keyboard and VGA monitor for initial instal lation and configuration A VGA port exists in each node A...

Page 14: ...nique ID The LP port that will be the initial trunk An Enterprise Switch port can be a physical trunk or a logical trunk on a physical frame relay or X 25 port Physical and logical ports are described...

Page 15: ...ntaining the port 0 7 Port Number 0 7 Physical Interface 3 5 6 7 8 1 Blocked Port Flag Y N Yes No Line Speed Code 7 85 2 Modulus 8 128 Outstanding Frames 1 127 N2 Maximum Retransmissions 1 99 T1 Retra...

Page 16: ...8 63 Underlying Physical Port 0 7 Physical Port Type X X 25 or F Frame Relay Physical Interface 3 5 6 7 8 1 Blocked Port Flag Y N Yes No Line Speed Code 7 85 2 Modulus 8 128 Outstanding Frames 1 127 N...

Page 17: ...alid Values Your Value Maximum Frame Size in bytes 1 128 4096 DLCI 2 16 991 Frame Relay Management 3 0 2 3 Table 1 6 Logical Trunk Port Parameters if Physical Port is X 25 Parameter Valid Values Your...

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Page 19: ...end on the FRX8000 types Enterprise Switch Using the node s local configuration utility create a database record for a trunk to another node Then download the remaining records for the node from the n...

Page 20: ...5 E mail support ctron com 2 Each LP must have a unique ID within a device LP IDs are determined by dipswitches 1 3 on the card as shown in Figure 2 1 Any installed RLPs the type of LP currently suppo...

Page 21: ...witch see Figure 2 2 and Figure 2 3 is set cor rectly The type of powersupply installed determines the voltage inthe High Availability chassis LP Switch 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 On Off Off On Off On On On 1...

Page 22: ...does not matter which end of an RLP cable plugs into the RLP Figure 2 2 through Figure 2 4 show the connectors on the rear of the three chassis types Each figure shows the card locations in all FRX800...

Page 23: ...igh Availability Node Rear View Although it appears from the rear that this model has 18 card slots the motherboard actually has 13 A fan occupies the left five openings and the disk controller occupi...

Page 24: ...d Leave a 24 36 inch service loop in each cable between the mounting rails and the rear of the node to allow the unit to be pulled forward 7 Connect any peripherals to the unit plugging all cables int...

Page 25: ...typical cabling For guidance in placing equipment standard cable lengths are Power cables 6 feet Monitor to node cable 4 feet Keyboard cables unstretched 1 5 feet RLP to I O box cable 6 feet I O cabl...

Page 26: ...irectly to an INM via an optional Cabletron cable Serial Printer Auxiliary Console option INM RS 232 Cable Auto answer Modem Optional VGA Monitor Auto answer Modem Network Trunk Trunk FRX8000 Switch V...

Page 27: ...eencreatedin the network database before connecting the node into the network Enterprise Switch This procedure requires an attached monitor and keyboard You must configure one port in an Enterprise Sw...

Page 28: ...5bis 5 V 35 6 RS 449 7 RS 530 or 8 X 21 3 The displayed menu depends on whether the port is a physical trunk Figure 2 8 or logical trunk Figure 2 9 When this node is connected to the operational netwo...

Page 29: ...he software Either code can be specified Port Configuration Menu Node ID 10 LP ID 0 Port 1 Port Type Trunk A Physical Interface 5 V 35 B Blocked Port Flag N C Line SpeedCode 9600 bps D Modulus 8 E Out...

Page 30: ...32 504K 33 560K 34 616K 35 672K 36 728K 37 784K 38 840K 39 896K 40 952K 41 1 008M 42 1 064M 43 1 12M 44 1 176M 45 1 232M 46 1 288M 47 1 344M 48 1 4M 49 1 456M 50 1 512M 51 1 568M 52 1 624M 53 1 68M 54...

Page 31: ...y or Figure 2 11 if the physical port is X 25 Logical Trunk Configuration Menu Node ID 10 LP ID 0 Port 8 Underlying Phys Port 2 Physical Port Type Frame Relay A Physical Interface 5 V 35 B Blocked Por...

Page 32: ...urn to Main Menu Select X 25 Trunk Configuration Menu Level 3 Info Node ID 10 LP ID 0 Port 8 X25 Physical Port 2 A Lowest Two way Channel 10 B Highest Two way Channel 4095 C Flow Control Negotiation N...

Page 33: ...prompted enter the ID of the new node 10 When a message informs you that the operation is complete press any key This will display the Boot Disk Download Operations Menu 11 Press R This will display t...

Page 34: ...ary database information from an oper ational INM when the new device is brought online Toassure that the database in the ICP is concurrent with that of the operational network a copy of the entire da...

Page 35: ...and make it bootable insert it into a 5 0 system and type format a s Enter Steps 1 33 are performed at the new node Steps 34 39 are done at an INM in the operational network 1 Switch on the VGA monito...

Page 36: ...r 9 At the next NETLINK prompt type uconsol Enter 10 You will be warned Current database will be purged Continue Type y Enter 11 When asked Is this a 5 0 node type n Enter 12 The following screen will...

Page 37: ...splayed menu depends on whether the port is a physical trunk Figure 2 15 or logical trunk Figure 2 16 When this node is connected to the operational network the values specified in the local node conf...

Page 38: ...elay ms 1000 I T3 Link Assurance Period s 10 J Propagation Delay 0 K Logical DCE Y L Generate Clock Y M Receive Clock TT from DTE N R Return to Main Menu Select Logical Trunk Configuration Menu Node I...

Page 39: ...e above screen displays a screen similartoFigure 2 17 if the physical port is frame relay or Figure 2 18 if the physical port is X 25 Figure 2 17 Frame Relay Logical Trunk Frame Relay Parameters Frame...

Page 40: ...r to continue with the shutdown 22 Messages will be displayed ending with Safe to Power Off or Press any key to reboot 23 Switch the device off 24 Connect all trunk cables from the new node to other n...

Page 41: ...ration Update 36 When prompted enter the ID of the new node 37 When a message informs you that the operation is complete press any key This will display the Boot Disk Download Operations Menu 38 Press...

Page 42: ...e and label it with the release number and other desired identifying information 8 Press Enter to return to the NMP Utilities Menu The remainder of this procedure is performedat thenew ICP Take send t...

Page 43: ...ss Enter You will be returned to the NMP Utilities Menu 19 The node number will be the node at which the database was archived so you must now change it to the number of the new node Type 1 Enter and...

Page 44: ...A new INM in anexisting network will automatically get thedatabase records from an operational INM when the new device is brought on line To assure that the database in the INM is concurrent with tha...

Page 45: ...then the INM 3 When the following is displayed after a few seconds SCO System V 386 Boot press Enter 4 When prompted Type Control D to proceed with normal startup or give root password for system mai...

Page 46: ...will be warned Current database will be purged Continue Type y Enter 12 Whenasked Is this a 5 0 node type n Enter The following menu will be dis played Figure 2 19 Local INM Configuration Menu 13 Pre...

Page 47: ...splayed menu depends on whether the port is a physical trunk Figure 2 21 or logical trunk Figure 2 22 When this node is connected to the operational network the values specified in the local node conf...

Page 48: ...elay ms 1000 I T3 Link Assurance Period s 10 J Propagation Delay 0 K Logical DCE Y L Generate Clock Y M Receive Clock TT from DTE N R Return to Main Menu Select Logical Trunk Configuration Menu Node I...

Page 49: ...e above screen displays a screen similartoFigure 2 23 if the physical port is frame relay or Figure 2 24 if the physical port is X 25 Figure 2 23 Frame Relay Logical Trunk Frame Relay Parameters Frame...

Page 50: ...h the shutdown 22 Messages will be displayed ending with Safe to Power Off or Press any key to reboot 23 Switch the device off 24 Connect all trunk cables from the new node to other nodes in the netwo...

Page 51: ...er of this procedure is performed at an INM on the operational network 33 At an INM in the operational network press B then B then D from the Main Menu to display a menu of Boot Disk Download Operatio...

Page 52: ...efault It is assumed that the INM has one diskette drive as shipped from Cabletron If yours has two type0 Enter at the NMP Utililities Menu then 7 Enter when prompted for help in specifying a tar devi...

Page 53: ...e asked to type information and press Enter For example typey and press Enter will be written type y Enter 14 scosysv login will be displayed Typenetlink Enter 15 When asked for a password type mypass...

Page 54: ...t prompt 30 Whenpromptedto Type Control D to proceed with normal startup press simul taneously Ctrl D 31 When the date and time are displayed press Enter 32 When asked Check protected subsystem databa...

Page 55: ...o step 3 If the FRX8000 Test Menu or a sub menu is displayed press C at the Test Menu and go step 2 If the INMonly FRX8000MainMenuora sub menu is displayed press R at the Main Menu and go to step 3 2...

Page 56: ...pt the default value 13 Next you will be asked Do you wish to change any of these parameters y n If you want to redo any of the changes you just made type y Enter then repeat step 10 If you are satisf...

Page 57: ...ropriate procedure below Intel TokenExpress LAN Adapter 1 Switch the node on or if already on press simultaneously Ctrl Alt Del to reboot Either way press Ctrl C three or four times as soon as you see...

Page 58: ...see the software checking memory A number will appear at the upper left of the screen and will change as memory is checked 2 When asked Terminate batch job press Y If the node continue to boot instea...

Page 59: ...itch simply power the node off To reboot any node type or shut down an ICP or INM 1 Press C at the FRX8000 Test Menu Figure 2 12 2 An Enterprise Switch will display Reboot An ICP or INM will display R...

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Page 61: ...or will display the following menu Figure 3 1 FRX8000 Test Menu Item C is described under Rebooting or Shutting Down a Node on page 2 41 Pressing F3 at the above menu will display the Port Status scre...

Page 62: ...current performance and operational status of a node press A at the Status Display Menu The display will take 4 5 seconds to appear Figure 3 2 Node Status Display A A from FRX8000 Test Menu Press F3...

Page 63: ...ssible operational states that each port can be in See State on page 3 4 of Ports is the total number of physical and logical ports in the node with the associated status Port Status Display To displa...

Page 64: ...ctions currently in use State Linkup Level 2 link is up except for frame relay PVCs where this state means that LMI is running Restarting Level 2 is up and level 3 is starting its initial handshake se...

Page 65: ...tate waiting for a Clear Confirmation Resetting means that a Reset has beensent to the remote device andthe attached device is waiting for a Reset Confirmation Port_down is self explanatory FRX8000 Co...

Page 66: ...in which case this number is always 253 P is the port number 0 7 are physical ports 8 63 are logical ports unless LP is 253 in which case the port number is 2 Figure 3 5 Virtual Connections Display N...

Page 67: ...er except for a file transfer or connection in which case this number is always 253 P is the port number unless LP is 253 in which case the port number is 2 Port Signals Display This display lists bas...

Page 68: ...ort record If no record has beencreated forthis port No Config is displayedonthis line and the one above it Line Speed is the speed configured in the Port record Line Status Failed level 2 is down Dis...

Page 69: ...e display from scrolling or restarts if stopped H Toggles the data format of the displayedinformationbetweenASCII and hexadecimal L on an X 25 line monitors a specific LCN when prompted enter the LCN...

Page 70: ...nd the LCN field if the Q M or D bit is turned on in the packet LCN is the logical channel of a data session PR is the packet receive sequence number PS is the packet send sequence number LNG is the l...

Page 71: ...from scrolling assuming it is scrolling then F3 Stopping the scrolling first is not always necessary but allows quicker access to the software when F3 is pressed Statistics Selecting item B at the FR...

Page 72: ...nterval multiplied by 10 Transmitted frames is the number of frames transmitted by the RLP per second per sec 10 over the five second reporting interval multiplied by 10 Rejected frames is the number...

Page 73: ...layed value divided by 10 For example if Trans mitted frames sec 10 is shown as 870 the actual transmitted frames per second over the five second reporting interval was 87 Port Statistics Report LP 0...

Page 74: ...ceived on the port per second over the five second reporting interval multiplied by 10 A value consistently greater than zero indicates line problems Logical rejects sec 10 is the sum of Rejects and F...

Page 75: ...bers The per second value is the displayed value dividedby 10 For example if SABM sec 10 is shownas 100 the actual SABMs per second over the five second reporting interval was 10 Frame Statistics Disp...

Page 76: ...Event Congestion Notification bit set per second over the five second reporting interval multiplied by 10 BECN sec 10 is the number of frames transmitted receivedwiththe BECN Backward Event Congestion...

Page 77: ...datagrams received using an unknown or unsupported protocol Pkt Too Small is the number of datagrams received that were discarded because IP Statistics Display Report Interval sec 5 Current Time 1 17...

Page 78: ...ived Total Reasmbledis the number of complete datagrams properlyreassembled at this node Frag Time Out is the number of datagram fragments discarded because of timeouts Pkts Fragmentedis the number of...

Page 79: ...ams which are sent by other entities in the IP network as a means of confirming that communication is possible ICMP Statistics Display Report Interval sec 5 Current Time 1 17 1998 14 23 45 STATISTIC C...

Page 80: ...etwork to respond as a means of confirming that communication is possible In Echo is the number of requests from other entities in the IP network to respond to those entities as a means of confirming...

Page 81: ...nformation requests Out Mask Req is the number of requests to other entities in the IP path for the subnet mask of the IP network to which they are attached In Mask Req is the number of requests from...

Page 82: ...ansmitted over the interface Q Dropped In is the number of incoming Q packets that were dropped Unknwn Protocolis the number of frames that were not accepted because they contained an unknown protocol...

Page 83: ...P No Net Addr is the number of RIP entries received with no network address The network address configured for the interface will be used Path Not Fnd Pkt is the number of RIP packets that cannot be t...

Page 84: ...eived on the interface RIP N_Resp Rcv is the number of RIP Nearest Responses responses to Nearest Queries received on the interface RIP Aged Entries is the number of entries that have been deleted fro...

Page 85: ...umber of SAP packets received on the interface SAP G_Query Rcv is the number of SAP General Queries received on the interface SAP N_Query Rcv is the number of SAP Nearest Queries received on the inter...

Page 86: ...th an invalid size Lite Pkts Rcv is the number of NetWare Lite packets received on the interface Lite Pkts Tx is the number of NetWare Lite packets transmitted on the interface WD Req Pkts Rcv is the...

Page 87: ...r should be 30 bytes and contain network node and socket addresses for source and desti nation Ukn Sockets Rcv is the number of socket numbers received that could not be identified Some socket numbers...

Page 88: ...ed Failed Startup Diagnostics Failed due to Configuration Problem Not Operational due to Hardware Fault Operating Marginally due to Soft Faults Fully Operational MAC Status can be either both neither...

Page 89: ...0 0 Overrun Errors 0 0 Xmit w mul Coll 0 0 Xmt Deferral 0 0 Xmt CD Heartbeat 0 0 Not Xmt Coll 0 0 Frm w Lost CS 0 0 Late Collision 0 0 Underruns 0 0 F4 Clear Cumulative Statistics Others Exit LANCard...

Page 90: ...fic Statistics Alignment Errors is the number of frames with FCS frame check sequence errors due to non integral lengths Xmt w 1 Coll is the number of frames that were transmitted after one col lision...

Page 91: ...peated frame Frequency Errors is the number of frames received with signal frequency problems Frm with Aborts is the number of frames that were abortedin midtransmission Act Mon Regen is the number of...

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Page 93: ...L LAN adapters 1 4 Line monitor 3 9 P Port signals displaying 3 7 R Rebooting 2 41 RLP 1 3 switch settings 2 3 S Shutting down a node 2 41 Site requirements 1 5 Statistics displays 3 11 frame 3 15 IP...

Page 94: ...idx 2 FRX8000 Installation Setup Guide T TCP IP configuring 2 37 Test Menu 3 1 Token Ring adapter re configuring 2 39 V Virtual connections displaying 3 5...