Cabletron Systems SmartSTACK ELS100-24TXM, Installation And User Manual

Page 1: ...SmartSTACK 100 ELS100 24TXM ETHERNET SWITCH INSTALLATION AND USER GUIDE...

Page 2: ...eir respective companies FCC NOTICE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this...

Page 3: ...Cabletron that sets forth your rights and obligations with respect to the Cabletron software program the Program contained in this package The Program may be contained in firm ware chips or other medi...

Page 4: ...ED RIGHTS The enclosed product a was developed solely at private expense b contains restricted computer software submitted with restricted rights in accordance with Section 52227 19 a through d of the...

Page 5: ...ance to Directive s Product Standards EC Directive 89 336 EEC EC Directive 73 23 EEC EN 55022 EN 50082 1 EN 60950 Equipment Type Environment Networking Equipment for use in a Com mercial or Light Indu...

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Page 7: ...Configuration and Management Interfaces 8 RMON 8 Port Mirroring 9 Auto negotiation 9 Broadcast Throttling 9 BootP DHCP 10 LEDs 10 Full Duplex Mode 10 Flow Control 10 Virtual LANs VLANs 10 Class of Ser...

Page 8: ...figuration Menu 38 VLAN Configuration Menu 39 VLAN Menu 40 VLAN n Configuration Menu 41 VLAN Port Menu 42 Class of Service Configuration Menu 43 Port Priority Menu 44 Port Menu 45 Port Configuration M...

Page 9: ...xtensions 70 Compiling MIB Extensions Cabletron Website 73 APPENDIX A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 75 General 75 Standards Compliance 75 Certification 75 Data Rate 75 Environmental Specifications 75 Elect...

Page 10: ...CONTROL 87 APPENDIX D VIRTUAL LANS VLANS 89 VLANs and Frame Tagging 89 ELS100 24TXM VLAN Configuration 90 VLAN ID 90 Ports in VLAN 90 VLAN Egress Ports 91 VLAN Access Ports 91 VLAN Hybrid Ports 92 VLA...

Page 11: ...istrators and Management Information Systems MIS personnel with the following background Working knowledge of Ethernet LANs Familiarity with Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP and...

Page 12: ...Describes the features of the switch front and rear panel components and application examples Chapter 2 Installation Describes the content of your switch shipment lists site requirements and provides...

Page 13: ...cting the switch from overload conditions and to keep additional traffic off the network Appendix D Virtual LANs VLANs Describes how the switch uses VLANs to create isolated network domains and provid...

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Page 15: ...emote Monitoring RMON IEEE 802 1Q virtual LANs VLANs IEEE 802 1p Class of Service flow control and broadcast throttling For network management the ELS100 24TXM switch includes a standards compliant Si...

Page 16: ...Traffic Management Tag and port based VLANs per the IEEE 802 1Q draft standard 4094 VLAN IDs recognized per switch Class of Service support per the IEEE 802 1p draft standard Flow control per port IEE...

Page 17: ...peed and Duplex information see Table 1 2 for details LED mode button Button used to switch RJ 45 port LEDs between Link Activity mode and 100M Full Duplex mode This button has no affect on fiber port...

Page 18: ...ation of the RJ 45 LEDs to 100M Speed and Full Duplex as shown in Figure 1 4 Figure 1 3 RJ 45 Port LEDs Default Configuration Figure 1 4 Port LEDs LED Mode Button Pressed The numbers above and below t...

Page 19: ...smit and or receive activity Activity LED Off Indicates the absence of transmit or receive ac tivity RJ 45 Ports De fault Configura tion Link LED On Indicates a valid connection link on the associat e...

Page 20: ...ng and forwarding The switch can support up to a maximum of 12 288 addresses Addresses are automatically learned by the switch and can be individually assigned specific forwarding treatment by the net...

Page 21: ...ntegrity This switching method prevents bad frames from traversing the network and using up valuable network bandwidth as with cut through switching technology To minimize the possibility of dropping...

Page 22: ...itch provide basic SNMP management through indus try standard SNMP applications Management security protection is provided based on SNMP com munity names See Chapter 5 SNMP Management for more infor m...

Page 23: ...itch detects the speed of the network the port is connected to either 10Mbps or 100Mbps and the type of communication setting half or full duplex The port is then automatically set by the switch to op...

Page 24: ...port LEDs indicate Link L and Activity A for each of the ports The fiber port LEDs are not affected by the LED mode button Full Duplex Mode The full duplex mode of operation on a port can double the t...

Page 25: ...rporate intranets as well as new high bandwidth desktop applications are driving the demand for Fast Ethernet The increase in multimedia traffic and the need to support legacy protocols alongside new...

Page 26: ...t connections to servers by connecting each to a dedicated switch port Figure 1 6 Users can be accommodated through connections to hubs both at 10Mbps and 100Mbps speeds through 10Mbps switches with 1...

Page 27: ...ccess Figure 1 6 Workgroup hubs are provided with a single connection to the switch while servers are put on dedicated 100 Mbps ports Routers and other networking devices can connect off of the switch...

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Page 29: ...and physically secure Power source Provide a power source within six feet 1 8 m of the installation loca tion This source must provide 100 VAC to 240 VAC and 50 Hz to 60 Hz power with a 100 VA minimu...

Page 30: ...on a table or shelf in a position which allows access to the front panel RJ 45 ports visibility of the port LEDs and access to the power cord Make sure that the mounting surface can safely support the...

Page 31: ...the wall surface can safely support the switch Do the following 1 Mount one of the ears to the switch using two 2 of the supplied screws Repeat this step for the other side of the switch 2 Mount the s...

Page 32: ...g 1 Mount one of the ears to the switch using two 2 of the supplied screws Repeat this step for the other side of the switch 2 Slide the switch into the rack and align the holes in the rack mounting e...

Page 33: ...g the two mounting screws 3 While maintaining a firm grip on the fiber connectors insert the fiber module card into the modular slot with the module components facing upwards Insert the module into th...

Page 34: ...cess The console port connector is configured as a female null modem connection using a female DB 9 see Table A 1 for pinouts A standard straight through wired RS 232 cable is typically all that is ne...

Page 35: ...oes not check to make sure that the power cable is plugged in correctly and that the power source is good Power Up When you turn the power on the switch conducts a series of hardware and software test...

Page 36: ...unctional and the user interface is ready to receive commands at the console Network Cable Requirements Copper Table 2 1 specifies the cable types and length constraints for the copper interfaces on t...

Page 37: ...gments or end stations These UTP connections meet the requirements of ISO 8877 specified by 10Base T Section 14 of the IEEE 802 3 specification The ports are wired with the MDI X function implemented...

Page 38: ...s a receive RX transmit TX pair with the RX connector positioned on the left side of the port and the TX connector on the right side of the port Fiber Uplink Modules Table 2 3 provides information for...

Page 39: ...owing parts Menu Identification includes model number Menu Name includes access privileges Selectable Items listed by letters Screen Prompt for menu selections and entry of field parameters and Messag...

Page 40: ...he Enter key you are logged in with READ ONLY access No password is configured in the factory default settings allowing full READ WRITE access until a password is set To use the console menus do the f...

Page 41: ...es Bridge Priority 32768 Class of Service Enable No Class of Service Port Priority 0 Class of Service Priority Threshold 4 Flow Control Enable No Forward Delay 15 Full Duplex Yes Hello Time 2 Max Age...

Page 42: ...nu VLAN Port Menu ID VLAN Name Ports in VLAN VLAN Egress Ports Configure Port ID Port Name Type Modify Port Type Port n Statistics Port ID Port Name Priority Default Configure Port ID Port Name Path C...

Page 43: ...h For example you can configure Forwarding Ta ble Spanning Tree and virtual LANs VLANs Port Menu Shows the configuration of the individual ports on the switch and allows you to modify switch port oper...

Page 44: ...range System Location The physical switch location 1 36 character range System Contact The switch contact person 1 36 character range IP Address The IP address of the switch Subnet Mask Subnet mask a...

Page 45: ...te Community Name The community name for read write SNMP access to the device 1 10 character range the default name is private SNMP Public Community Name The community name for read only SNMP access t...

Page 46: ...nu for configuring the switch Spanning Tree operation VLAN Configuration Menu Menu for configuring the VLAN operation of the switch Class of Service Configuration Menu Menu for configuring Class of Se...

Page 47: ...0a0a0a0a0a0d DYNAMIC FORWARD 4 0a0a0a0a0a0e DYNAMIC FORWARD 5 0a0a0a0a0a0f DYNAMIC FORWARD 6 0a0a0a0a0a10 DYNAMIC FORWARD 7 0a0a0a0a0a11 DYNAMIC FORWARD 8 n Next Page p Previous Page f First Page l La...

Page 48: ...y Adds a static entry to the forwarding table Delete Static Entry Deletes a static entry from the forwarding table Modify Static Entry Modifies a static entry from the forwarding table Search by Port...

Page 49: ...00 Designated Root Root Path Cost 0 Root Port NO PORT Topology Change Count 0 a Spanning Tree Protocol Enable No b Port Configuration Menu c Hello Time seconds 2 d Forward Delay seconds 15 e Max Age s...

Page 50: ...me seconds The time interval between the sending of Configuration BPDUs by the bridge if it is root 1 10 second range Forward Delay seconds The time interval delay before a port transfers into the for...

Page 51: ...ARDING 10 10 128 FORWARDING n Next Page p Previous Page f First Page l Last Page a Select Port r Refresh x Previous Menu Enter Selection Field Description Port ID A unique identifier for a port on the...

Page 52: ...gnated Bridge a Path Cost 10 b Port Priority 32768 x Previous Menu Enter Selection Field Description Port State The current Spanning Tree state of the port either disabled listening learning forwardin...

Page 53: ...mpanying table describes the VLAN Configuration Menu See Appendix D Virtual LANs VLANs for more information about this feature Figure 3 11 VLAN Configuration Menu VLAN CONFIGURATION Access Control REA...

Page 54: ...t 1 24 None c Configure d Delete x Previous Menu Enter Selection Field Description ID The identification number of the VLAN 1 4 character range VLAN Name The administrative name assigned to the VLAN 1...

Page 55: ...ted VLAN and auto matically removed from their previous VLAN VLAN n CONFIGURATION Access Control READ WRITE Ports in VLAN 1 24 VLAN Egress Ports None a VLAN Name default b Add Port in VLAN c Remove Po...

Page 56: ...ACCESS 7 ACCESS 8 ACCESS 9 ACCESS 10 ACCESS n Next Page p Previous Page f First Page l Last Page a Modify Port Type x Previous Menu Enter Selection Field Description Port ID The number assigned to the...

Page 57: ...ontrol READ WRITE a Class of Service Enable No b Priority Threshold 4 c Configure Port Priority x Previous Menu Enter Selection Selection Description Class of Service Enable Allows you to enable Yes o...

Page 58: ...xt Page p Previous Page f First Page l Last Page c Configure x Previous Menu Enter Selection Field Description Port ID The port number assigned to the port Port Name The administrative name assigned t...

Page 59: ...gure x Previous Menu Enter Selection Field Description ID The number assigned to the port Port Name The administrative name assigned to the port 1 14 character range Enabled The current enabled state...

Page 60: ...tive name to the port 1 14 character range Port Enable Allows you to enable Yes or disable No the port s Flow Control Enable Allows you to enable Yes or disable No flow control on the port s Auto nego...

Page 61: ...Page l Last Page s Switch Summary d Port Statistics r Refresh c Clear x Previous Menu Enter Selection Field Description ID The number assigned to the port Transmitted Number of frames transmitted out...

Page 62: ...ames Received 0 Frames Forwarded 0 Frames Filtered 0 Frames Dropped 0 Frames Errored 0 r Refresh c Clear x Previous Menu Enter Selection Field Description Frames Transmitted Total number of frames tra...

Page 63: ...ragments 0 Broadcasts Received 0 Jabbers 0 Multicasts Transmitted 0 64 Byte Frames 0 Multicasts Received 0 65 to 127 Byte Frames 0 Bytes Transmitted 0 128 to 255 Byte Frames 0 Bytes Received 0 256 to...

Page 64: ...s Total number of frames received on the port which were oversized Fragments Total number of frames received on the port which were fragments Jabbers Total number of frames received on the port which...

Page 65: ...READ WRITE Software Version 1 00 Serial Number 100 Base MAC Address 00c0ba000000 Up Time minutes 12 Power Up Count 1 x Previous Menu Enter Selection Field Description Software Version The version of s...

Page 66: ...23 Download Software Menu DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE Access Control READ WRITE a TFTP Server IP Address 1 2 3 4 b TFTP File Name c Start TFTP Download d Start XMODEM Download x Previous Menu Enter Selection S...

Page 67: ...ocess Return to Default Configuration The Return to Default Configuration screen allows you to restore the original factory default switch settings before changes were made via the user interface or S...

Page 68: ...reset the switch do the following 1 Select j from the Main Menu to view the Reset screen The following message prompt displays Switch will go through a hardware reset All the current changes that hav...

Page 69: ...to console menus Assigning an IP address for the switch if you plan to manage the switch using SNMP or if you use Telnet to access the switch Checking network configuration status and verifying that n...

Page 70: ...ssword again If both entries agree the new password is stored By factory default there is no password configured This means that at the login prompt all you have to do is press Enter to gain READ WRIT...

Page 71: ...nu If a network cable is properly connected to a port the Link Status for the port reads CONNECTED If no cable is connected to the port or if the cable or port is faulty the Link Status for the port r...

Page 72: ...he desired read write access community name you are permitted to enter from one to 10 characters 4 Select SNMP Public Community Name and enter the desired read only community name you are permitted to...

Page 73: ...oring port Only one of these parameters can be enabled at a given time 6 Connect a traffic analyzer or RMON probe to the mirroring port Downloading a Software Upgrade You can upgrade the operational s...

Page 74: ...g written Software downloader is exiting after successful download to flash Please wait while system initializes The system software will reinitialize and display the login prompt Downloading Via TFTP...

Page 75: ...ted between LAN segments for purposes of fault tolerance Two or more physical paths between different segments can be created through the switch with the Spanning Tree Protocol choosing a single path...

Page 76: ...ays This menu displays the current configura tion of VLANs in the system 5 To delete a current VLAN select Delete then enter the number of the VLAN 6 To configure a VLAN select Configure and enter a V...

Page 77: ...Mbps speed Therefore these two parameters along with auto negotiation are not configurable on fiber ports To configure port operation do the following 1 Select Port Menu from the Main Menu 2 Select Co...

Page 78: ...iguration Menu Static MAC addresses which are entered manually stored in nonvolatile memory and automatically placed in the forwarding table System MAC addresses which are set by the system software a...

Page 79: ...plays discard in the Disposition field Configuring Broadcast Cutoff Rate This setting affects the throttling of excessive broadcast or unicast packets with unknown MAC addresses being handled by the s...

Page 80: ...matically configure the switch s IP address information Enabling this feature greatly speeds up device configuration especially when a large number of devices are installed A DHCP and or BootP server...

Page 81: ...ons as an agent monitoring and controlling the functionality of the switch Figure 5 1 ELS100 24TXM Switches Managed by an SNMP Management Workstation A defined set of variables referred to as managed...

Page 82: ...neering Task Force IETF in the form of Request for Comments RFC documents These MIBs provide a common method of managing devices such as switches and hubs and network interfaces such as Ethernet and t...

Page 83: ...tics and information related to the physical network medium to which the system interfaces e g Ethernet token ring etc SNMP Statistics and information related to the SNMP protocol RFC 1398 Ethernet MI...

Page 84: ...standard RFC MIBs are specified in the Cabletron Systems private MIB This MIB definition is specified separately from MIB II Areas covered in this MIB include various system switch and port level inf...

Page 85: ...set Remotely execute a software reset of the switch Variable Description SwitchIpAddress IP address of the switch used for management SwitchSubnetMask Subnet mask corresponding to the SwitchIPAddress...

Page 86: ...ariable used to add or delete entries from the VlanConfig Table SwitchVlanEgressPorts Ports to which traffic destined for this VLAN may be trans mitted SwitchVlanStatus Variable used to add or delete...

Page 87: ...under different network management platforms are available Contact Cabletron Systems for information regarding supported platforms If you require assistance contact the Cabletron Systems Global Suppor...

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Page 89: ...0Base TX ISO IEC 8802 3 clause 25 IEEE 802 3u 100Base FX IEEE 802 3x Flow Control EIA RS 232C DTE to DCE EIA RS 310C 19 rackmount Certification Emissions FCC Part 15 Subparts A and B Class A EN55022 C...

Page 90: ...0 60 Hz Maximum power consumption 75 VA Physical Height 1 75 in 4 4 cm Length 16 0 in 40 6 cm Width 17 1 in 43 4 cm mountable in a standard 19 in rack Weight 10 5 lb 4 8 kg Microprocessor Type Intel i...

Page 91: ...0 24TXM switch provides IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation on its 10Base T 100Base TX ports for 10 100 speed and full half duplex operation Table A 2 shows the 10Base T 100Base TX pinouts These ports are wi...

Page 92: ...ased the switch Power cord sets for use in other countries must meet the requirements of the country where you use the switch For more information on power cord set requirements contact your Cabletron...

Page 93: ...h a NEMA 5 15P 15A 125V or NEMA 6 15P 15A 250V configuration NOTE 3 Appliance coupler flexible cord and wall plug must bear a T mark and registration number in accordance with the Japanese Dentori Law...

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Page 95: ...ons Creates a single spanning tree from any arrangement of switching or bridging elements Compensates automatically for the failure removal or addition of any device in an active data path Achieves po...

Page 96: ...ed together in a redundant topology more than one path between two points If the connection between A and B goes down the link between A and C becomes active thereby establishing a path between A and...

Page 97: ...parts a 16 bit bridge priority and a 48 bit network adapter address Ports are numbered in absolute numbers starting from 1 regardless of their bridge attachment The network adapter address is the same...

Page 98: ...he Root Bridge Selecting a Root Bridge and Designated Bridges During communication between bridges one bridge is determined to have the lowest bridge identifier This bridge becomes the Root Bridge Aft...

Page 99: ...participate in the transmission of frames The transmission of frames is temporarily disabled in order to prevent temporary loops which may occur in a bridged LAN during the lifetime of this state as t...

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Page 101: ...ng up with data until it reaches a determined threshold The packet which causes the threshold to be exceeded triggers the Flow Control function on the port from which the packet entered the switch in...

Page 102: ...e been sent indicating the number of times full duplex flow control has occurred For the full duplex pause frame mechanism to work the device connected to the switch port must also support IEEE 802 3x...

Page 103: ...a four byte data tag field is appended to frames that cross the network The tag identifies which VLAN the frame belongs to The tag may be added to the frame by the end station itself or by a network...

Page 104: ...sferred internally through the switch with a VLAN tag This tag may already be on the frame entering the switch or added to the frame by the switch VLAN information already existing on frames entering...

Page 105: ...ations which do not support 802 1Q tags should be attached to ports on the switch configured as Access ports In Example 1 in Figure D 2 both ports are designated as Access ports The ports are both con...

Page 106: ...t will be tagged with that same VLAN ID In Example 1 in Figure D 3A two ports are configured with two different PVIDs X and Y A frame arrives 1 with a tag for VLAN Z If the destination MAC address of...

Page 107: ...ming port 1 and gets tagged with a VLAN X tag 2 The tag may or may not be stripped off as the frame exits the switch depending on how the MAC address of the destination device was learned 3 In this ex...

Page 108: ...nvironment Figure D 4 shows the combination of both Hybrid and Access links used in a network with three different VLANs Workstations are typically connected to the ELS100 24TXM via Access links On th...

Page 109: ...ransmitted When priority queuing is being used each frame that passes through the switch contains a priority level in its header tag The priority information may already exist in incoming frames or be...

Page 110: ...ormal traffic and placed in a normal priority queue on the outbound port Frames entering through ports 2 and 5 are tagged as high priority traffic and placed in a high priority queue on the outbound p...

Page 111: ...S Class of Service CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check CSMA CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access Collision Detection DCE Data Communications Equipment modem DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DSR Data Send...

Page 112: ...e Data SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol STP Spanning Tree Protocol TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TXD Transmit Data UTP Unshielded Tw...

Page 113: ...he switch common tasks 55 connecting network cables 22 console port 3 20 77 connecting to 20 defined 3 pin assignments 77 cost component of each port 83 crossover cable 23 cut through 7 D Data Rate 75...

Page 114: ...tion configuring 63 port priority 37 Port Priority Menu 44 port specifications 77 port statistics screen 49 Power Connector 6 power cord 21 power cord set requirements 78 power LED 3 defined 3 power s...

Page 115: ...on Menu 29 30 T Telnet 25 connecting 57 terminal 8 20 97 Test LED 3 22 defined 3 TFTP download 61 TFTP file name 52 U Unshielded Twisted Pair UTP 22 Up Time 51 user access 26 V Ventilation 15 VLAN n C...

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