SMC Networks TigerSwitch 100 SMC6924VF, Management Manual

Page 1: ...r units 8 8 Gbps of aggregate switch bandwidth Support for redundant power unit Up to five port trunks per switch Port mirroring for non intrusive analysis QoS support for two level priority Full support for IEEE 802 1Q VLANs IGMP multicast filtering and snooping Manageable via console Web SNMP RMON TigerSwitch 100 Management Guide SMC6924VF ...

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Page 3: ...6 Hughes Irvine CA 92618 Phone 949 707 2400 TigerSwitch 100 Management Guide From SMC s Tiger line of feature rich workgroup LAN solutions June 2001 Pub F2 47 150xxx 10x R01 ...

Page 4: ...ted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SMC SMC reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice Copyright 2001 by SMC Networks Inc 6 Hughes Irvine CA 92618 All rights reserved Printed in Taiwan Trademarks SMC is a registered trademark and EZ Switch TigerStack and TigerSwitch are trademarks of SMC Networks Inc Other product and company names are t...

Page 5: ...an Active SMC product A list of discontinued products with their respective dates of discontinuance can be found at http www smc com smc pages_html support html All products that are replaced become the property of SMC Replacement products may be either new or reconditioned Any replaced or repaired product carries either a 30 day limited warranty or the remainder of the initial warranty whichever ...

Page 6: ...LIGENCE SHALL SMC BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL INDIRECT SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR FOR LOSS OF REVENUE LOSS OF BUSINESS OR OTHER FINANCIAL LOSS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE USE PERFORMANCE FAILURE OR INTERRUPTION OF ITS PRODUCTS EVEN IF SMC OR ITS AUTHORIZED RESELLER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES SOME STATES ...

Page 7: ... the Network Configuration 2 11 IP Configuration 2 12 IP Connectivity Test Ping 2 14 HTTP Configuration 2 15 Configuring the Serial Port 2 16 Assigning SNMP Parameters 2 18 Configuring Community Names 2 19 Configuring IP Trap Managers 2 20 Console Login Configuration 2 21 Downloading System Software 2 23 Using TFTP to Download Over the Network 2 23 Saving the System Configuration 2 24 Configuring ...

Page 8: ... 1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration 2 56 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration 2 58 Port Security Configuration 2 60 Monitoring the Switch 2 62 Displaying Port Statistics 2 63 Displaying RMON Statistics 2 65 Displaying the Unicast Address Table 2 67 Displaying the IP Multicast Registration Table 2 69 Configuring Static Unicast Addresses 2 70 Resetting the System 2 72 Logging Off the System 2 72 3 Web Bas...

Page 9: ... Configuration 3 20 Spanning Tree Algorithm STA 3 21 Spanning Tree Information 3 21 Spanning Tree 3 22 Ports 3 23 Spanning Tree Configuration 3 25 Switch 3 25 When the Switch Becomes Root 3 25 STA Port Configuration 3 27 Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions 3 29 Bridge Capability 3 29 Bridge Settings 3 30 Priority 3 31 Port Priority Configuration 3 31 Port Traffic Class Information 3 32 Configuring V...

Page 10: ... Topics 4 1 Layer 2 Switching 4 1 Spanning Tree Algorithm 4 2 Virtual LANs 4 3 Assigning Ports to VLANs 4 4 Port Overlapping 4 5 Forwarding Tagged Untagged Frames 4 5 Connecting VLAN Groups 4 6 Multicast Filtering 4 6 IGMP Snooping 4 7 IGMP Protocol 4 7 Class of Service CoS Support 4 8 Port Trunks 4 9 SNMP Management Software 4 9 Remote Monitoring 4 10 A Troubleshooting A 1 Troubleshooting Chart A...

Page 11: ...TABLE OF CONTENTS v Console Port to 25 Pin DCE Port on Modem B 2 Console Port to 25 Pin DTE Port on PC B 3 Glossary Index ...

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Page 13: ...permits the switch to be managed from any PC in the network using in band management software such as SMC s EliteView The management agent also includes an embedded HTTP Web agent This Web agent can be accessed using a standard Web browser from any computer attached to the network The system configuration program and the SNMP agent support management functions such as Enable disable any port Set t...

Page 14: ...t terminal emulation type to VT100 specify the port used by your PC i e COM 1 4 and then set communications to 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity and 19200 bps for initial configuration Also be sure to set flow control to none Refer to Configuring the Serial Port on page 2 16 for a complete description of configuration options Note If the default settings for the management agent s serial port have ...

Page 15: ...e switch s site to force auto answer mode The following is a sample initialization string ATQ1S0 1 D0 K0 W as defined below Q1 Inhibit result codes to DTE S0 1 Auto answer on first ring D0 Don t care DTR K0 Disables DTE DCE flow control W Write command to modem memory Configure the Remote Site At the remote site connect the PC s COM port COM 1 4 to the modem s serial port Set terminal emulation ty...

Page 16: ...ed to the network The switch and stack can also be managed by any computer using a Web browser Internet Explorer 4 0 or Netscape Navigator 4 0 or above or from a network computer using network management software such as EliteView Notes 1 By default BOOTP is disabled To enable BOOTP see IP Configuration on page 2 12 2 Use the Network Configuration menu to specify the maximum number of simultaneous...

Page 17: ...o password The administrator has Read Write access to all configuration parameters and statistics While the guest has Read Only access to the management program SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MMMMM MMMMM CCCCCCCCCCCCCC SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MM MM CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC SS S MMM MMM CCC CC SS MMMM MMMM CCC SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MM MM MM MM CCC SS MM MM MM MM CCC CC S SS MM MM MM MM CCC CC SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MM MMM MM CCCCCCCCCCC...

Page 18: ...Information Port Configuration Port Trunking Configuration IGMP Configuration BStorm Control Configuration Extented Bridge Configuration 802 1P Configuration 802 1Q VLAN Base Information 802 1Q VLAN Current Table Information 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration Port Security Configuration Port GARP Configuration Port GMRP Configuration Mirror Management Setup Menu ...

Page 19: ... program Note Options for the currently selected item are displayed in the highlighted area at the bottom of the interface screen Main Menu System Information Menu Management Setup Menu Device Control Menu Network Monitor Menu Restart System Menu Exit Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Menu Description System Information Menu System Information Provides basic system description includin...

Page 20: ...to restore the configuration Device Control Menu Port Configuration Enables any port enables disables flow control and sets communication mode to auto negotiation full duplex or half duplex Port Information Displays operational status including link state flow control method and duplex mode Spanning Tree Configuration Enables Spanning Tree Algorithm also sets parameters for hello time maximum mess...

Page 21: ...ity Configuration Allows you to enable and configure port security for the switch Port GARP Configuration Configures settings used in multicast filtering Port GMRP Configuration Configures GMRP multicast filtering Network Monitor Menu Port Statistics Displays statistics on network traffic passing through the selected port RMON Statistics Displays detailed statistical information for the selected p...

Page 22: ...m Restarts system with options to use POST or to retain factory defaults IP settings or user authentication settings Exit Exits the configuration program Not implemented in this firmware release System Information Menu System Information Switch Information OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Menu Description System Information Provides basic system description including contact inform...

Page 23: ...ation DEFAULT SYSTEM LOCATION APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description System Description System hardware description System Object ID MIB II object identifier for switch s network management subsystem System Up Time Length of time the current management agent has been running Note that the first value is 1 100 seconds System Name Name assigned...

Page 24: ...850 CPU POST ROM Version V1 02 Firmware Version V2 47 SNMP Agent Master OK PREV UNIT NEXT UNIT Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description Main Board Hardware Version Hardware version of the main board Firmware Version System firmware version in ROM Serial Number The serial number of the main board Port Number Number of ports including modules Internal Power Status Indicate...

Page 25: ... Module Hardware Version Hardware version of the agent module POST ROM Version Power On Self Test version number Firmware Version Firmware version of the agent module SNMP Agent Shows that the agent module is operating as Master Parameter Description ...

Page 26: ... management software SNMP Configuration The items provided by the Management Setup Menu are described in the following sections Management Setup Menu Network Configuration Serial Port Configuration SNMP Configuration Console Login Configuration TFTP Download Configuration Save Restore OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Menu Description Network Configuration Includes IP setup Ping fac...

Page 27: ...oads new version of firmware to update your system in band Configuration Save Restore Saves the switch configuration to a file on a TFTP server This file can be later downloaded to restore the configuration Network Configuration IP Configuration IP Connectivity Test Ping HTTP Configuration MAX Number of allowed Telnet sessions 1 4 4 MAC Address 00 E0 29 52 28 00 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow ke...

Page 28: ...APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Interface Type Indicates IP over Ethernet IP Address IP address of the stack you are managing The system supports SNMP over UDP IP transport protocol In this environment all systems on the Internet such as network interconnection devices and any PC accessing the agent module or running EliteView must hav...

Page 29: ...tionality is enabled via manual configuration or set by Boot Protocol BOOTP Options include USER CONFIG IP functionality is enabled based on the default or user specified IP Configuration This is the default setting BOOTP Get IP IP is enabled but will not function until a BOOTP reply has been received BOOTP requests will be periodically broadcast by the switch in an effort to learn its IP address ...

Page 30: ...Address Test Times 1 Interval 3 Success 0 Failure 0 Start APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description IP Address IP address of the site you want to ping Test Times The number of ICMP echo requests to send to the specified site Range 1 1000 Interval The interval in seconds between pinging the specified site Range 1 10 seconds Success Failure The nu...

Page 31: ...hown below is described in the following table Network Configuration HTTP Configuration HTTP Server ENABLED HTTP Port Number 80 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Description HTTP Server Enables disables access to the on board Web agent HTTP Port Number Specifies the TCP port that will provide HTTP service Range 0 65535 Default Port 80 Telnet Port 23 is...

Page 32: ...DE Baud rate 19200 Data bits 8 Stop bits 1 Parity NONE Time Out in minutes 10 Auto Refresh in seconds 5 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Default Description Management Mode Console Mode Indicates that the console port settings are for direct console connection Baud rate 19200 The rate at which data is sent between devices Options 2400 4800 9600 19200 ...

Page 33: ...er this interval the current session is automatically closed Range 0 100 minutes where 0 indicates disabled Auto Refresh 5 seconds Sets the interval before a console session will auto refresh the console information such as Spanning Tree Information Port Configuration Port Statistics and RMON Statistics Range 0 or 5 255 seconds where 0 indicates disabled Parameter Default Description ...

Page 34: ... switch the NMS must first submit a valid community string for authentication The options for configuring community strings and related trap functions are described in the following sections SNMP Configuration Send Authentication Fail Traps ENABLED SNMP Communities IP Trap Managers APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Description Send Authentication Fail ...

Page 35: ... public with Read Write access SNMP Configuration SNMP Communities Community Name Access Status 1 public READ WRITE ENABLED 2 3 4 5 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Community Name A community entry authorized for management access Maximum string length 20 characters Access Management access is restricted to Read Only or Read Write Statu...

Page 36: ...the switch Up to 5 trap managers may be entered SNMP Configuration IP Trap Managers IP Address Community Name Status 1 10 1 0 23 Public DISABLED 2 3 4 5 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description IP Address IP address of the trap manager Community Name A community specified for trap management access Status Sets administrative status of selected ...

Page 37: ...ccess for parameters governing the switch You should therefore assign a user name and password to the default Administrator as soon as possible and store it in a safe place If for some reason your password is lost or you cannot gain access to the System Configuration Program contact SMC Technical Support for assistance The parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and t...

Page 38: ...The time in seconds the management console will be disabled due to an excessive number of failed logon attempts Range 0 65535 0 indicates disabled Admin name admin password null Administrator has access privilege of Read Write for all screens Guest name guest password null Guest has access privilege of Read Only for all screens Passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric characters and are not ...

Page 39: ...ent will automatically restart itself Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Note You can also download firmware using the Web agent page 3 16 or by a direct console connection after a restart page A 2 TFTP Download Download Server IP Agent Software Upgrade ENABLED Download Filename Download Mode PERMANENT Process TFTP Download Download status Complete APPL...

Page 40: ...ng figure and table Configuration Upload Upload Server IP Upload Filename Process TFTP Upload Upload status Complete Configuration Download Download Server IP Download Filename Process TFTP Download Download status Complete APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Configuration Upload Upload Server IP IP address of a TFTP server Upload Filename...

Page 41: ...f a TFTP server Download Filename The name of the file that contains the switch configuration settings you wish to restore Process TFTP Download Issues a request to the TFTP server to download the specified file Download Status Indicates if a download is Complete or In Progress Parameter Description ...

Page 42: ...tic Table Configuration Port Trunking Configuration 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration IGMP Configuration Port Security Configuration BStorm Control Configuration Port GARP Configuration Port GMRP Configuration OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Menu Description Port Configuration Sets communication parameters for ports Port Information Displays current port settings and port status Span...

Page 43: ... VLANs supported 802 1Q VLAN Current Table Information Displays VLAN groups and port members 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration Configures VLAN groups via static assignments including setting port members 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration Displays configures port specific VLAN settings including PVID and ingress filtering Port Security Configuration Allows you to enable and configure port securit...

Page 44: ...L 7 100FX ENABLED DISABLED 100_FULL 8 100FX ENABLED DISABLED 100_FULL 9 100FX ENABLED DISABLED 100_FULL 10 100FX ENABLED DISABLED 100_FULL 11 100FX ENABLED DISABLED 100_FULL 12 100FX ENABLED DISABLED 100_FULL APPLY OK CANCEL PREV UNIT NEXT UNIT PREV PAGE NEXT PAGE Use TAB or arrows keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Default Description Flow Control on all ports Disabled See Flow Contro...

Page 45: ...abled Used to enable or disable flow control Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations or segments connected directly to the switch when its buffers fill IEEE 802 3x flow control is used for full duplex Note that flow control should not be used if a port is connected to a hub Speed and Duplex 100_FULL Used to set the current port speed and duplex mode The VF 45 po...

Page 46: ... 100 FULL 3 100FX YES UP NONE 100 FULL 4 100FX YES UP NONE 100 FULL 5 100FX YES UP NONE 100 FULL 6 100FX YES UP NONE 100 FULL 7 100FX YES UP NONE 100 FULL 8 100FX YES UP NONE 100 FULL 9 100FX YES UP NONE 100 FULL 10 100FX YES UP NONE 100 FULL 11 100FX YES UP NONE 100 FULL 12 100FX YES UP NONE 100 FULL APPLY OK CANCEL PREV UNIT NEXT UNIT PREV PAGE NEXT PAGE Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to se...

Page 47: ...from end stations connected directly to the switch Back pressure is used for half duplex and IEEE 802 3x for full duplex Note that flow control should not be used if a port is connected to a hub Speed and DuplexInUse Displays the current port speed and duplex mode used Note that auto negotiation is not available for 100BASE FX ports Parameter Description ...

Page 48: ...he network For a more detailed description of how to use this algorithm refer to Spanning Tree Algorithm on page 4 2 Configuring Bridge STA The following figure and table describe Bridge STA configuration Spanning Tree Configuration Selection Menu STA Bridge Configuration STA Port Configuration OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Spanning Tree Configuration Bridge STA Configuration Sp...

Page 49: ...d port The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device However if all devices have the same priority the device with the lowest MAC address will then become the root device Enter a value from 0 65535 Remember that the lower the numeric value the higher the priority Hello Time 2 Time interval in seconds at which the root device transmits a configuration message The minimum value is...

Page 50: ...vice ports attached to the network The minimum value is the higher of 6 or 2 x Hello Time 1 The maximum value is the lower of 40 or 2 x Forward Delay 1 Forward Delay 15 The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding This delay is required because every device must receive information about topology changes before it starts to fo...

Page 51: ... 100FX 128 19 ENABLED 12 100FX 128 19 ENABLED APPLY OK CANCEL PREV UNIT NEXT UNIT PREV PAGE NEXT PAGE other keys to make changes Parameter Default Description Fast forwarding on all ports Enabled See FastForwarding in this table Type Shows port type as 100FX 100BASE FX 1000SX 1000BASE SX 1000LX 1000BASE LX 1000T 1000BASE T Priority 128 Defines the priority for the use of a port in the STA algorith...

Page 52: ... path between devices Therefore lower values should be assigned to ports attached to faster media and higher values assigned to ports with slower media Path cost takes precedence over port priority The default and recommended range is Ethernet 100 50 600 Fast Ethernet 19 10 60 Gigabit Ethernet 4 3 10 The full range is 1 65535 Fast Forwarding Enabled This parameter is used to enable disabled the Fa...

Page 53: ...rameters shown in the following figure and table describe the current Bridge STA Information Spanning Tree Information Selection Menu STA Bridge Information STA Port Information OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Spanning Tree Information Bridge STA Information Priority 32768 Hello Time in seconds 2 Max Age in seconds 20 Forward Delay in seconds 5 Hold Time in seconds 1 Designated Ro...

Page 54: ...time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding Hold Time The minimum interval between the transmission of consecutive Configuration BPDUs Designated Root The priority and MAC address of the device in the Spanning Tree that this switch has accepted as the root device Root Cost The path cost from the root port on this switch to the root devic...

Page 55: ...3 4 100FX NO LINK 19 32768 0010B54C1EB6 128 4 5 100FX NO LINK 19 32768 0010B54C1EB6 128 5 6 100FX NO LINK 19 32768 0010B54C1EB6 128 6 7 100FX FORWARDING 0 32768 000011114321 128 5 8 100FX NO LINK 19 32768 0010B54C1EB6 128 8 9 100FX NO LINK 19 32768 0010B54C1EB6 128 9 10 100FX NO LINK 19 32768 0010B54C1EB6 128 10 11 100FX NO LINK 19 32768 0010B54C1EB6 128 11 12 100FX NO LINK 19 32768 0010B54C1EB6 1...

Page 56: ...es The rules defining port status are A port on a network segment with no other STA compliant bridging device is always forwarding If two ports of a switch are connected to the same segment and there is no other STA device attached to this segment the port with the smaller ID forwards packets and the other is blocked All ports are blocked when the switch is booted then some of them change state to...

Page 57: ...me VLAN as the source port See Configuring Virtual LANs on page 2 53 You can use the Mirror Port Configuration screen to designate a single port pair for mirroring as shown below Mirror Port Configuration Mirror Source Port Unit 1 Port 1 Mirror Target Port Unit 1 Port 2 Status DISABLED APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Mirror Source Port...

Page 58: ...rts that can be assigned to the same trunk have certain other restrictions as described on page 2 44 Ports can only be assigned to one trunk The ports at both ends of a connection must be configured as trunk ports The ports at both ends of a trunk must be configured in an identical manner including speed duplex mode and VLAN assignments None of the ports in a trunk can be configured as a mirror so...

Page 59: ...w More Enable Disable Add Delete OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Trunk ID Configure up to five trunks per switch Status Shows if the selected trunk is enabled or disabled Unit Specifies a switch unit in the stack 1 4 Port Select from 2 4 ports per trunk Show Displays trunk settings where the first trunk listed is specified by Trunk ID More Scrolls ...

Page 60: ...ndalone For example when using Gigabit ports to form a trunk within a stack the Gigabit ports will all be at Port 25 In this case you could specify a trunk group consisting of Unit1 Port25 Unit2 Port25 Unit3 Port25 Unit4 Port25 or two trunks consisting of Unit1 Port25 Unit2 Port25 and Unit3 Port25 Unit4 Port25 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 1 2 3 4 13 14 15 16 5 6 7 8 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 21 22 23 24 M...

Page 61: ...a multicast server the broadcast traffic must be carefully pruned at every multicast switch router it passes through to ensure that traffic is only passed on the hosts which subscribed to this service This switch uses IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol to query for any attached hosts who want to receive a specific multicast service The switch looks up the IP Multicast Group used for this serv...

Page 62: ...port Delay Seconds 10 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll option Parameter Description IGMP Status If enabled the switch will monitor network traffic to determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic This is also referred to as IGMP Snooping IGMP Query Count The maximum number of queries issued for which there has been no response before the switch takes action t...

Page 63: ...V PAGE NEXT PAGE Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description Broadcast control on all ports Allows you to enable disable broadcast storm control for all ports on the switch Threshold The packet per second threshold at which broadcast control will be employed on the port Default is 500 pps Broadcast Control Enables disables broadcast control for the port When enabled the swi...

Page 64: ...D APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll option Parameter Description Bridge Capability Extended Multicast Filtering Services This switch does not support filtering of individual multicast addresses based on GMRP GARP Multicast Registration Protocol Traffic Classes This switch provides mapping of user priorities to multiple traffic classes Refer to 802 1p Port Traffic Class ...

Page 65: ...ated under Bridge Capabilities However you can disable this function by setting this parameter to False GMRP GARP Multicast Registration Protocol GMRP allows network devices to register endstations with multicast groups IGMP Snooping is currently used by this switch to provide multicast filtering GVRP GARP VLAN Registration Protocol GVRP defines a way for switches to exchange VLAN information in o...

Page 66: ...r Queuing for each port You can use the 802 1P Configuration menu to configure the default priority for each port or to display the mapping for the traffic classes as described in the following sections Also refer to Class of Service CoS Support on page 4 8 802 1P Configuration Selection Menu 802 1P Port Priority Configuration 802 1P Port Traffic Class Information OK Use TAB or arrows keys to move...

Page 67: ...mes that do not have priority tags will be placed in the low priority queue of the output port You can use the following menu to adjust default ingress priority for any port as shown below 802 1P Port Priority Configuration Unit 1 Port 1 12 Port Default Ingress Number of Egress User Priority Traffic Class 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 2 4 0 2 5 0 2 6 0 2 7 0 2 8 0 2 9 0 2 10 0 2 11 0 2 12 0 2 APPLY OK CANCEL PR...

Page 68: ...output queues 802 1P Port Traffic Class Information Unit 1 Port 1 12 Port User Priority 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 APPLY OK CANCEL PREV UNIT NEXT UNIT PREV PAGE NEXT PAGE Use TAB or arrow keys...

Page 69: ...confining broadcast traffic to the originating group This also provides a more secure and cleaner network environment For more information on how to use VLANs see Virtual LANs on page 4 3 The VLAN configuration screens are described in the following sections 802 1Q VLAN Base Information The 802 1Q VLAN Base Information screen displays basic information on the VLAN type supported by this switch 802...

Page 70: ...rted VLANs Maximum number of VLANs that can be configured on this switch Current Number of VLANs Configured The number of VLANs currently configured on this switch Parameter Description Deleted VLAN Entry Counts The number of times a VLAN entry has been deleted from this table VID The ID for the VLAN currently displayed Parameter Description 802 1Q VLAN Current Table Information Deleted VLAN Entry...

Page 71: ...ports which have been added to the displayed VLAN group where 1 indicates that a port is a member and 0 that it is not Current Untagged Ports If a port has been added to the displayed VLAN see Current Egress Ports its entry in this field will be 1 if the port is untagged or 0 if tagged Sorted by VID The VLAN ID number from which the display will start Show Displays the members for the VLAN indicat...

Page 72: ...s Forbidden Egress Ports 1 111111111111 111111111111 000000000000 000000000000 2 3 4 Unit Untagged Ports 1 111111111111 111111111111 VID 1 2 Show 3 More 4 New APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description VID The ID for the VLAN currently displayed Range 1 2048 VLAN Name A user specified symbolic name for this VLAN String length Up to 8 alphanumeric...

Page 73: ...upported in the current firmware release Untagged Ports You can add a port to the displayed VLAN as an untagged port by setting this field to 1 or as a tagged port by setting it to 0 This field is only enabled if the corresponding port has been added to the displayed VLAN as an Egress Port Show Displays settings for the specified VLAN More Displays consecutively numbered VLANs New Sets up the scre...

Page 74: ... FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 APPLY OK CANCEL PREV UNIT NEXT UNIT PREV PAGE NEXT PAGE Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description PVID The VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on this port Acceptable Frame Type This swi...

Page 75: ...from other ports Note that GVRP must be enabled for the switch before this setting can take effect See Device Control Menu Extended Bridge Configuration GVRP Failed Registrations The total number of failed GVRP registrations for any reason on this port GVRP Last PDU Origin The Source MAC Address of the last GVRP message received on this port Not available for the current firmware release Parameter...

Page 76: ... 00 00 E8 18 09 6B 00 00 E2 20 C3 D5 00 00 E8 1A 4A 4D 00 00 E2 21 74 D0 00 00 E8 24 79 F7 00 00 E2 2E FD F6 00 00 E8 2F 73 B4 00 00 E8 00 00 02 00 00 E8 2F E2 E6 Secure address count 138 Unit 1 Port 7 MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 Show More Add Delete Mode LEARNING Apply Clear OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description MAC Address A list of the authorized MAC addresses that ca...

Page 77: ...urce MAC address of all packets received on the port to the authorized MAC Address list Apply Applies a change of Mode to the port MAC A specific MAC address to be added or deleted from the list A MAC address must be entered as 12 hexadecimal digits in the format 00 00 00 00 00 00 otherwise the entry will not be accepted by the system Add Adds a new MAC address to the current list Delete Removes a...

Page 78: ...tatistics Displays statistics on network traffic passing through the selected port RMON Statistics Displays detailed statistical information for the selected port such as packet type and frame size counters Unicast Address Table Provides full listing of all unicast addresses stored in the switch as well as sort search and clear functions Multicast Address Registration Table Displays the ports that...

Page 79: ...unter Alignment Errors 0 Late Collisions 9 FCS Errors 0 Excessive Collisions 0 Single Collision Frames 0 Internal Mac Transmit Errors 0 Multiple Collision Frames 0 Carrier Sense Errors 0 SQE Test Errors 0 Frames Too Long 0 Deferred Transmissions 0 Internal Mac Receive Errors 0 Refresh Statistics Show port 1 Reset Counters Show OK PREV UNIT NEXT UNIT PREV PORT NEXT PORT Use TAB or arrow keys to mov...

Page 80: ...llisions The number of frames for which transmission failed due to excessive collisions Internal Mac Transmit Errors The number of frames for which transmission failed due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error Carrier Sense Errors The number of times that the carrier sense condition was lost or never asserted when attempting to transmit a frame Frames Too Long The number of frames received th...

Page 81: ...s 37837 Broadcast Frames 3249 65 127 Byte Frames 674356 Multicast Frames 0 128_255 Byte Frames 45430 CRC Alignment Errors 0 256 511 Byte Frames 20447 Undersize Frames 0 512 1023 Byte Frames 3740 Oversize Frames 0 1024_1518 Byte Frames 35696 Fragments 0 Refresh Statistics Show port 1 Reset Counters Show OK PREV UNIT NEXT UNIT PREV PORT NEXT PORT Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Menu De...

Page 82: ...g framing bits but including FCS octets and had either an FCS or alignment error Collisions The best estimate of the total number of collisions on this Ethernet segment 64 Byte Frames The total number of frames including bad packets received and transmitted that were 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 65 127 Byte Frames The total number of frames including bad pack...

Page 83: ...00 96 1 1 2 D 00 00 E2 12 F9 F8 1 1 2 D 00 00 E8 00 01 01 1 1 2 D 00 00 E2 16 C5 82 1 1 2 D 00 00 E8 02 A0 E6 1 1 2 D 00 00 E2 20 C3 D5 1 1 2 D 00 00 E8 07 12 5E 1 1 2 D 00 00 E2 21 74 D0 1 1 2 D 00 00 E8 10 00 AB 1 1 2 D 00 00 E8 00 00 02 1 1 2 D 00 00 E8 11 11 33 1 1 2 D 00 00 E8 00 00 18 1 1 2 D 00 00 E8 12 00 69 1 1 2 D 00 00 E8 00 00 1A 1 1 2 D 00 00 E8 12 24 60 1 1 2 D Sorted by MAC VID Clea...

Page 84: ...ically learned or P Fixed permanently by SNMP network management software Sorted Cleared by Selects the primary key used to sort clear the table MAC or VID Show Displays the address table based on specified VLAN ID and sorted by primary key MAC or VID More Scrolls through the entries in the address table Clear Clears the specified MAC address Clear Dynamic Clears all dynamically learned MAC addres...

Page 85: ...0000000000 00 IGMP 3 000000001100 110000000000 00 Dynamic 4 000000001100 110000000000 00 IGMP Sorted by VID Multicast IP VID 1 Multicast IP Show More OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Menu Description VID VLAN ID assigned to this multicast group Multicast IP IP address for specific multicast services Unit Stack unit Dynamic Port Lists The switch ports registered for the indicated mu...

Page 86: ...below Static Unicast Address Table Configuration VID MAC Address Unit Port Status 1 00 00 00 E8 43 12 1 1 Permanent Sorted by VID MAC VID 1 MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 VID 1 Port 1 MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 Status Permanent Show More Set OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Menu Description VID The VLAN group this port is assigned to MAC Address The MAC address of a host device attached to this ...

Page 87: ...g Time on page 2 67 Other This entry is currently in use but the conditions under which it will remain so differ from the preceding values Sorted by Selects the primary sort key for displaying table entries Note that only VID MAC is implemented in the current firmware release Show Displays the static address table sorted on VID as the primary key and MAC address as secondary key More Scrolls throu...

Page 88: ...h the switch for the current session System Restart Menu Restart Option POST YES Reload Factory Defaults NO Keep IP Setting NO Keep User Authentication NO Restart APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Menu Description POST Runs the Power On Self Test Reload Factory Defaults Reloads the factory defaults Keep IP Setting Retains the settings defined in the IP Configura...

Page 89: ...iew statistics to monitor network activity The Web interface also provides access to a range of SNMP management functions with access to the switch s MIB and RMON database Prior to accessing the switch from a Web browser be sure you have first performed the following tasks 1 Configure it with a valid IP address subnet mask and default gateway using an out of band serial connection or BOOTP protoco...

Page 90: ...has Read Write access to all configuration parameters and statistics Home Page When your Web browser connects with the switch s Web agent the home page is displayed as shown below The home page displays the Main Menu on the left hand side of the screen and System Information on the right hand side The Main Menu links are used to navigate to other menus and display configuration parameters and stat...

Page 91: ...een made on a page be sure to click on the Apply button at the bottom of the page to confirm the new setting The following table summarizes the Web page configuration buttons Notes 1 To ensure proper screen refresh be sure that Internet Explorer 5 0 is configured as follows Under the menu Tools Internet Options General Temporary Internet Files Settings the setting for item Check for newer versions...

Page 92: ...cking on any other part of the front panel displays Switch Information as described on page 3 9 Port State Display Click on any port to display a summary or port status as shown below as well as Etherlike statistics page 3 52 and RMON statistics page 3 54 Parameter Description Type Shows port type as 100FX 100BASE FX 1000SX 1000BASE SX 1000LX 1000BASE LX 1000T 1000BASE T Admin Status Shows if the ...

Page 93: ...he current port speed Duplex Status Indicates the port s current duplex mode Flow Control Status Shows the flow control type in use Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations connected directly to the switch VLAN The VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on this port Use the PVID to assign ports to the same untagged VLAN Parameter Default Description Baud ra...

Page 94: ...f the RS 232 port Options 7 8 Stop bits 1 bit Sets the stop bits of the RS 232 port Options 1 2 Parity none Sets the parity of the RS 232 port Options none odd even Auto Refresh Time 5 seconds Sets the interval before a console session will auto refresh the console information such as Spanning Tree Information Port Configuration Port Statistics and RMON Statistics Range 5 255 seconds 0 disabled Pa...

Page 95: ...file on a TFTP server Address Table Provides full listing of unicast addresses sorted by address or VLAN STA Enables Spanning Tree Algorithm also sets parameters for switch priority hello time maximum message age and forward delay as well as port priority and path cost Bridge Extension Displays configures extended bridge capabilities for this switch including for traffic classes and VLAN extension...

Page 96: ... interconnection devices and any PC accessing the agent or running EliteView must have an IP address Valid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers of 0 to 255 separated by periods Anything outside of this format will not be accepted by the configuration program Object ID MIB II object identifier for switch s network management subsystem Location Specifies the area or location where the system...

Page 97: ...d modules plugged into the system Main Board Parameter Description Serial Number Serial number of the main board Number of Ports Number of ports including modules Hardware Version Hardware version of the main board Firmware Version System firmware version in ROM Internal Power Status Power status for the switch Redundant Power Status Redundant power status for the switch ...

Page 98: ...e s Power On Self Test version Firmware Version Agent module s firmware version Role Shows that the agent module is operating as Master Parameter Description Expansion Slot 1 Shows module type if inserted 100BASE FX 1000BASE SX 1000BASE LX or 1000BASE T Expansion Slot 2 Shows module type if inserted 100BASE FX 1000BASE SX 1000BASE LX 1000BASE T or 4GB Stack ...

Page 99: ...te USER CONFIG Specifies whether IP functionality is enabled via manual configuration or set by Boot Protocol BOOTP Options include USER CONFIG IP functionality is enabled based on the default or user specified IP Configuration This is the default setting BOOTP Get IP IP is enabled but will not function until a BOOTP reply has been received BOOTP requests will be periodically broadcast by the swit...

Page 100: ...hing outside of this format will not be accepted by the configuration program Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Subnet mask of the switch you have selected This mask identifies the host address bits used for routing to specific subnets Gateway IP Gateway used to pass trap messages from the switch to the management station Note that the gateway must be defined if the management station is located in a differ...

Page 101: ...te with the switch the NMS must first submit a valid community string for authentication The options for configuring community strings and related trap functions are described in the following figures and table SNMP Community The following figure and table describe how to configure the community strings authorized for management access Up to 5 community names may be entered Parameter Description S...

Page 102: ...s may be entered Parameter Description Trap Manager Capability Up to 5 trap managers may be used Trap Manager IP Address IP address of the trap manager Trap Manager Community String A community authorized to receive trap messages Add Remove Add remove strings from the active list Enable Authentication Traps Issues a trap message to specified IP trap managers whenever authentication of an SNMP requ...

Page 103: ...o the Administrator as soon as possible and store it in a safe place If for some reason your password is lost or you cannot gain access to the system s configuration program contact SMC Technical Support for assistance Change Password This password is for the system Administrator with access privilege of Read Write for all screens Passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric characters and are n...

Page 104: ...m SMC otherwise the agent will not accept it The success of the upload operation depends on the quality of the network connection After uploading the new software the agent will automatically restart itself Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Parameter Description Upload Mode Uploads to permanent flash ROM File Name The binary file to download Use the Br...

Page 105: ...ccessibility of the TFTP server and the quality of the network connection After downloading the new software the agent will automatically restart itself Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Parameter Description Server IP Address IP address of a TFTP server Download Mode The system downloads to permanent flash ROM File Name The SMC6924VF binary file to do...

Page 106: ... quality of the network connection Configuration Upload Management Use the Configuration Upload Management to save the switch configuration to a file on a TFTP sever Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Parameter Description Server IP Address IP address of a TFTP server File Name The name of the file to contain the switch configuration settings Start Conf...

Page 107: ... TFTP sever Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Parameter Description Server IP Address IP address of the TFTP server File Name The name of the file that contains the switch configuration settings you wish to restore Start Configuration TFTP Download Issues a request to the TFTP server to download the specified file ...

Page 108: ...s Table is indicated in the following figure and table Parameter Description Aging Time Time out period in seconds for aging out dynamically learned forwarding information Range 10 415 secs default 300 secs Dynamic Address Count The number of dynamically learned addresses Static Address Count The number of statically configured addresses Address Table Sort by Entries can be sorted by address or VL...

Page 109: ...ription of how to use this algorithm refer to Spanning Tree Algorithm on page 4 2 Spanning Tree Information The Spanning Tree Information screen displays a summary of the STA information for the overall bridge or for a specific port To make any changes to the parameters for the Spanning Tree use the Spanning Tree Configuration menu New Static Address Use these fields to add or remove a static entr...

Page 110: ...device transmits a configuration message Forward Delay The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding Designated Root The priority and MAC address of the device in the spanning tree that this switch has accepted as the root device Root Port The number of the port on this switch that is closest to the root This switch communicate...

Page 111: ...led diagnostics Blocked Port receives STA configuration messages but does not forward packets Listening Port will leave blocking state due to topology change starts transmitting configuration messages but does not yet forward packets Learning Port has transmitted configuration messages for an interval set by the Forward Delay parameter without receiving contradictory information Port address table...

Page 112: ... to listening to learning and then to forwarding Forward Transitions The number of times the port has changed status to forwarding state Designated Cost The cost for a packet to travel from this port to the root in the current spanning tree configuration The slower the media the higher the cost Designated Bridge The priority and MAC address of the device through which this port must communicate to...

Page 113: ...he root device root port and designated port The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device Remember that the lower the numeric value the higher the priority However if all devices have the same priority the device with the lowest MAC address will then become the root device Range 0 65535 Parameter Default Description Hello Time 2 The time interval in seconds at which the root de...

Page 114: ...ports attached to the network The minimum value is the higher of 6 or 2 x Hello Time 1 The maximum value is the lower of 40 or 2 x Forward Delay 1 Forward Delay 15 The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding This delay is required because every device must receive information about topology changes before it starts to forward...

Page 115: ...Fast Forward in this table Priority 128 Defines the priority for the use of a port in the STA algorithm If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same the port with the highest priority i e lowest value will be configured as an active link in the spanning tree Where more than one port is assigned the highest priority the port with lowest numeric identifier will be enabled The range is 0 2...

Page 116: ...bit Ethernet 4 3 10 The full range is 1 65535 Note Path cost takes precedence over port priority Fast Forward Enabled This enables disables Fast Forwarding for the selected port In this mode ports skip the Blocked Listening and Learning states and proceed straight to Forwarding Fast Forwarding enables end node workstations and servers to overcome time out problems when the Spanning Tree Algorithm ...

Page 117: ...ities to multiple traffic classes Refer to the Priority menu on page 3 31 Static Entry Individual Port This switch enables static filtering for unicast and multicast addresses Refer to the Address Table Configuration on page 3 20 VLAN Learning This switch uses Shared VLAN Learning SVL where the VLAN filtering database is shared among all ports Configurable PVID Tagging This switch allows you to ov...

Page 118: ...GMRP allows network devices to register endstations with multicast groups IGMP Snooping is currently used by this switch to provide automatic multicast filtering GVRP GARP VLAN Registration Protocol GVRP defines a way for switches to exchange VLAN information in order to register necessary VLAN members on ports across the network This function should be enabled to permit VLANs groups which extend ...

Page 119: ... tagged with the input port s default VLAN ID PVID and the default ingress user priority as shown in the following screen and then sorted into the appropriate priority queue at the output port Note that if the output port is an untagged member of the associated VLAN these frames are stripped of all VLAN tags prior to transmission The default priority for all ingress ports is zero Therefore any inb...

Page 120: ...scription Port Numeric identifier for switch port Default Ingress User Priority Default priority can be set to any value from 0 7 where 0 3 specifies the low priority queue and 4 7 specifies the high priority queue Number of Egress Traffic Classes Indicates that this switch supports two priority output queues Parameter Description Port Numeric identifier for switch port User Priority Shows that us...

Page 121: ...dcast traffic to the originating group This also provides a more secure and cleaner network environment For more information on how to use VLANs refer to Virtual LANs on page 4 3 The VLAN configuration screens are described in the following sections VLAN Basic Information The VLAN Basic Information screen displays basic information on the VLAN type supported by this switch Parameter Description VL...

Page 122: ...assign ports to the same untagged VLAN The current configuration is shown in the following screen Parameter Description VLAN Entry Delete Count The number of times a VLAN entry has been deleted from this table VLAN ID The ID for the VLAN currently displayed Up Time at Creation The value of System Up Time sysUpTime when this VLAN was created Status Shows how this VLAN was added to the switch Dynami...

Page 123: ...te in a VLAN group that extends beyond this switch you must add the VLAN ID for the required external groups New Allows you to specify the name and numeric identifier for a new VLAN group The VLAN name is only used for management on this system it is not added to the VLAN tag Status Enables disables the specified VLAN Add Adds a new VLAN group to the current list Remove Removes a VLAN group from t...

Page 124: ...ot be modified via this screen Use the following menu to add or remove a port to the displayed VLAN group As you can see from this example all ports are included in VLAN 1 by default Parameter Description VLAN The ID for the VLAN currently displayed Range 1 2048 Name A user specified symbolic name for this VLAN String length 8 alphanumeric characters Status Enables disables the specified VLAN Para...

Page 125: ... compliant devices or untagged if they are connected to VLAN unaware devices Note If a removed port is no longer assigned to any other group as an untagged port it will automatically be assigned to VLAN group 1 as untagged Parameter Description Forbidden Egress Ports Prevents a port from being automatically added to this VLAN via GVRP Note that GVRP is not supported by the current firmware version...

Page 126: ...to the selected port To perform detailed port configuration for a specific VLAN use the VLAN Static Table page 3 36 Parameter Description Port Number Port number on the switch selected from the upper display panel Add Remove Add or remove selected VLAN groups for the port indicated in the Port Number field ...

Page 127: ...ived on this port are assigned to the PVID for this port Ingress Filtering If set to True incoming frames for VLANs which do not include this port in their member set will be discarded at the inbound port GVRP Status Enables or disables GVRP for this port When disabled any GVRP packets received on this port will be discarded and no GVRP registrations will be propagated from other ports Note that G...

Page 128: ...outer it passes through to ensure that traffic is only passed on the hosts which subscribed to this service This switch uses IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol to query for any attached hosts who want to receive a specific multicast service The switch looks up the IP Multicast Group used for this service and adds any port which received a similar request to that group It then propagates the s...

Page 129: ...e indicated in the sample screen Parameter Description IGMP Status If enabled the switch will monitor network traffic to determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic IGMP Query Count The maximum number of queries issued for which there has been no response before the switch takes action to solicit reports IGMP Report Delay The time in seconds between receiving an IGMP Report for an IP m...

Page 130: ...ing multicast IP addresses and the corresponding VLAN ID Parameter Description VLAN ID VLAN ID assigned to this multicast group Multicast IP Address IP address for specific multicast services Learned by Indicates the manner in which this address was learned Dynamic or IGMP Multicast Group Port Lists The switch ports registered for the indicated multicast service ...

Page 131: ...ion Admin Status Shows if the port is enabled or not Link Status Indicates if the port has a valid connection to an external device Speed Status Shows the port speed 10M 100M or 1000M Duplex Status Displays the current duplex mode Flow Control Status Shows the flow control type in use Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations connected directly to the switch Back ...

Page 132: ...s Enable Allows you to disable a port due to abnormal behavior and then re enable it after the problem has been resolved You may also disable a port for security reasons Duplex Status 100M Full Duplex Used to set the current port speed and duplex mode The VF 45 ports have a default setting of 100 Mbps full duplex Auto negotiation is the default setting for 1000BASE T 1000BASE SX and 1000BASE LX bu...

Page 133: ...1000BASE T ports auto negotiate speed 1000 100 10 Mbps duplex mode and flow control Flow Control Status Disabled Used to enable or disable flow control Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations or segments connected directly to the switch when its buffers fill Back pressure is used for half duplex and IEEE 802 3x for full duplex Note that flow control should not b...

Page 134: ...witch Protect Status Enabled Enables disables broadcast control for the port When enabled the switch will employ a broadcast control mechanism if the packet per second threshold is exceeded This mechanism limits the amount of broadcasts passed by the port to half of the received packet per second count The control mechanism remains in effect until the number of received broadcasts falls back below...

Page 135: ... the source MAC address does not match one of the addresses in the MAC Address list If set to Learning the switch will add the source MAC address of all packets received on the port to the authorized MAC Address list MAC Address List A list of the current authorized MAC addresses that can access the network through the specified port MAC Address A specific MAC address to be added or deleted from t...

Page 136: ...must be included in the same VLAN as the source port See VLAN Static List on page 3 35 You can use the port mirror configuration screen to designate a single port pair for mirroring as shown below Parameter Description Status Enables disables port mirroring Mirror Source Unit The switch containing the mirror source port Mirror Source Port The port whose traffic will be monitored Mirror Target Unit...

Page 137: ...can be assigned to the same trunk have certain other restrictions as described on page 3 51 Ports can only be assigned to one trunk The ports at both ends of a connection must be configured as trunk ports The ports at both ends of a trunk must be configured in an identical manner including speed duplex mode and VLAN assignments None of the ports in a trunk can be configured as a mirror source port...

Page 138: ...nk A unique identifier for this trunk You can configure up to five trunks per switch Status Enables or disables the displayed trunk Member List You can create up to 12 trunks for the entire stack by specifying the trunk identifier switch unit and port number and then pressing the Add button Each trunk can contain from 2 to 4 ports ...

Page 139: ...ne For example when using Gigabit ports to form a trunk within a stack the Gigabit ports will all be at Port 25 In this case you could specify a trunk group consisting of Unit1 Port25 Unit2 Port25 Unit3 Port25 Unit4 Port25 or two trunks consisting of Unit1 Port25 Unit2 Port25 and Unit3 Port25 Unit4 Port25 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 1 2 3 4 13 14 15 16 5 6 7 8 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 21 22 23 24 Media ...

Page 140: ...y port or unusually heavy loading Values displayed have been accumulated since the last system reboot Parameter Description Alignment Errors The number of alignment errors mis synchronized data packets FCS Errors The number of frames received that are an integral number of octets in length but do not pass the FCS check Single Collision Frames The number of successfully transmitted frames for which...

Page 141: ...ssive collisions Internal Mac Transmit Errors The number of frames for which transmission failed due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error Carrier Sense Errors The number of times that the carrier sense condition was lost or never asserted when attempting to transmit a frame Frames Too Long The number of frames received that exceed the maximum permitted frame size Internal Mac Receive Errors ...

Page 142: ...ast system reboot Parameter Description Drop Events The total number of events in which packets were dropped due to lack of resources Received Bytes Total number of bytes of data received on the network This statistic can be used as a reasonable indication of Ethernet utilization Received Frames The total number of frames bad broadcast and multicast received Broadcast Frames The total number of go...

Page 143: ...ignment error Collisions The best estimate of the total number of collisions on this Ethernet segment 64 Byte Frames The total number of frames including bad packets received and transmitted that were 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 65 127 Byte Frames The total number of frames including bad packets received and transmitted that were between 65 and 127 octets in...

Page 144: ...s received and transmitted that were between 512 and 1023 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 1024 1518 Byte Frames The total number of packets including bad packets received and transmitted that were between 1024 and 1518 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets Parameter Description ...

Page 145: ...egment If the destination address if found on another port the frame is forwarded to that port and queued for output But if the destination address is not found in the address database the frame is sent to one or more output ports based on the rules for handling tagged or untagged VLAN frames If the source MAC address of the frame was not found in the address database it is recorded along with the...

Page 146: ...the root of the spanning tree network It selects a root port on each bridging device except for the root device which incurs the lowest path cost when forwarding a packet from that device to the root device Then it selects a designated bridging device from each LAN which incurs the lowest path cost when forwarding a packet from that LAN to the root device All ports connected to designated bridging...

Page 147: ...uch cleaner network environment This switch creates segregated broadcast domains based on easily configurable VLANs these are then linked as required via a router or Layer 3 switch An IEEE 802 1Q VLAN is a group of ports that can be located anywhere in the network but communicate as though they belong to the same physical segment VLANs help to simplify network management by allowing you to move de...

Page 148: ...iple VLANs Passing traffic between VLAN aware and VLAN unaware devices Priority tagging Port trunking with VLANs Assigning Ports to VLANs Before enabling VLANs for the switch you must first assign each port to the VLAN group s it will participate in By default all ports are assigned to VLAN 1 as untagged ports Add a port as a tagged port that is a port attached to a VLAN aware device if you want i...

Page 149: ...hared network resources among different VLAN groups such as file servers or printers Note that if you implement VLANs which do not overlap but still need to communicate you can connect them using a Layer 3 switch or a router Forwarding Tagged Untagged Frames Ports can be assigned to multiple tagged or untagged VLANs Each port on the switch is therefore capable of passing tagged or untagged frames ...

Page 150: ...4L3 or a router Multicast Filtering Multicasting sends data to a group of nodes instead of a single destination The simplest way to implement multicasting is to broadcast data to all nodes on the network However such an approach wastes a lot of bandwidth if the target group is small compared to overall the broadcast domain Since applications such as video conferencing and data sharing are more wid...

Page 151: ...roups to learn the IP Multicast group members It simply monitors the IGMP packets passing through it picks out the group registration information and configures multicast filters accordingly IGMP Snooping generates no additional network traffic allowing you to significantly reduce the multicast traffic passing through your switch IGMP Protocol The Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP runs betwe...

Page 152: ...ides two transmit queues on each port with a weighted round robin scheme This function can be used to provide independent priorities for various types of data such as real time video or voice and best effort data Priority assignment to a packet in the TigerSwitch 100 can be accomplished in any of the following ways Priority can be explicitly assigned by end stations which have applications that re...

Page 153: ...port trunk you should first remove the network cable and then disable both ends of the link via the configuration menu This allows the traffic passing across that link to be automatically distributed to the other links in the trunk without losing any significant amount of traffic SNMP Management Software SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol is a communication protocol designed specifically for ...

Page 154: ...only way to retain control of the network and analyze applications running at multi megabit speeds It provides the tools you need to implement either reactive or proactive policies that can keep your network running based on real time access to key statistical information This switch provides support for mini RMON which contains the four key groups required for basic remote monitoring These groups...

Page 155: ...ch as a statistical counter reaching a specific value or a statistic changing by a certain amount over the set interval Alarms can be set to respond to either rising or falling thresholds Events Defines the action to take when an alarm is triggered The response to an alarm can include recording the alarm in the Log Table or sending a message to a trap manager Note that the Alarm and Event Groups a...

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Page 157: ...ncurrent Telnet sessions permitted Try connecting again at a later time Can t access the on board configuration program via a serial port connection Be sure to have set the terminal emulator program to VT100 compatible 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity and 19200 bps If the switch is configured for Auto baud rate detection the terminal emulator program must be set at 2400 19200 baud 8 data bits 1 st...

Page 158: ...e 2 POST 3 Mainboard For example if you select 1 for downloading agent firmware the system will display the following message c Copyright 2001 SMC Networks Inc SMC 6924VF Stackable Switch LOADER Version V1 02 POST Version V1 10 Performing the Power On Self Test POST EPROM Checksum Test PASS Testing the System SDRAM PASS CPU Self Test PASS EEPROM Checksum Test PASS SEEPROM Checksum Test PASS MAC Ad...

Page 159: ...rogram Boot Vx yx and Mainboard program 8051 Vx yz 4 After the file has been downloaded the console screen will display information similar to that shown below Press s to start the management interface change the baud rate back to 19200 and press Enter The Logon screen will then appear For details on managing the switch refer to Chapter 2 for information on the out of band console interface or Cha...

Page 160: ...TROUBLESHOOTING A 4 ...

Page 161: ... for out of band console configuration The on board menu driven configuration program can be accessed from a terminal a PC running a terminal emulation program or from a remote location via a modem connection The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are provided in the following tables Figure B 1 DB 9 Console Port Pin Numbers ...

Page 162: ...ransmitted Data 3 3 2 CD 108 2 DTR Data Terminal Ready 4 4 20 AB 102 SG Signal Ground 5 5 7 CC 107 DSR Data Set Ready 6 6 6 CA 105 RTS Request to Send 7 7 4 CB 106 CTS Clear to Send 8 8 5 CE 125 RI Ring Indicator 9 9 22 Switch s 9 Pin Serial Port CCITT Signal PC s 9 Pin COM Port 1 DCD DCD 1 2 RXD TXD 3 3 TXD RXD 2 4 DTR DSR 6 5 SGND SGND 5 6 DSR DTR 4 7 RTS CTS 8 8 CTS RTS 7 9 RI RI 9 Switch s 9 P...

Page 163: ...t to 25 Pin DTE Port on PC Switch s 9 Pin Serial Port Null Modem PC s 25 Pin DTE Port 1 DCD 8 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 3 TXD 2 RXD 4 DTR 20 DTR 5 SGND 7 SGND 6 DSR 6 DSR 7 RTS 4 RTS 8 CTS 5 CTS 9 RI 22 RI 1 1 2 3 3 2 4 8 5 20 6 7 7 4 9 5 20 6 ...

Page 164: ...PIN ASSIGNMENTS B 4 ...

Page 165: ...itch can work automatically over a Spanning Tree network Generic Attribute Registration Protocol GARP GARP is a protocol that can be used by endstations and switches to register and propagate multicast group membership information in a switched environment such that multicast data frames are propagated only to those parts of a switched LAN containing registered endstations Formerly called Group Ad...

Page 166: ...tensions for VLAN tagging In Band Management Management of the network from a station that is attached to the network Link Aggregation See Port Trunk MIB An acronym for Management Information Base It is a set of database objects that contains information about the device Out of Band Management Management of the network from a station that is not attached to the network Port Mirroring A method wher...

Page 167: ...l SNMP An application protocol offering network management services in the Internet suite of protocols Serial Line Internet Protocol SLIP A standard protocol for point to point connections using serial lines Spanning Tree Algorithm STA A technology that checks your network for any loops A loop can often occur in complicated network systems or systems with redundant links Spanning tree detects and ...

Page 168: ...that share the same collision domain regardless of their physical location or connection point in the network A VLAN serves as a logical workgroup with no physical barriers allowing users to share information and resources as though located on the same LAN XModem A protocol used to transfer files between devices Data is grouped in 128 byte blocks and error corrected ...

Page 169: ...e device control menu 2 26 logging off 2 72 login screen 2 1 main menu 2 3 management setup menu 2 10 network monitor menu 2 62 system information 2 6 system restart menu 2 72 console port configuration 2 16 3 5 connections 1 2 pin assignments B 1 D downloading software 2 23 3 16 A 2 duplex mode configuration 2 29 3 44 E EliteView 1 4 4 9 Etherlike statistics 3 52 extended bridge configuration 2 4...

Page 170: ...ation 2 21 3 15 pin assignments console port B 1 Ping test 2 14 port broadcast storm control 2 47 3 46 configuration 2 28 3 44 information 2 30 3 43 overlapping 4 5 priority 2 50 3 31 security 2 60 3 47 STA Information 2 39 3 23 trunks 4 9 configuration 3 49 problems troubleshooting A 1 PVID 2 58 3 29 4 5 Q QoS configuration 2 50 3 31 R remote monitoring RMON 4 10 restarting the system 2 72 restor...

Page 171: ... 2 70 3 20 displaying 2 67 3 20 untagged ports 4 4 VLANs 4 5 upgrading software 2 23 3 16 A 2 upload Web 3 16 V Virtual LANs See VLANs VLANs 4 3 assigning ports 4 4 configuration base information 2 53 3 33 current table information 2 54 3 34 port configuration 2 58 3 39 static table configuration 2 56 3 35 connecting 4 6 port overlapping 4 5 tagged 4 5 untagged 4 5 W Web access requirements 3 1 ag...

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