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IntraSpection

™

Personality Module

IntraStack™ 6000 Series

Ethernet Switch

User’s Manual

Asanté Technologies, Inc.

821 Fox Lane

San Jose, CA 95131

1.800.662.9686

www.asante.com

September 1997

Part Number 06-00380-00 Rev. A

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Table of Contents

About This Manual ..................................................... vii

Chapter Contents.................................................................vii

Document Conventions......................................................viii

Audience .............................................................................viii

Introduction................................................................ 1-1

IntraSpection Personality Modules......................................1-1

IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module...................1-1

Management Options....................................................1-2

Minimum System Requirements ...................................1-3

Server ........................................................................1-3

Client.........................................................................1-3

Installation.................................................................. 2-1

Installing a Personality Module ...........................................2-1

Accessing the Device................................................. 3-1

Accessing the Device Page..................................................3-1

Device Page Components.............................................3-3

Device Information ...................................................3-3

Front Panel Image .....................................................3-4

Group Numbering ..................................................3-4

Port Numbering......................................................3-4

Selecting the Device for Management..........................3-5

Menu Components........................................................3-6

Tables........................................................................3-6

Table Columns ..........................................................3-6

Buttons......................................................................3-6

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Management...............................................................4-1

Performing Basic Management Functions .......................... 4-1

Configuration Tasks Overview ........................................... 4-1

Management Tasks Overview............................................. 4-1

Setting Community Strings........................................... 4-3

Configuring IP Information .......................................... 4-5

Configuring Out-of-Band Information........................... 4-6

Configuring Bootstrap Parameters ............................... 4-7

Configuring Device Identification Information............ 4-8

Updating the Device Page............................................ 4-9

Viewing Port Parameters............................................ 4-10

Configuring Port Parameters...................................... 4-11

Configuring Auto-Negotiation.............................. 4-11

Configuring Broadcast Filtering............................ 4-12

Configuring Store-and-Forwarding....................... 4-13

Enabling or Disabling a Port....................................... 4-14

Resetting the IntraStack.............................................. 4-15

Managing Trap Receivers ........................................... 4-16

Deleting a Trap Receiver Entry ............................ 4-17

Modifying a Trap Receiver Entry.......................... 4-17

Viewing the Port Address Table................................. 4-18

Performing a Software Upgrade ................................. 4-20

Set up the Boot Information................................. 4-20

Configure the Image File Information.................. 4-20

Downloading a Configuration File.............................. 4-23

Configuring Telnet Idle Time-Out.............................. 4-25

Configuring the Spanning Tree Protocol.................... 4-26

Disabling or Enabling Spanning Tree...................... 4-26

Configuring Spanning Tree Parameters.................. 4-28

Viewing Statistics........................................................ 4-30

Viewing Counter Statistics (Table Format)............. 4-30

Viewing Counter Statistics (Graph Format)............ 4-31

Viewing Packet Statistics (Table Format) ............... 4-33

Viewing Packet Statistics (Graph Format).............. 4-34

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Menus ......................................................................... 5-1

Configuration......................................................................5-4

Identify..........................................................................5-4

Agent.............................................................................5-5

IP Agent.........................................................................5-7

swAgentSW...................................................................5-9

swAgentHW................................................................5-11

swBasic........................................................................5-12

BankImage...................................................................5-13

Control..............................................................................5-14

Reset............................................................................5-14

AutoNegotiate.............................................................5-15

GroupInfo ...................................................................5-17

MonitorIP....................................................................5-18

PortCtrl........................................................................5-19

PortInfo.......................................................................5-21

TrapRecv.....................................................................5-22

Spanning .....................................................................5-23

Filter..................................................................................5-26

Forwarding..................................................................5-26

Validate..............................................................................5-27

Statistics.............................................................................5-27

Table ...........................................................................5-27

Graph..........................................................................5-29

PktTable......................................................................5-30

PktGraph.....................................................................5-31

Technical Support......................................................A-1

Contacting Asanté Technical Support.................................A-1

Technical Support Hours..............................................A-1

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About This Manual

This manual introduces the IntraSpection Personality Module for the f ollowing device:

The Asanté IntraStack 6000 Series Ethernet switch

❏

This manual deﬁnes a Personality Module and explains how to install and use the IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module.

Chapter Contents

This manual is divided into the following chapters:

Chapter 1, “Introduction,” describes IntraSpection Per-

❏

sonality Modules and the system requirements needed to

install and use one.

Chapter 2, “Installation” explains how to install the

❏

IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module.

Chapter 3, “Accessing the Device,” explains how to

❏

access the Personality Module’s

allows for management of an IntraStack 6014DSB and

any installed expansion units.

Device Page

, which

Chapter 4, “Management” explains how to perf orm some

❏

basic management functions.

❏

Chapter 5, “Menus,” describes each management menu

and its contents.

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About This Manual

Document Conventions

This manual uses the following conventions to convey instructions and information:

Commands and key words are in

❏

∆

Note:

helpful suggestions or references to other sections in the manual, is in this format.

▲

Important:

attention to important features or instructions is in this format.

Noteworthy information, which contains

Signiﬁcant information that calls

boldface

font.

Audience

This manual uses terms and concepts associated with Ethernet networking and switches; it is recommended that the user of this manual be familiar with local area networking and Ethernet switches.

This manual also assumes familiarity with IntraSpection Web-based network management.

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Introduction

IntraSpection Personality Modules

A Personality Module is a “plug-in” to the IntraSpection system that allows for expanded manag ement of an SNMP (Simple Networ k Management Protocol) device by speciﬁcally addressing the device’s proprietary information (the “Private MIB”).

Management capabilities are accessed via the Personality Module’s IntraSpection

IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module

The IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module allows for expanded management of an Asanté IntraStack 6014DSB and any installed expansion units (such as the IntraStack 6008FX and IntraStack 6016DSE).

Device Information

Device Page

. See Figure 1-1.

Front Panel Image

Personality Module Information

Figure 1-1 IntraStack 6000 Series Device Page

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Introduction

Management Options

The IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module supports the following management options:

Device identiﬁcation

❏

information

❏

SNMP agent information IP agent protocol infor-

❏

mation

❏

Software agent information

Hardware agent informa-

❏

tion

❏

Image bank information Device- and group-

❏

level resets

❏

Port auto-negotiation Group information

❏

See Chapter 5, “Menus,” for a detailed description of each management option.

IP address monitoring

❏ ❏

Port conﬁguration and

information

Trap receivers

❏ ❏

Spanning tree conﬁgu-

ration

Filter forwarding infor-

❏

mation

❏

Counter statistics (table and graph formats) at the port-level

Packet statistics (table

❏

and graph formats) at the port-level

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IntraSpection Personality Modules

Minimum System Requirements

Server

❏

IntraSpection version 1.01 or greater PC with 80486 or faster microprocessor

❏ ❏

48MB RAM 100MB free disk space

❏ ❏

Windows NT™ 3.51 or higher or Windows NT 4.0 (recommended)

Web server that supports Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

❏

1.1 (such as Netscape FastTrack Server™, Microsoft IIS, NCSA HTTP, etc.)

❏

Any database management system that supports ODBC, such as Microsoft Access™, Oracle™, or Microsoft SQL Server

Client

Any Windows™, Windows NT, Macintosh™ or UNIX®

❏

workstation

❏

Any World Wide Web browser with Java™ and Java Script support such as Netscape Navigator® (version 3.0 required,

3.01 recommended), Netscape Communicator™, or Microsoft Internet Explorer™

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Installation

Installing a Personality Module

This chapter explains how to install the IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module.

Important:

▲

the computer where the IntraSpection Application Server is installed.

Before installing the Personality Module, make sure that IntraSpection (websuite.exe) is the computer.

Insert the Personality Module CD into the computer .

Open the CD to display its contents.

Double-click the

Click Yes at the “IntraSpection Personality Module Installation Conﬁrmation” dialog box.

The IntraSpection Personality Module information window appears.

The Personality Module is installed on

not

running on

IntraStack.exe

ﬁle.

5 Click Finish to continue.

The Personality Module ﬁles are decompressed. The “IntraSpection Personality Module Welcome” dia-

log box appears.

6 Click Next.

The “Software License Agreement” window appears. Review the agreement carefully.

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7 Click Yes to accept the agreement and continue

with the installation. To decline the agreement and exit the installation,

click No. The “IntraSpection Personality Module Read Me” win-

dow appears. Review the information carefully.

8 Click Next to continue.

The decompressed Personality Module ﬁles are installed onto your computer.

The “Decompression of the Source is Now Complete” dialog box appears.

9 Click OK to continue with the installation.

The “Select Module to Install” window appears, displaying the IntraStack.ipm ﬁle. See Figure 2-1.

Figure 2-1 Select Module to Install window

10 Click once on the IntraStack.ipm ﬁle. 11 Click Open.

The “Enter Product Serial Number” window appears.

12 Enter the serial number that came with your copy of

the Personality Module. The serial number is located on the inside cover of this

User’s Manual.

▲ Important: The serial number is case-sensitive;

enter it exactly as shown.

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13 Click OK.

The “IntraSpection Module Installation” window appears.

▲ Important: This window should be pointing to

the directory that contains the IntraSpection (websuite.exe) program. If it is not, click Browse and locate that directory.

14 Click OK.

∆ Note: A “Select Database” window may appear.

If it does, select vendor.mdb, then click OK.

∆ Note: An “Updating IntraSpection System Files”

window may appear, if it does, click OK.

The installer program installs the IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module into the IntraSpection Application Server.

Installation is complete when the “Installation Completed Successfully” dialog box appears.

15 Start the IntraSpection Application Server, following

the guidelines below:

❏ Windows NT 3.51 users: double-click the

IntraSpection icon (located in the Programs group).

❏ Windows NT 4.0 users: open the Start menu, select

Programs, then IntraSpection.

For information on accessing the IntraStack for management, see Chapter 3, “Accessing the Device.”

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Accessing the Device

This chapter explains how to access the IntraStac k 6000 Series Personality Module’s Device Page. The Device Page provides access to the Personality Module’s management options.

Accessing the Device Page

To access the Device Page for an IntraStack, you must ﬁrst create a map of the network in IntraSpection.

1 Make sure the Personality Module is installed and the

IntraSpection Application Server is running.

2 Access IntraSpection from any Java-enabled Web

browser (requires logging into IntraSpection).

▲ Important: For help on accessing and logging

into IntraSpection, refer to the Intr User’s Manual.

3 After you are logged into IntraSpection, click Auto-

Discovery on the IntraSpection Main Menu.

aSpection

The AutoDiscovery Page appears.

4 Complete each ﬁeld on the AutoDiscovery Page, fol-

lowing the guidelines below:

❏ Type the IP subnet address of the IntraStack to

be managed in the Segment ﬁeld.

❏ Type the IntraStack’s community string in the

Community ﬁeld.

❏ Make sure the Enterprise ID ﬁeld has a value of

all.

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❏ Type the lowest (beginning) IP address on your

network in the Low IP Address ﬁeld.

❏ Type the highest (last) IP address on your net-

work in the Hi IP Address ﬁeld.

❏ Select New in the Discovery Mode ﬁeld to create a

new map, or select Append to attach this map to the map that is stored in your system’s buffer (if any).

5 Click Apply.

IntraSpection builds a map of your network. The map contains icons that represent each “discovered” SNMP device on the network. Figure 3-1 is an example map.

Device Icon

Device Symbol

Figure 3-1 Discovered network map

6 After the map is complete, click the map icon

(located at the bottom of the page on the navigation bar) to validate the devices on the map.

∆ Note: The devices on the map are validated

when device symbols appear on certain icons.

7 Click once on the IntraStack 6000 Series’s icon.

∆ Note: This icon is labeled “Asanté” and has the

IntraStack 6000 Series’s IP address below it.

The Device Page for the IntraStack appears (see Figure 3-2 on page 3-3).

For information on the Device Page’s components, see “Device Page Components” on page 3-3.

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Device Page Components

A Personality Module’s Device Page consists of several components; including, device information, a front panel image, and management menu items. See Figure 3-2.

Device Information

Front Panel Image

Personality Module Information

(management

menu items)

Figure 3-2 Device Page components

Device Information

The following information is displayed at the top of the Device Page:

❏ Device description (i.e., Asanté IntraStack) ❏ Device IP address

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Accessing the Device

Front Panel Image

The front panel image contains the following components (as illustrated in Figure 3-3):

❏ Device — the entire IntraStack 6000 Series switching

system (includes the IntraStack 6014DSB and any installed expansion units).

❏ Group — each unit (module) within the device (such

as the IntraStack 6014DSB).

❏ Port — each port (including MII ports) on each group. ❏ Status LEDs — real-time LEDs that represent the LEDs

on the modules; they display port activity.

Device

LEDs

Figure 3-3 Front panel image components

Ports

▲ Important: Throughout this manual, the term device

refers to the IntraStack 6014DSB and any installed expansion units; the term group refers to an individual module within the device stack; the term port refers to an individual port.

Group Numbering

For management purposes, each group within a device is assigned a number:

❏ The bottom module (IntraStack 6014DSB) is group 1 ❏ The next module up is group 2 ❏ The top module is group 3

Port Numbering

Each port is assigned a number.

❏ Ports 1 – 12 on the IntraStack 6014DSB are referred to

as ports 1 – 12.

❏ MII (Media Independent Interface) ports I and II are

referred to as 13 and 14, respectively.

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Selecting the Device for Management

The IntraStack can be managed at different levels; that is, at the device, group, or port level.

For example, if a group (such as the IntraStack 6014DSB base unit) is selected and you select the Graph menu, statistics for that group are displayed. If a port is selected and you select Graph, statistics for that port are displayed.

Selecting an Item

Target Item Action

Device (entire stack) Do not click anything on the front panel

Group (single module) Click once on the group. Port Click once on the port.

image.

Deselecting an Item

Target Item Action

Device Click once on a group or port. Group Click again on the selected group. Port Click again on the selected port.

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Accessing the Device

Menu Components

The menus on the IntraStack 6000 Series Device Page provide access to the different management options supported by the Personality Module.

Tables

Some menus contain tables with information that is conﬁgurable directly on-screen from your Web browser while others contain information that is read-only. The following tables describe how to recognize conﬁgurable and read-only information.

Conﬁgurable Information

Menu item Action

Drop-down menu Select from an available option. White-colored ﬁelds Type information.

Read-only Information

Menu item Action

Green- or gray-colored ﬁelds None; ﬁeld cannot be edited.

Table Columns

Some menus contain table columns that can be resized to ﬁt the width of your screen. To resize a table column, place the mouse pointer on a column title’s left or right side (until a double arrow appears) and drag the column to the left or to the right, as desired.

Buttons

Some menus contain buttons which allow you to edit/and or update the page.

Button Action

Apply Applies any changes made to the device. Refresh Updates the table with the latest information. Modify Modiﬁes a selected entry. Add Adds an entry into the table.

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Management

Performing Basic Management Functions

This chapter explains how to perform some basic management functions with the IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module.

▲ Important: The tasks outlined in this chapter

require access to the IntraStack’s Device Page. See Chapter 3, “Accessing the Device,” for instructions.

This chapter covers the following conﬁguration and management tasks:

Conﬁguration Tasks

Management Task Page

Setting community strings page 4-3 Conﬁguring IP information page 4-5 Conﬁguring out-of-band information page 4-6 Conﬁguring bootstrap parameters page 4-7 Conﬁguring device identiﬁcation information page 4-8

Management Tasks

Management Task Page

Updating the Device Page page 4-9 Viewing port parameters page 4-10 Conﬁguring port parameters page 4-11 Enabling or disabling a port page 4-14

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Management

Management Task Page

Resetting the IntraStack page 4-15 Managing trap receivers page 4-16 Viewing the port address table page 4-18 Performing a software upgrade page 4-20 Downloading a conﬁguration ﬁle page 4-23 Conﬁguring Telnet idle time-out page 4-25 Conﬁguring the Spanning Tree Protocol page 4-26 Viewing counter statistics (table and graph formats page 4-30 Viewing packet statistics (table and graph) formats page 4-33

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Setting Community Strings

Community strings deﬁne access rights for reading and writing SNMP data objects for a device.

The community strings (read and write) for an IntraStack are manually set in the IntraStack 6014DSB via the unit’s console port.

In order to access an IntraStack with IntraSpection, the community strings must be set in IntraSpection to match those set in the IntraStack 6014DSB.

▲ Important: It is recommended that you set the commu-

nity strings for an IntraStack 6014DSB in IntraSpection before you attempt to perform any network management functions.

This section describes how to set the community strings in IntraSpection to match those set in the IntraStack 6014DSB.

To set the community strings in IntraSpection:

1 On the Device Page, click the map icon on the

IntraSpection navigation bar (located at the bottom of the screen), as shown in Figure 4-1.

Figure 4-1 IntraSpection navigation bar

The most recently discovered map appears.

2 Click the Map Manager button.

The Map Manager Page appears, similar to Figure 4-2.

Map Icon

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Figure 4-2 IntraSpection Map Manager Page

3 Click the Edit Device button.

The Map Conﬁguration table appears, similar to Figure 4-3.

Figure 4-3 Map Conﬁguration table

4 Enter the IntraStack 6014DSB’s IP address in the IP

Address ﬁeld.

5 Enter the IntraStack 6014DSB’s read community

string in the Read Community String ﬁeld.

6 Enter the IntraStack 6014DSB ‘s write community

string in the Write Community String ﬁeld.

7 Click Apply.

The read and write community strings for the IntraStack 6014DSB are conﬁgured.

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Configuring IP Information

Conﬁguring IP Information

To conﬁgure and/or manage an IntraStack over the network, the IntraStack 6014DSB needs to be properly conﬁgured with IP information (such as the device’s IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway address).

This information is initially set-up in the IntraStack 6014DSB via the unit’s console port; however, some information can be modiﬁed using IntraSpection.

To conﬁgure the IntraStack 6014DSB’s IP information:

1 Do not select any item on the Device Page’s front-panel

image. (This selects the entire device.)

2 Click IPAgent.

The IP Agent Protocol Group table appears, similar to Figure 4-4.

Figure 4-4 IP Agent Protocol Group table

3 Click once in the IP Agent ﬁeld to be edited.

▲ Important: Only those ﬁelds that are colored

white can be edited.

For a description of each ﬁeld, see “IP Agent “ on page 5-7.

4 Type the new information. 5 Click Apply.

The IntraStack’s IP information is conﬁgured. Click Refresh to view updated information.

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Management

Conﬁguring Out-of-Band Information

You can conﬁgure an IntraStack’s out-of-band parameters (i.e., the dialstring and baud rate) via the Agent menu.

To conﬁgure an IntraStack’s out-of-band information:

1 Do not select any item on the Device Page’s front-panel

image. (This selects the entire device.)

2 Click Agent.

The Agent Information table appears, similar to Figure 4-5.

Figure 4-5 Agent Information table

∆ Note: For a description of each ﬁeld, see “Agent”

on page 5-5.

3 To change the IntraStack’s out-of-band dial string,

click once in the Dial String ﬁeld and type the dial string.

4 To change the IntraStack’s out-of-band baud rate,

open the Baud Rate drop-down menu and select a new baud rate.

5 Click Apply.

The IntraStack 6014DSB’s out-of-band information is conﬁgured.

Click Refresh to view updated information.

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Configuring Bootstrap Parameters

Conﬁguring Bootstrap Parameters

Y ou can determine the method (local or remote) that the IntraStac k uses to load its software at startup or during a reset via the Agent menu.

To conﬁgure the IntraStack’s bootstrap parameters:

1 Do not select any item on the Device Page’s front-panel

image. (This selects the entire device.)

2 Click Agent.

The Agent Information table appears, similar to Figure 4-5 on page 4-6.

∆ Note: For a description of each ﬁeld, see “Agent”

on page 5-5.

3 Open the Image Load Mode ﬁeld and select one of

the following options:

❏ localBoot — sets the IntraStack 6014DSB to

execute its software image ﬁle from its internal ﬂash memory.

❏ netBoot — sets the IntraStack 6014DSB to load

its software image ﬁle from a server on the network.

4 Click Apply.

The IntraStack 6014DSB’s bootstrap parameters are conﬁgured.

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Management

Conﬁguring Device Identiﬁcation Information

To help with identiﬁcation, you can add certain details about the IntraStack; such as, the device’s name, location, and contact information.

To conﬁgure device identiﬁcation information:

1 Do not select any item on the Device Page’s front-panel

image. (This selects the entire device.)

2 Click Identify.

The Device Identiﬁcation table appears, similar to Figure 4-6.

Figure 4-6 Device Identiﬁcation table

3 Click once in the Name, Location or Contact ﬁeld

to be edited.

∆ Note: For a description of all the ﬁelds, see

“Identify “ on page 5-4.

▲ Important: Only those ﬁelds that are colored

white can be edited.

4 Type the new information.

A maximum of 254 characters (including spaces) is allowed.

5 Click Apply .

The IntraStack’s identiﬁcation information is conﬁgured. Click Refresh to view updated information.

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Updating the Device Page

The ﬁles for the IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module are stored within the IntraSpection Application Server’s database.

Occasionally, these ﬁles should be updated from the Device Page to ensure that you are viewing the IntraStack’s latest information.

To update the Personalty Module’s Device Page:

1 Click Validate.

The Device Page is updated with the latest information for the Personalty Module.

After the Device Page is updated, the IntraSpection Map Manager Page appears.

2 Click AutoDiscovery to r ediscover the networ k map

containing the IntraStack.

▲ Important: See “Accessing the Device Page” on

page 3-1 for instructions creating a network map.

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Viewing Port Parameters

You can view information about each port within an IntraStack switching system via the PortInfo menu.

The PortInfo (Port Information) menu displays the type of eac h port as well as the port’s auto-negotiation status, link status, speed, and duplex mode.

To view port parameters:

1 Click PortInfo.

You do not have to select any particular port on the frontpanel image.

The Port Information table appears, similar to Figure 4-7.

Figure 4-7 Port Information table

The table displays information about each of the IntraStack’s ports.

Each port is identiﬁed by its group number (GrpIndex) and its port number (Index).

∆ Note: For a description of each ﬁeld, see “Port-

Info” on page 5-21.

2 Click Refresh to view updated information.

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Configuring Port Parameters

Conﬁguring Port Parameters

You can conﬁgure each port within an IntraStack for the following:

❏ Auto-negotiation ❏ Broadcast ﬁltering ❏ Store-and-forwarding

▲ Important: You cannot conﬁgure a port’s duplex

mode via the Personality Module.

Conﬁguring Auto-Negotiation

Auto-negotiation allows two devices on a common segment to communicate their capabilities, allowing the devices to determine their highest common speed and best communication parameters.

The options negotiated during auto-negotiation are: Ethernet type (100Base-TX or 10Base-T) and duplex mode (half or full).

▲ Important: To use auto-negotiation, both devices

must support the auto-negotiation feature.

To conﬁgure a port for auto-negotiation:

1 Click AutoNegotiate.

You do not have to select any particular port on the frontpanel image.

The Port Auto-Negotiation table appears, similar to Figure 4-8.

Figure 4-8 Port Auto-Negotiation table

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2 Click once on the row of the port you want to conﬁg-

ure. The ports are identiﬁed by their group number (GrpIndex)

and port number (PortIndex).

∆ Note: For a description of each ﬁeld, see “Auto

Negotiate” on page 5-15.

3 Click Modify.

The “Modify Dialog” box appears.

4 Open the Admin State drop-down menu and select

enable.

5 Click Apply.

The port is conﬁgured for auto-negotiation.

Conﬁguring Broadcast Filtering

Broadcast ﬁltering is a port’s ability to control the forwarding of broadcast packets.

If enabled, broadcast packets are discarded. If disabled, broadcast packets are processed normally.

To conﬁgure a port’s broadcast ﬁltering ability:

1 Click PortCtrl.

You do not have to select any port on the front-panel image. The Port Control table appears.

2 Click once on the row of the port you want to conﬁg-

ure.

3 Click Modify.

The “Modify Dialog” box appears.

4 Open the Filter drop-down menu and select Enable. 5 Click Apply.

The port is conﬁgured for broadcast ﬁltering.

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Configuring Port Parameters

Conﬁguring Store-and-Forwarding

Store-and-forwarding is a port’s ability to store incoming packets before forwarding them.

To conﬁgure a port’s store-and-forwarding ability:

1 Click PortCtrl.

You do not have to select any port on the front-panel image.

The Port Control table appears.

2 Click once on the row of the port you want to conﬁg-

ure.

3 Click Modify.

The “Modify Dialog” box appears.

4 Open the StNFw drop-down menu and select

Enable.

5 Click Apply.

The port is conﬁgured for store-and-forwarding.

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Enabling or Disabling a Port

The enabling or disabling of a port is a manual operation that can be used to isolate network devices possibly causing problems on the network. It can also be used to prevent unauthorized use of a port or station.

To enable or disable a port:

1 Click PortCtrl.

You do not need to select any particular item on the frontpanel image.

The Port Control table appears, similar to Figure 4-9.

Figure 4-9 Port Control table

∆ Note: For a description of each ﬁeld, see “Port

Ctrl” on page 5-19.

2 Select the port to be enabled or disabled by clicking

once on the port’s row.

3 Click Modify.

The “Modify Dialog” box appears.

4 Open the State drop-down menu and select Enable

(to enable the port) or Disable (to disable the port).

5 Click Apply.

The port’s state is modiﬁed. Click Refresh to view updated information.

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Resetting the IntraStack

You can reset the entire IntraStack device or a selected group via the Reset menu.

To perform a reset:

1 To reset the device, do not select anything on the front-

panel image. To reset a group, click once the group.

2 Click Reset.

The Reset table appears for the agent or a selected group, similar to Figure 4-10 or Figure 4-11.

Figure 4-10 Reset Agent table (device reset)

Figure 4-11 Reset Group table (group reset)

3 Open the Action drop-down menu and select reset. 4 Click Apply.

The IntraStack 6000 Series switch (or the selected group) is reset.

▲ Important: To abort the reset, click on the

browser’s back arrow to go back one page.

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Managing Trap Receivers

Trap receivers are the network management stations designated to receive traps from the IntraStack when they occur.

▲ Important: A maximum of four trap receivers is

allowed.

This section describes how to add and delete a trap receiver. To add a trap receiver entry:

1 Do not select any item on the Device Page’s front-panel

image. (This selects the entire device.)

2 Click TrapRecv.

The Trap Receiver table appears, similar to Figure 4-12.

Figure 4-12 Trap Receiver table

∆ Note: For a description of each ﬁeld, see “Trap

Recv” on page 5-22. If there are no entries, the table is blank.

3 Click Add.

The Add Dialog box appears.

4 Open the Status drop-down menu and select valid. 5 Type the IP address of the manag ement station that is

to receive traps in the Trap Receiver Address ﬁeld.

▲ Important: Do NOT type an IP address of

0.0.0.0.

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6 Type the community string for the management sta-

tion in the Community String ﬁeld.

7 Click Apply.

The entry for the management station is added and appears in the table. If it does not appear, click Refresh.

Deleting a Trap Receiver Entry

To delete a trap receiver entry:

1 Click once on the row containing the entry to be

deleted.

2 Click Modify.

The “Modify Dialog” box appears.

3 Open the Status drop-down menu and select

invalid.

4 Click Apply.

The trap receiver’ entry is deleted. Click Refresh to view updated information.

Modifying a Trap Receiver Entry

To change the IP address of a trap receiver entry:

1 Delete the trap receiver entry, following the directions

above.

2 Add a new trap receiver entry, following the instruc-

tions on page 4-16. The trap receiver entry’s IP address is changed. Click Refresh to view updated information.

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Viewing the Port Address Table

The IP Address Monitoring Table is a table of node addresses that the IntraStack automatically builds by listening to and learning the information that is broadcast when a new node logs on.

The IntraStack checks the source and destination addresses as packets pass through it and records the source address information in the table.

The IntraStack uses the information in this table to decide whether a frame should be forwarded or ﬁltered. Each entry consists of the MAC address of the device and an identiﬁer for the port on which it was received.

To view the IntraStack’s IP address table:

1 Do not select any item on the front-panel image. (This

selects the entire device).

2 Click MonitorIP.

The IP Address Monitoring table appears, similar to Figure 4-13.

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Figure 4-13 IP Address Monitoring table

The table automatically sorts entries numerically by their IP address.

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Viewing the Port Address Table

You can change the sorting order in which information is displayed by click once on one of the following buttons:

❏ Grp, Port, IP — sorts by group number, port

number, then IP address.

❏ Grp, Port, Physical — sorts by group number,

port number, then physical address.

❏ Phys, Grp, Port — sorts by physical address,

group number, then port number.

∆ Note: The information displayed in the IP

Address Monitoring Table is read-only.

∆ Note: For a description of each ﬁeld, see “Moni-

tor IP” on page 5-18.

3 Click Refresh to view updated information.

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Performing a Software Upgrade

An IntraStack’s software image ﬁle can be upgraded via IntraSpection. To upgrade an IntraStack’s software image ﬁle requires two steps:

❏ Set up the IntraStack 6014DSB’s boot information. ❏ Conﬁgure the image ﬁle information.

Set up the Boot Information

To set up the IntraStack 6014DSB’s boot information:

1 Click Agent.

The Agent Information table appears.

2 Open the Image Load Mode drop-down menu and

select netBoot. This sets the IntraStack 6014DSB to boot (download its soft-

ware) over the network from a remote server.

3 Open the Protocol drop-down menu and select

bootp-tftp or tftp.

This sets the IntraStack to download the software image ﬁle through TFTP (trivial transfer ﬁle protocol).

4 Click once in the File ﬁeld and type the name and

network path of the software image ﬁle.

5 Click Apply.

The IntraStack’s boot information is conﬁgured. Next, conﬁgure the image ﬁle information following the instructions below.

Conﬁgure the Image File Information

1 Click swAgentSW.

The Switch Agent Software Group table appears, similar to Figure 4-14.

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Figure 4-14 Switch Agent Software Group table

∆ Note: For a description of each ﬁeld, see

“swAgentSW” on page 5-9.

2 Open the Up/Download Action drop-down menu

and select Download.

3 Open the Download File drop-down menu and

select Image-File.

4 Type the server’s IP address where the software ﬁle

resides in the Image Server ﬁeld.

5 Type the name and network path of the image ﬁle in

the Image File Name ﬁeld.

6 Type the number of attempts the IntraStack will

make to download the ﬁle in the Image Retries ﬁeld.

7 Open the Active Image Bank drop-down menu and

select the image bank that will receive the downloaded image ﬁle.

∆ Note: The IntraStack 6014DSB has two image

areas (or “banks”) where its runtime software is stored:

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8 Click Apply.

The IntraStack downloads the image ﬁle to the image bank speciﬁed.

Click Refresh to view updated information.

❏ Active Image Bank — the bank that is used dur-

ing the system boot-up (also referred to as “Boot Bank”

❏ Download Bank — the bank that receives the

new version of runtime code when it is downloaded (also referred to as “Destination Bank”).

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Downloading a Configuration File

Downloading a Conﬁguration File

The IntraStack’s conﬁguration ﬁle can be downloaded to the device via IntraSpection.

To download a conﬁguration ﬁle:

1 Make sure the IntraStack is conﬁgured with valid boot

information. See “Set up the Boot Information” on page 4-20 for instruc-

tions.

2 Click swAgentSW.

The Switch Agent Software Group table appears.

3 Open the Up/Download Action drop-down menu

and select Download.

4 Open the Download File drop-down menu and

select Conﬁg-File.

5 Type the server’s IP address where the conﬁguration

ﬁle resides in the Conﬁg Server ﬁeld.

6 Type the name of the conﬁguration ﬁle in the Conﬁg

File Name ﬁeld.

7 Type the number of attempts the IntraStack will

make to download the ﬁle in the Conﬁg Retries ﬁeld.

8 Open the Active Image Bank drop-down menu and

select the image bank that will receive the downloaded conﬁguration ﬁle.

∆ Note: The IntraStack 6014DSB has two image

areas (or “banks”) where its runtime software is stored:

❏ Active Image Bank — the bank that is used

during the system boot-up (also referred to as “Boot Bank”

❏ Download Bank — the bank that receives the

new ﬁle when it is downloaded (also referred to as “Destination Bank”).

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9 Click Apply.

The IntraStack downloads the conﬁguration ﬁle to the image bank speciﬁed.

Click Refresh to view updated information.

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Configuring Telnet Idle Time-Out

Conﬁguring Telnet Idle Time-Out

You can conﬁgure the amount of time an idle Telnet connection to the IntraStack remains active via the swAgentSW menu.

If a Telnet connection to the IntraStack remains idle for the number of speciﬁed time-out minutes, the remote Telnet connection to the IntraStack is automatically disabled.

To conﬁgure the IntraStack’s Telnet idle time-out:

1 Do not select anything on the front-panel image. (This

selects the entire device).

2 Click swAgentSW.

The Switch Agent Software Group table appears, similar to Figure 4-15.

Figure 4-15 Switch Agent Software Group table

∆ Note: For a description of each ﬁeld, see

“swAgentSW” on page 5-9.

3 Type the number of minutes for the time-out period

in the Telnet TimeOut ﬁeld.

4 Click Apply.

The Telnet idle time-out period is conﬁgured.

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Conﬁguring the Spanning Tree Protocol

The IntraStack is shipped with Spanning Tree enabled on all ports. You can disable or enable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack or on an indi-

vidual port. You can also conﬁgur e the Spanning T r ee parameters on the IntraStack.

▲ Important: Do not enable, disable, or conﬁgure the

Spanning Tree Parameters unless you have knowledge and experience with the IEEE 802.1d speciﬁcation.

Disabling or Enabling Spanning Tree

You can disable or enable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack or on an individual port.

To disable or enable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack:

1 Click swAgentSW.

The Switch Agent Software Group table appears.

2 Open the STP drop-down menu and select Disable

(to disable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack) or Enable (to enable Spanning Tree on the IntraStack).

3 Click Apply.

Spanning Tree is disabled (or enabled) on the IntraStack.

To disable or enable Spanning Tree on a port:

1 Click PortCtrl.

The Port Control table appears, similar to Figure 4-16.

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Configuring the Spanning Tree Protocol

Figure 4-16 Port Control table

2 Select the port you want to disable or enable Span-

ning Tree on by clicking once on its row.

3 Click Modify.

The “Modify Dialog” box appears.

4 Open the STP drop-down menu and select Disable

(to disable Spanning Tree on the port) or Enable (to enable Spanning Tree on the port).

5 Click Apply.

Spanning Tree is disabled (or enabled) on the selected port.

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Conﬁguring Spanning Tree Parameters

To conﬁgure the Spanning Tree Parameters on the IntraStack:

▲ Important: Do not change an y of the Spanning T ree

parameters unless you have knowledge and e xperience with the IEEE 802.1d speciﬁcation.

1 Do not select any item on the front-panel image. (This

selects the entire device.)

2 Click Spanning.

The Spanning Tree Device table appears, similar to Figure 4-17.

Figure 4-17 Spanning Tree Device table

∆ Note: For a description of each ﬁeld, see “Span-

ning” on page 5-23.

3 Within this table, you can conﬁgure the following

information:

❏ Spanning Tree Priority ❏ Bridge Maximum Age ❏ Bridge Hello Time ❏ Bridge Forward Delay

4 Click once in the Spanning Tree par ameter ﬁeld to be

modiﬁed.

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5 Type the new information. 6 Click Apply.

The Spanning Tree parameters on the IntraStack are conﬁgured.

Click Refresh to view updated information.

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Viewing Statistics

There are two groups of statistics with the IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module:

❏ Counter Statistics (such as broadcast packets, frag-

ments, and collisions)

❏ Packet Statistics

Both groups of statistics can be viewed in two differ ent formats: table or graph.

▲ Important: Statistics are available at the port-level

only.

This section describes how to view counter and packet statistics in both table and graph formats.

Viewing Counter Statistics (Table Format)

To view counter statistics in a table format:

1 Select a port for which statistics are to be gathered by

clicking on it once..

▲ Important: Statistics can be viewed at the port-

2 Click Table.

Counter statistics appear for the selected port, similar to Figure 4-18.

Figure 4-18 Counter Statistics (table format)

For a description of each object, see “Objects” on page 5-

27.

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3 Open the Sampling Interval drop-down menu and

select the number of seconds to poll for statistics. Statistics are automatically gathered at the selected interval

in the following columns:

❏ Curr — (current) the number of occurrences each

second.

❏ Peak — the largest number of occurrences since

opening or resetting the screen.

❏ Avg — (average) the average number of occurrences

since opening or resetting the screen.

❏ Total — the total number of occurrences since open-

ing or resetting the screen.

4 Click Reset to reset the counters to zero.

Viewing Counter Statistics (Graph Format)

To view counter statistics in a graph format:

Viewing Statistics

1 Select a port for which statistics are to be gathered by

clicking on it once on the front-panel image.

▲ Important: Statistics can be viewed at the port-

level only.

2 Click Graph.

Counter statistics appear for the selected port, similar to Figure 4-19.

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Count-PerSecond Display

Figure 4-19 Counter Statistics (graph format)

3 Open the Statistics drop-down menu and select the

object to be monitored. For a description of each object, see “Objects” on page 5-

27.

4 Open the Seconds drop-down menu and select the

number of seconds for which statistics are to be gathered.

5 Use the scroll button to change the gr aph’s count-per-

second display (scroll up to increase the count-persecond, scroll down to decrease it).

❏ Average per Second — the average number of

occurrences since opening or resetting the screen.

Scroll Bar

Drop-Down Menus:

Seconds Statistics

❏ Peak per Second — the largest number of occur-

rences since opening or resetting the screen.

6 Click Reset to reset the counters to zero.

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Viewing Packet Statistics (Table Format)

To view packet statistics in a table format:

1 Select a port for which statistics are to be gathered by

clicking on it once.

▲ Important: Statistics can be viewed at the port-

level only.

2 Click PktTable.

Packet statistics appear for the selected port, similar to Figure 4-20.

Viewing Statistics

Figure 4-20 Packet Statistics (table format)

For a description of each object, see “Objects” on page 5-30.

3 Open the Sampling Interval drop-down menu and

select the number of seconds to poll for statistics. Statistics are automatically gathered at the selected interval

in the following columns:

❏ Curr — (current) the number of occurrences each

second.

❏ Peak — the largest number of occurrences since

opening or resetting the screen.

❏ Avg — (average) the average number of occurrences

since opening or resetting the screen.

❏ Total — the total number of occurrences since open-

ing or resetting the screen.

4 Click Reset to reset the counters to zero.

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Viewing Packet Statistics (Graph Format)

To view packet statistics in a graph format:

1 Select a port for which statistics are to be gathered by

clicking on it once on the front-panel image.

▲ Important: Statistics can be viewed at the port-

level only.

2 Click PktGraph.

Packet Statistics appears for the selected port, similar to Figure 4-21.

Count-PerSecond Display

Figure 4-21 Packet Statistics (graph format)

3 Open the Statistics drop-down menu and select the

object to be monitored. For a description of each object, see “Objects” on page 5-

30.

4 Open the Seconds drop-down menu and select the

number of seconds for which statistics are to be gathered.

5 Use the scroll button to change the gr aph’s count-per-

second display (scroll up to increase the count-persecond, scroll down to decrease it).

❏ Average per Second — the average number of

occurrences since opening or resetting the screen.

Scroll Bar

Drop-Down Menus:

Seconds Statistics

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❏ Peak per Second — the largest number of occur-

rences since opening or resetting the screen.

6 Click Reset to reset the counters to zero.

Viewing Statistics

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Menus

This chapter describes each management menu on the IntraStack 6000 Series’s Device Page.

The table below provides a brief description of each menu; the sections that follow explain each menu in detail.

Table 5-1 Device Page Menu Descriptions

Menu Description

Conﬁguration Title for the submenus listed below it; this menu cannot be

selected. See “Conﬁguration” on page 5-4.

Identify Allows you to view and conﬁgure device identiﬁcation

information. See “Identify” on page 5-4.

Agent Allows you to view agent information. Also allows you to

conﬁgure the device’s image load mode, remote boot information, and out-of-band dial string and baud rate. See “Agent” on page 5-5.

IPAgent Allows you to view and conﬁgure the IP address, default

gateway, and boot server address for the device. Also allows you to set the Telnet idle time-out period. See “IPAgent” on page 5-7.

swAgentSW Allows you to view and conﬁgure the information needed

for downloading a new image ﬁle or conﬁguration ﬁle. Also allows you to enable or disable the Spanning T ree Protocol. See “swAgentSW” on page 5-9.

swAgentHW Allows you to view hardware information on the device’s

SNMP agent (such as DRAM and EEPROM size). See “swAgentHW” on page 5-11.

swBasic Allows you to view basic information (such as the back-

plane type and group capacity) on the device or a particular group. See “swBasic” on page 5-12.

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Menu Description

BankImage Allows you to view the latest information on the device’s

two image banks. See “BankImage” on page 5-13.

Control Title for the sub-menus listed below it; this menu cannot be

selected. See “Control” on page 5-14.

Reset Allows you to reset the device or a selected group. See

“Reset” on page 5-14.

AutoNegotiate

GroupInfo Allows you to view information about each group within the

MonitorIP Allows you to view the device’s IP Address Monitoring

PortCtrl Allows you to enable or disable the following: a port, port

PortInfo Allows you to view general port information (such as port

TrapRecv Allows you to view, add, and delete trap receiver entries.

Spanning Allows you to view and conﬁgure the Spanning Tree Proto-

Filter Title for the sub-menu listed below it; this menu cannot be

Forwarding Allows you to view ﬁlter forwarding information on the

Allows you to view and conﬁgure port conﬁguration information (including enabling/disabling a port and restarting a port’s auto-negotiation ability). See “AutoNegotiate” on page 5-15.

device. Also allows you to enable or disable a selected group. See “GroupInfo” on page 5-17.

table, which displays the last addresses learned by the device. See “MonitorIP” on page 5-18.

ﬁltering, store-and-forwarding, or the Spanning Tree Protocol on a particular port. See “PortCtrl” on page 5-19.

type, auto-negotiation status, and port speed) for each port. See “PortInfo” on page 5-21.

See “TrapRecv” on page 5-22.

col. See “Spanning” on page 5-23.

selected. See “Filter” on page 5-26.

device. See “Forwarding” on page 5-26.

Validate Updates the Device Page with the latest information from

the IntraSpection Application Server database. See “Validate” on page 5-27.

Statistics Title for the submenus listed below it; this menu cannot be

selected. See “Statistics” on page 5-27.

Table Allows you to view real-time counter statistics, in a table

format, on a selected port. See “Table” on page 5-27.

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Menu Description

Graph Allows you to view real-time counter statistics, in a graph

format, on a selected port. See “Graph” on page 5-29.

PktTable Allows you to view real-time packet statistics, in a table for-

mat, on a selected port. See “PktTable” on page 5-30.

PktGraph Allows you to view real-time packet statistics, in a graph

format, on a selected port. See “PktGraph” on page 5-31.

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Conﬁguration

This menu is not a management option; it is a title for the conﬁguration sub-menus listed below it. This menu CANNOT be selected.

Identify

This menu provides read-only and conﬁgurable identiﬁcation information for the device.

Table 5-2 describes each ﬁeld in the Identify menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Conﬁg-

uring Device Identiﬁcation Information” on page 4-8.

Table 5-2 Identify Menu

Field Description

PhyAddr Read-only ﬁeld; displays the device’s hardware

address.

ObjectID Read-only ﬁeld; displays the device’s SNMP identify-

ing number.

Description Read-only ﬁeld; displays a description of the device. Name Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; assigns a name to the device.

Note:

A maximum of 254 characters (including

spaces) is allowed.

Location Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; assigns a location to the device.

Note:

A maximum of 254 characters (including

spaces) is allowed.

Contact Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; assigns a name of the person

responsible for the device.

Note:

A maximum of 254 characters (including

spaces) is allowed.

Up Time Read-only ﬁeld; displays the amount of time the

device has been operational since the last time it was off-line (in days, hours, minutes, and seconds).

Interfaces Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of network inter-

faces present on the device.

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Agent

This menu displays read-only and conﬁgurable SNMP agent information for the device; including; the image load method and protocol and the out-of-band dial string and baud rate.

Table 5-3 describes each ﬁeld in the Agent menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Conﬁg-

uring Out-of-Band Information” on page 4-6 and “Conﬁguring Bootstrap Parameters” on page 4-7.

Table 5-3 Agent Menu

Field Description

SWVersion Major Read-only ﬁeld; displays the major software version

number of the agent runtime image.

SWVersion Minor Read-only ﬁeld; displays the minor software version

number of the agent runtime image.

Image Load Mode Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines if the device is to load

the software image from its internal FLASH EPROM or from the network.

❏ localBoot — the software image is loaded

from the device’s FLASH EPROM.

❏ netBoot — the software image is loaded from

the network.

Method Read-only ﬁeld; displays the method for getting boot

parameter information (always displays eeprom-

BootInfo [use EEPROM boot parameters]).

Protocol Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the method used for

requesting the software image ﬁle from the network.

❏ bootp-tftp — the device requests an IP

address from a BootP server and downloads the software image ﬁle through TFTP (trivial transfer protocol).

❏ tftp — the device only downloads the soft-

ware image ﬁle through TFTP (an IP address is not requested).

File Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the name and network

path of the software image ﬁle.

Dial String Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the initialization string

used by the network management station to establish an out-of-band connection (such as a modem).

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Field Description

Baud Rate Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the baud rate setting

for the out-of-band port.

❏ b1200 — 1200 baud rate ❏ b2400 — 2400 baud rate ❏ b4800 — 4800 baud rate ❏ b9600 — 9600 baud rate ❏ b19200 — 19200 baud rate

Revision Read-only ﬁeld; displays the hardware reversion num-

ber of the device.

Model No. Read-only ﬁeld; displays the hardware model number

of the device.

FWVersion Major Read-only ﬁeld; displays the major ﬁrmware version

number of the agent prom code.

FWVersion Minor Read-only ﬁeld; displays the minor ﬁrmware version

number of the agent prom code.

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IP Agent

This menu displays read-only and conﬁgurable IP (Internet Protocol) agent information for the device; including, the device’s IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and Telnet information.

Table 5-4 describes each ﬁeld in the IP Agent menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Conﬁg-

uring IP Information” on page 4-5.

Table 5-4 IP Agent Menu

Field Description

IpAddr Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the IP address of the

agent. ▲ Important: This parameter only takes effect after

an agent restart or reset.

IpNetMask Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the IP subnet mask of

the agent. ▲ Important: This parameter only takes effect after

an agent restart or reset.

DefaultGateway Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the default gateway IP

address of the agent. ▲ Important: This parameter only takes effect after

an agent restart or reset.

BootServerAddr Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the IP address of the

boot server that was used for booting this agent. ▲ Important: This parameter only takes effect after

an agent restart or reset.

UnAuthIP Read-only ﬁeld; displays the IP address of the last sta-

tion that tried to access this device with an invalid community string.

UnAuthComm Read-only ﬁeld; displays the community string of the

last station that tried to access this device with an invalid community string.

Sessions Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of simultaneous

Telnet sessions that can be used to access the device for management.

SessionsActive Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of currently

active Telnet sessions.

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Field Description

TimeOut Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the Telnet idle time-out

period. Note: The default is 20 minutes.

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swAgentSW

This menu displays conﬁgurable and read-only software information for the device’s SNMP agent. It allows y ou to download a ne w image ﬁle or conﬁguration ﬁle and enable or disable the Spanning Tree Protocol.

Table 5-5 describes each ﬁeld in the swAgentSW menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Per-

forming a Software Upgrade” on page 4-20 and “Downloading a Conﬁguration File” on page 4-23.

Table 5-5 swAgentSW Menu

Field Description

Up/Download Action

Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; displays the agent’s current uploading or downloading action (for either the conﬁguration ﬁle or the image ﬁle).

❏ off — the agent is not in the up/download

mode.

❏ Download — the agent is in the downloading

mode.

❏ Upload — the agent is in the uploading mode

(this action is only for the conﬁguration ﬁle).

Up/Download Status

Read-only ﬁeld; displays the agent’s last uploading or downloading action (for either the conﬁguration ﬁle or the image ﬁle).

❏ Action-Success — the up/download was suc-

cessful.

❏ Action-Failure — the up/download failed. ❏ In-Progress — up/download is in progress. ❏ No-Action — no up/download was attempted.

Download File Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines which ﬁle (either the

conﬁguration ﬁle or image ﬁle) to be downloaded.

Conﬁg Server Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the IP address of the

conﬁguration ﬁle server. This IP address is speciﬁc for the conﬁguration ﬁle up/download server.

Conﬁg FileName Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the name and network

path of the device conﬁguration ﬁle.

Conﬁg Retires Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the number of

attempts that will be made for downloading the conﬁguration ﬁle.

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Image Server Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the IP address of the

image ﬁle server. This IP address is speciﬁc for the agent image ﬁle download server.

Image File Name Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the name and network

path of the image ﬁle.

Image Retries Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the number of

attempts that will be made for downloading the image ﬁle.

Active Image Bank Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the image bank for the

next boot-up. Note: The IntraStack has two areas (or “banks”)

where its runtime software is stored (the Active Image

Bank and Download Bank).

Download Bank Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of the current

download image bank.

Reset Wait Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the amount of time the

system waits before performing a reset.

▲ Important: This value can be from 0 seconds to 86400 seconds (24 hours).

Reset Left Read-only ﬁeld; displays the amount time remaining

until the system performs a reset.

Telnets Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of Telnet ses-

sions that can be used to access the device for management.

TelnetsActive Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of currently

active Telnet sessions.

Telnet TimeOut Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the Telnet idle time-out

period.

Note: The default is 20 minutes.

STP Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; enables or disables the Spanning

Tree Protocol on the device.

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swAgentHW

This menu displays read-only hardware information for the device’s SNMP agent.

Table 5-6 describes each ﬁeld in the swAgentHW menu.

Table 5-6 swAgentHW Menu

Field Description

DRAMSize Read-only ﬁeld; displays the DRAM size (in bytes) on

the device’s hardware board.

FlashRAMSize Read-only ﬁeld; displays the FlashRAM size (in bytes)

on the device’s hardware board.

EEPROMSize Read-only ﬁeld; displays the EEPROM size (in bytes)

on the device’s hardware board.

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swBasic

This menu displays read-only information on the device; such as, its backplane type and group capacity.

Table 5-7 describes each ﬁeld in the swBasic menu.

Table 5-7 swBasic Menu

Field Description

Type Read-only ﬁeld; displays the Ethernet switch type. Back Plane Type Read-only ﬁeld; displays the back plane of this device. Group Capacity Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of groups that

can be contained within the device.

StackLastChange Read-only ﬁeld; displays the sysUpTime value of the

last change of stack status since the entire stack has been in operation.

If no change has occurred since the stack has been in operation, the value displayed is 0s.

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BankImage

This menu displays read-only information on the device’s two image banks.

Table 5-8 describes each ﬁeld in the BankImage menu.

Table 5-8 BankImage Menu

Field Description

Index Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of the entry in

the BankImage Table.

MajorVersion Read-only ﬁeld; displays the major version number of

the bank image software.

MinorVersion Read-only ﬁeld; displays the minor version number of

the bank image software.

Date Time Read-only ﬁeld; displays the date and time of the bank

image software.

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Control

This menu is not an actual management option; it is a title to the submenus listed below it. This menu CANNOT be selected.

Reset

This menu allows you to reset the device or a selected group. Table 5-9 describes each ﬁeld in the Reset table at the device level;

Table 5-10 describes each ﬁeld in the Reset table at the group level.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see

“Resetting the IntraStack” on page 4-15.

Table 5-9 Reset Menu (Device Level)

Field Description

Action Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; resets the device.

❏ not-reset — does not reset the device. ❏ reset — resets the device

Table 5-10 Reset Menu (Group Level)

Field Description

Group Number Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of the selected

group.

Action Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; resets the device.

❏ noReset — does not reset the device. ❏ Reset — resets the device

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AutoNegotiate

This menu displays conﬁgurable and read-only auto-negotiation information on each of the device’s ports.

Table 5-11 describes each ﬁeld in the AutoNegotiate menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Conﬁg-

uring Auto Negotiation” on page 4-11.

Table 5-11 AutoNegotiate Menu

Field Description

GrpIndex Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of the group for

which information is displayed.

PortIndex Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of the port for

which information is displayed.

AdminState Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the auto-negotiation

status of the port.

❏ enable — the port is enabled for auto-negotia-

tion.

❏ disable — the port’s auto-negotiation ability is

disabled.

RemoteAble Read-only ﬁeld; displays the auto-negotiation capabil-

ities of the connected device (remote device).

❏ able — auto-negotiation capabilities are

enabled.

❏ not_able — auto-negotiation capabilities are

not enabled.

AutoConﬁg Read-only ﬁeld; indicates whether auto-negotiation

signaling is in progress or has completed.

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Field Description

LocalAbility Read-only ﬁeld; displays the connecting ability of the

local port in the device (what the port is capable of). The information displayed is in hexadecimal format;

for example, IE:00 (where “IE” is Byte 1 and “00” is Byte 2).

Bit deﬁnitions: Byte 1:

❏ 0 — undeﬁned ❏ 1 — 10Base-T capable ❏ 2 — 10Base-T full duplex capable ❏ 3 — 100Base-TX capable ❏ 4 — 100Base-TX full duplex capable ❏ 5 — 100Base-FX full duplex ❏ 6 — 100Base-T4 capable ❏ 7 — 802.9 capable

Byte 2: All bits reserved

AdvertisedAbility Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the port’s advertised

capabilities. For example, a port may be capable of full duplex

operation; however, you can change its Advertised- Ability so that it appears to not be capable of full duplex operation.

The information displayed is in hexadecimal format. See “LocalAbility” above for a description of the format and its deﬁnitions.

ReceivedAbility Read-only ﬁeld; displays what the port is actually

doing. The information displayed is in hexadecimal format.

See “LocalAbility” above for a description of the format and its deﬁnitions.

RestartAutoConﬁg Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; forces auto-negotiation to begin

link negotiation. ▲ Important: This has no effect if auto-negotiation

signaling is disabled.

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GroupInfo

This menu displays conﬁgurable and read-only information on each of the device’s groups.

Table 5-12 describes each ﬁeld in the GroupInfo menu.

Table 5-12 GroupInfo Menu

Field Description

Index Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of the entry in

the Group Basic Info Table.

Physical Addr Read-only ﬁeld; displays the ID of this group (it uses

the MAC address of the ﬁrst port in this group as the ID).

State Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; enables or disables the group

within the device stack.

Ports Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of ports (includ-

ing MII expansion ports) contained in this group.

Module Type Read-only ﬁeld; displays the type of module of the

selected group.

Description Read-only ﬁeld; displays a description of this group. FanStatus Read-only ﬁeld; displays the status of the group’s fan.

❏ normal — the fan is in good condition ❏ no-fan — no fan is in this module ❏ fail — the fan is in “failed’ condition ❏ fan-1 bad — fan #1 is in “failed” condition ❏ fan-2 bad — fan #2 is in “failed” condition ❏ fan-1-2 bad — fan #1 and fan #2 are in

“failed” condition

ExpPorts Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of expansion

ports in this group.

LastChange Read-only ﬁeld; displays the sysUpTime of last

change of group status since this group has been in operation.

Reset Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; resets the selected group.

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MonitorIP

This menu displays the device’s MAC address table. The MAC address table is a table of node addresses that the IntraStack

receives on its ports. It uses the information in this table to decide whether a frame should be forwarded or ﬁltered.

Each entry consists of the MAC address of the device and an identiﬁer for the port on which it was received.

Table 5-13 describes each ﬁeld in the MonitorIP menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “View-

ing the Port Address Table” on page 4-18.

Table 5-13 MonitorIP Menu

Field Description

IP Address Read-only ﬁeld; displays the corresponding IP address

to the MAC address.

MacAddress Read-only ﬁeld; displays the source MAC address of a

monitor entry.

VLANID Read-only ﬁeld; displays the VLAN number of this

monitor address entry.

Group Read-only ﬁeld; displays the group number from

which the IP address is learned.

Port Read-only ﬁeld; displays the port number from which

the IP address is learned.

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PortCtrl

This menu displays read-only and conﬁgurable port parameter information for each port within the device.

It allows you to enable or disable a port as well as enable or disable the following:

❏ Broadcast ﬁltering ❏ Store-and-forwarding ❏ The Spanning Tree protocol

Table 5-14 describes each ﬁeld in the PortCtrl menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Conﬁg-

uring Port Parameters” on page 4-11 or “Enabling or Disabling a Port” on page 4-14.

Table 5-14 PortCtrl Menu

Field Description

Group Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of the group to

which the selected port belongs.

Port Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of the selected

port.

State Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; allows you to enable or disable the

selected port. ▲ Important: This not only enables or disables the

selected port, but it also controls the port’s Spanning Tree Protocol and LED status.

Filter Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; enables or disables the broadcast

packet ﬁltering control on the selected port.

❏ enabled — broadcast packets are discarded. ❏ disabled — broadcast packets are processed

normally.

StNFw Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; enables or disables the store-and-

forward control information for the selected port.

❏ enabled — the port stores the received

packet then forwards it.

❏ disabled — the store-and-forward ability is

disabled.

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Field Description

STP Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; enables or disables the Spanning

Tree Protocol on the selected port.

❏ Enable — the port joins the Spanning Tree

Protocol calculation; the state of the port is decided by STP and will be in blocking, listening, learning, or forwarding mode.

❏ Disable — the port is removed from the Span-

ning Tree Protocol calculation.

▲ Important: if the port’s state is enabled and

the STP is disabled, the port remains in the forwarding mode.

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PortInfo

This menu displays read-only port information (such as the port’s type, auto-negotiation status, link status, speed, and duplex mode) for each port within the device.

Table 5-15 describes each ﬁeld in the PortInfo menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “View-

ing Port Parameters” on page 4-10.

Table 5-15 PortInfo Menu

Field Description

GrpIndex Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of the group to

which the port belongs.

Index Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of the port. Port Type Read-only ﬁeld; displays the type of port.

❏ RJ45 — regular TX port ❏ MII_RJ45 — expansion port TX ❏ MII_Empty — expansion port empty ❏ MII — expansion port, type unknown ❏ MII_FOIL — expansion port FX ❏ FOIL — regular FX port

AutoNeg Read-only ﬁeld; displays the auto-negotiation ability

of the port.

❏ with — the port is capable of auto-negotiation ❏ without — the port is not capable of auto-

negotiation

Link Read-only ﬁeld; displays the link status of the port. Port Speed Read-only ﬁeld; displays the working speed of the

port.

❏ 10Mbps — the port is operating at 10Mbps ❏ 100Mbps — the port is operating at 100Mbps.

Port Duplex Read-only ﬁeld; displays the working mode of the

port.

❏ Half-Duplex — the port is operating in half-

duplex mode.

❏ Full Duplex — the port is operating in full-

duplex mode.

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TrapRecv

This menu allows you to determine the management stations that will receive traps from the device.

Table 5-16 describes each ﬁeld in the TrapRecv menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Manag-

ing Trap Receivers” on page 4-16.

Table 5-16 Trap Receiver Menu

Field Description

Status Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the status of the trap

receiving station’s entry.

❏ valid — the trap receiving station’s entry is

active.

❏ invalid — the trap receiving station’s entry is

not active (deletes the entry when selected).

Trap Receiver Address

Community String Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the write community

Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; determines the IP address of the management station that can receive traps.

string of the trap receiving management station.

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Spanning

This menu allows you to view and conﬁgure the Spanning Tree Protocol.

▲ Important: Do not change any of the Spanning Tree

Protocol parameters unless you are familiar with the IEEE 802.1d speciﬁcation.

Table 5-17 describes each ﬁeld in the Spanning menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Con-

ﬁguring Spanning Tree Parameters” on page 4-28.

For clarity, the IntraStack device is referred to as a

“bridge” in this table.

Table 5-17 Spanning Menu

Field Description

Protocol Speciﬁcation

Priority Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; integer (from 0 - 65535) used to

Designated Root Read-only ﬁeld; displays the unique bridge ID of the

Root Cost Read-only ﬁeld; displays the calculated distance from

Root Port Read-only ﬁeld; displays the port on the selected

Read-only ﬁeld; displays the IEEE protocol speciﬁcation.

determine the priority of the selected bridge during Spanning Tree conﬁguration.

The lower the value, the higher the bridge priority and the more likely it will be selected as a forwarding bridge (and possible, the root bridge) in a Spanning Tree.

current root bridge in the Spanning Tree. The ID is based on its physical address and priority.

Designated Root is sometimes referred to as Root Bridge ID.

the selected bridge to the root bridge, as seen from the selected bridge.

bridge with the lowest cost route to the current root bridge. The port is determined during Spanning Tree conﬁguration. If the selected bridge is the root bridge, the value is 0.

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Field Description

Maximum Age Read-only ﬁeld; displays the maximum permissible

age, in seconds, provided by the current Root Bridge for Spanning Tree conﬁguration information to remain active on the selected bridge.

When the time-span expires and the bridge has not received any BPDUs, it discards the current Spanning Tree information and initiates a new round of Spanning Tree conﬁguration.

All the bridges in the Spanning T ree receive this value in a BPDU from the root bridge, and they display the value in this ﬁeld.

If the age value is too small, it can cause unnecessary Spanning Tree reconﬁgurations and possibly a temporary loss of connectivity on the network. If the value is too large, the network takes longer than necessary to adjust to a new Spanning T ree after a bridge goes down or a link is lost, which can cause collisions.

Hello Time Read-only ﬁeld; displays the amount of time, in sec-

onds, provided by the current Root Bridge between transmissions of conﬁguration BPDUs.

The parameter works in parallel with the Spanning Tree Hold Time, which should be greater than the Hello Time. If it is smaller, the Spanning Tree Algorithm responds more quickly to conﬁguration changes, resulting in increased network trafﬁc.

Hold Time Read-only ﬁeld; displays the amount of time, in sec-

onds, provided by the current root bridge that each conﬁguration BPDU is held by the bridge before being sent out. This timer works in parallel with the Spanning Tree Hello Time and should be smaller than the Hello Time.

Forward Delay Read-only ﬁeld; displays the delay time, in seconds,

provided by the current Root Bridge before a bridge starts forwarding data packets.

Before a bridge changes a port from blocking to forwarding, it passes through the listening and learning transition states. The time the bridge spends between the listening and learning states and between the learning and forwarding states is the forward delay time.

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Field Description

Spanning

Bridge Maximum Age

Bridge Hello Time Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; the amount of time, in seconds,

Bridge Forward Delay

Time Since Topology Change

Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; the maximum permissible age, in seconds, provided by the current root bridge for Spanning Tree conﬁguration information to remain active on the selected bridge.

When the time-span expires and the bridge has not received any BPDUs, it discards the current Spanning Tree information and initiates a new round of Spanning Tree conﬁguration.

The recommended IEEE 802.1d time is 20s (twenty seconds).

provided by the current root bridge between transmissions of conﬁguration BPDUs. This timer works with the Spanning Tree Hold Time, which should be greater than the Hello Time.

If it is smaller, the Spanning Tree algorithm responds more quickly to conﬁguration changes, resulting in increased network trafﬁc.

The recommended IEEE 802.1d time is 2s (two seconds).

Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; the delay time, in seconds, provided by the current root bridge before a bridge starts forwarding data packets.

The recommended IEEE 802.1d time is 15s (15 seconds).

Read-only ﬁeld; displays the length of time since the topology was changed.

Number Topology Changes

Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of topology changes that have occurred.

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Filter

This menu is not an actual management option; it is a title to the submenus listed below it. This menu CANNOT be selected.

Forwarding

This menu provides read-only forwarding and/or ﬁltering information on the device.

Table 5-18 describes each ﬁeld in the Forwarding menu.

Table 5-18 Forwarding Menu

Field Description

Index Read-only ﬁeld; displays the number of the entry in

the Filter Forwarding Information table.

Physical Address Read-only ﬁeld; displays the device’s hardware

address.

Receive Port Read-only ﬁeld; displays the port number on which

the IntraStack detected this device.

Status Read-only ﬁeld; displays the address status:

❏ other — none of the following: ❏ invalid — this entry is no longer valid

(e.g., it was learned but has since aged-out), but has not yet been ﬂushed from the table.

❏ learned — the address was learned and is

being used.

❏ self — this is the address of the selected

bridge.

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Validate

This menu updates the Personality Module’s Device Page with the latest information stored in the IntraSpection Application Server database.

For instructions on using this menu, see “Updating the Device Page” on page 4-9.

Statistics

This menu is not an actual management option; it is a title to the submenus listed below it. This menu CANNOT be selected.

Table

This menu provides real-time counter statistics, in a table format, on a selected port.

Table 5-19 describes each ﬁeld in the Table menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “View-

ing Counter Statistics (Table Format)” on page 4-30.

Table 5-19 Table Menu

Field Description

Sampling Interval Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; allows you to set the amount of

time (in seconds) that the port is polled for information.

Reset Button; resets the counters to zero in the table.

Objects

❏ etherStatsOctets — the total number of octets

of data (including those in bad packets) received on the network (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets).

❏ etherStatsPkts — the total number of packets

(including error packets) received.

❏ etherStatsBroadcastPkts — the total number

of good packets received that were directed to the broadcast address.

❏ etherStatsMulticastPkts — the total number

of good packets received that were directed to a multicast address. Note that this number does not include packets directed to the broadcast address.

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Field Description

❏ etherStatsCRCAlignErrors — the total number

of packets received that had a length (excluding framing bits, but including FCS octets) of between 64 and 1518 octets, inclusive, but were not an integral number of octets in length or had a bad Frame Check Sequence (FCS).

❏ etherStatsUndersizePkts — the total number

of packets received that were less than 64 octets long (excluding framing bits, but including FCS octets) and were otherwise well formed.

❏ etherStatsOversizePkts — the total number of

packets received that were longer than 1518 octets (excluding framing bits, but including FCS octets) and were otherwise well formed.

❏ etherStatsFragments — the number of frames

received that were less than the minimum permitted frame size and have a bad FCS or alignment error.

❏ etherStatsJabbers — the total number of

packets received that were longer than 1518 octets (excluding framing bits, but including FCS octets), and were not an integral number of octets in length or had a bad Frame Check Sequence (FCS).

❏ etherStatsCollisions — the total number of

collisions.

❏ Datarate Mismatch — the number of errors

where the incoming data rate is not within the tolerance level of 10Mhz (+ or - 0.01%).

❏ Short Events — the number of data bursts,

where data is less than 10 bytes in length.

❏ MauJabberLockups — the number of times

the repeater chip goes into a lockup state.

❏ Auto Partitions — the number of times the

port was automatically partitioned in response to 31 or more continuous collisions.

❏ Bad Frames — the number of invalid frames. ❏ Readable Octets — the total number of octets

received from valid frames.

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Graph

This menu provides real-time counter statistics, in a graph format, on a selected port.

Table 5-20 describes each ﬁeld in the Graph menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Viewing

Counter Statistics (Graph Format)” on page 4-31.

Table 5-20 Graph Menu

Field Description

Seconds Drop-down menu; speciﬁes the amount of time (in

seconds) that the port is polled for information.

Statistics Drop-down menu; determines the object for which

statistics are gathered.

Note:

For a description of each object, see “Objects”

on page 5-27.

Average per second

Reset Statistics Button; resets the counters to zero.

Peak per second Displays the largest number of occurrences since

Count-per-second display

Objects For a description of each object, see “Objects” on

Displays the average number of occurrences since opening or resetting the screen.

opening or resetting the screen.

Displays the amount of counts (per second) displayed on the graph.

Note:

To control the count-per-second display, use the scroll bar on the right side of the graph (scroll up to increase the count-per-second; scroll down to decrease it).

page 5-27.

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PktTable

This menu provides real-time packet statistics, in a table format, on a selected port.

Table 5-21 describes each ﬁeld in the PktTable menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “View-

ing Packet Statistics (Table Format)” on page 4-33.

Table 5-21 PktTable Menu

Field Description

Sampling Interval Conﬁgurable ﬁeld; allows you to set the amount of

time (in seconds) that the port is polled for information.

Reset Button; resets the counters to zero in the table.

Objects

❏ etherStatsPkts64Octets — the total number of

packets (including error packets) received that were 64 octets in length (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets).

❏ etherStatsPkts65to127Octets — the total

number of packets (including error packets) received that were between 65 and 127 octets in length inclusive (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets).

❏ etherStatsPkts128to255Octets — the total

number of packets (including error packets) received that were between 128 and 255 octets in length inclusive (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets).

❏ etherStatsPkts256to511Octets — the total

number of packets (including error packets) received that were between 256 and 511 octets in length inclusive (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets).

❏ etherStatsPkts512to1023Octets — the total

number of packets (including error packets) received that were between 512 and 1023 octets in length inclusive (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets).

❏ etherStatsPkts1024to1518Octets — the total

number of packets (including error packets) received that were between 1024 and 1518 octets in length inclusive (excluding framing bits but including FCS octets).

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PktGraph

This menu provides real-time packet statistics, in a graph format, on a selected port.

Table 5-22 describes each ﬁeld in the PktGraph menu.

∆ Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “View-

ing Packet Statistics (Graph Format)” on page 4-34.

Table 5-22 PktGraph Menu

Field Description

Seconds Drop-down menu; speciﬁes the amount of time (in

seconds) that the port is polled for information.

Statistics Drop-down menu; determines the object for which

statistics are gathered.

Note:

For a description of each object, see “Objects” on page 5-30.

Average per second

Reset Statistics Button; resets the counters to zero.

Peak per second Displays the largest number of occurrences since

Count-per-second display

Objects For a description of each object, see “Objects” on

Displays the average number of occurrences since opening or resetting the screen.

opening or resetting the screen.

Displays the amount of counts (per second) displayed on the graph.

Note:

To control the count-per-second display, use the scroll bar on the right side of the graph (scroll up to increase the count-per-second; scroll down to decrease it).

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Index

Numerics

100Mbps port speed 5-21 10Mbps port speed 5-21

about this manual vii add button 3-6 address

boot server 5-7

configuring 4-5 gateway, default 5-7 IP

agent 5-7

configuring 4-5

viewing 3-3 monitoring table

sorting 4-19

viewing 4-18 physical

description 5-4

forwarding 5-26

viewing 4-8

admin state, auto-negotiation 5-15 advertised ability, auto-

negotiation 5-16

agent

IP parameters, configuring 4-5 menu 5-5

alignment errors, crc 5-28 apply button 3-6 assistance. See technical support audience viii auto

configuration 5-15 negotiation

ability of a port 5-21

admin state 5-15

advertised ability 5-16

auto config 5-15

configuring 4-11

description of 4-11

local ability 5-16

, 5-16

auto (continued)

negotiation (continued)

received ability 5-16 remote able 5-15

partitions 5-28 AutoDiscovery. See network map autonegotiate menu 5-15

back plane type 5-12 bad frames 5-28 bank

active image 4-22, 5-10

download 4-22, 5-10

image menu 5-13 baud rate, out-of-band

configuring 4-6

description 5-6 boot

information, setting up 4-20

method

configuring 4-7

description 5-5 protocol 5-5 server address

configuring 4-5

description 5-7

bootp-tftp 5-5 bootstrap parameters, configuring bridge

forward delay

configuring 4-28

description 5-25 hello time

configuring 4-28

description 5-25 maximum age

configuring 4-28

description 5-25

broadcast

ﬁltering, conﬁguring 4-12 packet ﬁltering 5-19

4-7

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buttons

add 3-6 apply 3-6 modify 3-6 refresh 3-6

chapter contents vii client requirements 1-3 community strings

configuring 4-3 invalid, accessing 5-7 trap receivers 5-22

unauthorized 5-7 configurable information 3-6 configuration

file

downloading 4-23 name of 5-9 retry count 5-9 server of 5-9

up/download 5-9 menu, description 5-4 tasks, overview 4-1

contact information

configuring 4-8 description 5-4

control menu 5-14 counter statistics 5-27

auto partitions 5-28 bad frames 5-28 broadcast packets 5-27 collisions 5-28 crc alignment errors 5-28 data rate mismatch 5-28 fragments 5-28 graph format

description 5-29

viewing 4-31 jabbers 5-28 mau jabber lockups 5-28 multicast packets 5-27

counter statistics (continued)

octets, total 5-27 oversize packets 5-28 packets, total 5-27 readable octets 5-28 short events 5-28 table format

description 5-27 reset 5-27 sampling interval 5-27 viewing 4-30

undersize packets 5-28 count-per-second display crc alignment errors 5-28

5-29, 5-31

database management system 1-3 datarate mismatch 5-28 default gateway

conﬁguring 4-5

description 5-7 description information

defined 5-4

group 5-17

viewing 4-8 designated root, Spanning Tree 5-23 device

accessing 3-1

back plane type 5-12

defined 3-4

group capacity 5-12

identification information,

conﬁguring 4-8 interfaces, number of 5-4 last stack change 5-12 page

components 3-3, 3-4 menus, overview 5-1

updating 4-9 reset 4-15 selecting 3-5 type 5-12

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dial string, out-of-band

configuring 4-6 description 5-5

disable

group 5-17 port 4-14, 5-19

Spanning Tree, port 5-20 document conventions viii download bank 5-10 DRAM size, viewing 5-11 duplex mode, port

description 5-21

viewing 4-10

EEPROM size, viewing 5-11 eeprombootinfo 5-5 enable

group 5-17

port 4-14, 5-19

Spanning Tree, port 5-20 enterprise ID field 3-1 etherStats

BroadcastPkts 5-27

Collisions 5-28

CRCAlignErrors 5-28

Fragments 5-28

Jabbers 5-28

MulticastPkts 5-27

Octets 5-27

OversizePkts 5-28

Pkts 5-27

1024to1518Octets 5-30 128to255Octets 5-30 256to511Octets 5-30 512to1023Octets 5-30 64Octets 5-30 65to127Octets 5-30

UndersizePkts 5-28 expansion ports, group,

number of 5-17

fan status 5-17 file

configuration, downloading 4-23 image, upgrading 4-20

filter

menu 5-26 port 5-19

firmware version

major 5-6 minor 5-6

flash

memory, booting from 4-7

RAM size, viewing 5-11 foil 5-21 forward delay, bridge

configuring 4-28

description 5-25

Spanning Tree 5-24 forwarding

menu 5-26

physical address 5-26

status 5-26 fragments 5-28 frames, bad 5-28 front panel image 3-4 full duplex, port 5-21 fwversion

major 5-6

minor 5-6

gateway

configuring 4-5

default 5-7 graph menu

description 5-29

statistics

packet, viewing 4-34 counter, viewing 4-31

graphic, of device. See front

panel image

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group

capacity 5-12 defined 3-4 description 5-17 disabling 5-17 enabling 5-17 fan status 5-17 info menu 5-17 last change 5-17 module type 5-17 numbering 3-4 physical address of 5-17 ports, number of 5-17 reset 4-15

groups

numbering of 3-4 viewing image of 3-4

, 5-17

half duplex, port 5-21 hardware

address, description 5-4 model number 5-6 revision number 5-6

hello time

bridge, description 5-25 configuring 4-28 Spanning Tr ee, description 5-24

help. See technical support hold time, Spanning Tree 5-24

identification information, device,

configuring 4-8

identify menu 5-4 idle time-out, telnet

configuring 4-25 description 5-7

image

banks 5-10

active 4-22 download 4-22

image (continued)

file

info., configuring 4-20 name of 5-10 retry count 5-10 server of 5-10 software 5-5 upgrading 4-20

up/download 5-9 front panel 3-4 load mode, description 5-5 version number

major 5-13

minor 5-13

initialization string. See dial string installation 2-1

IntraSpection Application

Server 2-3 requirements, system 1-3 select database window 2-3 serial number, entering 2-2

interfaces

description 5-4 viewing 4-8

IntraSpection

Application Server, starting 2-3 map manager 4-4 navigation bar 4-3

IntraStack

accessing 3-1 icon 3-2 personality module,

overview 1-1

IP (Internet protocol)

address 5-7

configuring 4-5 monitoring table 4-18, 4-19

agent menu 5-7 information, configuring 4-5 netmask 4-5, 5-7 See also subnet mask

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IP (continued)

subnet mask 5-7

jabbers 5-28

LEDs, viewing 3-4 link status, of port

description 5-21

viewing 4-10 load mode, image 5-5 local

ability, auto negotiation 5-16

boot

configuring 4-7 description 5-5

location information

configuring 4-8

description 5-4

MAC addresses

table, sorting 4-19

viewing 4-18

VLAN ID 5-18 management

accessing the device 3-1

agent menu 5-5

autonegotiate menu 5-15

bank image menu 5-13

community strings,

conﬁguring 4-3

configuration

file, downloading 4-23

menu 5-4 control menu 5-14 device

identification info,

configuring 4-8

page

components 3-3 updating 4-9

management (continued)

filter menu 5-26 forwarding menu 5-26 graph

menu 5-29

statistics 5-29, 5-31 group info menu 5-17 identify menu 5-4 IPagent menu 5-7 menus

components of 3-6

configurable information,

determining 3-6 overview 5-1 read-only information,

determining 3-6

monitor IP menu 5-18 out-of-band information,

configuring 4-6 performing basic functions 4-1 pkt

graph menu 5-31 table menu 5-30

port

ctrl (control) menu 5-19

info menu 5-21 reset 4-15 software, upgrading 4-20 spanning menu 5-23 statistics menu 5-27 swAgentHW menu 5-11 swAgentSW menu 5-9 swBasic menu 5-12 table

menu 5-27

statistics 5-27, 5-30 tasks, overview 4-1 trap

receivers, deleting 4-17

recv menu 5-22 validate menu 5-27

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manual

about vii audience viii chapter contents vii document conventions viii overview vii

map

network, creating 3-1

manager page 4-4 mau jabber lockups 5-28 maximum age

bridge

configuring 4-28 description 5-25

Spanning Tr ee, description media independent interface ports.

See MII

menus

buttons 3-6

components of 3-6

configurable information 3-6

overview of 5-1

read-only information 3-6

selection levels 3-5

tables, resizing 3-6 Microsoft

IIS 1-3

Access 1-3

Internet Explorer 1-3

SQL Server 1-3 MII 5-21

-empty 5-21

-foil 5-21

-rj45 5-21

ports, selecting 3-5 model number, hardware 5-6 modify button 3-6 module type 5-17

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