Cabletron Systems IA1100, IA1200, Internet Appliance 1100, Internet Appliance 1200 Getting Started Manual

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Internet Appliance 1100/1200

Getting Started Guide

Order No. 9033368 Part No. 39-193-01, Rev. 0A

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Changes

Cabletron Systems, Inc., reserves the right to make changes in specifications and other information contained in this document without prior notice. The reader should in all cases consult Cabletron Systems, Inc., to determine whether any such changes have been made.

The hardware, firmware, or software described in this manual is subject to change without notice.

Disclaimer

IN NO EVENT SHALL CABLETRON SYSTEMS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS MANUAL OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT, EVEN IF CABLETRON SYSTEMS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF, KNOWN, OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

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AppleTalk is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Cabletron Systems is a registered trademark and Cabletron, SmartSwitch, and GIGAswitch are

trademarks of Cabletron Systems, Inc. Catalyst and EtherChannel are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. DEC is a registered trademark and Decnet is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. All other product names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of

their respective companies.

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Regulatory Compliance Information

This product complies with the following:

Safety

UL 1950; CSA C22.2, No. 950; 73/23/EEC; EN 60950; IEC 950

Electromagnetic

FCC Part 15; CSA C108.8; 89/336/EEC; EN 55022; EN 61000-3-2

Compatibility (EMC)

EN 61000-3-3; EN 50082-1, AS/NZS 3548; VCCI V-3

Regulatory Compliance Statements

Regulatory Compliance Information

FCC Compliance Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment uses, generates, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed in accordance with the operator’s manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

WARNING: Changes or modifications made to this device that are not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Industry Canada Compliance Statement

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la class A prescrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le ministère des Communications du Canada.

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Regulatory Compliance Statements

NOTICE: The Industry Canada label identifies certified equipment. This certification means that the equipment meets telecommunications network protective, operational, and safety requirements as prescribed in the appropriate Terminal Equipment Technical Requirements document(s). The department does not guarantee the equipment will operate to the user’s satisfaction.

Before installing this equipment, users should ensure that it is permissible to be con nected to the facilities of the local telecommunications company. The equipment must also be installed using an acceptable method of connection. The customer should be aware that compliance with the above conditions may not prevent degradation of service in some situations.

Repairs to certified equipment should be coordinated by a representative designated by the supplier. Any repairs or alterations made by the user to this equipment, or equipment malfunctions, may give the telecommunications company cause to request the user to disconnect the equipment.

Users should ensure for their own protection that the electrical ground connections of the power utility, telephone lines, and internal metallic water pipe system, if present, are connected together . This precaution may be particularly important in rural areas. CAUTION: Users should not attempt to make such connections themselves, but should contact the appr opriate electric inspection authority, or electrician, as appropriate.

NOTICE: The Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) assigned to each terminal device provides an indication of the maximum number of terminals allowed to be c onnected to a telephone interface. The termination on an interface may consist of any combination of devices subject only to the requirement that the sum of the Ringer Equivalence Numbers of all the devices does not exceed 5.

VCCI Compliance Statement

This is a Class A product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this equipment is used in a domestic environment, radio disturbance may arise. When such trouble occurs, the user may be required to take corrective actions.

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Safety Information: Class 1 Laser Transceivers

This product may use Class 1 laser transceivers. Read the following safety information before installing or operating this product.

The Class 1 laser transceivers use an optical feedback loop to maintain Class 1 operation limits. This control loop eliminates the need for maintenance checks or adjustments. The output is factory set and does not allow any user adjustment. Class 1 laser transceivers comply with the following safety standards:

• 21 CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (FDA)

• IEC Publication 825 (International Electrotechnical Commission)

• CENELEC EN 60825 (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization)

When operating within their performance limitations, laser transceiver output meets the Class 1 accessible emission limit of all three standards. Class 1 levels of laser radiation are not considered hazardous.

Laser Radiation and Connectors

When the connector is in place, all laser radiation remains within the fiber. The maximum amount of radiant power exiting the fiber (under normal conditions) is –12.6 dBm or 55 x 10

Removing the optical connector from the transceiver allows laser radiation to emit directly from the optical port. The maximum radiance from the optical port (under worst case conditions) is 0.8 W cm or 8 x 10

Do not use optical instruments to view the laser output. The use of optical instruments to view laser output increases eye hazard. When viewing the output optical port, power must be removed from the network adapter.

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Cabletron Systems, Inc. Program License Agreement

Cabletron Systems, Inc.

Program License Agreement

IMPORTANT: THIS LICENSE APPLIES FOR USE OF PRODUCT IN THE FOLLOWING GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS:

CANADA MEXICO CENTRAL AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA

BEFORE OPENING OR UTILIZING THE ENCLOSED PRODUCT, CAREFULLY READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT.

This document is an agreement (“Agreement”) between You, the end user, and Cabletron Systems, Inc. (“Cabletron”) that sets forth your rights and obligations with respect to the Cabletron software program (“Program”) in the package. The Program may be contained in firmware, chips or other media. UTILIZING THE ENCLOSED PRODUCT, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BECOME BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE LICENSE AND THE LIMITATION OF WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, RETURN THE UNOPENED PRODUCT TO CABLETRON OR YOUR DEALER, IF ANY, WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF RECEIPT FO R A FULL REFUND.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT, CONTACT CABLETRON SYSTEMS (603) 332-9400. Attn: Legal Department.

1. LICENSE. You have the right to use only the one (1) copy of the Program provided in this

package subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement. You may not copy, reproduce or transmit any part of the Program except as permitted by the

2. OTHER RESTRICTIONS. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the

Program.

3. APPLICABLE LAW. This License Agreement shall be interpreted and governed under the laws

and in the state and federal courts of New Hampshire. You accept the personal jurisdiction and venue of the New Hampshire courts.

4. EXPORT REQUIREMENTS. You understand that Cabletron and its Affiliates are subject to

regulation by agencies of the U.S. Government, including the U.S. Department of Commerce, which prohibit export or diversion of certain technical products to certain countries, unless a license to export the product is obtained fr om the U.S. Government or an exception fr om obtaining such license may be relied upon by the exporting party.

If the Program is exported from the United State s pursuant to the License Exception CIV under the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, You agree that You are a civil end user of the Program and agree that You will use the Program for civil end uses only and not for military purposes.

If the Program is exported from the United States pursuant to the License Exception TSR under the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, in addition to the restriction on transfer set forth in

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Cabletron Systems, Inc. Program License Agreement

Sections 1 or 2 of this Agreement, You agree not to (i) reexport or release the Program, the source code for the Program or technology to a national of a country in Country Groups D:1 or E:2 (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cuba, Estonia, Georgia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Moldova, North Korea, the People’s Republic of China, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Tajikistan , T urkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, or such other countries as may be designated by the United States Government), (ii) export to Country Groups D:1 or E:2 (as defined herein) the direct product of the Program or the technology, if such foreign produced direct product is subject to national security controls as identified on the U.S. Commerce Control List, or (iii) if the direct product of the technology is a complete plant o r any major component of a plan t, export to Country G roups D:1 or E: 2 the direct product of the plant or a major component thereof, if such foreign produced direct product is subject to national security controls as identified on the U.S. Commerce Co ntrol List or is subject to State Department controls under the U.S. Munitions List.

5. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS. The enclosed Product (i) was

developed solely at private expense; (ii) contains “restricted computer software” submitted with restricted rights in accordance with section 52. 227 -19 (a) th rough (d) of the Commercial Computer Software-Restricted Rights Clause and its successors, and (iii) in all respects is proprietary data belonging to Cabletron and/or its suppliers. For Department of D efense units, the Product is considered commercial computer software in accordance with DFARS section 227.7202-3 and its successors, and use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions set forth herein.

6. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTY. Except as may be specifically provided by Cabletron in writing,

Cabletron makes no warranty, expressed or implied, concerning the Program (including its documentation and media).

CABLETRON DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, OTHER THAN THOSE SUPPLIED TO YOU BY CABLETRON IN WRITING, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAM, THE ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN MATERIALS, AND ANY ACCOMPANYING HARDWARE.

7. NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL CABLETRON OR

ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR RELIANCE DAMAGES, OR OTHER LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS CABLETRON PRODUCT, EVEN IF CABLETRON HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR IN THE DURATION OR LIMITATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES IN SOME INSTANCES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

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Cabletron Systems Sales and Service, Inc. Program License Agreement

Cabletron Systems Sales and Service, Inc.

Program License Agreement

IMPORTANT: THIS LICENSE APPLIES FOR USE OF PRODUCT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND BY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GOVERNMENT END USERS.

BEFORE OPENING OR UTILIZING THE ENCLOSED PRODUCT, CAREFULLY READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT.

This document is an agreement (“Agreement”) between You, the end user, and Cabletron Systems Sales and Service, Inc. (“Cabletron”) that sets forth your rights and obligations with respect to the Cabletron software program (“Program”) in the package. The Program may be contained in firmware, chips or other media. UTILIZING THE ENCLOSED PRODUCT, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BECOME BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE LICENSE AND THE LIMIT ATION OF WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE T O THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT , RETURN THE UNOPENED PRODUCT TO CABLETRON OR YOUR DEALER, IF ANY, WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF RECEIPT FOR A FULL REFUND.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT, CONTACT CABLETRON SYSTEMS (603) 332-9400. Attn: Legal Department.

1. LICENSE. You have the right to use only the one (1) copy of the Program provided in this

package subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement. You may not copy, reproduce or transmit any part of the Program except as permitted by the

2. OTHER RESTRICTIONS. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the

Program.

3. APPLICABLE LAW. This License Agreement shall be interpreted and governed under the laws

and in the state and federal courts of New Hampshire. You accept the personal jurisdiction and venue of the New Hampshire courts.

4. EXPORT REQUIREMENTS. You understand that Cabletron and its Affiliates are su bject to

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Cabletron Systems Sales and Service, Inc. Program License Agreement

Republic of China, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Tajikistan , T urkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, or such other countries as may be designated by the United States Government), (ii) export to Country Groups D:1 or E:2 (as defined herein) the direct product of the Program or the technology, if such foreign produced direct product is subject to national security controls as identified on the U.S. Commerce Control List, or (iii) if the direct product of the technology is a complete plant o r any major component of a plan t, export to Country G roups D:1 or E: 2 the direct product of the plant or a major component thereof, if such foreign produced direct product is subject to national security controls as identified on the U.S. Commerce Co ntrol List or is subject to State Department controls under the U.S. Munitions List.

5. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS. The enclosed Product (i) was

6. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTY. Except as may be specifically provided by Cabletron in writing,

Cabletron makes no warranty, expressed or implied, concerning the Program (including its documentation and media).

7. NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMA GES. IN NO EVENT SHALL CABLETRON

OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR RELIANCE DAMAGES, OR OTHER LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS CABLETRON PRODUCT, EVEN IF CABLETRON HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR IN THE DURATION OR LIMITATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES IN SOME INSTANCES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

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Cabletron Systems Limited Program License Agreement

Cabletron Systems Limited

Program License Agreement

IMPORTANT: THIS LICENSE APPLIES FOR THE USE OF THE PRODUCT IN THE FOLLOWING GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS:

EUROPE MIDDLE EAST AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA PACIFIC RIM

BEFORE OPENING OR UTILIZING THE ENCLOSED PRODUCT, CAREFULLY READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT.

This document is an agreement (“Agreement”) between You, the end user, and Cabletron Systems Limited (“Cabletron”) that sets forth your rights and obligations with respect to the Cabletron software program (“Program”) in the package. The Program may be contained in firmware, chips or other media. UTILIZING THE ENCLOSED PRODUCT, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BECOME BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE LICENSE AND THE LIMIT ATION OF WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE T O THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT , RETURN THE UNOPENED PRODUCT TO CABLETRON OR YOUR DEALER, IF ANY, WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF RECEIPT FOR A FULL REFUND.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT, CONTACT CABLETRON SYSTEMS (603) 332-9400. Attn: Legal Department.

1. LICENSE. You have the right to use only the one (1) copy of the Program provided in this

package subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement. You may not copy, reproduce or transmit any part of the Program except as permitted by the

2. OTHER RESTRICTIONS. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the

Program.

3. APPLICABLE LAW. This License Agreement shall be governed in accordance with English law.

The English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the event of any disputes.

4. EXPORT REQUIREMENTS. You understand that Cabletron and its Affiliates are subject to

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Cabletron Systems Limited Program License Agreement

If the Program is exported from the United States pursuant to the License Exception TSR under the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, in addition to the restriction on transfer set forth in Sections 1 or 2 of this Agreement, You agree not to (i) reexport or release the Program, the source code for the Program or technology to a national of a country in Country Groups D:1 or E:2 (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cuba, Estonia, Georgia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Moldova, North Korea, the People’s Republic of China, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Tajikistan , T urkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, or such other countries as may be designated by the United States Government), (ii) export to Country Groups D:1 or E:2 (as defined herein) the direct product of the Program or the technology, if such foreign produced direct product is subject to national security controls as identified on the U.S. Commerce Control List, or (iii) if the direct product of the technology is a complete plant o r any major component of a plan t, export to Country G roups D:1 or E: 2 the direct product of the plant or a major component thereof, if such foreign produced direct product is subject to national security controls as identified on the U.S. Commerce Co ntrol List or is subject to State Department controls under the U.S. Munitions List.

5. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS. The enclosed Product (i) was

6. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTY. Except as may be specifically provided by Cabletron in writing,

Cabletron makes no warranty, expressed or implied, concerning the Program (including its documentation and media).

7. NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL CABLETRON OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR RELIANCE DAMAGES, OR OTHER LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS CABLETRON PRODUCT, EVEN IF CABLETRON HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR IN THE DURATION OR LIMITATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES IN SOME INSTANCES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

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Declaration of Conformity Addendum

Declaration of Conformity

Addendum

Application of Council Directive(s) 89/336/EEC

73/23/EEC

Manufacturer’s Name Cabletron Systems, Inc. Manufacturer’s Address 35 Industrial Way

PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867

European Representative’s Name Mr. J. Solari European Representative’s Address Cabletron Systems Limited

Nexus House, Newbury Business Park London Road, Newbury Berkshire RG13 2PZ, England

Conformance to Directive(s)/Product Standards

Equipment Type/Environment Networking equipment for use in a commercial

We the undersigned, hereby declare, under our sole responsibility, that the equipment packaged with this notice conforms to the above directives.

Manufacturer Legal Representative in Europe

Mr. Ronald Fotino Full Name

Principal Compliance Engineer Title

Rochester, NH, USA Location

EC Directive 89/336/EEC EC Directive 73/23/EEC EN 55022 EN 50082-1 EN 60950

or light-industrial environment

Mr. J. Solari Full Name

Managing Director, E.M.E.A. Title

Newbury, Berkshire, England Location

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Contents

Preface....................................................................................................... 1

About This Guide........................................ ...... .......................................................................1

Who Should Read This Guide?..............................................................................................1

How to Use This Guide...........................................................................................................1

Related Documentation...........................................................................................................2

Chapter 1: Features Overview................................................................. 3

Internet Appliance Models.....................................................................................................3

1100 Chassis.......................................................................................................................4

1200 Chassis.......................................................................................................................4

Features......................................................................................................................................4

Server Load Balancing......................................................................................................4

Session Traffic Management ...........................................................................................5

Other Features...................................................................................................................5

Bridging.......................................................................................................................7

Port and Protocol VLANs.........................................................................................7

IP Routing...................................................................................................................7

Layer-4 Switching......................................................................................................8

Security........................................................................................................................8

Quality of Service.......................................................................................................9

Statistics.......................................................................................................................9

Management Platforms............................................. ..... ...... ...................................10

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation.......................................................... 11

Safety Considerations............................................................................................................11

Preventing Injury....................................... ...... ..... ..........................................................11

Preventing Equipment Damage...................................... ..... ...... ...................................12

Hardware Specifications.......................................................................................................12

Installing the Hardware........................................................................................................13

Verifying Your Shipment...............................................................................................13

Installing the Chassis......................................................................................................13

Table-Top Installation.............................................................................................14

Rack Mount Installation..........................................................................................14

Attaching the Console Management Cables...............................................................15

Connecting to the Serial Port .................................................................................15

Connecting to the DTE Port...................................................................................16

Attaching Port Cables.....................................................................................................17

Attaching Cables to Gigabit Ports.........................................................................17

Attaching Cables to 10/100 Base-TX Ports..........................................................17

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Contents

Chapter 3: Basic System Setup...............................................................19

Powering On and Booting the Software............................................................................ 19

Starting the Command Line Interface................................................................................20

Access Modes.................................................................................................................. 20

Basic Line Editing Commands.....................................................................................21

Setting Basic System Information ....................................................................................... 22

Setting Up SNMP Community Strings ..............................................................................25

Setting Up Passwords...........................................................................................................27

Setting the DNS Domain Name and Address...................................................................28

Setting SYSLOG Parameters................................................................................................ 30

Activating Configuration Changes and Saving the Configuration File........................ 32

Activating the Configuration Commands in the Scratchpad.................................. 33

Saving the Active Configuration to the Startup Configuration File....................... 33

Viewing the Current Configuration............................................................................ 34

Chapter 4: Configuration........................................................................ 35

Port Names on the IA 1100/1200........................................................................................ 36

Configuring Load Balancing................................................................................................37

Server and Application Verification............................................................................38

Configuring Policy-Based Routing..................................................................................... 40

Configuring Web Caching ................................................................................................... 42

Chapter 5: Software Upgrade................................................................ 45

Upgrading System Image Software.................................................................................... 45

Loading Boot PROM Software.......................................... .................................................. 46

Appendix A: Troubleshooting................................................................ 49

Appendix B: Technical Support..............................................................51

Telephone Assistance............................................................................................................51

FAX Service............................................................................................................................51

Electronic Services................................................................................................................. 51

Placing a Support Call..........................................................................................................52

Hardware Warranty.............................................................................................................. 52

Software Warranty................................................................................................................ 52

Repair Services....................................................................................................................... 53

Appendix C: Hardware Specifications...................................................55

External Controls...................................................................................................................55

Motherboard Features..........................................................................................................56

Boot Flash........................................................................................................................ 56

RAM Memory................................................................................................................. 57

Power Supplies...................................................................................................................... 57

Fans.......................................................................................................................................... 57

1000 Base-SX Gigabit Ports .................................................................................................. 58

Cabling and Connector Specifications........................................................................ 58

LEDs................................................................................................................................. 58

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10/100 Base-TX Ports........................................ .....................................................................60

Cabling and Connector Specifications.........................................................................60

LEDs..................................................................................................................................62

Console Management Cables...............................................................................................62

DTE Cable................................................................................................................................63

Index........................................................................................................ 65

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About This Guide

This guide provides a general overview of the Internet Appliance hardware and software features and provides procedures for installing and configuring the Internet Appliance 1100/1200. For product information not available in this guide, see the manuals listed in “Related Documentation” on page 2.

Who Should Read This Guide?

Read this guide if you are a network administrator responsible for installing and setting up the Internet Appliance 1100/1200.

Preface

Note:

Only qualified personnel should perform th e installation procedures in this

guide.

How to Use This Guide

If You Want To See

Get an overview of the Internet Appliance 1100/1200 software and hardware features

Install the Internet Appliance 1100/1200 hardware Chapter 2, “Hardware Installation” on page 11 Install and boot the software, and set up the system Chapter 3, “Basic System Setup” on page 19 Configure load balancing features Chapter 4, “Configurati on” on page 35 Upgrade system and boot PROM software Chapter 5, “Software Upgrade” on page 45 Troubleshoot installation problems Appendix A, “Troubleshooting” on page 49 Contact Cabletron Systems for technical support Appendix B, “Technical Support” on page 51 See specifications for the Internet Appliance

1100/1200 hardware

Chapter 1, “Features Overview” on page 3

Appendix C, “Hardware Specifications” on page 55

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Preface

Related Documentation

The Internet Appliance documentation set includes the following items. Refer to these other documents to learn more about your product.

For Information Ab out See the

How to use Command Line Interface (CLI) commands to configure and manage the Internet Appliance 1100/1200

The complete syntax for all CLI commands

System messages Internet Appliance Error Refe rence Manual

Internet Appliance User Reference Manual

Internet Appliance Comm and Line Interface Reference Manual

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Chapter 1

Features Overview

The Cabletron Internet Appliance 1100/1200 (IA 1100/1200) is a family of full- function server load balancing switches. The IA 1100/1200 acts as an intelligent switch between a network (Internet, Intranet, or Extranet) and a Server Array that provides services to network users. This chapter provides a basic overview of the IA 1100/1200 software and hardware fea ture set .

• If you want to skip this information and insta ll the IA 1100/1200 now, see Chapter 2, “Hardware Installation” on page 11.

• If you want to boot the IA 1100/1200 software and perform basic setup tasks now, see Chapter 3, “Basic System Setup” on page 19.

Internet Appliance Models

There are two models of the Internet Appliance:

• The IA 1 100 provides 24 high-density Fast Ethernet ports for connecting to server farms and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports for connecting to the network backbone.

• The IA 1200 provides 8 G igabit Ethernet por ts for connecting to servers or server farm switches and uplinking to the netwo r k backbone.

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Chapter 1: Features Overview

1100 Chassis

The IA 1100 chassis contains 24 10/100BASE-TX ports and 2 1000BASE-SX gigabit ports. No expansion modules are available. Figure 2 shows the front view of an IA 1100.

1200 Chassis

The Internet Appliance 1200 chassis contains eight Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-SX) ports. The 1200’s configuration is fixed at eight Gigabit ports. No expansion modules are available. Figure 2 shows the front view of a 1200 chassis.

10/100BASE-TX

10/100BASE-TX 10/100BASE-TX

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87654321 87654321

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RST

SYS

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CONSOLE

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Figure 1. Front View of an IA 1100 Chassis

TxRxLink

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Figure 2. Front View of an IA 1200 Chassis

Features

This section describes the following IA 1100/1200 features:

• Server load balancing

• Session traffic management

Server Load Balancing

The IA 1100/1200 provides the following load balancing functions:

• Support for unlimited numbers of virtual IP addresses and server IP addresses.

• Multiple load balancing algorithms for server selection (Round Robin, Weighted Round Robin, Least-Loaded, and Fastest Response T ime), with a maximum connection threshold configu rable fo r each se rver.

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• Multiple levels of verification checking:

– Server aliveness checking – Session aliveness checking – Application content checking

Session Traffic Management

The IA 1100/1200 provides the following session traffic management functions:

• Wire speed data

• Session persistence

• Bandwidth allocation or priority assignment based on applications or customer

• Traffic filters can be applied to limit access to servers

• Redundancy using VRRP

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• Restricted, direct access to servers for maintenance or other needs

• Transparent redirection of web traffic to local web cache servers

Other Features

The IA 1100/1200 provides high-speed switching and full non-blocking throughput. The hardware provides high-speed performance regard less of the performance monitoring, filtering, and Quality of Service (QoS) features enabled by the software.

The IA 1100/1200 also provides the following functions:

• Address-based and flow-based bridging

• Port-based VLANs and protocol-based VLANs

• IP routing

• Layer-4 (application) switching

•Security

• Quality of Service (QoS)

• Statistics

• Management

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Chapter 1: Features Overview

The following table lists the basic hardware and software specifications for the IA 1100/1200.

Table 1. Basic Hardware and Software Specifications

Feature Specification

Throughput • 8.0-Gbps non-blocking switching fabric

Capacity • Up to 50,000 routes

• 9.2 million packets-per-second routing throughput

• Up to 256,000 Layer-4 application flows

• Up to 240,000 Layer-2 MAC addresses

• 4,096 Virtual LANs (VLANs)

• 2,000 Layer-2 security and access-control filters

• 3MB input/output buffering per Gigabit port

Routing protocols

• IP: RIP v1/v2, OSPF, BGP v2/v3/v4

• Network Address Translation

• Server Load Balancing

• Transparent Web Caching

Bridging and

• 802.1d Spanning Tree

VLAN protocols

• 802.1Q (VLAN trunking)

Media Interface

• 802.3z (1000Base-SX)

protocols Quality of

• Layer-2 prioritization (802.1p)

Service (QoS)

• Layer-3 source-destination flows

• Layer-4 source-destination flows

• Layer-4 application flows RMON • RMON v1/v2 for each port Management • SNMP

• Emacs-like Command Line Interface (CLI) Port mirroring • Traffic to specific Gigabit ports

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Bridging

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The IA 1100/1200 provides the following types of high-speed bridging:

• Address-based bridging – The IA 1100/1200 performs this type of bridging by looking

up the des tination address in a n L2 lookup table on the Gigab it port that receives t he bridge packet from the network. The L2 lookup table indicates the exit port(s) for the bridged packet. If the packet is addressed to the IA 1 100/1200 ’s own MAC address, the packet is routed rather than bridged.

• Flow-based bridging – The IA 1100/1200 performs this type of bridging by looking up

an entry in the L2 lookup table containing both the source and destination addresses of the bridge packet.

Your choice of bridging method does not affect IA 1100/1200 performance. However, address-based bridging is more efficient because it r equir es f ewer table entries while flowbased bridging provides tighter management and control over bridged traffic.

The IA 11 00/1200 ports perform addr ess-based bridging by default, but can be configured to perform flow-based bridging instead of address-based bridging on a per-port basis. A port cannot be configured to perform both types of bridging at the same time.

Port and Protocol VLANs

The IA 1100/1200 supports the following types of Virtual LANs (VLANs):

• Port-based VLANs – A port-based VLAN is a set of ports that comprises a Layer-2

broadcast domain. The IA 1 100/1200 c onfines MAC-layer broadcasts to the ports in the VLAN on which the broadcast originates. IA 1 100/1200 po rts outside the VLAN do not receive the broadcast.

• Protocol-based VLANs – A protocol-based VLAN is a named set of ports that

comprises an IP or IPX broadcast domain. The IA 1100/1200 confines IP or IPX broadcasts to the ports within the IP or IPX based VLAN. Protocol-based VLANs sometimes are called subnet VLANs or Layer-3 VLANs.

You can include the same port in more than one VLAN, even in both port-based and protocol-based VLANs. Moreover, you can define VLANs that span across multiple IA 1100/1200s. To simplify VLAN administrat ion, the IA 1100/1200 supports 802 .1q tr un k ports, which allow you to us e a single port to “trunk” traffic from multiple VLANs to another IA 1100/1200 or switch which supports 802.1q.

IP Routing

The IA 1100/1200 provides high-speed routing for the Internet Protocol (IP), which is the protocol switching and routing devices use for moving traffic within the Internet and within many corporate intranets.

Note:

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By default, the IA 1100/1200 uses one MAC address for all interfaces. The IA 1100/1200 can be configured to have a separate MAC address for each IP interface. When the IA 1100/1200 receives a packet whose destination MAC address is one of the IA 1100/1200’s IP interface MAC addresses, the port that received the packet from the network uses information in the module’s L3 lookup tables (or information supplied by the motherboard) to route the packet to its IP destination(s).

You can create only one IP interface on a single port or VLAN. You can add secondary IP addresses to the same IP interface. When you add an interface to a set of ports, you are adding a VLAN to those ports. Ports that contai n IP interfaces can still perform Layer-2 bridging.

The IA 1100/1200 supports the following IP unicast routing protocols:

• RIP v1 and RIP v2

•OSPF v2

• BGP v2/v3/v4

IP interfaces do not use a specific routing protocol by default. When you configure an interface for routing, you also specify the ro uting protocol the interface will use.

Layer-4 Switching

In addition to Layer-2 bridging and Layer-3 routing, the IA 1100/1200 performs Layer-4 switching. Layer-4 switching is based on applications and flows.

• Layer-4 applications – The IA 1100/1200 understands the application for which an IP

or IPX packet contains data and therefor e enables yo u to manage and contr ol traf fic on an application basis. For IP traffic, the IA 1100/1200 looks at the packet’s TCP or UDP port number to determine the application.

• Layer-4 flows – The IA 1100/1200 can store Layer-4 flows in each Gigabit port. A

Layer-4 flow consists of the source and destination addresses in the IP or IPX packet combined with the TCP or UDP source and destination port number for IP. You can therefore manage and control individual flows between hosts on an individual application basis.

A single host can have many individual Layer-4 entries in the IA 1100/1200. For example, an IP host might have separate Layer-4 application entries for email, FTP, HTTP , and so on, or separate Layer-4 flow entries for specific email destinations and for specific FTP and Web connections.

Security

The bridging, routing, and application (Layer-2, Layer-3, and Layer-4) support described in previous sections enables you to implement security filters that meet the specific needs

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of your organization. You can implement the following types of filters to secure traffic on the IA 1100/1200:

• Layer-2 source filters (block bridge traffic based on source MAC address)

• Layer-2 destination filters (block bridge traffic based on destination MAC address)

• Layer-2 flow filters (block bridge traffic based on specific source-destination pairs)

• Layer-3 source filters (block IP traffic based on source IP address)

• Layer-3 destination filters (block IP traffic based on destination IP address)

• Layer-3 flow filters (block IP traffic based on specific source-destination pairs)

• Layer-4 application filters (block traffic based on UDP or TCP source and destination ports for IP)

Quality of Service

Although the IA 1100/1200 supplies non-blocking high-sp eed th roughput, you can configure the IA 1 100/12 00 to apply Quality of Service (QoS) policies during peak periods to guarantee service to specific hosts, applications, and flows (source-destination pairs). This is especially useful in networks where the traffic level can exceed the network medium’s capacity.

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Statistics

The IA 1100/1200 QoS is based on four queues: control, high, medium, and low. Control traffic has the highest priority, high the second highest, and so on. The default priority for all traffic is low.

You can configure QoS policies for the following types of traffic:

• Layer-2 prioritization (802.1p)

• Layer-3 and Layer-4 application flows

The IA 1100/1200 can provide extensive statistical data on demand. You can access the following types of statistics:

• Layer-2 RMON and MIB II Statistics – Port statistics for normal packets and for e rrors (packets in, packets out, CRC errors, and so on)

• Layer-3 RMON v2 Statistics – Statistics for ICMP, IP, IP-interface, IP routing, IP multicast, VLAN

• Layer-4 RMON v2 Statistics – Statistics for TCP and UDP

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Management Platforms

You can manage the IA 1100/1200 using the following management platforms:

• Command Line Interface (CLI) – An EMACS edito r- like interface that accepts typed commands and responds when applicable with messages or tables. You will use the CLI to perform the basic setup procedures and configurations described in Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 of this guide.

• SNMP MIBs and traps – The IA 1100/1200 supports SNMP v1 and many standard networking MIBs. You can access the IA 1100/1200’s SNMP agent using Cabletron integration software for HP OpenView 5.x on Windows NT or Solaris 2.x, or Cabletron Spectrum on Solaris 2.x. Chapter 3, “Basic System Setup” on page 19 in this guide explains how to set up SNMP on the IA 1100/1200.

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Chapter 2

Hardware

Installation

This chapter provides hardware installation information and procedures in the following sections:

• Safety considerations

• Hardware specifications

• Installing the hardware

If the hardware is already installed and you are ready to install the software and perform basic system configuration, see Chapt er 3, “Basic System Setup” on page 19.

Safety Considerations

Read the following safety warnings and product cautions to avoid personal injury or product damage.

Preventing Injury

Observe the following safety warnings to prevent accidental injury when working with the IA 1100/1200 hardware.

• To avoid back strain, be careful when lifting the IA 1100/1200 out of the shipping box.

• Never attempt to rack mount the IA 1100/1200 unaided. Ask an assistant to help you

hold the IA 1100/1200.

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• Before performing any upgrade or installation procedures, ensure that the IA 1100/1200 is powered off.

• Never operate the IA 1 100/1200 if it becomes wet or the area where it has been installed is wet.

Preventing Equipment Damage

Observe the precautions listed in this section to prevent accidental damage to the IA 1 1 00 /1200 components.

To prevent accidental product damage, observe the following precautions:

Caution

• Always use proper electrostatic discharge (ESD) gear when handling internal parts of

• Make sure you allow adequate room for air flow around the IA 1100/1200.

the chassis.

Hardware Specifications

The following table lists the physical and environmental specifications for the IA 1100/1200.

Table 2. IA 1100/1200 Physical and Environmental Specifications

Dimensions Inches: 2.8” (height) x 17” (width) x 18.5” (depth)

Centimeters: 7.1cm x 43.2cm x 47cm

Weight Pounds: 22

Kilograms: 10

Power 100-125 VAC, 2.6 A maximum;

200-240 VA C, 1.3 A maximum

Operating temperature Fahrenheit: 41

Centigrade: 5

F to 104oF

C to 40oC

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Installing the Hardware

This section describes how to perform the following tasks:

• Verifying your shipment

• Installing the chassis (on a tabletop or in an equipment rack)

• Attaching console managem e nt cables

• Attaching port cables

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Note:

Cables that attach to the ports on the IA 1100/1200 are not provided by Cabletron. See Appendix C, “Hardware Specifications” on page 55 for cable specifications.

Verifying Your Shipment

Before you begin installing your IA 1100/1200, check your shipment to ensure that everything you order ed ar rived secur ely. Cabletr on assembles the IA 1100/1200 according to one of the configurations under “1100 Chassis” on page 4 or “1200 Chassis” on page 4 before shipping.

To avoid back strain, be careful when lifting the IA 1100/1200 out of the shipping

Caution

box.

Open the shipping box(es) and verify that you received the following equipment:

• An IA 1100/1200, power cord(s), and a console cable. The console cable is used for

• One copy of the Internet Appliance 1100/1200 Getting Started Guide (the book you are

• An IA Documentation CD-R OM, including current version release notes.

• Rack mount kit, including two rack mounting brackets and fastening screws.

connecting a terminal to the IA 1100/1200’s console port.

reading now).

Installing the Chassis

Cabletron recommends that only qualified personnel conduct insta llation of any IA chassis.

Before performing any upgrade or installation procedures, ensure that the

Warning

IA 1 1 00 /1200 is powered of f.

This section contains procedures for the following types of installation:

• Table-top installation

• Rack mount installation

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Table-Top Installation

You can install the IA 1100/1200 on a tabletop.

1. Select a table that is stable (not wobbly) and is not in an area subject to frequent foot traffic. Remember that you will be attaching nu merous cables to the IA 1100/1200.

2. Place the IA 1100/1200 on the table, allowing at least 3” of space on each side for adequate air flow to the cooling fans.

Rack Mount Installation

You can install the IA 1100/1200 in a standard 19” equipment rack. The IA 1100/1200 chassis contains screw holes for rack-mount brac kets.

Note:

Never attempt to rack mount the IA 1100/1200 unaided. Ask an assistant to help you hold the chassis.

To install the IA 1100/120 0 chassis in an equipment rack, use the followi ng proc edure. You need a phillips-head screwdriver to perform this procedure.

Figure 3 shows an example of how to install the IA 1100/1200 in an equipment rack. The procedure following the figure describes how to install the IA 1100/1200 in an equipment rack.

TxRxLink

10/100 MGMT

CONSOLE

ERR DIAG

TxRxLink

HBT

RST

SYS

TxRxLink

Figure 3. Installing the IA 1100/1200 Chassis in an Equipment Rack

To install the IA 1100/1200 in an equipment rack:

1. If your IA 1100/1200 is not already equipped with rack-mounting brackets, take the following steps. Otherwise skip to Step 2.

a. Align one of the mounting brackets over the corresponding holes in the bottom of

the chassis. The mounting bracket is correctly positioned when the side with two open mounting holes is flush with the front of the IA 1100/1200.

b. Use the phillips-head screwdriver and the supplied phillips-head screws to attach

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the mounting bracket to the bottom of the chassis. (There are three holes for each rack mounting bracket, and three holes in the bottom of the chassis.)

Note:

Be sure to use the phillips-head screws supplied by Cabletron. If you use screws that are longer than the ones included with your shipment, there is a danger of damaging the IA 1100/1200‘s internal components.

c. Attach the other mo unting bracket.

2. Along with an assistant, lift the IA 1100/1200 into place in the mounting rack.

3. While your assistant holds the chassis in place, use the phillips-head screwdriver and

four phillips-head screws to attach the mounting brackets to the mounting rack.

Make sure the screws are tight before your assistant releases the chassis. If you

Caution

accidentally leave the screws loose, the chassis can slip and fall, possibly becoming damaged.

Attaching the Console Management Cables

The IA 1100/1200 has two ports for attaching management consoles to the IA 1100/1200.

• A male DB-9 DCE port for direct serial connection from a terminal. Use this port to

perform basic setup, including setting up the IA 1100/1200 for management through the network using SNMP.

• An RJ-45 10/100Base-T DTE port for Telnet connection from a host on the network. The

port is configured for Media Data Interface (MDI). You use this port to manage the IA 1 1 00 /1200 using SNMP.

Cabletron provides the cable for direct serial connection. Appendix C, “Hardware Specifications” on page 55 includes the connector pin assignments for these two cables.

Connecting to the Serial Port

To attach the supplied console cable to the IA 1100/1200’s DB-9 port (marked “CONSOLE” on the IA 1100/1200’s chassis):

1. Locate the console cable included with the IA 1100/1200 chassis.

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2. Plug one end of the console cable into the CONSOLE port (Figure 4).

10/100BASE-TX 10/100BASE-TX

3. Plug the other end of the console cable into the management console’s DTE port.

4. When you are ready to begi n configuring the IA 1100/1200, use procedures in Chapter 3, “Basic System Setup” on page 19 to power on the switch and boot the software. You will perform initial setup by entering CLI commands on the management conso l e.

Connecting to the DTE Port

Use the RJ-45 10/100Base-TX DTE port for Telnet connection from a host on the network. The port is configured for Media Data Interface (MDI). To attach a cable to the 10/100Base-TX port (marked “10/100 MGMT” on the IA 1100/1200’s chassis):

10/100BASE-TX

87654321

10/100 MGMT

87654321 87654321

RST

SYS

ERR DIAG

CONSOLE

HBT

TxRxLink

1000BASE-SX

Figure 4. Plugging Cable into CONSOLE Port

1. Obtain a cable with an RJ-45 connector. (See Appendix C for DTE connector pin assignments.)

1. Plug the appropriate end of the connection into the IA 1100/1200’s RJ-45 10/100 MGMTport.

10/100BASE-TX

10/100BASE-TX 10/100BASE-TX

87654321

10/100 MGMT

87654321 87654321

RST

SYS

ERR DIAG

CONSOLE

HBT

TxRxLink

1000BASE-SX

Figure 5. Plugging Cable into 10/100 MGMT Port

2. Plug the other end of the connection into the management console’s port.

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Attaching Port Cables

IA 1100/1200 ports use standard cables and connectors, as shown below:

Port Type Cable Standard Connector

10 Base-T 802 .3 RJ-45 100 Base-T 802.3u RJ-45 1000 Base-SX 802.3z SC-style MIC

See Appendix C, “Hardware Specifications” on page 55 for cabling and connector specifications.

Attaching Cables to Gigabit Ports

The 1000Base-SX ports on the Gigabit Modules support multimode fiber (MMF). The Gigabit Modules use SC-style Media Interface Connectors (MICs) to attach to MMF cables.

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To attach the segment cables to the Gigabit Modules, obtain an MMF cable with an SC MIC and plug the MIC into the port connector. When you plug the other end of the cable into another device, make sure that the cable connected to the transmit port on the IA 1100/1200 is connected to the receive port on the other device. The receive port on the IA 1100/1200 should be connected to the transmit port on the other device.

Attaching Cables to 10/100 Base-TX Ports

To attach segment cables to your 10/100BASE-TX ports, obtain copper cables with RJ-45 connectors. The RJ-45 connectors on the 10/100 ports are configured as Media Data Interface Crossed (MDIX). You can use Category 3 (Cat-3) or higher wire for 10-Mbps segments. For 100-Mbps segments, use Cat-5 or higher wire. The ports automatically sense to which type of segment they are connected and configure themselves to transmit and receive at the appropriate bandwidth.

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Chapter 3

Basic System Setup

This chapter provides the following basic setup procedures:

• Powering on and booting the software

• Starting the Command Line Interface (CLI)

• Setting basic system information

• Setting up SNMP community strings

• Setting up passwords

• Setting the DNS domain name and address

• Setting SYSLOG parameters

• Activating configuration changes and saving the configuration file

Note:

You should have installed the IA 1100/1200 hardware and attached the console management cable, as described in Chapter 2, “Basic System Setup” on page 19.

Powering On and Booting the Software

To power on the IA 1100/1200 and boot the software:

1. Plug the IA 1100/1200’s power supplies into a power source. Assuming that your

power source is currently active, the IA 1100/1200 will automatically power on a nd attempt to boot using the software image in the motherboard’s boot flash.

While the software is booting, the HBT (heartbeat) LED on the chassis flashes. When the software finishes booting, the HBT LED goes dark and the OK LED lights up, indicating that the IA 1100/1200 software is online. As the software boots, the management console attached to the IA 1100/1200’s DB-9 DCE port displays messages

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related to the phases of the boot sequence. When the software is fully booted, the following message appears on the management console:

Press RETURN to activate console...

2. Press Return (or Enter) to activate the CLI on the console.

Starting the Command Line Interface

To start the Command Line Interface (CLI), power on the system. Startup messages appear on the console (the terminal attached to one of the IA 1100/1200’s ports).

After the software is fully booted and you press Return (or Enter) to activate the CLI, the CLI prompts you for a password. You can define separate passwords for login access and Enable mode. The factory default password for both of these is set to blank. ( Simply press Return.)

Access Modes

The CLI has the following access modes:

• User – Allows you to display basic information and use basic utilities such as ping but does not allow you to display SNMP, filter and access control list information, or make other configuration changes. You can tell you are in User mode when the command prompt ends with a “

• Enable – Allows you to display SNMP, filter, and access control information as well as all the information you can display in User mode. To enter Enable mode, enter the enable command, then supply the password when prompted. When you are in Enable mode, the command prompt ends with a “

• Configure – Allows you to make configuration changes. To enter Configure mode, first enter Enable mode (enable command), then enter the configure command from the Enable command prompt. When you are in Configure mode, the command prompt ends with ”

• Boot – This mode appears when the IA 1100/1200 or the system image is not found during bootup. You should enter the reboot command to reset the router. If the IA 1100/1200 still fails to boot, call Cabletron Technical Support.

Note:

>” character.

#“ character.

(config)#.”

The command prompt will show the name of the IA 1100/1200 in front of the mode character(s). The default name is “ia”. The procedure in “Setting Basic System Information” on page 22 describes how to change the system name.

When you are in Configure or Ena ble mode, use the exit command or press Ctrl+Z to exit to the previous access mode.

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Note:

When you exit Configure mode, the CLI will ask you whether you want to activate the configuration commands you have issued. If you enter yes or y, the configuration commands you issued are placed into effect and the IA 1100/1200’s configuration is changed accordingly . However, the changes are not written to the Startup configuration file in the IA 1100/1200’s boot flash and therefore are not reinstated after a reboot. See “Activating Configuration Changes and Saving the Configuration File” on page 32 for information about saving configuration changes.

Basic Line Editing Commands

The CLI supports EMACs-like line editing command s. The f ollowing table lists some commonly used commands. For a complete set of commands, see the Internet Appliance User Reference Manual.

Table 3. Some Commonly-Used CLI Commands

Key sequence Command

Ctrl+A Move cursor to beginning of line

Ctrl+B Move cursor back one character

Ctrl+D Delete character

Ctrl+E Move cursor to end of line Ctrl+F Move cursor forward one character

Ctrl+N Scroll to next command in command history (use th e cli show

history command to display the history)

Ctrl+P Scroll to previous command in command history Ctrl+U Erase entire line Ctrl+X Erase from cursor to end of line Ctrl+Z Exit current access mode to previous access mode

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Setting Basic System Information

Use the procedure in this section to set the following system informa tion:

• System time and date

• System name

• System location

• Contact name (the person to contact regarding this IA 1100/1200)

Note:

Some of the commands in this procedure accept a string value. String values can be up a maximum of 255 characters in length, including blank spaces. Surround strings that contain blanks with quotation marks (example:

blanks

”).

“string with internal

To set the system information:

1. Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.

2. Use the following commands to set the system time and date and then verify the setting

set date year <number> month <month-name> day <day> hour <hour>

minute

system show date

<minute> second <second>

Here is an example:

ia# system set date year 1998 month january day 19 hour 11 minute 54

second 0

Time changed to: Mon Jan 19 11:54:00 1998 ia# system show date Current time: Mon Jan 19 11:54:04 1998

3. Ensure that you are in Configure mode by entering the configure command in the CLI. The commands in Step 4 through Step 10 can be entered only from Configure mode.

4. Use the following commands to set the system name, location, and contact information:

system set name system set location " system set contact "

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Here is an example:

ia(config)# system set name "ia" ia(config)# system set location "Sunnyvale, CA" ia(config)# system set contact "John Smith"

5. Use the interface add ip command to set the IP address and netmask for the en0

Ethernet interface, as shown in the following example:

ia(config)# interface add ip en0 address-netmask 10.50.11.22/16

Note:

The en0 interface is automatically created by the system and is reserved for the IA 1100/1200’s management port.

6. To show the changes accumulated in the scratchpad, enter the show command while

in Configure mode, as shown in the following example:

ia(config)# show

-EDIT-I-NOCONFIG, the running system has no configuration ******** Non-committed changes in Scratchpad ********

1*: system set name "ia" 2*: system set location "Sunnyvale, CA" 3*: system set contact "John Smith"

When you enter commands in Configure mode, the IA 1100/1200 does not immediately execute the commands. Instead, the IA 1100/1200 checks the syntax of the commands and if they are syntactically correct, stores them in a temporary scratchpad in memory. The scratchpad is automatically cleared when you log out of the IA, so you must activate the changes and then save them to the Startup configuration file to retain the changes, as explained below.

The scratchpad allows you to make configuration changes without worrying about the order in which you issue the commands. Also, if you change your mind abo ut configuration changes you are maki ng, you do not need to incrementally back out of the changes. You can simply choose not to activate them. As you become more familiar with the IA 1100 /1200 an d th e CLI and beg in to make d et ailed co nfig urati on chan ges, you may find the scratchpad quite useful. For simple changes such as the ones in this procedure, you might instead want to activate the changes as you go, then use CLI commands to view the results of the changes.

7. Enter the save active command to activate commands, such as the “system set...”

commands you used in Step 4, in the scratchpad. If you exit Configure mode (by entering the exit command or pressing Ctrl+Z) before

activating any of your changes in the scratch pad, the CLI will ask you whether you want to make the changes in the scratchpad active by displaying the following message:

Do you want to make the changes Active [yes]?

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8. Enter yes or y to activate the changes.

9. T o display the active configuration, enter the system show active-config command, as shown in the following example:

ia# system show active-config Running system configuration: ! ! Last modified from Console on Mon Jan 19 11:55:35 1998 ! 1 : system set name "ia" 2 : system set location "Sunnyvale, CA" 3 : system set contact "John Smith"

Changes in the active configuration take effect on the running system but will not be restored following a reboot.

10. To ensure that changes are restored following a reboot, you must save the active database to the Startup configuration fil e by taking the following steps:

a. Enter the exit command to return to Enable mode.

b. Enter the copy active to startup command.

The CLI displays the following message:

Are you sure you want to overwrite the Startup configuration [no]?

1 1. Enter yes or y to add the active configuration to the Startup configuration file.

Note:

You also can save active changes to the Startup configuratio n file from within Configure mode by entering the save startup command.

See “Activating Configuration Changes and Saving the Configuration File” on page 32 for more information about the scratchpad, active database, and Startup configuration.

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Setting Up SNMP Community Strings

To use SNMP to manage the IA 1100/1200, you need to set up an SNMP community on the IA 1100/1200. Otherwise, the IA 1100/1200’s SNMP agent runs in local trap process mode until you disable it using the snmp stop command. In addition, if you want to be able to access the SNMP traps issued by the IA 1100/1200’s SNMP agent, you need to specify the IP address of the target for the SNMP traps.

To add the SNMP community string and specify the target for traps, take the following steps:

1. Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.

2. Ensure that you are in Configure mode by entering the configure command in the

CLI.

3. Use the following commands to add an SNMP community string and set a target for

the traps.

snmp set community <community-name> privilege read snmp set target

<IP-addr> community <community-name>

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Note:

4. Enter the show command to examine the changes accumulated in the scratchpad.

5. Enter the save active command to activate the commands you entered in the previous

steps.

6. To verify the changes, enter the snmp show all command.

The target IP address must be locally attached to the IA 1100/1200. You cannot specify a target that is connected to the IA 1100/1200 by another router. If the IP address is more than one hop away from the IA 1100/1200, configure the IA 1100/1200 with a static route to the target so that a cold start trap is sent.

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Here is an example of the commands and output for configuring SNMP and saving the changes.

ia# config ia(config)# snmp set community public privilege read-only ia(config)# snmp set target 10.50.11.12 community public ia(config)# save active ia(config)# exit ia# snmp show all SNMP Agent status: enabled mode SNMP Last 2 Clients:

10.50.100.53 Mon Mar 30 10:31:27 1998

10.50.100.43 Mon Mar 30 10:31:22 1998

SNMP Chassis Identity: not configured.

Trap Table: Index Trap Target Addr Community String Status

----- none configured ----Traps by Type:

Authentication trap: enabled Link Up/Down trap: enabled

Community Table: Index Community String Privilege

1. public READ-WRITE

SNMP statistics: 247019 packets received 246346 get requests 745 get-next requests 184 get-bulk requests 50 set requests 0 bad SNMP versions 1 bad community names 0 ASN.1 parse errors 0 PDUs too big 247018 packets sent 246346 get responses 745 get-next responses 184 get-bulk responses 50 set responses

7. After verifying the SNMP configuration, save the changes to the Startup configuration file by entering the copy active to startup command.

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Remember to enter yes or y when the CLI asks you whether you want to overwrite the Startup configuration.

Setting Up Passwords

You can password protect CLI access to the IA 1100/1200 by setting up passwords for login access and Enable access. Users who have a login pass word but not an Enable password can use only the commands available in User mode. Users with an Enable password can use the commands available in Enable and Configure modes as well as the commands in User mode.

In addition, you can set up the IA 1 100 /1200 for TACACS and/or RADIUS authentication on login and password by a TACACS or RADIUS server. Y ou can find a section describing configuration of t h e I A 1100/1200 for TACACS and RADIUS in the Internet Appliance User Reference Manual.

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Note:

The default password for each access level is blank. (Simply press Enter or Return without entering a password.) If you want to add password protection to the CLI, use the following procedure.

1. Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.

2. Ensure that you are in Configure mode by entering the configure command in the

3. Use the following command for each password you want to set:

4. Enter the show command to examine the changes accumulated in the scratchpad.

5. Enter the save active command to activate the commands.

6. Enter the system show active-config command to verify the active changes.

If a password is configured for Enable mode, the IA 1100/1200 prompts you for the password when you enter the enable co mman d. O therw ise, the IA 1100/1200 displays a message advising you to configure an Enable password before entering Enable mode. From Enable mode, you can access Configure mode to make configuration changes.

CLI.

system set password login|enable <string>|none

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Here is an example of the commands in the previous steps:

ia(config)# system set password login demo ia(config)# system set password enable demo ia(config)# save active ia# exit ia# system show active-config

Running system configuration: ! ! Last modified from Console on Mon Jan 19 12:12:19 1998 ! 1 : system set name "ia" 2 : system set location "Sunnyvale, CA" 3 : system set contact "John Smith" 4 : system set hashed-password login jNIssH c976b667e681d03ccd5fc527f219351a 5 : system set hashed-password enable zcGzbO 5d1f73d2d478ceaa062a0b5e0168f46a 6 : snmp set community public privilege read 7 : snmp set target 10.50.11.12 community public

Test all the new passwords before saving the active configuration to the Startup

Caution

configuration file. As shown in the exam ple abo ve, the passwords are show n in the active configuration in an encrypted format and will also appear this wa y in the Startup configuration.

To keep your passwords secure, the IA 1100/1200 does not have a command for displaying passwords. If you forget a password, you can remove the password by entering the following command while in Configure mode. (See the Internet Appliance Command Line Interface Reference Manual for more information.)

system set password login|enable none

Setting the DNS Domain Name and Address

If you want the IA 1100/1200 to be able to access a DNS server, use the following procedure to specify the domain name and IP address for the DNS server.

1. Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.

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2. Use the following command to verify that the IA 1100/1200 can reach the DNS server

by pinging the server, as shown in the following example:

ia# ping 10.50.11.12 PING 10.50.11.12 (10.50.11.12): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.50.11.12: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0 ms

--- 10.50.11.12 ping statistics ---

1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 0/0/0 ms

3. Ensure that you are in Configure mode by entering the configure command in the

CLI.

4. If you have not done so already, use the interface add ip command to set the IP

address and netmask for the en0 Ethernet interface, as shown in the following example:

ia(config)# interface add ip en0 address-netmask 10.50.11.22/16

Note:

The en0 interface is automatically created by the system and is reserved for the IA 1100/1200’s management port.

5. Use the following command to specify the domain name for which the DNS server(s)

have authority:

system set dns domain

where <domain-name> is your specified domain name (example:

<domain-name>

cabletron.com).

6. Use the following command to “add” one or more DNS servers to the IA 1100/1200:

system set dns server ["]<IP-address> [<IP-address>] [<IP-address>]["]

where <IP-address> is the IP address of the DNS server. You can specify up to three DNS servers.

Note:

If you specify more than one IP address, you must separate the addresses with a space and surround them with a single pair of quotes. You do not need to surround a single IP address with quotes.

7. Enter the save active command to activate the commands and enter yes or y to

activate the changes.

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Here is an example of the commands above featuring the addition of two DNS server IP addresses:

ia# config ia(config)# system set dns domain "mktg.cabletron.com" ia(config)# system set dns server "10.50.11.12 10.50.12.11" ia(config)# save active

8. Enter the system show dns command to verify the new DNS settings, as shown in the following example:

ia# system show dns DNS domain: cabletron.com, DNS server(s): 10.50.11.12 10.50.12.11

9. Use the ping command to verify that the IA 1100/1200 can resolve the DNS server name into its IP address, as shown in the following example:

ia# ping ia1 PING ia1.mktg.cabletron.com (10.50.11.12): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.50.11.12: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0 ms

--- ia1.mktg.cabletron.com ping statistics --1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 0/0/0 ms

Setting SYSLOG Parameters

The CLI can use SYSLOG messages to communicate the following types of messages to a SYSLOG server:

• Fatal – Provide information about events that caused the IA 1100/1200 to crash and reset.

• Error – Provide information about errors.

• Warning – Provide warnings against invalid configuration information and other conditions that are not necessarily errors. This is the default.

• Informational – Provide informational messages such a s status messages. The SYSLOG messages that the IA 1100/1200 displays while bootin g the software and reading the startup configuration file are examples of Informational messages.

The IA 1100/1200 writes the SYSLOG messages to a SYSLOG daemon on UDP port 514. You can set the CLI to send all or only some of the message types. By default, the CLI sends warning, error, and fatal m e ssages but not informational messages to th e sp ecif ied SYSLOG server.

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Use the following procedure to specify the SYSLOG server a nd the types of messages you want the CLI to log on the server.

1. Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.

2. Use the following command to verify that the IA 1100/1200 can reach the SYSLOG

server by pinging the server:

ping

<IP-addr>

3. Ensure that you are in Configure mode by entering the configure command in the

CLI.

4. If you have not already done so, use the interface add ip command to set the IP

address and netmask for the en0 Ethernet interface, as shown in the following example:

ia(config)# interface add ip en0 address-netmask 10.50.11.22/16

Note:

The en0 interface is automatically created by the system and is reserved for the IA 1100/1200’s management port.

5. Use the following commands to “add” the S YSLOG server to the IA 1100/1200, set the

message level, and set the SYSLOG facility:

system set syslog server <hostname-or-IP-addr> system set syslog level fatal|error|warning|info system set syslog facility

<facility-type>

Here is an example:

ia# config ia(config)# system set syslog server 10.50.11.12 ia(config)# system set syslog level info ia(config)# system set syslog facility local0

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6. Enter the show command to show the commands you just entered. Because you have not activated these configuration changes yet, they are listed in the scratchpad section of the output. Here is an example:

ia(config)# show Running system configuration: ! ! Last modified from Console on Mon Jan 19 12:37:21 1998 ! 1 : interface add ip en0 address-netmask 10.50.11.22/16 ! 2 : system set dns server 10.50.11.12 3 : system set dns domain mktg.cabletron.com 4 : system set name "ia" 5 : system set location "Sunnyvale, CA 6 : system set contact "John Smith" 7 : system set hashed-password login jNIssH c976b667e681d03ccd5fc527f219351a 8 : system set hashed-password enable zcGzbO 5d1f73d2d478ceaa062a0b5e0168f46a ! 9 : snmp set community public privilege read 10 : snmp set target 10.50.11.12 community public

******** Non-committed changes in Scratchpad ******** 1*: system set syslog server 10.50.11.12 2*: system set syslog level info 3*: system set syslog facility local0

Note:

The other configuration changes made during this CLI session are also listed. Active changes are listed in the “Running system configuration section” and unactivated changes are listed in the “Non-committed changes in Scratchpad” section.

7. To activate the SYSLOG commands, enter the save active command.

Activating Configuration Changes and Saving the Configuration File

The IA 1100/1200 uses three special configuration files:

• Active – The commands from the Startup configuration file and any configuration commands that you have made active from the scratchpad (see below).

The active configuration remains in effect only during the current power cycle. If

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you power down or reboot the IA 1100/1200 without saving the active configuration changes to the Startup configuration file, the changes are lost.

• Startup – The configuration file that the IA 1100/1200 uses to configure itself when the

• Scratchpad – The configuration commands you have entered during a management

system is powered on.

session. These commands do not become activ e until you explicitly activate them. Because some commands depend on other commands for successful execution, the IA 1100/1200 scratchpad simplifies system configuration by allow ing you to enter

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configuration commands in any order, even when dependencies exist. When you activate the commands in the scratchpad, the IA 1 100/1200 sorts out the dependencies and executes the command in the proper sequence.

Activating the Configuration Commands in the Scratchpad

The configuration commands you have entered using procedures in this chapter are in the Scratchpad but have not yet been activated. Use the following procedure to activate the configuration commands in the scratchpad:

1. Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.

2. Ensure that you are in Configure mode by entering the configure command in the

CLI.

3. Enter the save active command.

If you exit Configure mode (by entering the exit command or pressing Ctrl+Z) before activating any of your changes in the scratch pad, the CLI will ask you whether you want to make the changes in the scratchpad active by displaying the following message:

Do you want to make the changes Active [yes]?

4. Enter yes or y to activate the changes.

Saving the Active Configuration to the Startup Configuration File

After you save the configuration commands in the scratchpad, the IA 1100/1200 executes the commands and makes the corresponding configuration changes. However, if you power down or reboot the IA 1100/1200, the new changes are lost. Use the following procedure to save the changes into the Startup configuration file so that the IA 1100/1200 reinstates the changes when you reboot the software.

1. Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.

2. Enter the copy active to startup command to copy the configuration changes in the

Active configuration to the Startup config uration. The CLI displays the following message:

Are you sure you want to overwrite the Startup configuration [no]?

3. Enter yes or y to save the changes.

Note:

You also can save active changes to the Startup configuration file from within Configure mode by entering the save startup command.

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The new configuration changes are added to the S tartup configuration file stor ed in the IA 1100/1200’s boot flash.

Viewing the Current Configuration

If you want to view the current configuration:

1. Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.

2. Enter the following command to display the status of each command line:

system show active-config

The CLI displays the active configuration file with the following possible annotations: – Commands without errors are displayed without any annotation. – Commands with errors are annotated with an “E”. – If a particular command has been applied such that it can be expanded on

additional interfaces/modules, then it is annotated with a “P”. For exa mple, if you enabled STP on all ports in the current system, however, the IA contains only one module, then that particular command could be expanded at a later date when more modules have been added to the IA.

A command like stp enable et.*.* would be displayed as follows:

P: stp enable et.*.*

indicating that it is only partially applied. If you add more modules to the IA at a later date and then update the configuration file to encompass all of the available modules in the IA, then the “P:” portion of the above command line would disappear when displaying this configuration file.

If a potentially partial command, which was originally configured to encompass all of the available modules on the IA, becomes only partially activated (after a hotswap or some such chassis reconfiguration), then the status of that command line will automatically change to indicate a partial completion status, co mplete with “P:”.

Note:

Commands with no annotation or annotated with a “P:” are not in error.

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Configuration

This chapter describes the basic steps for configuring the IA 1100/1200 for the following features:

• Load balancing

• Web caching

• IP policy-based routing

Configuration of the IA 1100/1200 is performed by entering CLI commands in Configure mode from either the system console or a Telnet session. Refer to Chapter 3, “Basic System Setup” on page 19 for information about starting and using the CLI.

This chapter describes the minimum steps necessary to configure the above features on the IA 1100/1200. Many more options are configurable for each of these features. Refer to the Internet Appliance User Reference Ma nual and the Internet Appliance Command Line Interface Reference Manual for the complete set of configurat ion commands.

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Port Names on the IA 1100/1200

The term port refers to a physical connector installed in the IA 1100/1200. Each port in the IA is referred to by the type of connector (Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet) and its location.

Figure 6 shows the names of the ports on the IA 1100.

et. 3.1 - et.3.8

10/100BASE-TX

10/100BASE-TX 10/100BASE-TX

87654321

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87654321 87654321

RST

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et.1.1 - e t .1 .8

gi.4.1

TxRxLink

et .2 .1 - e t .2 .8

gi.4.2

TxRxLink

1000BASE-SX

Figure 6. Port Names on the IA 1100

Figure 7 shows the names of the ports on the IA 1200:

TxRxLink

gi.4.2

gi.3.1

TxRxLink

gi.3.2

10/100 MGMT

CONSOLE

ERR DIAG

HBT

gi.4.1

TxRxLink

RST

SYS

gi.1.1

There are a few shortcut notations you can use to reference a range of port numbers. For example:

• et.(1-3).(1-8) references all the following ports: et.1.1 through et.1.8, et.2.1 through et.2.8, and et.3.1 through et.3.8.

• et.(1,3).(1-8) references the following ports: et.1.1 through et.1.8, and et.3.1 through et.3.8

• et.(1-3).(1,8) references the following ports: et.1.1, et.1.8, et.2.1, et.2.8, et.3.1, et.3.8

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Figure 7. Port Names on the IA 1200

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Configuring Load Balancing

Load balancing allows incoming HTTP requests to a company’s website to be distributed across several physical servers. If one server should fail, other servers can pick up the workload.

This section shows an example of how to configure load balancing on the IA. The following example shows two physical servers (with IP addresses 10.1.1.2 and 10.1.1.3) that are mapped to a virtual IP address 207.13 5.89.16 an d virtual port number 80. External users use the virtual IP address for HTTP and other network services.

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Users accessing ‘www.ctron.com’ at 207.135.89.16:80

Network

10.1.1.2

TxRxLinkANTxRxLink

10/100 MGMT

CONSOLE

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HBT

SYS

TxRxLinkANTxRxLink

RST

10.1.1.3

Figure 8. Load Balancing Example

The following are the basic steps for configuring load balancing on the IA:

1. Create the internal VLAN on which the load balancing servers reside.

The following commands create the IP VLAN ‘internal,’ which consists of ports gi.1.1 and gi.1.2 (the ports to which the load balancing servers are connected to the IA):

ia(config)# vlan create internal ip id 2 ia(config)# vlan add ports gi.1.(1-2) to internal

2. Create the external VLAN from which users will access the load balancing servers.

The following commands create the IP VLAN ‘external,’ which consists of the port gi.4.1 (the port to which users will be connected to the IA):

ia(config)# vlan create external ip id 3 ia(config)# vlan add ports gi.4.1 to external

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3. Specify interfaces to the VLANs you just created and assign address-netmask values to each interface.

The following commands create the interface ‘if-internal’ with the address-netmask

10.1.1.1/24 for the vlan ‘internal’ and the interface ‘if-external’ with the addressnetmask 207.135.89.1/24 for the vlan ‘external’:

ia(config)# interface create ip if-internal address-netmask 10.1.1.1/24 vlan internal up ia(config)# interface create ip if-external address-netmask 207.135.89.1/24 vlan external up

Note:

In the above commands, the ‘up’ option enables the interface.

4. Create a group of load balancing servers and define a virtual IP for the group: The following load-balance command creates the group called ‘www.ctron.com’ with

a virtual IP address of 207.135.89.16:80 for TCP traffic:

ia(config)# load-balance create group-name www.ctron.com virtual-ip 207.135.89.16 virtual-port 80 protocol tcp

5. Add the servers to the group. The following load-balance command adds the host s 10.1.1.2 and 10.1.1.3 to the group

‘www.ctron.com’:

ia(config)# load-balance add host-to-group 10.1.1.2-10.1.1.3 group-name www.ctron.com port 80

Server and Application Verification

The IA automatically performs the following types of verification for the attached load balancing servers/applications:

• Verifies the state of the server by sending a ping to the server at 5-second intervals. If the IA does not receive a reply from a server after four ping requests, the server is considered to be “down.”

• Checks that an application session on the server can be established by doing a simple TCP handshake with the application on the configured physical port of the server at 15-second intervals. If the IA does not receive a reply from the application after four tries, the application is considered to be “down.”

You can change the intervals at which pings or handshakes ar e attempted and the num ber of times that the IA retries the ping or handshake before considering the server or application to be “down.” You can change these parameters for all servers in a load balancing group or for specific servers.

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You can also have the IA verify the content of an application on one or more load balancing servers. For this type of verification, you specify the following:

• A string that the IA sends to a single server or to the group of load balancing servers.

The string can be a simple command to get a specific HTTP page. Or, it can be a command to execute a user-defined CGI script that tests the operation of the application.

• The reply that the application on each server sends back that the IA will use to validate

the content. In the case where a specific HTTP page is retrieved, the reply can be a string that appears on the page, such as “OK.” If a CGI script is executed on the server, it should return a specific response (for example, “OK”) that the IA can verify.

Note that you can specify this type of verification for a group of load balancing servers or for a specific server.

The following is an example of how to configure a simple verification check where the IA will issue an HTTP command to retrieve an HTML page and check for the string ‘OK’:

ia(config)# load-balance set group-options www.ctron.com acv-command “GET /test.html” acv-reply “OK” read-till index 25

Application verification, whether a simple TCP handshake or a user-defined actionresponse check, involves opening and closing a con nection to a load balancing server. Some applications require specific commands for proper closure of the connection. For example, a connection to an SMTP server application should be closed with the “quit” command. You can configure the IA to send a specific string to close a connection on a server. The following commands show an example of how to configure a group of load balancing servers running SMTP:

ia(config)# load-balance create group-name smtp.ctron.com virtual-ip

207.135.89.16 virtual-port 25 protocol tcp ia(config)# load-balance add host-to-group 10.1.1.2-10.1.1.3 group-name smtp.ctron.com port 25 ia(config)# load-balance set group-options smtp.ctron.com acv-quit “quit”

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Configuring Policy-Based Routing

IP policy-based routing allows you to configure the IA 1100/1200 to route IP packets according to policies that you define. You can define policies that make the most efficient use of your network resources.

In the example shown in Figure 9, Internet access is provided for two classes of users:

• “Standard” users, who ar e provided with T1 link connections (the T3 link is used only in the event of failure of the T1 link)

• “Premium” users, who are provided with connections through the faster T3 link (the T1 link is used only in the event of failure of the T3 link)

207.86.7.2

Premium Users

Standard Users

Internet

Remote Access Server

207.86.9.2

207.86.9.1/24

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207.86.12.1/24

207.86.13.1/24207.86.7.1/24

Remote Access Server

Figure 9. Policy-Based Routing Example

The following are the basic steps for configuring the IA:

1. Create the interfaces for the T1 and T3 link connections and assign address-netmask values to each interface.

The following commands create the interfaces ‘int-t1’ (for the T1 link) on port et. 1.1 and ‘int-t3’ (for the T3 link) on port et. 1.2 and assigns them the address-netmask values of 207.86.7.1/24 and 207.86.9.1/24, respectively:

ia(config)# interface create ip int-t1 address-netmask 207.86.7.1/24 port et.1.1 ia(config)# interface create ip int-t3 address-netmask 207.86.9.1/24 port et.1.2

2. Create the interfaces through which the customers will be connected and assign address-netmask values to each interface.

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The following commands create the interfaces ‘std-ras’ (for “standa rd” custom ers) on port et. 2.1 and ‘prem-ras’ (for “premium” customers) on port et. 2.2 and assigns them the address-netmask values of 207.86.13.1/24 and 207.86.12.1/24, respectively:

ia(config)# interface create ip std-ras address-netmask 207.86.13.1/24 port et.

2.1 ia(config)# interface create ip prem-ras address-netmask 207.86.12.1/24 port et.2.2

3. Define an ACL profile that specifies the criteria that IP packets must meet to be

eligible for the policy-based routing. The following command creates a profile called ‘std-profile’ for IP packets from the

source network 207.86.13.0/24:

ia(config)# acl std-profile permit ip 207.86.13.0/24 any any any any 0

The following command creates a profile called ‘prem-profile’ for IP packets from the source network 207.86.12.0/24:

ia(config)# acl prem-profile permit ip 207.86.12.0/24 any any any any 0

4. Associate each ACL profile with an IP policy.

The following command creates an IP policy ‘std-policy’ and specifies that packets matching the profile ‘std-profile’ are forwarded to the first IP address in the next-hoplist (207.86.7.2):

ia(config)# ip-policy std-policy permit acl std-profile next-hop-list “207.86.7.2 207.86.9.2” action policy-first

If the IP address 207.86.7.2 is unreachable, then 207.86.9.2 is used as the next-hop gateway and packets will be forwarded on the T3 link.

The following command creates an IP policy ‘prem-policy’ and specifies that packets matching the profile ‘prem-profile’ are forwarded to the first IP address in the nexthop-list (207.86.9.2):

ia(config)# ip-policy prem-policy permit acl prem-profile next-hop-list “207.86.9.2 207.86.7.2” action policy-first

If the IP address 207.86.9.2 is unreachable, then 207.86.7.2 is used as the next-hop gateway and packets will be forwarded on the T1 link.

5. Finally, apply the IP policies to their respective interfaces:

ia(config)# ip-policy std-policy apply interface std-ras ia(config)# ip-policy prem-policy apply interface prem-ras

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Configuring Web Caching

Web caching allows HTTP requests from connected users to Internet sites to be redirected to cached Web objects on local servers. Response time is faster since requests can be handled locally and overall WAN bandwidth usage is reduced. The IA itself does not act as a cache for web objects. Instead, it redirects HTTP requests to one or more local servers on which the web objects are cached. To configure web caching, first define the local servers that are to be used to cache web objects. Then, apply the caching policy to the (outbound) interface on which you want HTTP traffic to be r edir ected to the ca che servers.

Using the policy-based routing example shown previously in Figure 9, HTTP requests from both “standard” and “premium” users will be cached on three local servers, as shown in Figure 10. Because there are two outbound interfaces (one for the T1 link and one for the T3 link) to which caching policies must be applied, two separate caching policies will be created that will contain the same caching servers.

Web Caching Servers

Prem ium Users

Standard Users

Internet

Web Server

207.86.11.2

10/100BASE-TX 10/100BASE-TX

Web Server

207.86.11.3

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Remote Access Server

Figure 10. Web Caching Example

The following are the basic steps for configuring the IA:

1. Create the VLAN on which the web caching servers will reside. The following commands create the IP VLAN ‘twcr,’ which consists of ports et.1.3,

et.1.4, and et.1.5 (the ports to which the web caching servers are connected to the IA):

ia(config)# vlan create twcr ip id 2 ia(config)# vlan add ports et.1.(3-5) to twcr

2. Specify an inter face to the VLAN you just created and assign an address-netm ask value to the interface.

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The following command creates the interface ‘if-internal’ with the address-netmask

207.86.11.1/24 for the vlan ‘twcr’ :

ia(config)# interface create ip if-internal address-netmask 207.86.11.1/24 vlan twcr up

Note:

In the above command, the ‘up’ option enables the interface.

3. Create the cache group (a list of local servers to cache Web objects) that will be applied

to each interface. The following web-cache command configures the group ‘cache1’ that contains the

servers 207.86.11.2, 207.86.11.3, and 207.86.11.4:

ia(config)# web-cache cach e1 create server-list s1 r ange “207.86.11.2 207.86.11.4”

The following web-cache command configures the group ‘cache2’ that contains the servers 207.86.11.2, 207.86.11.3, and 207.86.11.4:

ia(config)# web-cache cache2 create server-list s2 range “207.86.11.2 207.86.11.4”

Note:

You can optionally specify the web-cache permit/deny hosts command to define the hosts whose HTTP requests will be redirected or not redirected to the cache servers. If you do not explicitly define these hosts, then all HTTP requests are redirected.

4. Apply the caching policy to an outbound interface to redirect HTTP traffic on that

interface to the cache servers. In the policy-based routing example shown previously in Figure 9, the inbound and

outbound interfaces were created. For example, the following commands create the outbound interfaces ‘int-t1’ (for the T1 link) on port et. 1.1 and ‘int-t3 ’ (fo r the T3 link) on port et. 1.2 and assigns them the address-netmask values of 207.86.7.1/24 and

207.86.9.1/24, respectively:

ia(config)# interface create ip int-t1 address-netmask 207.86.7.1/24 port et.1.1 ia(config)# interface create ip int-t3 address-netmask 207.86.9.1/24 port et.1.2

The following web-cache command starts the redirection of HTTP requests on the T1 interface to the cache servers:

ia(config)# web-cache cache1 apply interface int-t1

The following web-cache command starts the redirection of HTTP requests on the T3 interface to the cache servers:

ia(config)# web-cache cache2 apply interface int-t3

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Chapter 5

Softwar e Upgrade

This chapter describes how to upgrade system software and boot PROM software.

Upgrading System Image Software

The IA 1100/1200 operates using the system image software installed in its internal flash chip. To upgrade the system software and operate using the upgraded image, go through the following procedure:

1. Display the current boot settings by entering the system show version command, as

shown in the following example:

ia# system show version Software Information Software Version : 3.0.1.0 Copyright : Copyright (c) 2000 Cabletron Systems, Inc. Image Information : Version 3.0.1.0, built on Thu Jan 27 01:16:15 2000 Image Boot Location: tftp://10.50.89.88/ia1000 Boot Prom Version : prom-1.1.0.5

Note:

2. Copy the software upgrade you want to install onto a TFTP server that the IA

1 100/120 0 can access. (Use the ping command to verify that the IA can reach the TFTP server.)

3. Use the following command to copy the software upgrade o nto the internal flash chip

in the IA 1100/1200:

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In this example, the location “pc-flash” indicates that the IA 1100/1200 is set to use the factory-installed system software in the motherboard ’s internal flash chip.

system image add <IPaddr-of-TFTP-host> <image-file-name>

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Here is an example:

ia# system image add 10.50.11.12 ia1000 Downloading image 'ia1000' from host '10.50.11.12' to local image ia1000 (takes about 3 minutes) kernel: 100% Image checksum validated. Image added.

4. Enter the system image list command to verify that the new image exists on the internal flash chip, as shown in the following example:

ia# system image list Images currently available: ia1000

5. Use the following command to select the image file the IA 1 100 /1200 will use the next time you reboot the switch.

system image choose

<file-name>

Here is an example:

ia# system image choose ia1000 Making image ia1000 the active image for next reboot

6. Enter the system image list command to verify the change.

Note:

You do not need to activate this change.

Loading Boot PROM Software

The IA boots using the boot PROM so ftw are installed in the IA 1100/1200’s internal memory. To upgrade the boot PROM software and boot using the upgraded image, use the following procedure.

1. Display the current boot settings by entering the system show version command, as shown in the following example:

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Note:

In this example, the location “pc-flash” indicates that the IA 1100/1200 is set to use the factory-installed software in the motherboard’s internal flash chip.

2. Copy the software upgrade you want to install onto a TFTP server that the IA

1 100/120 0 can access. (Use the ping command to verify that the IA can reach the TFTP server.)

3. Use the following command to copy the boot PROM upgrade into the IA 1100/1200’s

internal memory:

system promimage upgrade <IPaddr-of-TFTP-host> <image-file-name>

Here is an example:

ia# system promimage upgrade 10.50.11.12 prom2 Downloading image 'prom-1.1.0.5' from host '10.50.11.12' to local image prom-1.1.0.5 (takes about 3 minutes) kernel: 100% Image checksum validated. Image added.

4. Enter the system show version command to verify that the n e w boot PROM software

is on the internal memory of the IA 1100/1200.

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Appendix A

Tr oubleshooting

If you experience difficulty with the basic hardware or software setup procedures in this guide, check the following table to see whether the difficulty you are experiencing is described. If you find a description of the difficulty you are experiencing, try the resolution(s) recommended for the difficulty.

If the resolution does not remove the difficulty or the difficulty is not listed in this appendix, see Appendix B, “Technical Support” on page 51 for information about contacting Cabletron Systems or your res eller for technical support.

If you experience this difficulty Try this remedy

The IA 1100/1200 exhibits no activity (no LEDs are on, the fan mod ule is not operating, and so on).

The power supply is installed but is not operating.

The fan is not active. Check the power cable and the circuit to

No Gigabit Modules are active. Check the power cable and the circuit to

An older software version continues to boot instead of the newer version on a TFTP server.

You are unable to access the configuration commands in the CLI.

Make sure the IA 1100/1200 is plugged into a power source and the power source is active.

Check the power cable and the circuit to which the IA 1100/1200 is connected.

which the IA 1100/1200 is connected.

which the IA 1100/1200 is connected. Use the procedure in “Upgrading System

Image Software” on page 45 to configure the IA 1100/1200 to boot using newer software.

From the CLI, type enable to access Enable mode, then type configure to access Configure mode.

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If you experience this difficulty Try this remedy

Configuration changes do not seem to be taking effect.

Configuration changes are not reinstated after a reboot.

The IA 1100/1200 is not resolving DNS names.

An SNMP manager cannot access the IA 1 1 00 /1200.

Use the procedure in “Activating Configuration Changes and Saving the Configuration File” on page 32 to activate the changes.

Use the procedure in “Saving the Active Configuration to the Startup Configuration File” on page 33 to save the configuration changes to the Startup configuration file.

Use the procedure in “Setting the DNS Domain Name and Address” on page 28 to set up DNS.

If you have already performed this pr ocedur e, make sure you can use NS lookup on the DNS server to get the default domain.

Use the procedure in “Setting Up SNMP Community Strings” on page 25 to set up an SNMP community string and specify a target for SNMP traps.

If you have already performed this pr ocedur e, type snmp show all in the CLI to check the SNMP settings.

Use the traceroute and ping commands to verify that the IA 1100/1200 can reach the SNMP management station.

You are unable to ping a certain host. Create and add an IP interface for the host.

See the Intern et Appliance User Referenc e Manual for information.

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Technical Support

This appendix tells you what to do if you need technical support for your IA.

Cabletron offers several important support and service programs that provide highquality support to our customers. For technical support, first contact your place of purchase. If you need additional assistance, contact Cabletron Systems, Inc. There are several easy ways to reach Cabletron Customer Support and Service.

Telephone Assistance

Our Technical Support Center is available Monday through Friday, 8am to 8pm Eastern Time, by calling (603) 332-9400.

Appendix B

FAX Service

You can fax support qu estions to us at any time at 603-337-3075.

Electronic Services

You can contact Cabletron’s Bulletin Board Service by dialing 603-335-3358.

Our internet account can be reached at support@ctron.com.

You can reach the Cabletron FTP site:

ftp://ftp.cabletron.com Login: anonymous Password: your email addres s

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Appendix B: Technical Support

To send comments or suggestions concerning this document, contact the Cabletron Systems Technical Writ ing Department via the following email address: TechWriting@cabletron.com. Make sure to include the document Part Number in the email message.

You can also check our home pages on the World Wide Web.

• http://www.cabletron.com

• http://www.ctron.com

Placing a Support Call

Before calling Cabletron Systems, have the following information ready:

• Your Cabletron Systems service contract number

• A description of the failure

• A description of any action(s) already taken to resolve the problem (e.g., changing mode switches, rebooting the unit, etc.)

• The serial and revision numbers of all involved Cabletron Systems products in the network

• A description of your network environment (layout, cable type, etc.)

• Network load and frame size at the time of trouble (if known)

• The device history (i.e., have you returned the device before, is this a recurring problem, etc.)

• Any previous Return Material Authorization (RMA) numbers

Hardware Warranty

Cabletron warrants its products against defects in the physical product for one year from the date of receipt by the end user (as shown by Proof of Purchase). A product that is determined to be defective should be returned to the place o f purchase. For more detailed warranty information, please consult the Product Warranty Statement received with your product.

Software War ranty

Cabletron software products carry a 90-day software warranty. During this period, customers may receive updates and patches for verified, reported software issues.

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Repair Services

Cabletron offers an out-of-warranty repair service for all our products at our Santa Clara Repair Facility. Products returned for re pair will be repaired and returned within 5 working days. A product sent directly to Cabletron Systems, Inc. for repair must first be assigned a Return Material Authorization (RMA) number. A product sent to Cabletron Systems, Inc., without an RMA number displayed outside the box will be returned to the sender unopened, at the sender’s expense.

To obtain an RMA number, contact Cabletron Technical Support. When you call for an RMA number, your support representative will spend a few minutes with you, making sure the board is defective. Once they confirm that the board is defective, they will assign an RMA number. Payment, shipping instructions, and turnaround time will be confirmed when the RMA number is assigned.

Appendix B: Technical Support

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Appendix C

Hardware

Specifications

This appendix contains the relevant hardware specifications for the Internet Appliance 1100/1200.

This section describes the IA 1100/1200’s hardware specifications. Chapter 2, “Hardware Installation” on page 11 in this guide describes how to install the hardware. This section describes the following:

• External controls

• Motherboard features

• Power supplies

•Fans

• Gigabit ports

• 10/100 Base-TX ports

• Console management cables

External Controls

The IA 1100/1200 has the following external control s. Where appropriate, this guide describes how to use the controls.

• A Male DB-9 Data Communications Equipment (DCE) port for serial connection fr om

a management terminal. Use this port to establish a direct CLI connection to the IA 1100/1200. The default baud rate is 9600.

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• A 10Base-T/100Base-TX Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) port for network connection from a management terminal. The port is configured as Media Data Interface (MDI). Use this port to an SNMP connection to the IA 1100/1200 over a local or bridged Ethernet segment.

• A Reset switch (RST). Use this switch to reboot the IA 1100/1200’s motherboard from the internal boot flash in the event of a system failure. The Reset switch is recessed in the IA 1100/1200’s chassis, so you will have to use a tool like a smal l allen wrench to activate the switch.

• System switch (SYS). This switch stops the system software and starts the debugger. Normally , you should not use this switch unless directed to do so by Cabletron Systems personnel.

• Status LEDs, described in the following table:

Table 4. Status LEDs

LED Label Description

OK When this LED is on, the IA 1100/1200 and all Gigabit ports are

functioning correctly.

ERR When this LED is on, a fatal system erro r has occurred. Activate the IA

1100/1200’s boot PROM to reboot the router.

HBT This LED flashes when the IA 1100/1200’s boot PROM is active.

DIAG When this LED is on, the IA 1 100/1200 is in diagnostic mode. (While in

diagnostic mode, several other LEDs on the IA 1100/12 00 are active as well.)

Motherboard Features

The internal “motherboard” performs all the IA 1100/1200’s computing and routing functions. It contains system-wide bridging and routing tables. Traffic that does not yet have an entry in the L2 and L3/L4 lookup tables on individual Gigabit ports is handled by the motherboard. After processing traffic, the motherboard updates the L2 and L3/L4 tables on the Gigabit ports that received the traffic. The Gigabit ports thus “learn” about how to forward traffic.

Boot Flash

The motherboard has a boot flash containing the IA 1100/1200’s boot software and configuration files. The system software image file resides on an internal flash chip and can be upgraded from a TFTP server.

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RAM Memory

The IA 1100/1200’s motherboard uses 64 megabytes of RAM to hold routing and other tables. To upgrade the amount of memory on the IA 1100/1200, contact your Cabletron representative.

Power Supplies

The IA 1100/1200 uses two power supplies, each delivering 3.3, 5, and 12 volts DC to the motherboard, internal fans, and other components. Each power supply provides a por tion of the power necessary to operate the IA 1100/1200, with the added feature that, in the unlikely event that one of the power supplies should fail, the remaining power supply will assume the entire load and provide enough current to operate a fully configured IA 1100/1200 chassis.

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Fans

Note:

The following table lists the specifications for the power supplies.

Table 5. Power Supply Voltage and Current Specifications

The IA 1100/1200 contains three internal fans to provide cooling air flow across the motherboard and Gigabit ports. The fans are located near the middle of the chassis, between the power supplies and the motherboard.

Note:

Be sure to plug the IA 1100/1200 into a single-phase grounded power source located within 6 feet of the installation site.

Input voltage Input current (maximum)

100-125 VAC 2.6 A 200-240 VAC 1.3 A

To ensure that the fans can provide adequate cooling, Cable tron recommends that you allow a minimum of 3 inches of clearance on each side of the chassis.

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1000 Base-SX Gigabi t Ports

The IA’s Gigabit (1000Base-SX) Ethernet ports are indexed into groups of two ports each. The ports can operate in full-duplex or half-duplex mode. Each port can be configured as a switched port or a routed port. The ports have short wa ve (850 nm) lasers and connect to multimode-mode fiber (MMF) cables.

Figure 11 shows the front panel of two of the Gigabit ports.

Tx Link

Figure 11. Front Panel of Gigabit Ports

Cabling and Connector Specifications

The following table lists the media specifications for the Gigabit ports:

Table 6. Gigabit Port Specifications

Port type Specification

1000Base-SX • 802.3z standard (also uses 802.3x for flow control)

• SC-style Media Interface Connector (MIC)

• 62.5 micron or 50 micron multimode fiber-optic cable

• Maximum 275 meters (902 feet) segment length for 62.5 micron fiber-optic cable, based on installed fiber bandwidth

Tx Link

LEDs

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Table 7. Gigabit Port LEDs

LED Description

Per-port Link • Green – indicates that the port hardware detects a cable plugged

into the port and a good link is established.

• Red (intermittent) – indicates that the port received an error during operation.

• Red (solid) – indicates that the port hardware detects a cable plugged into the port, however, a bad link is established.

• Off – indicates that no link from exists with the port.

Per-port Rx • Green – indicates when the port’s transceiver receives packets.

• Orange – indicates when the port’s transceiver receives flowcontrol packets.

Per-port Tx • Green – indicates when the port’s transceiver transmits packets.

• Orange – indicates when the port’s transceiver transmits flowcontrol packets.

Per-port AN • Green – indicates that the Gigabit port is autonegotiating the

operating mode of the link between full-duplex and half-duplex.

• Orange (intermittent) – indicates that autonegotiation is in process.

• Orange (solid) – indicates a problem with auton egotiation configuration.

• Red – indicates an autonegotiation failure. This fault may occur if the link partner does not support full duplex.

• Off – indicates that autonegotiation has been disabled or the link is down.

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10/100 Base-TX Ports

The IA 1100 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet ports are indexed into groups of eight ports. Each port senses whether it is connected to a 10-Mbps segment or a 100-Mbps segment and automatically configures itself as a 10Base-T or 100Base-TX port. Figure 12 shows the front panel of the 10/100BASE-TX ports.

Figure 12. Front Panel of 10/100BASE-TX Ports

Cabling and Connector Specifications

10/100BASE-TXSSR-2-TX

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The following table lists the media specifications for the 10/100BASE-TX mo dule.

Table 8. 10/100BASE-TX Module Specifications

Port Type Specification

10Base-T • 802.3 standard

• RJ-45 connector wired as Media Data Interface Crossed (MDIX); see Table 12 for pi n assignments

• EIA Category 3, 4, or 5 unshielded twisted pair cabling

• Maximum 328 feet (100 meters) segment length

100Base-TX • 802.3u standard

• RJ-45 connector wired as Media Data Interface Crossed (MDIX); see Table 12 for pi n assignments

• EIA Category 5 unshielded twisted pair cabling

• Maximum 100 meters (328 feet) segment length

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Table 9. RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments

Signal (IA 1100/1200 port) Pin Signal (connected device port)

TXD (transmit data) 1 RXD (receive data)

TXD (transmit data) 2 RXD (receive data)

RXD (receive data) 3 TXD (transmit data)

Unused 4 Unused Unused 5 Unused

RXD (receive data) 6 TXD (transmit data)

Unused 7 Unused Unused 8 Unused

* The ri ght hand column pin assignments are for the RJ-45 connec tor on the IA 1100/12 00. Thus, pin 1

(TXD or “transmit data”) must emerge on the management co nsole’s end of the connection as RXD (“receive data”) and so on .

Figure 13 shows the pin positions in the 10/100BASE-TX connectors.

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Figure 13. 10/100BASE-TX RJ-45 Connector

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LEDs

The 10/100BASE-TX ports use the following LEDs.

Table 10. 10/100BASE-TX Port LEDs

LED Description

Link Each port has two LEDs on its connector. The green LED on the left

side of the connector indicates the link status. When this LED is lit, the port hardware is detecting that a cable is plugged into the port and the port has established communication with the device at the other end.

Activity The amber LED on the right side of each port connector flashes each

time the port’s transceiver sends or receives packets.

Console Management Cables

The console cable, supplied with the IA 1100/1200, is a female to female DB-9 crossover cable that has the following pin ass ignments:

Table 11. DB-9 Connector Pin Assignments

Signal (IA 1100/1200 port) Pin Signal (management console port)

Unused 1 Unused

TXD (transmit data) 2 RXD (receive data)

RXD (receive data) 3 TXD (transmit data)

Unused 4 Unused

GND (ground) 5 GND (ground)

DTR (data terminal ready) 6 DTR (data terminal ready)

CTS (clear to send) 7 CTS (clear to sen d)

RTS (request to send) 8 RTS (request to send)

Unused 9 Unused

* The left hand column pin assignments are for the male DB-9 connector on the IA 1100/1200. Thus, pin

2 (TXD or “transmit data”) must emerge on the management console’s end of the connection as RXD (“receive data”) and so on .

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DTE Cable

Use the RJ-45 10/100Base-TX DTE port (marked “10/100 MGMT” on the IA 1100/1200’s chassis) for Telnet connection from a host on the network. The port is configured for Media Data Interface (MDI). The DTE cable should have the following pin assignments:

Table 12. RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments

Appendix C: Hardware Specifications

Signal (IA 1100/1200 port) Pin Signal (management console port)

TXD (transmit data) 1 RXD (receive data)

TXD (transmit data) 2 RXD (receive data)

RXD (receive data) 3 TXD (transmit data)

Unused 4 Unused Unused 5 Unused

RXD (receive data) 6 TXD (transmit data)

Unused 7 Unused Unused 8 Unused

* The ri ght hand column pin assignments are for the RJ-45 connec tor on the IA 1100/12 00. Thus, pin 1

(TXD or “transmit data”) must emerge on the management co nsole’s end of the connection as RXD (“receive data”) and so on .

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Index

Numerics

10/100BASE-TX ports

cable installation 17

overview 60 1000-Mbps port 58 100Base-TX port 60 10Base-T port 60 10Base-T/100Base-TX management port 56

802.1p 9

access modes

Configure mode 20

Enable mode 20

User mode 20 active configuration 32 address-based bridging 7 application switching 8

baud rate 55 BGP-4 8 bridging 7

configuration file 32 Configure mode 20 contact name, setting 22

damage, preventing 12 date, setting 22 DB-9 port 55 default baud rate 55 DNS, setting up access 28

electrostatic discharge (ESD) 12 Enable mode 20 equipment damage, preventing 12 ESD, see electrostatic discharge

fan 57 features, overview 3 filters, security 9 flow-based bridging 7 flow-based switching 8

chassis

features 4

installation 13

LEDs 56

powering on 19 CLI, see Command Line Interface Command Line Interface

access modes

Configure mode 20 Enable mode 20

User mode 20 management platf orm 10 management port 55 management port, cable installation 15

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Gigabit port

overview 58

hardware

installation 11, 35 overview 55 specifications 12

injury, avoiding 11 installation, software 19, 45 IP routing 7

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L2 lookup table 7 Layer-2 7 Layer-2 VLANs 7 Layer-3 7 Layer-3 VLANs 7 Layer-4 8 LEDs

10/100BASE-TX 62 1000BASE-SX 58 chassis 56

management cables, installatio n 1 5 management platforms

Command Line Interface 10 SNMP 10

messages, SYSLOG 30

OSPF 8 overview

features 3 hardware 55 software 4

safety precautions 11 scratchpad 32 security

filters 9

setting up passwords 27 serial port 55 SNMP

management platform 10

setting up 25 software

booting 19

installation 19, 45

overview 4 specifications 12 Startup configuration 32 statistics 9 subnet VLANs 7 SYS switch 56 SYSLOG, setting up 30 system location, setting 22 system name, setting 22 system software

booting 45

loading 45 system switch 56

passwords

setting up 27 performance 5 port

1000-Mbps 58

100Base-TX 60

10Base-T 60 port-based VLANs 7 power supply 57 powering on 19 precautions 11 PROM software

booting 46

loading 46 protocol-based VLANs 7

Quality of Service (QoS) 9

routing 7

TCP, Layer-4 flow 8 time, setting 22 troubleshooting 49

UDP

Layer-4 flow 8

User mode 20

VLANs 7

warnings 11

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