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Contents

Figures ............................................................................................................................................ix

Tables..............................................................................................................................................xi

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Using This guide ........................................................................................................... xiii

Structure of This Guide ................................................................................................. xiii

Related Documents........................................................................................................xv

Document Conventions ..................................................................................................xv

Typographical and Keystroke Conventions...................................................................xvi

Getting Help ................................................................................................................. xvii

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 1-1

1.1.1 The Management Agent ................................................................. 1-2

1.1.2 In-Band vs. Out-of-Band ................................................................. 1-2

1.2 Navigating Local Management Screens ......................................................... 1-3

1.3 Local Management Requirements .................................................................. 1-3

LOCAL MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Management Terminal Setup.......................................................................... 2-1

2.1.1 Console Cable Connection ............................................................. 2-1

2.1.2 Management Terminal Setup Parameters ...................................... 2-2

2.2 Telnet Connections ......................................................................................... 2-4

ACCESSING LOCAL MANAGEMENT

3.1 Navigating Local Management Screens ......................................................... 3-1

3.2 Accessing Local Management Screens .......................................................... 3-3

3.3 Password Screen ............................................................................................ 3-4

3.4 Factory Defaults .............................................................................................. 3-5

MAIN MENU SCREENS

4.1 Main Menu ...................................................................................................... 4-2

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SYSTEM INFORMATION MENU SCREENS

5.1 System Information Menu Screen................................................................... 5-1

5.1.1 Displaying System Information ....................................................... 5-2

5.1.2 Displaying Switch Version and Module Information ........................ 5-4

MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU SCREENS

6.1 Management Setup Menu Screen .................................................................. 6-2

6.2 Changing the Network Configuration .............................................................. 6-3

6.2.1 IP Configuration .............................................................................. 6-4

6.2.2 IP Connectivity Test (Ping) ............................................................. 6-6

6.2.3 HTTP Configuration ........................................................................ 6-7

6.3 Configuring the Serial Port .............................................................................. 6-8

6.4 Assigning SNMP Parameters........................................................................ 6-10

6.4.1 Configuring Community Names .................................................... 6-12

6.4.2 Configuring IP Trap Managers...................................................... 6-13

6.5 Console Login Configuration......................................................................... 6-14

6.6 Setting the Startup Configuration .................................................................. 6-15

6.7 Downloading System Software ..................................................................... 6-16

DEVICE CONTROL MENU SCREENS

7.1 Configuring the Switch .................................................................................... 7-1

7.2 Configuring Port Parameters........................................................................... 7-4

7.3 Viewing the Current Port Configuration........................................................... 7-6

7.4 Using the Spanning Tree Algorithm ................................................................ 7-8

7.4.1 Configuring STA Bridge .................................................................. 7-9

7.4.2 Configuring STA for Ports ............................................................. 7-11

7.5 Viewing the Current Spanning Tree Configuration........................................ 7-13

7.5.1 Displaying the Current STA Bridge ............................................... 7-14

7.5.2 Displaying the Current STA for Ports or Modules ......................... 7-16

7.6 Using a Mirror Port for Analysis .................................................................... 7-18

7.7 Configuring SmartTrunks .............................................................................. 7-19

7.7.1 IGMP Multicast Filtering................................................................ 7-21

7.8 Configuring IGMP.......................................................................................... 7-22

7.9 Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions .............................................................. 7-23

7.10 Configuring Traffic Classes ........................................................................... 7-25

7.10.1 Port Priority Configuration............................................................. 7-25

7.10.2 802.1P Port Traffic Class Information ........................................... 7-26

7.11 Configuring Virtual LANs............................................................................... 7-27

7.12 802.1Q VLAN Base Information.................................................................... 7-28

7.13 802.1Q VLAN Current Table Information ...................................................... 7-29

7.14 802.1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration...................................................... 7-30

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7.15 802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration .................................................................. 7-32

7.16 Configuring Static Unicast Addresses........................................................... 7-34

NETWORK MONITORING MENU SCREENS

8.1 Monitoring the Switch...................................................................................... 8-1

8.2 Displaying Port Statistics................................................................................. 8-2

8.3 Displaying RMON Statistics ............................................................................ 8-4

8.4 Displaying the Unicast Address Table ............................................................ 8-6

8.5 Displaying the IP Multicast Registration Table................................................ 8-8

SYSTEM RESTART MENU SCREEN

9.1 Resetting the System ...................................................................................... 9-1

9.2 Logging Off the system ................................................................................... 9-2

CONFIGURING AND MONITORING THE SWITCH

10.1 Common Tasks ............................................................................................. 10-1

10.2 Setting Password Protection ......................................................................... 10-2

10.3 Assigning an IP Address ............................................................................... 10-3

10.4 Checking Network Configuration Status ....................................................... 10-3

10.5 Connecting via Telnet ................................................................................... 10-3

10.6 Setting SNMP Management Access ............................................................. 10-3

10.7 Viewing Switch Statistics............................................................................... 10-4

10.8 Configuring Port Mirroring ............................................................................. 10-4

10.9 Downloading a Software Upgrade ................................................................ 10-5

10.9.1 Downloading via the Serial Port.................................................... 10-5

10.9.2 Downloading via TFTP.................................................................. 10-6

10.10 Configuring Spanning Tree Parameters........................................................ 10-7

10.11 Configuring VLANs........................................................................................ 10-7

10.12 Configuring Class of Service......................................................................... 10-8

10.13 Configuring IGMP.......................................................................................... 10-8

10.14 Configuring Port Operation ........................................................................... 10-9

10.15 Configuring the Unicast Address Table....................................................... 10-10

10.15.1 Port Locking ................................................................................ 10-11

10.15.2 Unlocking the Port....................................................................... 10-11

10.16 Setting a Default Gateway .......................................................................... 10-12

10.17 Configuring SmartTrunk

S ............................................................................ 10-12

SNMP MANAGEMENT

11.1 The SNMP Protocol ...................................................................................... 11-1

11.2 MIB Objects................................................................................................... 11-2

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11.2.1 RFC 1213 (MIB II)......................................................................... 11-2

11.2.2 RFC 1493 (BRIDGE MIB) ............................................................. 11-3

11.2.3 RFC 1573 (INTERFACES EVOLUTION MIB) .............................. 11-3

11.2.4 RFC 1643 (ETHERNET-LIKE MIB) .............................................. 11-3

11.2.5 RFC 1757 (RMON MIB) ................................................................ 11-3

11.2.6 IEEE 802.1Q (Q MIB) ................................................................... 11-4

11.3 Enterasys Proprietary MIB Extensions.......................................................... 11-4

11.4 Compiling MIB Extensions: Enterasys Website ............................................ 11-4

SPANNING TREE CONCEPTS

A.1 General ...........................................................................................................A-1

A.1.1 Spanning Tree Features .................................................................A-1

A.2 Spanning Tree Protocol in a Network .............................................................A-2

A.3 Spanning Tree Protocol Parameters...............................................................A-3

A.3.1 Spanning Tree Protocol Operation .................................................A-4

A.3.2 Communicating Between Bridges ...................................................A-4

A.3.3 Selecting a Root Bridge and Designated Bridges ...........................A-4

A.3.4 Selecting Designated Ports.............................................................A-4

A.3.5 Handling Duplicate Paths................................................................A-5

A.3.6 Remapping Network Topology........................................................A-5

VIRTUAL LANs (VLANs)

B.1 VLANs and Frame Tagging.............................................................................B-1

B.2 VLAN Configuration ........................................................................................B-2

2.3 Forwarding Tagged/Untagged Frames ...........................................................B-3

B.4 Forwarding Traffic with Unknown VLAN Tags ................................................B-3

CLASS OF SERVICE

IP MULTICAST FILTERING

INDEX

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Figures

Figure Page

2-1 Management Terminal Connection ................................................................................. 2-2

3-1 Local Management Screen Hierarchy ............................................................................. 3-2

3-2 Sample Main Menu ......................................................................................................... 3-3

3-3 Password Screen ............................................................................................................ 3-4

4-1 Main Menu....................................................................................................................... 4-2

5-1 System Information Menu Screen ................................................................................... 5-1

5-2 System Information Screen ............................................................................................. 5-2

5-3 Switch Information Screen .............................................................................................. 5-4

6-1 Management Setup Menu Screen................................................................................... 6-2

6-2 Network Configuration Menu Screen .............................................................................. 6-3

6-3 IP Configuration Screen .................................................................................................. 6-4

6-4 IP Connectivity Test Screen ............................................................................................ 6-6

6-5 HTTP Configuration Screen ............................................................................................ 6-7

6-6 Serial Port Configuration Screen..................................................................................... 6-8

6-7 SNMP Configuration Menu Screen ............................................................................... 6-10

6-8 SNMP Communities Screen.......................................................................................... 6-12

6-9 IP Trap Managers Screen ............................................................................................. 6-13

6-10 Console Login Configuration Screen............................................................................. 6-14

6-11 Startup Configuration Screen ........................................................................................ 6-15

6-12 TFTP Download Screen ................................................................................................ 6-17

7-1 Device Control Menu Screen .......................................................................................... 7-2

7-2 Port Configuration Screen ............................................................................................... 7-4

7-3 Port Information Screen .................................................................................................. 7-6

7-4 Spanning Tree Configuration:Selection Menu Screen .................................................... 7-8

7-5 STA Bridge Configuration Screen ................................................................................... 7-9

7-6 STA Tree Port Configuration Screen............................................................................. 7-11

7-7 Spanning Tree Information: Selection Menu Screen..................................................... 7-13

7-8 STA Bridge Information Screen..................................................................................... 7-14

7-9 STA Port Information Screen ........................................................................................ 7-16

7-10 Mirror Port Configuration Screen................................................................................... 7-18

7-11 SmartTrunking Configuration Screen ............................................................................ 7-20

7-12 IGMP Configuration Screen .......................................................................................... 7-22

7-13 Extended Bridge Configuration Screen ......................................................................... 7-23

7-14 802.1P Configuration Menu Screen .............................................................................. 7-25

7-15 802.1P Port Priority Configuration Screen .................................................................... 7-26

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Figure Page

7-16 802.1P Port Traffic Class Information Screen ...............................................................7-27

7-17 802.1Q VLAN Base Information Screen........................................................................7-28

7-18 802.1Q VLAN Current Table Information Screen ..........................................................7-29

7-19 802.1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration Screen..........................................................7-31

7-20 802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration Screen ......................................................................7-32

7-21 Static Unicast Address Table Configuration Screen......................................................7-34

8-1 Network Monitor Menu Screen ........................................................................................8-1

8-2 Port Statistics Screen ......................................................................................................8-2

8-3 RMON Statistics Screen ..................................................................................................8-4

8-4 Unicast Address Table Screen ........................................................................................8-7

8-5 IP Multicast Registration Table Screen............................................................................8-8

9-1 System Restart Menu Screen..........................................................................................9-1

A-1 Spanning Tree Using Switches....................................................................................... A-2

B-1 Example of Multi-Switch VLAN Configuration................................................................. B-3

C-1 Class of Service Example............................................................................................... C-2

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Tables

Ta bl e Page

2-1 VT Terminal Setup........................................................................................................ 2-3

3-1 Factory Default Settings ............................................................................................... 3-5

7-1 SmartTrunk, Ports Associated with Group IDs ........................................................... 7-21

10-1 SmartTrunk Configuration, Ports Associated with Group IDs................................... 10-12

A-1 Spanning Tree Protocol Defaults................................................................................. A-3

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About This Guide

Welcome to the Enterasys Networksëëë™ MATRIX E5 Series Modules (5H1xx and 5G1xx) Local Management User’s Guide. This manual explains how to access and use the Local

Management screens to monitor and manage 5H1xx and 5G1xx modules, attached segments, in a five-slot 5C105 chassis. Only the 5H1xx and 5G1xx modules can operate in the 5C105 chassis.

Important Notice

Depending on the firmware version used in the module, some features described in this document may not be supported. Refer to the Release Notes shipped with the module to determine which features are supported.

USING THIS GUIDE

A general working knowledge of basic network operations and an understanding of management applications is helpful prior to using Local Management.

This manual describes how to do the following:

• Access the Local Management application

• Identify and operate the types of fields used by Local Management

• Navigate through Local Management fields and menus

• Use Local Management screens to perform management operations

• Establish and manage Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)

STRUCTURE OF THIS GUIDE

The guide is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, Introduction, provides an overview of the tasks that may be accomplished using Local Management (LM), and an introduction to LM screen navigation, in-band and out-of-band network management. This chapter also contains information on how to get help from Enterasys Networks if needed.

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Structure of This Guide

Chapter 2, Local Management Requirements, provides the setup requirements for accessing Local Management and the instructions to configure and connect a management terminal to the module.

Chapter 3, Accessing Local Management, describes how to navigate through the screen hierarchy and access the Password screen to enter a Local Management session. The default parameter settings for each screen are also provided.

Chapter 4, Main Menu Screens, describes the Main Menu screen, introduces the screens that you can use to obtain system operating information, change operating parameters, obtain module operating statistics, reset and exit Local Management. The Main Menu screen is the access point to the top level screens of Local Management.

Chapter 5, System Information Menu Screens, describes the System Information Menu screen and the two screens that can be selected from its menu. These screens are used to display a basic description of the module, including contact information, hardware/firmware versions and the chassis slot that the module is occupying.

Chapter 6, Management Setup Menu Screens, describes how to access and use the screens that enable you to adjust the communication parameters for your console, specify the IP addresses for the module, set the Administrator and User passwords, and set the community string, which controls access to the on-board SNMP agent via in-band management software.

Chapter 7, Device Control Menu Screens, describes how to access and use the screens that enable you to control a broad range of functions, including port configuration, Spanning Tree support for redundant switches, port mirroring, multicast filtering, and Virtual LANs.

Chapter 8, Network Monitoring Menu Screens, describes how to access the switch port statistics, RMON statistics, IP multicast addresses, and the static (unicast) address table.

Chapter 9, System Restart Menu Screen, enables you to run the Power-On Self-Test, reload the factory defaults, retain the settings defined in the IP Configuration menu, and retain the user names and passwords defined in the Console Login Configuration menu.

Chapter 10, Configuring and Monitoring the Switch, describes the common tasks in setting up and operating the switch using the Local Management (LM) screens. The LM screens allow you to modify the default switch settings and configure the switch for network management. The LM screens also allow you to monitor the switch performance and status.

Chapter 11, SNMP Management, introduces you to SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), which is a communication protocol for managing devices or other elements on a network. Network equipment commonly managed with SNMP includes hubs, switches, routers, and host computers.

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RELATED DOCUMENTS

The following Enterasys Networks document may help to set up, control, and manage the module:

• 5C105 MATRIX E5 Overview and Setup Guide

This document along with other Enterasys Networks documents can be obtained from the World Wide Web in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) at the following site:

http://www.enterasys.com

DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS

The guide uses the following conventions:

NOTE: Calls the reader’s attention to any item of information that may be of special importance.

TIP: Conveys helpful hints concerning procedures or actions.

CAUTION: Contains information essential to avoid damage to the equipment.

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Typographical and Keystroke Conventions

TYPOGRAPHICAL AND KEYSTROKE CONVENTIONS

bold type Bold type can denote either a user input or a highlighted screen selection.

ENTER Indicates either the ENTER or RETURN key, depending on your keyboard.

ESC Indicates the keyboard Escape key.

SPACE bar Indicates the keyboard space bar key.

BACKSPACE Indicates the keyboard backspace key.

arrow keys Refers to the four keyboard arrow keys.

[-] Indicates the keyboard – key.

DEL Indicates the keyboard delete key.

italic type Italic type indicates complete document titles.

n.nn A period in numerals signals the decimal point indicator (e.g., 1.75 equals

one and three fourths). Or, periods used in numerals signal the decimal point in Dotted Decimal Notation (DDN) (e.g., 000.000.000.000 in an IP address).

x A lowercase italic x indicates the generic use of a letter (e.g., xxx indicates

any combination of three alphabetic characters).

n A lowercase italic n indicates the generic use of a number (e.g., 19nn

indicates a four-digit number in which the last two digits are unknown).

[ ] In the Local Management screens, the square brackets indicate that a value

may be selected. In the format descriptions in the Network Tools section, required arguments are enclosed in square brackets, [ ].

< > In the format descriptions in the Network Tools section, optional arguments

are enclosed in angle brackets, < >.

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Getting Help

GETTING HELP

For additional support related to this product or document, contact Enterasys Networks using one of the following methods:

World Wide Web http://www.enterasys.com

Phone (603) 332-9400

Internet mail support@enterasys.com

FTP ftp://ftp.enterasys.com

Password your email address

To send comments or suggestions concerning this document, contact the Enterasys Networks Technical Writing Department via the following email address: TechWriting@enterasys.com

Make sure to include the document Part Number in the email message.

Before calling Enterasys Networks, have the following information ready:

• Your Enterasys Networks 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 Enterasys Networks 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

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Introduction

This chapter provides an overview of the tasks that may be accomplished using Local Management (LM), and an introduction to LM screen navigation, in-band and out-of-band network management, screen elements, and LM keyboard conventions.

Important Notice

Depending on the firmware version used in the switch module, some features described in this document may not be supported. Refer to the Release Notes shipped with the switch module to determine which features are supported.

1.1 OVERVIEW

The switch module provides a menu-driven system configuration program referred to as Local Management. This program can be accessed by a direct or modem connection to the COM port on the switch module (out-of-band), or by a Telnet connection over the network (in-band).

The Local Management is based on SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). This SNMP agent permits a switch to be managed from any PC in the network using in-band management software.

The switch module also includes an embedded HTTP Web agent. This Web agent can be accessed using a standard Web browser from any computer attached to the network.

The system configuration program and the SNMP agent support management functions such as:

• Enable/disable any port

• Set the communication mode for any port

• Configure SNMP parameters

• Select RMON options

• Display system information or statistics

• Configure the switch to join a Spanning Tree

Introduction 1-1

Overview

• Download system firmware

• Restart the system

There are three ways to access Local Management:

• Locally using a VT type terminal connected to the COM port.

• Remotely using a VT type terminal connected through a modem.

• In-band through a Telnet connection.

1.1.1 The Management Agent

The management agent is an entity within the switch module that collects statistical information (e.g., frames received, errors detected) about the operational performance of the managed network. Local Management communicates with the management agent for the purpose of viewing statistics or issuing management commands. Local Management provides a wide range of screens used to monitor and configure the switch module.

1.1.2 In-Band vs. Out-of-Band

Network management systems are often classified as either in-band or out-of-band. In-band network management passes data along the same medium (cables, frequencies) used by all other stations on the network. An example of an in-band network management system is the Enterasys Networks NetSight™.

Out-of-band network management passes data along a medium that is entirely separate from the common data carrier of the network, for example, a cable connection between a terminal and a switch module COM port. Enterasys Networks’ Local Management is an out-of-band network management system.

A module connected out-of-band to the management agent is not connected to the LAN. This type of connection allows you to communicate with a network module even when that module is unable to communicate through the network, for example, at the time of installation.

1-2 Introduction

Navigating Local Management Screens

1.2 NAVIGATING LOCAL MANAGEMENT SCREENS

To navigate within a Local Management screen, use the arrow keys of the terminal or the workstation providing terminal emulation services. The Local Management screen cursor responds to the LEFT, RIGHT, UP, and DOWN arrow keys. Each time you press an arrow key, the Local Management screen cursor moves to the next available field in the direction of the arrow key.

The Local Management screen cursor only moves to fields that can be selected or used for input. This means that the cursor jumps over display fields and empty lines on the Local Management screen.

The Local Management screen cursor provides wrap-around operation. This means that a cursor located at the edge of a screen, when moved in the direction of that edge, “wraps around” to the outermost selectable item on the opposite side of the screen which is on the same line or column.

1.3 LOCAL MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS

The switch module provides one communication port, labeled COM, which supports a management terminal connection. To access Local Management, connect one of the following systems to the COM port:

• Digital Equipment Corporation VT series terminal.

• VT type terminal running emulation programs for the Digital Equipment Corporation VT series.

• IBM or compatible PC running a VT series emulation software package such as Hyperterm,

which is included in the Windows 9x operating system.

You can also access Local Management using a Telnet connection through one of the network ports of the switch module.

NOTE: For details on the setup parameters for the console, how to connect a console to the switch module, or how to make a telnet connection, refer to Chapter 2.

Introduction 1-3

Local Management Requirements

To change the operating parameters of the module, you must access its Local Management program by either a module COM port connection or by a Telnet connection to the module. This chapter provides the following sections on how to make these connections:

• Management Terminal Setup (Section 2.1), which describes how to make a terminal connection

to the module COM port.

• Telnet Connection (Section 2.2), which provides guidelines on how to make a Telnet connection

to access Local Management.

2.1 MANAGEMENT TERMINAL SETUP

The switch module provides one communication port, labeled COM, which supports a management terminal connection. To access Local Management, connect one of the following systems to the COM port:

• Digital Equipment Corporation VT series terminal.

• VT type terminal running emulation programs for the Digital Equipment Corporation VT series.

• IBM or compatible PC running a VT series emulation software package such as Hyperterm,

which is included in the Windows 9x operating system.

• You can also access Local Management using a Telnet connection through one of the network

ports of the switch module.

2.1.1 Console Cable Connection

Use the Console Cable Kit provided with the switch module to attach the management terminal to the switch module COM port as shown in Figure 2-1.

Local Management Requirements 2-1

Management Terminal Setup

To connect the switch module to a PC or compatible device running the VT terminal emulation, proceed as follows:

1. Connect the RJ45 connector at one end of the cable (supplied in the kit) to the COM port on the

switch module.

2. Plug the RJ45 connector at the other end of the cable into the RJ45-to-DB9 adapter (supplied in

the kit).

3. Connect the RJ45-to-DB9 adapter to the PC communications port.

NOTE: If using a modem between the VT compatible device and the COM port of the switch module, use the appropriate connector included in the console cable kit. Refer to

the modem manufacturer’s information for proper operation and setup of the modem.

The 5H102-48 module is shown in Figure 2-1 as an example.

Figure 2-1 Management Terminal Connection

RJ45 COM Port

UTP Cable

With RJ45

Connectors

RJ45-to-DB9

PC Adapter

2.1.2 Management Terminal Setup Parameters

FAST ENET

5H102-48

RESET

COM

CPU

GROUP

SELECT G R

GROUP

O U P

11X

13X

G R O U P

23X

25X

G R O U P

35X

37X

G R O U P

47X

SERIES E5

5C105-X 5C105-X

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Tab le 2-1 lists the setup parameters for the local management terminal.

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Table 2-1 VT Terminal Setup

Parameter Setting

Display Setup Menu

Management Terminal Setup

Columns ->

Controls ->

Auto Wrap ->

Scroll ->

Text Cursor ->

Cursor Style ->

General Setup Menu

Mode ->

ID number ->

Cursor Keys ->

Power Supply ->

Communications Setup Menu

Transmit ->

80 Columns

Interpret Controls

No Auto Wrap

Jump Scroll

Cursor

Underline Cursor Style

VT100, 7 Bit Controls

VT100ID

Normal Cursor Keys

UPSS DEC Supplemental

2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 (Recommended setting is 9600, which is the default when the switch boots up.)

Receive ->

XOFF ->

Bits ->

Parity ->

Stop Bit ->

Local Echo ->

Port ->

Transmit ->

Auto Answerback ->

Keyboard Setup Menu

Keys ->

Auto Repeat ->

Keyclick ->

Margin Bell ->

Warning Bell ->

Receive=Transmit

XOFF at 64

8 bits

No Parity

1 Stop Bit

No Local Echo

DEC-423, Data Leads Only

Limited Transmit

No Auto Answerback

Typewriter Keys

any option

Margin Bell

Warning Bell

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Telnet Connections

2.2 TELNET CONNECTIONS

Prior to accessing a module via a network connection, you must first configure the module with a valid IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway using an out-of-band connection or the BOOTP protocol.

Once the switch module is configured, you can establish a Telnet session from any TCP/IP based node on the network. Telnet connections to the switch module require the community name passwords assigned in the SNMP Configuration screen.

For information about setting the IP address, refer to Chapter 6.

For information about assigning community names, refer to Chapter 6.

Refer to the instructions included with the Telnet application for information about establishing a Telnet session.

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Accessing Local Management

To provide you with an overall awareness of the Local Management screens used to configure the module and the default settings for each parameter, this chapter provides information about the following:

• Navigating through the Local Management hierarchy. A flowchart provides a quick overview of

the menu screens and their subordinate screens (Section 3.1). You are also introduced to the the types of information displayed on a screen, and how to use the cursor to navigate to various screen fields to select menu items and make parameter changes.

• Description of a typical screen layout and how to use the menu items to access other screens

(Section 3.2).

• Accessing the Password screen to enter a Local Management session (Section 3.3).

• The default settings for each switch configuration parameter. These are the parameters that can

be changed via a terminal connected to the COM port of the module or a Telnet session

Section 3.4.

Important Notice

3.1 NAVIGATING LOCAL MANAGEMENT SCREENS

The switch module Local Management application consists of a series of menu screens. Navigate through Local Management by selecting items from the menu screens. Figure 3-1 shows the hierarchy of the Local Management screens.

NOTE: At the beginning of each chapter, a section entitled “Screen Navigation Path” shows the navigation path to the first screen described in the chapter.

Accessing Local Management 3-1

Navigating Local Management Screens

Figure 3-1 Local Management Screen Hierarchy

Password

Main Menu

System Information Menu

Management Setup Menu

Device Control Menu

System Information

Switch Information

Network Configuration

Network Configuration Menu

Serial Port Configuration

SNMP Configuration Menu

Console Login Configuration

Startup Configuration

TFTP Download

Port Configuration

Por t Infor mation

Spanning Tree Configuration: Selection Menu

IP Configuration

IP Connectivity Te s t ( Pi n g )

HTTP Configuration

SNMP Communities

IP Trap Managers

STA Bridge Configuration

STA Port Configuration

Network Monitor Menu

System Restart Menu

Exit

Port Statistics

RMON Statistics

Unicast Address Ta b le

IP Multicast Registration Table

Spanning Tree Information: Selection Menu

Mirror Port Configuration

SmartTrunking Configuration

IGMP Configuration

Extended Bridge Configuration

802.1P Configuration

802.1Q VLAN Base Information

802.1Q VLAN Current Table Information

802.1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration

802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration

Static Unicast Address Table Configuration

STA Bridge Information

STA Port Information

802.1P Port Priority Configuration

802.1P Port Traffic Class Information

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Accessing Local Management Screens

3.2 ACCESSING LOCAL MANAGEMENT SCREENS

Access to the Local Management screens menus is gained by connecting a terminal to the console port through a direct cable connection or over a modem, or using Telnet to access the Local Management over the network as detailed in Chapter 2. The menus allow you to reconfigure the module, as well as to monitor its status and performance. The menus have a layout similar to the sample Main Menu shown in Figure 3-2. The information is divided into the following parts:

• Menu Name (includes access privileges)

• Selectable Items

• Screen Prompt for menu selections and entry of field parameters, and Message Area for the

display of parameters or error messages

Figure 3-2 Sample Main Menu

Menu name

Selectable Items

Screen prompt and message area

NOTE: A table following the figure of each screen provdes a functional description of each field on that screen.

Main Menu

System Information Menu

Management Setup Menu

Device Control Menu

Network Monitor Menu

System Restart Menu

Exit

Use <TAB> or arrow keys to move. <Enter> to select.

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Accessing Local Management 3-3

Password Screen

How to Use the Screen Menus

To use the screen menus, do the following:

1. Use the cursor keys to highlight the desired option. If the selected item is a submenu title, the

submenu is displayed when you press the ENTER key.

2. Follow the screen prompts to specify the parameter requested.

If the selected item is a parameter, the system displays a prompt for you to enter a new value. If the value entered is invalid, a message displays, requesting you to enter a valid value.

3.3 PASSWORD SCREEN

Once a direct connection to the serial port or a Telnet connection is established, the login Password screen (Figure 3-3) for the on-board Local Management configuration program displays.

Figure 3-3 Password Screen

ENTERASYS Networks, Incorporated

P.O. Box 5005

Rochester, NH 03866-5005 USA

(603) 337-9400

Module Firmware Revision: XX.XX.XX

User Name : Password :

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You may need to press ENTER a few times to display the screen. The default user name is “public,” with no passwords. The administrator has Read/Write access, which allows you to read and modify switch information. The guest has Read Only access to the management program, which allows you to view switch information, but not modify any operating parameters.

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Factory Defaults

You should assign a new administrator password, record it and put it in a safe place for future reference.

To assign a new password, start at the Main Menu, select Management Setup Menu /Console Login Configuration, and enter a new password for the administrator. Passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric characters and are not case sensitive.

NOTE: A user is allowed three attempts to enter the correct password; on the third failed attempt, the current connection is terminated.

3.4 FACTORY DEFAULTS

Tab le 3-1 lists the default settings for switch configuration parameters. Each parameter can be

changed via the console menus or Telnet.

Table 3-1 Factory Default Settings

Parameter Default Value

Multicast Filtering

IGMP Multicast Filtering Disabled

Port Configuration

Speed and Duplex

Admin

Auto

Enabled

Port Priority

Default Ingress User Priority 0

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Factory Defaults

Table 3-1 Factory Default Settings (Continued)

Parameter Default Value

Spanning Tree Algorithm

Active Aging Time

Bridge Priority

Forward Delay

Hello Time

Max Age

Path Cost

Port Priority

Spanning Tree Protocol

System Configuration

Password

Screen Time-out

Send Authentication Fail Traps

300

32768

4 - 1000 Mbps ports 9 - 100 Mbps ports 100 - 10 Mbps ports

128

Enabled

<none>

10 minutes

Enabled

SNMP Community Names

Terminal Baud Rate

User Name

Virtual LANs

Acceptable VLAN Frame Type

Configurable PVID Tagging

Untagged VLAN Group Assignment

VLAN Ingress Filtering

VLAN Learning

Auto Backplane VLAN Configuration

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Public, private

9600

public

All

Ye s

False

SVL

Ye s

Main Menu Screens

Once you have logged into Local Management, the Main Menu screen is the first screen to display. This chapter describes the Main Menu screen, introduces the screens that you can use to obtain system operating information, change operating parameters, obtain module operating statistics, reset and exit Local Management.

Screen Navigation Path

Password > Main Menu

Main Menu Screens 4-1

Main Menu

4.1 MAIN MENU

The Main Menu screen provides access to the five top level menu screens and the EXIT command, which is used to end a Local Management session. The Main Menu screen (Figure 4-1) and the reporting screen functions are described below.

Figure 4-1 Main Menu

System Information Menu

Management Setup Menu

Device Control Menu

Network Monitor Menu

System Restart Menu

Exit

Selection Description

System Information Menu (For details, refer to Chapter 5.)

System Information

Switch Information

Provides basic system description, including contact information.

Shows hardware/firmware version numbers, power status, and expansion modules used in the chassis.

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4-2 Main Menu Screens

Selection Description

Management Setup Menu (For details, refer to Chapter 6.)

Main Menu

Network Configuration Menu

Serial Port Configuration

Includes IP setup, Ping facility, HTTP (Web Agent) setup, Telnet configuration, and MAC address.

Sets communication parameters for the serial port, including management mode, baud rate, console time-out, and screen data refresh interval.

SNMP Configuration

Activates traps and configures communities and trap managers.

Console Login Configuration

TFTP Download

Sets user names and passwords for system access, as well as the invalid password threshold and lockout time.

Downloads new version of firmware to update your system (in-band).

Device Control Menu (For details, refer to Chapter 7.)

Port Configuration

Enables any port, enables/disables flow control, and sets communication mode to auto-negotiation, full duplex or half duplex.

Port Information

Spanning Tree Configuration

Spanning Tree Information

Mirror Port Configuration

SmartTrunking Configuration

IGMP Configuration

Displays operational status, including link state, flow control method, and duplex mode.

Enables Spanning Tree Algorithm; also sets parameters for hello time, maximum message age, switch priority, and forward delay; as well as port priority and path cost.

Displays full listing of parameters for the Spanning Tree Algorithm.

Sets the source and target ports for mirroring.

Specifies ports to group into aggregate trunks.

Configures IGMP multicast filtering.

Main Menu Screens 4-3

Main Menu

Selection Description

Device Control Menu (Cont’d)

Extended Bridge Configuration

802.1P Configuration

802.1Q VLAN Base Information

802.1Q VLAN Current

Displays/configures extended bridge capabilities provided by this switch, including support for traffic classes, and VLAN extensions.

Configures default port priorities and queue assignments.

Displays basic VLAN information, such as VLAN version number and maximum VLANs supported.

Displays VLAN groups and port members.

Table Information

802.1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration

802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration

Static Unicast Address Table Configuration

Configures VLAN groups via static assignments, including setting port members.

Displays/configures port-specific VLAN settings, including PVID, and ingress filtering.

Used to manually configure host MAC addresses in the unicast table.

Network Monitor Menu (For details, refer to Chapter 8.)

Port Statistics

Displays statistics on network traffic passing through the selected port.

RMON Statistics

Displays detailed statistical information for the selected port such as packet type and frame size counters.

Unicast Address Table

IP Multicast Registration Tabl e

Provides full address listing, as well as search and clear functions.

Displays all the multicast groups active on this switch, including multicast IP addresses and corresponding VLAN IDs.

System Restart Menu (For details, refer to Chapter 9.)

Restarts system with options to use POST, or to retain factory defaults, IP settings, or user authentication settings.

Exit (For details, refer to Chapter 9.)

Exits the configuration program.

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System Information Menu Screens

This chapter describes the System Information Menu screen and the screens that can be selected from its menu to obtain system and switch information.

Screen Navigation Path

Password > Main Menu > System Information Menu

5.1 SYSTEM INFORMATION MENU SCREEN

Use the System Information Menu screen (Figure 5-1) described below to access the System Information and Switch Information screens to display a basic description of the switch, including contact information, and hardware/firmware versions.

Figure 5-1 System Information Menu Screen

System Information

Switch Information

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System Information Menu Screens 5-1

System Information Menu Screen

Selection Description

System Information Provides basic system description, including system

object ID, up time, name, contact, and location.

Switch Information Shows hardware/firmware version numbers, serial number,

and number of the chassis slot being occupied by the module.

5.1.1 Displaying System Information

Use the System Information screen (Figure 5-2) described below to display descriptive information about the switch, or for quick system identification.

Figure 5-2 System Information Screen

System Description : Matrix E5 XXXXX-XX

System Object ID : 1.3.6.1.4.1.5624.2.1.18

System Up Time : 10169669 (1 day 4 hr 14 min 56 sec)

System Name : DEFAULT SYSTEM NAME

System Contact : DEFAULT SYSTEM CONTACT

System Location : DEFAULT SYSTEM LOCATION

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5-2 System Information Menu Screens

System Information Menu Screen

Parameter Description

System Description System hardware description.

System Object ID MIB II object identifier for switch is network management

subsystem.

System Up Time Length of time the current management agent has been

running. (Note that the first value is 1/100 seconds.)

System Name * Name assigned to the switch system.

System Contact * Contact person for the system.

System Location * Specifies the area or location where the system resides.

* Maximum string length is 99, but the screen only displays 45 characters. You can use the arrow keys

to browse the whole string.

System Information Menu Screens 5-3

System Information Menu Screen

5.1.2 Displaying Switch Version and Module Information

Use the Switch Information screen (Figure 5-3) described below to display the module hardware/firmware version numbers, serial number and slot number it occupies in the chassis.

Figure 5-3 Switch Information Screen

Hardware Version : v3.0

Firmware Version : 02.01.02c

Serial Number : XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX

Slot Number : 1

Parameter Description

Hardware Version Hardware version of the main board.

Firmware Version System firmware version in ROM.

Serial Number MAC address associated with the main board.

Slot Number Number of the Chassis Slot occupied by the module.

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5-4 System Information Menu Screens

Management Setup Menu Screens

The Management Setup Menu screen provides access to the screens used to set up the console communications parameters and specify the switch IP address, passwords to Local Management screens, and switch SNMP configuration.

After initially logging onto the system, perform the following:

• Adjust the communication parameters for your console to ensure a reliable connection (Serial

Port Configuration). Refer to Section 6.3.

• Specify the IP address for the module (Network Configuration / IP Configuration). Refer to

Section 6.2.

• Set the Administrator and User passwords (Console Login Configuration). Refer to Section 6.5.

Remember to record the passwords and keep them in a safe place.

• Set the community string, which controls access to the on-board SNMP agent via in-band

management software (SNMP Configuration). Refer to Section 6.4.

Screen Navigation Path

Password > Main Menu > Management Setup Menu

Management Setup Menu Screens 6-1

Management Setup Menu Screen

6.1 MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU SCREEN

The menu items provided by the Management Setup Menu screen (Figure 6-1) are described in the following sections.

Figure 6-1 Management Setup Menu Screen

Network Configuration Menu

Serial Port Configuration

SNMP Configuration Menu

Console Login Configuration

Startup Configuration

TFTP Download

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Selection Description

Network Configuration Menu Provides access to two screens to perform functions that

include IP setup, Ping facility, HTTP (Web Agent) setup, Telnet configuration, and MAC address. For details, refer to

Section 6.2.

Serial Port Configuration Sets communication parameters for the serial port, including

management mode, baud rate, console time-out, and screen data refresh interval. For details, refer to Section 6.3.

SNMP Configuration Menu Activates traps and configures communities and trap

managers. For details, refer to Section 6.4.

Console Login Configuration Sets user names and passwords for system access, as well as

the invalid password threshold and lockout time. For details, refer to Section 6.5.

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Changing the Network Configuration

Selection Description

Startup Configuration Used to disable the extended system diagnostics during

system bootup routine for faster bootups. For details, refer to

Section 6.6.

TFTP Download Downloads new version of firmware to update your system

(in-band). For details, refer to Section 6.7.

6.2 CHANGING THE NETWORK CONFIGURATION

Use the Network Configuration Menu screen (Figure 6-2) for any of the following:

• Access the screens needed to set the bootup option.

• Configure the switch’s Internet Protocol (IP) parameters.

• Enable the on-board Web Agent.

• Set the number of concurrent Telnet sessions allowed.

The screen shown below is described in the following table.

Figure 6-2 Network Configuration Menu Screen

IP Configuration

IP Connectivity Test (Ping)

HTTP Configuration

MAX Number of allowed Telnet sessions (1-4) : 4

Physical Address : XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX

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Management Setup Menu Screens 6-3

Changing the Network Configuration

Parameter Description

IP Configuration Used to set the bootup option, or configure the switch’s IP

parameters.

IP Connectivity Test (Ping) Used to test IP connectivity (Ping) to a specified device.

HTTP Configuration Used to enable the Web Agent.

MAX Number of Allowed Telnet Sessions (1-4)

The maximum number of Telnet sessions allowed to simultaneously access the agent module.

Physical Address Physical address of the agent module.

6.2.1 IP Configuration

Use the IP Configuration screen (Figure 6-3) to set the bootup option, or configure the switch’s IP parameters. The screen shown below is described in the following table.

Figure 6-3 IP Configuration Screen

Interface Type : Ethernet

IP Address : XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

Subnet Mask : XXX.XXX.XX.XX

Gateway IP : XXX.XXX.XX.X

IP State : USER-CONFIG

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Changing the Network Configuration

Parameter Default Description

Interface Type Ethernet Indicates IP over Ethernet.

IP Address 0.0.0.0. IP address of the module you are managing when

accessing the agent module over the network. The agent module supports SNMP over UDP/ IP transport protocol. In this environment, all systems on the Internet, such as network interconnection devices and any PC accessing the agent module (or running NetSight) must have an IP address.Valid IP addresses consist of four numbers, from 0 to 255, that are separated by periods (nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn). Anything outside of this format will not be accepted by the configuration program.

Subnet Mask 255.255. 0.0 Subnet mask of the agent you have selected. This

mask identifies the host address bits used for routing to specific subnets.

Gateway IP 0.0.0.0 Gateway used to pass trap messages from the switch’s

agent to the management station. Note that the gateway must be defined if the management station is located in a different IP segment.

IP State USER-CONFIG Specifies whether IP functionality is enabled via

manual configuration, or set by Boot Protocol (BOOTP). Options include

USER-CONFIG — The IP functionality is enabled based on the default or user-specified IP Configuration, which is the default.

BOOTP Get IP — The IP is enabled but will not function until a BOOTP reply has been received. BOOTP requests will be periodically broadcast by the switch in an effort to learn its IP address. (BOOTP values can include the IP address, default gateway, subnet mask, TFTP boot file name, and TFTP server IP.)

Management Setup Menu Screens 6-5

Changing the Network Configuration

6.2.2 IP Connectivity Test (Ping)

Use the IP Connectivity Test screen (Figure 6-4) to see if another site on the Internet can be reached. The screen parameters are described in the following table.

Figure 6-4 IP Connectivity Test Screen

IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Test Time : 1 Interval : 3

Success : 0 Failure : 0

[Start]

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Parameter Description

IP Address IP address of the site that you want to ping.

Test Time The number of ICMP echo requests to send to the specified

site. Range: 1~1000

Interval The interval (in seconds) between pinging the specified site.

Range: 1~10 seconds

Success/Failure The number of times the specified site has or has not

responded to pinging.

[Start] command This field is used to initiate the ping. To ping an address,

highlight [Start] using the arrow keys, then press ENTER.

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Changing the Network Configuration

6.2.3 HTTP Configuration

Use the HTTP Configuration screen (Figure 6-5) to enable/disable the on-board Web agent, and to specify the TCP port that will provide HTTP service. The screen shown below is described in the following table.

Figure 6-5 HTTP Configuration Screen

HTTP Server : ENABLED

HTTP Port Number : 80

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Parameter Description

HTTP Server Enables/disables access to the on-board web agent for

WebView.

HTTP Port Number Specifies the TCP port that will provide HTTP service.

Range: 0~65535 Default: Port 80 (Telnet Port 23 is prohibited.)

Management Setup Menu Screens 6-7

Configuring the Serial Port

6.3 CONFIGURING THE SERIAL PORT

You can access the on-board configuration program by attaching a VT100 compatible device to the switch’s COM port. (For more information on connecting to this port, refer to Chapter 2.) The communication parameters for this port can be accessed from the Serial Port Configuration screen (Figure 6-6) shown below and described in the following table.

Figure 6-6 Serial Port Configuration Screen

Management Mode : CONSOLE MODE

Baud rate : 9600 Data bits : 8 Stop bits : 1 Parity : NONE Time-Out (in minutes) : 10 Auto Refresh (in seconds) : 5

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6-8 Management Setup Menu Screens

Parameter Default Description

Configuring the Serial Port

Management Mode

CONSOLE MODE

Indicates that the console port settings are for direct console connection.

Baud rate 9600 The rate at which data is sent between devices.

Options: 2400, 4800, 9600, and 19200 bps.

Data bits 8 bits Sets the data bits of the RS232 port.

Options: 7, 8

Stop bits 1 bit Sets the stop bits of the RS232 port.

Options: 1, 2

Parity NONE Sets the parity of the RS232 port.

Options: none/odd/even

Time-Out (in minutes)

10 If no input is received from the attached device after this

interval, the current session is automatically closed.

Range: 0-100 minutes; 0: disabled

Auto Refresh (in seconds)

5 Sets the interval before a console session will auto refresh

the console information, such as Spanning Tree Information, Port Configuration, Port Statistics, and RMON Statistics.

Range: 5-255 seconds; 0: disabled

Management Setup Menu Screens 6-9

Assigning SNMP Parameters

6.4 ASSIGNING SNMP PARAMETERS

Use the SNMP Configuration Menu screen (Figure 6-7) to display and modify parameters for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The switch includes an on-board SNMP agent which monitors the status of its hardware, as well as the traffic passing through its ports. A computer attached to the network, called a Network Management Station (NMS), can be used to access this information. Access rights to the on-board agent are controlled by community strings. To communicate with the switch, the NMS must first submit a valid community string for authentication. The options for configuring community strings and related trap functions are described in the following sections.

Figure 6-7 SNMP Configuration Menu Screen

Send Authentication Fail Traps : ENABLED

SNMP Communities

IP Trap Managers

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6-10 Management Setup Menu Screens

Assigning SNMP Parameters

Parameter Description

Send Authentication Fail Traps Issues a trap message to specified IP trap managers

whenever authentication of an SNMP request fails. (The default setting is ENABLED.)

SNMP Communities Provides access to the SNMP Communities screen to assign

SNMP access based on specified strings. For details, refer to Section 6.4.1.

IP Trap Managers Provides access to the IP Trap Managers screen to specify

the management stations that will receive authentication failure messages or other trap messages from the switch. For details, refer to Section 6.4.2.

Management Setup Menu Screens 6-11

Assigning SNMP Parameters

6.4.1 Configuring Community Names

The SNMP Communities screen (Figure 6-8) is selected from the SNMP Configuration Menu screen. The table following the figure describes the fields. This screen is used to configure the community strings authorized for management access. Up to 5 community names may be entered.

Figure 6-8 SNMP Communities Screen

Community Name Access Status

1. public READ/WRITE ENABLED

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Parameter Description

Community Name A community entry authorized for management access.

Maximum string length: 20 characters

Access Management access is restricted to Read Only or

Read/Write.

Status Sets administrative status of entry to enabled or disabled.

NOTE: The default community strings are “public” with Read Only access, and “private” with Read/Write access.

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Assigning SNMP Parameters

6.4.2 Configuring IP Trap Managers

The IP Trap Managers screen (Figure 6-9) is selected from the SNMP Configuration Menu screen. The table following the figure describes the fields. This screen is used to specify the management stations that will receive authentication failure messages or other trap messages from the switch. Up to 5 trap managers may be entered.

Figure 6-9 IP Trap Managers Screen

IP Address Community Name Status

1. 0.0.0.0 public DISABLED

2. 0.0.0.0 public DISABLED

3. 0.0.0.0 public DISABLED

4. 0.0.0.0 public DISABLED

5. 0.0.0.0 public DISABLED

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Parameter Description

IP Address IP address of the trap manager.

Community Name A community specified for trap management access.

Status Sets administrative status of selected entry to ENABLED or

DISABLED.

Management Setup Menu Screens 6-13

Console Login Configuration

6.5 CONSOLE LOGIN CONFIGURATION

Use the Console Login Configuration screen (Figure 6-10) to restrict management access based on the specified user names and passwords, or to set the invalid password threshold and time-out. There are two user types: Administrator and Guest. Only the Administrator has write access for parameters governing the SNMP agent. You should therefore assign a user name and password to the Administrator as soon as possible, and store it in a safe place. (If for some reason your password is lost, or you cannot gain access to the System Configuration Program, contact Enterasys Networks for assistance.) The parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table.

Figure 6-10 Console Login Configuration Screen

Password Threshold : 3 Lock-out Time (in minutes) : 0

User Type User Name Password

--------------------------------------------------------

1. ADMIN public

Parameter Default Description

Password Threshold

3 Sets the password intrusion threshold which limits the

number of failed logon attempts. Range: 0-65535

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Lock-out Time

0 Sets the time the management console will be

(in minutes)

6-14 Management Setup Menu Screens

disabled, due to an excessive number of failed logon attempts. Range: 0-65535

Setting the Startup Configuration

Parameter Default Description

User Type ADMIN Administrator has access privilege of Read/Write for

all screens.

User Name public Guest has access privilege of Read Only for all

screens.

Password no password Passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric

characters and are not case sensitive. If there is no password assigned, press ENTER.

6.6 SETTING THE STARTUP CONFIGURATION

The Startup Configuration screen (Figure 6-11) is used to disable the extended board diagnostics during the bootup process. When the Startup Diagnostic parameter is set to DISABLED, the diagnostics will not run and the module will bootup in less time. If the module fails and you need to run the diagnostics, change the position of dip switch 5 (on the Mode Switch Bank) on the board and reboot the module. This changes the startup paramenter to ENABLED and forces the diagnostics to run when the module is rebooted. For information on the location of the switch and how to set it, refer to the installation guide shipped with your module.

Figure 6-11 Startup Configuration Screen

Startup Diagnostics : ENABLED

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Management Setup Menu Screens 6-15

Downloading System Software

6.7 DOWNLOADING SYSTEM SOFTWARE

Use the TFTP Download screen (Figure 6-12) to perform the following:

• Download a new firmware image file from a TFTP server to the switch module,

• Download a configuration file from a TFTP server to the switch module, or

• Upload the configuration file from the switch module to a TFTP server.

Before downloading an image to the device, copy the image to the network TFTP server. A new firmware image file must be a file from Enterasys Networks; otherwise the agent will not accept it. The success of the download operation depends on the accessibility of the TFTP server and the quality of the network connection. After downloading the new image, the agent will automatically restart itself.

NOTE: For information on how to set up a workstation as a TFTP server, refer to the specific workstation documentation.

The download and upload configuration capability enables user configured settings to be copied from one switch module to another via the TFTP server, according to the rules described in this section. The configuration file can also be stored on the TFTP server to prevent losing the configuration values while performing maintenance on the switch module. After the maintenance is completed, the configuration values can be downloaded to the same switch module.

NOTE: Configuration files cannot be downloaded or uploaded directly from one switch module to another.

The parameters on this screen are shown in Figure 6-12 and described in the following table.

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Figure 6-12 TFTP Download Screen

Download Server IP : 0.0.0.0

Agent Software Upgrade : ENABLED Download Filename : Download Mode : PERMANENT

Download Method : DOWNLOAD IMAGE

[Process TFTP Download]

Download Status : Complete

Downloading System Software

Parameter Description

Download Server IP IP address of a TFTP server.

Agent Software Upgrade

Download Filename

Download Mode

A community specified for trap management access.

The binary file to download to the agent module.

Downloads to permanent flash ROM.

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Management Setup Menu Screens 6-17

Downloading System Software

Parameter Description

Download Method

Used to select a method (DOWNLOAD IMAGE, UPLOAD CONFIG, or DOWNLOAD CONFIG) to download

(receive) an image file from a TFTP server, or upload (transmit) or download a configuration file to/from a TFTP server. The uploading and downloading of a configuration file is accomplished according to the IP address and the file name entered in the Download Server IP and Download File Name fields, respectively.

— DOWNLOAD IMAGE – Enables the download of an image from a TFTP server.

— UPLOAD CONFIG – Used to upload a configuration file from the switch module to a TFTP server.

— DOWNLOAD CONFIG – Used to download a configuration file from a TFTP server to a switch module. The configuration file must be one that was uploaded to the TFTP server from a switch module of the same model with the same optional hardware, and running firmware revision

1.03.xx or higher.

[Process TFTP Download] Issues a request to the TFTP server to download the

specified file.

Download Status Indicates if a download is “Complete” or “In Progress.”

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Device Control Menu Screens

This chapter describes the Device Control Menu screen and the screens that can be selected from its menu to control a broad range of functions.

Screen Navigation Path

Password > Main Menu > Device Control Menu

7.1 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

The Device Control Menu screen (Figure 7-1) is used to control a broad range of functions, including port configuration, Spanning Tree support for redundant switches, port mirroring, multicast filtering, and VLANs. Each of the setup screens provided by these configuration menus is described in the following sections.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-1

Configuring the Switch

Figure 7-1 Device Control Menu Screen

Port Configuration Extended Bridge Configuration

Port Information 802.1P Configuration Spanning Tree Configuration Menu 802.1Q VLAN Base Information Spanning Tree Information Menu 802.1Q VLAN Current Table Information Mirror Port Configuration 802.1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration SmartTrunking Configuration 802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration IGMP Configuration Static Unicast Address Table Configuration

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Selection Description

Port Configuration Sets communication parameters for ports. For details, refer

to Section 7.2.

Port Information Displays current port settings and port status. For details,

refer to Section 7.3.

Spanning Tree Configuration Menu

Spanning Tree Information Menu

Configures the switch, its ports and modules to participate in a local Spanning Tree. For details, refer to Section 7.4.

Displays the current Spanning Tree configuration for the switch, its ports and modules. For details, refer to

Section 7.5.

Mirror Port Configuration Sets the source and target ports for mirroring. For details,

refer to Section 7.6.

SmartTrunking Configuration Specifies ports to group into aggregate trunks. For details,

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refer to Section 7.7.

Configuring the Switch

Selection Description

IGMP Configuration Configures IGMP multicast filtering. For details, refer to

Section 7.8.

Extended Bridge Configuration Displays/configures extended bridge capabilities provided

by this switch, including support for traffic classes, and VLAN extensions. For details, refer to Section 7.9.

802.1P Configuration Used to configure the default port priorities and queue assignments for each port, or to display the mapping for the traffic classes. For details, refer to Section 7.10.

802.1Q VLAN Base Information Displays basic VLAN information, such as VLAN version number and maximum VLANs supported. For details, refer to Section 7.11 and Section 7.12.

802.1Q VLAN Current Table

Information

802.1Q VLAN Static Table

Configuration

802.1Q VLAN Port

Configuration

Static Unicast Address Table Configuration

Displays VLAN groups and port members. For details, refer to Section 7.13.

Configures VLAN groups via static assignments, including setting port members. For details, refer to Section 7.14.

Displays/configures port-specific VLAN settings, including PVID, and ingress filtering. For details, refer to

Section 7.15.

Allows you to display or configure static unicast addresses. For details, refer to Section 7.16.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-3

Configuring Port Parameters

7.2 CONFIGURING PORT PARAMETERS

Use the Port Configuration screen (Figure 7-2) to set or display communication parameters for any port or module on the switch.

Figure 7-2 Port Configuration Screen

Port Configuration : Port 1 - 12

Flow Control mode of all ports : [Enable] [Disable] Port Type Admin Flow Control Speed and Duplex

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 10/100TX ENABLED ENABLED AUTO 2 10/100TX ENABLED ENABLED AUTO 3 10/100TX ENABLED ENABLED AUTO 4 10/100TX ENABLED ENABLED AUTO 5 10/100TX ENABLED ENABLED AUTO 6 10/100TX ENABLED ENABLED AUTO 7 10/100TX ENABLED ENABLED AUTO 8 10/100TX ENABLED ENABLED AUTO 9 10/100TX ENABLED ENABLED AUTO 10 10/100TX ENABLED ENABLED AUTO 11 10/100TX ENABLED ENABLED AUTO 12 10/100TX ENABLED ENABLED AUTO

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Configuring Port Parameters

Parameter Default Description

Type Shows port type as:

10/100TX: 10Base-T/100Base-TX 100FX: 100Base-FX 1000SX: 1000Base-SX 1000LX: 1000Base-LX

Admin ENABLED Allows you to disable a port due to abnormal behavior

(e.g., excessive collisions), and then re-enable it after the problem has been resolved. You may also disable a port for security reasons.

Flow Control DI SABLED Used to enable or disable flow control. Flow control

can eliminate frame loss by “blocking” traffic from end stations or segments connected directly to the switch when its buffers fill. Back pressure is used for half duplex and IEEE 802.3x for full duplex. Do not use flow control if a port is connected to a hub.

Speed and Duplex

AUTO Used to set the current port speed, duplex mode, and

auto-negotiation. (Auto-negotiation is not available for 100Base-FX ports.)

Device Control Menu Screens 7-5

Viewing the Current Port Configuration

7.3 VIEWING THE CURRENT PORT CONFIGURATION

The Port Information screen (Figure 7-3) displays the port type, status, link state, and flow control in use, as well as the communication speed and duplex mode. To change any of the port settings, use the Port Configuration menu. The parameters shown in the following figure and table are for the RJ45 ports.

Figure 7-3 Port Information Screen

Port Information : Port 1 - 12

Port Type Operational Link FlowControl Speed and

InUse Duplex InUse

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 10/100TX YES UP Back_Pressure 10_HALF 2 10/100TX YES DOWN ---------------------- -------------3 10/100TX YES DOWN ---------------------- -------------4 10/100TX YES DOWN ---------------------- -------------5 10/100TX YES DOWN ---------------------- -------------6 10/100TX YES DOWN ---------------------- -------------7 10/100TX YES DOWN ---------------------- -------------8 10/100TX YES DOWN ---------------------- -------------9 10/100TX YES DOWN ---------------------- -------------10 10/100TX YES DOWN ---------------------- -------------11 10/100TX YES DOWN ---------------------- -------------12 10/100TX YES DOWN ---------------------- --------------

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7-6 Device Control Menu Screens

Viewing the Current Port Configuration

Parameter Description

Type Shows port type as:

10/100TX: 10Base-T/100Base-TX 100FX: 100Base-FX 1000SX: 1000Base-SX 1000LX: 1000Base-LX

Operational Shows if the port is, or is not, functioning.

Link Indicates if the port has a valid connection to an external

device.

Flow Control InUse Shows the flow control type in use. Flow control can

eliminate frame loss by “blocking” traffic from end stations connected directly to the switch. Back pressure is used for half duplex and IEEE 802.3x for full duplex. Note that flow control should not be used if a port is connected to a hub.

Speed and Duplex InUse Displays the current port speed and duplex mode used.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-7

Using the Spanning Tree Algorithm

7.4 USING THE SPANNING TREE ALGORITHM

The Spanning Tree Algorithm (STA) is used to detect and disable network loops, and to provide backup links between switches, bridges or routers. This allows the switch to interact with other bridging devices (that is, an STA-compliant switch, bridge or router) in your network to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations on the network. The Spanning Tree Configuration:Selection Menu screen (Figure 7-4) provides a menu selection to gain access to the STA Bridge Configuration and STA Port Configuration screens to configure the STA functions.

To view the current STA bridge and port information, refer to Section 7.5.

For a more detailed description of how to use this algorithm, refer to Appendix A.

Figure 7-4 Spanning Tree Configuration:Selection Menu Screen

STA Bridge Configuration

STA Port Configuration

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7-8 Device Control Menu Screens

Using the Spanning Tree Algorithm

7.4.1 Configuring STA Bridge

The STA Bridge Configuration screen (Figure 7-5) to set the STA Bridge parameters. The following table describes the STA Bridge configuration parameters.

Figure 7-5 STA Bridge Configuration Screen

Spanning Tree Protocol : ENABLED

Priority : 32768

Hello Time (in seconds) : 2

Max Age (in seconds) : 20

Forward Delay (in seconds) : 15

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Parameter Default Description

Spanning Tree Protocol

ENABLED Enables this parameter to participate in an STA

compliant network.

Priority 32768 Device priority is used in selecting the root device,

root port, and designated port. The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device. However, if all devices have the same priority, the device with the lowest MAC address will then become the root device.

Enter a value from 0 - 65535. Remember that the lower the numeric value, the higher the priority.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-9

Using the Spanning Tree Algorithm

Parameter Default Description

Hello Time (in seconds)

Max Age (in seconds)

2 Time interval at which the root device transmits a

configuration message.

The minimum value is 1. The maximum value is the lower of 10 or [(Max. Message Age / 2) -1].

20 The maximum time a device can wait without

receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure. All device ports (except for designated ports) should receive configuration messages at regular intervals. Any port that ages out STA information (provided in the last configuration message) becomes the designated port for the attached LAN. If it is a root port, a new root port is selected from among the device ports attached to the network.

The minimum value is the higher of 6 or [2 x (Hello Time + 1)]. The maximum value is the lower of 40 or [2 x (Forward Delay - 1)].

Forward Delay (in seconds)

15 The maximum time the root device will wait before

changing states (i.e., listening to learning to forwarding). This delay is required because every device must receive information about topology changes before it starts to forward frames. In addition, each port needs time to listen for conflicting information that would make it return to a blocking state; otherwise, temporary data loops might result.

The maximum value is 30. The minimum value is the higher of 4 or [(Max. Message Age / 2) + 1].

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Using the Spanning Tree Algorithm

7.4.2 Configuring STA for Ports

Use the STA Port Configuration screen (Figure 7-6) to set the STA port parameters. The following table describe the STA configuration parameters for the ports.

Figure 7-6 STA Tree Port Configuration Screen

Spanning Tree Port Configuration :Port 1 - 12

Fast forwarding mode of all ports : [Enable] [Disable] Port Type Priority Cost FastForwarding

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 10/100TX 128 100 ENABLED 2 10/100TX 128 10 ENABLED 3 10/100TX 128 10 ENABLED 4 10/100TX 128 10 ENABLED 5 10/100TX 128 10 ENABLED 6 10/100TX 128 10 ENABLED 7 10/100TX 128 10 ENABLED 8 10/100TX 128 10 ENABLED 9 10/100TX 128 10 ENABLED 10 10/100TX 128 10 ENABLED 11 10/100TX 128 10 ENABLED 12 10/100TX 128 10 ENABLED

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Parameter Default Description

Type Shows 10/100TX, 100FX, 1000LX or 1000SX port.

Priority 128 Defines the priority for the use of a port in the STA

algorithm. If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same, the port with the highest priority (i.e., lowest value) will be configured as an active link in the spanning tree. Where more than one port is assigned the highest priority, the port with lowest numeric identifier will be enabled.

The range is 0 - 255.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-11

Using the Spanning Tree Algorithm

Parameter Default Description

Cost 100/19/4 This parameter (path cost) is used by the STA to

determine the best path between devices. Therefore, lower values should be assigned to ports attached to faster media, and higher values assigned to ports with slower media.

(Path cost takes precedence over port priority.)

The default and recommended range is:

Ethernet: 100 (50~600) Fast Ethernet: 19 (10~60) Gigabit Ethernet: 4 (3~10) The full range is 0 - 65535.

Fast Forwarding ENABLED Enables or disables the port to forward packets. All

ports currently displayed can be enabled or disabled at once using the command near the top of the screen.

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Viewing the Current Spanning Tree Configuration

7.5 VIEWING THE CURRENT SPANNING TREE CONFIGURATION

The Spanning Tree Information: Selection Menu screen (Figure 7-7) enables you to select one of two screens to display a summary of the STA information for the overall bridge or for a specific port. To make changes to the STA bridge or STA port operating parameters, refer back to

Section 7.4.

Figure 7-7 Spanning Tree Information: Selection Menu Screen

STA Bridge Information

STA Port Information

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Device Control Menu Screens 7-13

Viewing the Current Spanning Tree Configuration

7.5.1 Displaying the Current STA Bridge

The STA Bridge Information screen (Figure 7-8) displays the current information about the STA Bridge. The following table describes the parameters shown on the screen.

Figure 7-8 STA Bridge Information Screen

Priority : 32768 Hello Time (in seconds) : 2 Max Age (in seconds) : 20 Forward Delay (in seconds) : 15 Hold Time (in seconds) : 1 Designated Root : 32768.00001D00CCC2 Root Cost : 101 Root Port : 1 Configuration Changes : 259 Topology Up Time : 50086 (0 day 0 hr 8 min 20 sec)

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Parameter Description

Priority Device priority is used in selecting the root device, root

port, and designated port. The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device. However, if all devices have the same priority, the device with the lowest MAC address will then become the root device.

Hello Time (in seconds)

Max Age (in seconds)

The time interval at which the root device transmits a configuration message.

The maximum time a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure.

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Parameter Description

Viewing the Current Spanning Tree Configuration

Forward Delay (in seconds)

The maximum time the root device will wait before changing states (i.e., from listening to learning to forwarding).

Hold Time The minimum interval between the transmission of

consecutive Configuration BPDUs.

Designated Root The priority and MAC address of the device in the spanning

tree that this switch has accepted as the root device.

Root Cost The path cost from the root port on this switch to the root

device.

Root Port The number of the port on this switch that is closest to the

root. This switch communicates with the root device through this port. If there is no root port, then this switch has been accepted as the root device of the spanning tree network.

Configuration Changes The number of times the spanning tree has been

reconfigured.

Topology Up Time The time since the spanning tree was last reconfigured.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-15

Viewing the Current Spanning Tree Configuration

7.5.2 Displaying the Current STA for Ports or Modules

The parameters shown in the following STA Port Information screen (Figure 7-4) and table are for port STA Information (Ports 1-12, Ports 13-24, Ports 25-36, or Ports 37-48).

NOTE: The actual number of ports varies depending on the module.

Figure 7-9 STA Port Information Screen

Spanning Tree Port Information : Port 1 - 12

Port Status Forward Designated Designated Designated Transitions Cost Bridge Port

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 FORWARDING 9 1 32768.00001D64A189 128.22 2 FORWARDING 1 101 32768.0000E8000500 128.2 3 FORWARDING 1 101 32768.0000E8000500 128.3 4 FORWARDING 1 101 32768.0000E8000500 128.4 5 FORWARDING 1 101 32768.0000E8000500 128.5 6 FORWARDING 1 101 32768.0000E8000500 128.6 7 FORWARDING 1 101 32768.0000E8000500 128.7 8 FORWARDING 1 101 32768.0000E8000500 128.8 9 FORWARDING 1 101 32768.0000E8000500 128.10 11 FORWARDING 1 101 32768.0000E8000500 128.11 12 FORWARDING 1 101 32768.0000E8000500 128.12

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Viewing the Current Spanning Tree Configuration

Parameter Description

Status Displays the current state of this port within the spanning

tree:

Disabled – Port has been disabled by the user or has failed diagnostics.

Blocking – Port receives STA configuration messages, but does not forward packets.

Listening – Port will leave blocking state due to topology change, starts transmitting configuration messages, but does not yet forward packets.

Learning – Has transmitted configuration messages for an interval set by the Forward Delay parameter without receiving contradictory information. Port address table is cleared, and the port begins learning addresses.

Forwarding – The port forwards packets, and continues learning addresses.

The rules defining port status are:

• A port on a network segment with no other STA

compliant bridging device is always forwarding.

• If two ports of a switch are connected to the same

segment and there is no other STA device attached to this segment, the port with the smaller ID forwards packets and the other is blocked.

• All ports are blocked when the switch is booted, then

some of them change state to listening, to learning, and then to forwarding.

Forward Transitions Number of frames forwarded out the port.

Designated Cost The cost for a packet to travel from this port to the root in

the current spanning tree configuration. The slower the media, the higher the cost.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-17

Using a Mirror Port for Analysis

Parameter Description

Designated Bridge (ID) The priority and MAC address of the device through which

this port must communicate to reach the root of the spanning tree.

Designated Port (ID) The priority and number of the port on the designated

bridging device through which this switch must communicate with the root of the spanning tree.

7.6 USING A MIRROR PORT FOR ANALYSIS

You can mirror traffic from any source port to a target port for real-time analysis. You can then attach a logic analyzer or RMON probe to the target port and study the traffic crossing the source port in a completely unobtrusive manner. When mirroring port traffic, note that the target port must be configured in the same VLAN and be operating at the same speed as the source port. (Refer to

Section 7.11 for information on configuring virtual VLANs.) If the target port is operating at a

lower speed, the source port will be forced to drop its operating speed to match that of the target port.

Use the Mirror Port Configuration screen (Figure 7-10) to designate a single port pair (source and target ports) for mirroring.

Figure 7-10 Mirror Port Configuration Screen

Mirror Source Port : 1

Mirror Target Port : 2

Status : DISABLED

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Configuring SmartTrunks

Parameter Description

Mirror Source Port The port on which traffic will be monitored.

Mirror Target Port The port that will duplicate or “mirror” all the traffic on the

monitored port.

Status Enables or disables the mirror function.

7.7 CONFIGURING SMARTTRUNKS

Port trunks can be used to increase the bandwidth of a network connection or to ensure fault recovery. You can configure up six trunk connections (combining 2 through 8 ports into a fat pipe) between any two switches. However, before making any physical connections between devices, use the Trunk Configuration menu to specify the trunk on the devices at both ends. When using a port trunk, note that:

• The trunk ports must all be front panel ports.

• Ports can only be assigned to one trunk.

• The ports in a trunk must belong to the same switch chip (refer to Tab le 7-1 ).

• The ports at both ends of a connection must be configured as trunk ports.

• The ports at both ends of a trunk must be configured in an identical manner, including speed,

duplex mode, and VLAN assignments.

• The communication mode must be configured identically at both ends of the trunk.

• None of the ports in a trunk can be configured as a mirror source port or mirror target port.

• All the ports in a trunk have to be treated as a whole when moved from/to, added or deleted from

a VLAN.

• The Spanning Tree Algorithm will treat all the ports in a trunk as a whole.

• You must enable the trunk prior to connecting any cable between the switches to avoid creating

a loop.

• You must disconnect all trunk port cables or disable the trunk ports before removing a port trunk

to avoid creating a loop.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-19

Configuring SmartTrunks

Use the Smart Trunking Configuration screen (Figure 7-11) to set up port trunks.

Figure 7-11 SmartTrunking Configuration Screen

SmartTrunking Configuration

SmartTrunk Group: SmartTrunk Logical Port:

Port State

----------------------------

SmartTrunk Status: DISABLED SmartTrunk Protocol: DISABLED SmartTrunk Group Id: Port: NO CHANGE

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Parameter Description

SmartTrunk Group Read only field that indicates the SmartTrunk Group

number associated with the logical ports listed under SmartTrunk Logical Port.

SmartTrunk Logical Port Read only field that lists the Logical Ports associated with

the SmartTrunk Group

SmartTrunk Status Used to enable or disable the trunk group

SmartTrunk Group ID Used to select from 1 to 6 trunks. This is the group ID of the

SmartTrunk group. Identifies the chip set to be used. Refer to Table 7-1 for the ports associated with each group ID.

Port Lists the valid ports for the chip set selected in the

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SmartTrunk Group ID field. Refer to Table 7-1 for the ports associated with each group ID.

Configuring SmartTrunks

Parameter Description

SmartTrunk Priotocol Used to select from 1 to 6 trunks. This is the group ID of the

SmartTrunk group. It identifies the chip set to be used. Refer to Tab le 7 -1 for the ports associated with each group ID.

NO CHANGE field Used to add or delete ports from group ID. Steps to ADD,

DELETE, and NO CHANGE (default setting). This setting causes the port selected in the Port field to be added, deleted, or not changed when SAVE command is used.

SAVE Saves the current values on the screen.

SHOW Displays the SmartTrunk group listed under the

SmartTrunk Group ID field.

The ports used for each trunk must all be on the same internal switch chip, which is synonymous with the SmartTrunk Group ID. Tab le 7- 1 identifies the ports associated with each group ID.

Table 7-1 SmartTrunk, Ports Associated with Group IDs

Group IDs 1 2 3 4 5 6

Ports

1 thru 8 9 thru16 17 thru 24 25 thru 32 33 thru 40 41 thru 48

7.7.1 IGMP Multicast Filtering

Multicasting is used to support real-time applications such as video conferences or streaming audio. A multicast server does not have to establish a separate connection with each client. It merely broadcasts its service to the network, and any hosts that want to receive the multicast register with their local multicast switch/router. Although this approach reduces the network overhead required by a multicast server, the broadcast traffic must be carefully pruned at every multicast switch/router it passes through to ensure that traffic is only passed to the hosts that subscribed to this service.

This switch uses IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) to query for any attached hosts who want to receive a specific multicast service. The switch looks up the IP Multicast Group used for this service and adds any port that received a similar request to that group. It then propagates the service request on to any neighboring multicast switch/router to ensure that it will continue to receive the multicast service. (For more information about the use of IGMP snooping and multicast filtering, refer to Appendix D.)

Device Control Menu Screens 7-21

Configuring IGMP

7.8 CONFIGURING IGMP

This protocol allows a host to inform its local switch/router that it wants to receive transmissions addressed to a specific multicast group. Use the IGMP Configuration screen (Figure 7-12) to configure multicast filtering.

Figure 7-12 IGMP Configuration Screen

IGMP Status : DISABLED

IGMP Query Count : 5

IGMP Report Delay (Minutes) : 5

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NOTE: The default values are shown in Figure 7-12.

Parameter Description

IGMP Status If enabled, the switch will monitor network traffic to

determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic.

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Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions

Parameter Description

IGMP Query Count The time in minutes that must elapse before the switch

removes the port from an IGMP group. This timer is started after the number of queries are missed as defined in the IGMP Query Count.

IGMP Report Delay (Minutes) The number of queries that must be missed before the

IGMP Report Delay timer is started. This is used in conjunction with the IGMP Report Delay to remove ports from an IGMP group.

7.9 CONFIGURING BRIDGE MIB EXTENSIONS

The Bridge MIB includes extensions for managed devices that support Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering and VLANs. To see the current settings for these extensions, select and enable or disable a VLAN Learning mode, use the Extended Bridge Configuration screen (Figure 7-13).

Figure 7-13 Extended Bridge Configuration Screen

Bridge Capability : Extended Multicast Filtering Services : NO Traffic Classes : YES Static Entry Individual Port : YES Configurable PVID Tagging : YES Local VLAN Capable : NO

VLAN Learning : SVL Auto Vlan Backplane Configuration : Enabled Host VLAN ID : 1

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Device Control Menu Screens 7-23

Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions

Parameter Description

Extended Multicast Filtering Services

Indicates if the filtering of individual multicast addresses based on Multicast Registration Protocol is active.

NOTE: This function is not available for the current firmware release.

Traffic Classes Indicates if the mapping of user priorities to multiple traffic

classes function is active. (For configuration information, refer to Section 7.10.)

Static Entry Individual Port Indicates if the static filtering for unicast and multicast

addresses function is active. (For configuration information, refer to Section 7.16.)

Configurable PVID Tagging Allows you to override the default PVID setting (Port

VLAN ID used in frame tags) and its egress status (VLAN-Tagged or Untagged) on each port. For details, refer to Section 7.15.

Local VLAN Capable This switch does not support multiple local bridges (that is,

multiple Spanning Trees).

VLAN Learning Allows you to select the VLAN Learning mode (IVL or

SVL) used by the switch.

IVL (Independent VLAN Mode) – Allows addresses to be learned per VLAN.

SVL (Shared VLAN Mode) – Allows a single address for all VLANs.

Auto VLAN Backplane Configuration

Enables or disables the ports on the backplane to support automatic configuration of VLANs. The default is Enabled.

When set to Disabled, you must configure VLANs manually. For information on how to configure VLANs manually, refer to Section 7.15.

Host VLAN ID Allows you to enter the Host VLAN ID and it is not limited

to the default VLAN (1).

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Configuring Traffic Classes

7.10 CONFIGURING TRAFFIC CLASSES

IEEE 802.1p defines up to 8 separate traffic classes. This switch supports Quality of Service (QoS) by using two priority queues, with weighted fair queuing for each port. You can use the 802.1P Configuration Menu screen (Figure 7-14) to access the screens to configure the default priority for each port, or to display the mapping for the traffic classes as described in the following sections. Also, refer to Appendix C, for information on Class of Service.

Figure 7-14 802.1P Configuration Menu Screen

802.1P Port Priority Configuration

802.1P Port Traffic Class Information

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7.10.1 Port Priority Configuration

The default priority for all ingress ports is zero. Therefore, any inbound frames that do not have priority tags will be placed in the low priority output queue. Default priority is only used to determine the output queue for the current port; no priority tag is actually added to the frame. You can use the 802.1P Port Priority Configuration menu screen (Figure 7-15) to adjust the default priority for any port.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-25

Configuring Traffic Classes

Figure 7-15 802.1P Port Priority Configuration Screen

802.1P Port Priority Configuration : Port 1 - 12

Port Default Ingress Number of Egress

User Priority Traffic Class

-------------------------------------------------------------1 0 2 20 2 302 40 2 50 2 60 2 70 2 80 2 90 2

10 0 2

11 0 2

12 0 2

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Parameter Description

Port Numeric identifier for switch port.

Default Ingress User Priority Default priority can be set to any value from 0~7, where 0~3

specifies the low priority queue and 4~7 specifies the high priority queue.

Number of Egress Traffic Class Indicates that this switch supports two priority output

queues.

7.10.2 802.1P Port Traffic Class Information

This switch provides two priority levels with weighted fair queuing for port egress. This means that any frames with a default or user priority from 0~3 are sent to the low priority queue “0” while those from 4~7 are sent to the high priority queue “1” as shown in Figure 7-16.

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Figure 7-16 802.1P Port Traffic Class Information Screen

802.1P Port Traffic Class Information : Port 1 - 12

Port User Priority

01 2345 67

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------100 0011 11 200 0011 11 300 0011 11 400 0011 11 500 0011 11 600 0011 11 700 0011 11 800 0011 11 900 0011 11

10 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

11 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

12 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

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Parameter Description

Port Numeric identifier for switch port.

User Priority Shows that user priorities 0~3 specify the low priority queue

and 4~7 specify the high priority queue.

7.11 CONFIGURING VIRTUAL LANs

You can use the VLAN configuration menu to assign any port on the switch to any of up to 1024 LAN groups. In conventional networks with routers, broadcast traffic is split up into separate domains. Switches do not inherently support broadcast domains. This can lead to broadcast storms in large networks that handle a lot of IPX traffic. By using IEEE 802.1Q compliant VLANs, you can organize any group of network nodes into separate broadcast domains, confining broadcast traffic to the originating group. This also provides a more secure and cleaner network environment. For more information on how to use VLANs, refer to Appendix B. The VLAN configuration screens are described in the following sections.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-27

802.1Q VLAN Base Information

7.12 802.1Q VLAN BASE INFORMATION

The 802.1Q VLAN Base Information screen (Figure 7-17) displays basic information on the VLAN type supported by this switch.

Figure 7-17 802.1Q VLAN Base Information Screen

VLAN Version Number : 1

MAX VLAN ID : 4094

MAX Supported VLANs : 1024

Current Number of 802.1Q VLANs Configured : 1

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Parameter Description

VLAN Version Number The VLAN version used by this switch as specified in the

IEEE 802.1Q standard.

MAX VLAN ID Maximum VLAN ID recognized by this switch.

MAX Supported VLANs Maximum number of VLANs that can be configured on this

switch.

Current Number of 802.1Q

The number of VLANs currently configured on this switch.

VLANs Configured

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802.1Q VLAN Current Table Information

7.13 802.1Q VLAN CURRENT TABLE INFORMATION

This screen shows the current port members of each VLAN and whether or not the port supports VLAN tagging. Ports assigned to a large VLAN group that crosses several switches should use VLAN tagging. However, if you just want to create a small port-based VLAN for one or two switches, you can assign ports to the same untagged VLAN (refer to Section 7.15). The current configuration is shown in Figure 7-18.

NOTE: Under the screen field heading of Egress Ports, Forbidden Egress Ports, or Tagged Ports, each number (1 or 0) represents a port. For example, next to 1 - 24 under the Ports field heading, the leftmost number represents the port 1 and the rightmost number represents port 24.

Figure 7-18 802.1Q VLAN Current Table Information Screen

Deleted VLAN Entry Counts : 0

VID Status

--------------------------

1 Permanent

Ports Current Egress Ports Current Untagged Ports

------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------

1 - 24 111111111111 111111111111 111111111111 111111111111 25 - 48 ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------49 - 60 ----------------- -----------------

Sorted by VID : 1 [Show] [More]

Parameter Description

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Deleted VLAN Entry Counts The number of times a VLAN entry has been deleted from

VID The ID for the VLAN currently displayed.

this table.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-29

802.1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration

Parameter Description

Status Shows how this VLAN was added to the switch.

Current Egress Ports Shows the ports which have been added to the displayed

VLAN group, where “1” indicates that a port is a member and “0” that it is not.

Current Untagged Ports If a port has been added to the displayed VLAN (shown

Current Egress Ports field), its entry in this field will be “1” if the port is untagged or “0” if tagged.

[Show] Displays the members for the VLAN indicated by the

“Sorted by VID” field.

[More] Displays any subsequent VLANs if configured.

7.14 802.1Q VLAN STATIC TABLE CONFIGURATION

Use the 802.1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration screen (Figure 7-19) to create a new VLAN or modify the settings for an existing VLAN. You can add/delete port members of any VLAN in the switch. (Also, note that all ports can only belong to one untagged VLAN. This is set to VLAN 1 by default, but can be changed via the 802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration screen described in

Section 7.15.)

7-30 Device Control Menu Screens

802.1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration

Figure 7-19 802.1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration Screen

VID VLAN Name Status

---------------------------------------------------------------------

1 DEFAULT Active

Ports Egress Ports Forbidden Egress Ports

------- ----------------------------------- -------------------------

1 - 24 111111111111 111111111111 000000000000 000000000000 25 - 48 ----------------- ----------------- ------------------- -------------------49 - 60 ----------------- -------------------

Ports Untagged Ports

------- -------------------------

1 - 24 111111111111 111111111111 VID : 1 25 - 48 ----------------- ----------------- [Show] [More] [New] 49 - 60 -----------------

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Parameter Description

VID The ID for the VLAN currently displayed.

Range: 1-2048

VLAN Name A user-specified symbolic name for this VLAN.

String length: Up to 8 alphanumeric characters

Status Sets the current editing status for this VLAN as:

Not in Service, Destroy, or Active.

Egress Ports Sets one or more port entries in this field to “1” to add, or

“0” to remove it from the VLAN displayed on the screen.

Forbidden Egress Ports Sets one or more port entries in this field to “1” to prevent

from being added to this VLAN.

Untagged Ports Sets the entry for any port in this field to “1” to enable the

recognition of untagged frames to this VLAN.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-31

802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration

Parameter Description

[Show] Displays settings for the specified VLAN.

[More] Displays consecutively numbered VLANs.

[New] Sets up the screen for configuring a new VLAN.

7.15 802.1Q VLAN PORT CONFIGURATION

Use the 802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration screen (Figure 7-20) to configure port-specific settings for IEEE 802.1Q VLAN features.

Figure 7-20 802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration Screen

802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration : Port 1 - 12

Port PVID Acceptable Ingress

Frame Type Filtering

-------------------------------------------------------------------1 1 ALL FALSE 2 1 ALL FALSE 3 1 ALL FALSE 4 1 ALL FALSE 5 1 ALL FALSE 6 1 ALL FALSE 7 1 ALL FALSE 8 1 ALL FALSE 9 1 ALL FALSE

10 1 ALL FALSE 11 1 ALL FALSE 12 1 ALL FALSE

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802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration

Parameter Description

PVID The VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on this

port. Use the PVID to assign ports to the same untagged VLAN.

Acceptable Frame Type* This switch accepts “All” frame types, including VLAN

tagged or VLAN untagged frames. Note that all VLAN untagged frames received on this port are assigned to the PVID for this port.

Ingress Filtering* If set to “True,” incoming frames for VLANs which do not

include this port in their member set will be discarded at the inbound port.

* This control does not affect VLAN independent BPDU frames, such as STP.

Device Control Menu Screens 7-33

Configuring Static Unicast Addresses

7.16 CONFIGURING STATIC UNICAST ADDRESSES

Use the Static Unicast Address Table Configuration screen (Figure 7-21) to manually configure host MAC addresses in the unicast table. You can use this screen to associate a MAC address with a specific VLAN ID and switch port.

You can also lock a port to a particular MAC Address or the first MAC address received by the port to prevent other users (MAC Addresses) from using that port. When a port is locked, broadcast and multicast packets are processed over the link as well as the locked MAC address packets.

Figure 7-21 Static Unicast Address Table Configuration Screen

VID MAC Address Port Status

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

VID : 1 MAC : 00-00-00-00-00-00

MAC : 00-00-00-00-00-00 Port : 1 Status : Permanent

[Show] [More] [Set]

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Parameter Description

VID The VLAN group to which this port is assigned.

MAC Address The MAC address of a host device attached to this switch.

Port The port to which the host device is attached.

7-34 Device Control Menu Screens

Configuring Static Unicast Addresses

Parameter Description

Status The status for an entry can be set to:

Permanent–This entry is currently in use and will remain so after the next reset of the switch.

DeleteOnReset–This entry is currently in use and will remain so until the next reset.

Lock Port–Enables the port locking mode. For details, refer to Section 10.15.1.

Unlock Port–Disables the port locking mode. For details, refer to Section 10.15.2.

Invalid–Removes the corresponding entry.

DeleteOnTimeOut–This entry is currently in use and will remain so until it is aged out. (Refer to Aging Time in

Section 8.4.)

Other–This entry is currently in use, but the conditions under which it will remain, differ from the preceding values.

[Show] Displays the static address table sorted on VID as the

primary key and MAC address as secondary key.

[More] Scrolls through entries in the static address table.

[Set] Adds the specified entry to the static address table, such as

shown in the following example:

VID: 1 MAC: 00-00-00-e8-34-22 Unit: 1 Port: 1 Status: Permanent

Device Control Menu Screens 7-35

Network Monitoring Menu Screens

This chapter describes the Network Monitor Menu screen and the screens that can be selected from its menu.

Screen Navigation Path

Password > Main Menu > Network Monitor Menu

8.1 MONITORING THE SWITCH

The Network Monitor Menu screen (Figure 8-1) provides access to port statistics, RMON statistics, IP multicast addresses, and the static (unicast) address table. Each of the screens provided by these menus is described in the following sections.

Figure 8-1 Network Monitor Menu Screen

Port Statistics

RMON Statistics Unicast Address Table IP Multicast Registration Table

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Network Monitoring Menu Screens 8-1

Displaying Port Statistics

Parameter Description

Port Statistics Displays statistics on network traffic passing through the

selected port.

RMON Statistics Displays detailed statistical information for the selected port

such as packet type and frame size counters.

Unicast Address Table Provides full listing of all unicast addresses stored in the

switch, as well as sort, search and clear functions.

IP Multicast Registration Table Displays the ports that belong to each IP Multicast group.

8.2 DISPLAYING PORT STATISTICS

The Port Statistics screen (Figure 8-2) displays the key statistics from the Ethernet-like MIB for each port. Error statistics on the traffic passing through each port are also displayed. This information can be used to identify potential problems with the switch (such as a faulty port or unusually heavy loading). The values displayed have been accumulated since the last system reboot. Select the required port or module. The statistics displayed are indicated in Figure 8-2 and described in the following table.

Figure 8-2 Port Statistics Screen

Ether Like Counter :

Alignment Errors : 10364 Late Collisions : 0 FCS Errors : 81 Excessive Collisions : 0 Single Collision Frames : 0 Internal Mac Transmit Errors : 0 Multiple Collision Frames : 0 Carrier Sense Errors : 0 SQE Test Errors : 0 Frame Too Long : 0 Deferred Transmissions : 0 Internal Mac Receive Errors : 0

[Refresh Statistics] [Reset Counters]

Port Statistics : Port 1

<RETURN> PORT: 1

8-2 Network Monitoring Menu Screens

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Displaying Port Statistics

Parameter Description

Alignment Errors For 10 Mbps ports, this counter records alignment errors

(mis-synchronized data packets). For 100 Mbps ports, this counter records the sum of alignment errors and code errors (frames received with rxerror signal).

FCS Errors The number of frames received that are an integral number

of octets in length but do not pass the FCS check.

Single Collision Frames* The number of successfully transmitted frames for which

transmission is inhibited by exactly one collision.

Multiple Collision Frames* A count of successfully transmitted frames for which

transmission is inhibited by more that one collision.

SQE Test Errors* A count of times that the SQE TEST ERROR message is

generated by the PLS sublayer.

Deferred Transmissions* A count of frames for which the first transmission attempt

on a particular interface is delayed because the medium was busy.

Late Collisions The number of times that a collision is detected later than

512 bit-times into the transmission of a packet.

Excessive Collisions* The number of frames for which transmission failed due to

excessive collisions.

Internal Mac Transmit Errors* The number of frames for which transmission failed due to

an internal MAC sublayer transmit error.

Carrier Sense Errors* The number of times that the carrier sense condition was lost

or never asserted when attempting to transmit a frame.

Frames Too Long The number of frames received that exceed the maximum

permitted frame size.

Internal Mac Receive Errors* The number of frames for which reception failed due to an

internal MAC sublayer receive error.

* The reported values will always be zero because these statistics are not supported by the internal chip

set.

Network Monitoring Menu Screens 8-3

Displaying RMON Statistics

8.3 DISPLAYING RMON STATISTICS

Use the RMON Statistics screen (Figure 8-3) to display key statistics for each port or media module from RMON group 1. (RMON groups 2, 3 and 4 can only be accessed using SNMP management software such as NetSight.) The following screen displays the overall statistics on traffic passing through each port. RMON statistics provide access to a broad range of statistics, including a total count of different frame types and sizes passing through each port. Values displayed have been accumulated since the last system reboot.

Figure 8-3 RMON Statistics Screen

RMON Statistics : Port 1

Drop Events : 178 Jabbers : 0 Received Bytes : 1529258476 Collisions : 97 Received Frames : 7157418 64 Byte Frames : 3175904 Broadcast Frames : 4287136 65-127 Byte Frames : 1916759 Multicast Frames : 530617 128-255 Byte Frames : 1003001 CRC/Alignment Errors : 81 256-511 Byte Frames : 1520786 Undersize Frames : 0 512-1023 Byte Frames : 157622 Oversize Frames : 0 1024-1518 Byte Frames : 1362992 Fragments : 107635

[Refresh Statistics] [Reset Counters]

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Parameter Description

Drop Events The total number of events in which packets were dropped

due to lack of resources.

Received Bytes Total number of bytes of data received on the network. This

statistic can be used as a reasonable indication of Ethernet utilization.

8-4 Network Monitoring Menu Screens

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