Nortel Networks 214393-A User Manual

Part No. 214393-A March 2003

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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Text conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

How to get help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter 1

Device Manager basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Starting Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Setting the Device Manager properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Opening a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Device Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Device view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Shortcut menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using the buttons in Device Manager dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Editing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Working with statistics and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Types of statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Types of graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Statistics for single and multiple objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Viewing statistics as graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Selecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Selecting a single object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Selecting multiple objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

LEDs and ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Telneting to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Opening the Web-based management home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Trap log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Chapter 2

Configuring and graphing the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Viewing switch IP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Editing the chassis configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Working with configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Graphing chassis statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Globals tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Addresses tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

ARP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

System tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Base Unit Info tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Agent tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

SNMP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Trap Receivers tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Adding a Trap Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Power Supply tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Fan tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

SNMP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

IP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

ICMP In tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

ICMP Out tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Configuring and graphing port s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Viewing and editing a single port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Interface tab for a single port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

VLAN tab for a single port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

STG tab for a single port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Configuring multiple ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Interface tab for multiple ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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VLAN tab for multiple ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Graphing port statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Interface tab for graphing ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Ethernet Errors tab for graphing ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Bridge tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

RMON tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Chapter 4

Setting up Mu l tiLink Trunk ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

MultiLink Trunk (MLT) features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Setting up MLTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Adding ports to a MultiLink Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

MultiLink Trunk statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

MultiLink Trunk Ethernet error statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Chapter 5

Creating and managing VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Creating VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

VLAN Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Creating a port-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Accepting untagged frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Modifying and managing existing VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Chapter 6

Setting up bridging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Base tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Spanning Tree tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Transparent tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Forwarding tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Chapter 7

Troubleshooting Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Topology tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Topology Table tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

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Chapter 8

RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Working with RMON information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Log information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Viewing statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Viewing history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Creating a history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Disabling history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Enabling Ethernet statistics gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Disabling Ethernet statistics gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

How RMON alarms work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Creating alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Alarm Manager example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Alarms tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

How events work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Viewing an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Creating an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Deleting an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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Security para meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

SecurityList tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Security, Insert SecurityList dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

AuthConfig tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

AuthStatus tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

AuthViolation tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Figures

Figure 1 Device Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 2 Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Figure 3 Open Device dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 4 Device view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 5 Parts of the Device Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Figure 6 Objects in the device view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Figure 7 Color port legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 8 Switch unit shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 9 Port shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Figure 10 Line graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 11 Area graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 12 Bar graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 13 Pie graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Figure 14 Interface statistics for a single port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 15 Interface statistics for multiple ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 16 Statistics dialog box for a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Figure 17 Open home page icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 18 Web-based management home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 19 Globals tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Figure 20 Edit IP dialog box — IP Address tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Figure 21 Edit IP dialog box — ARP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Figure 22 Edit Chassis dialog box — System tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Figure 23 Edit Chassis dialog box — Base Unit Info tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 24 Edit Chassis dialog box — Agent tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 25 Edit Chassis dialog box — SNMP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Figure 26 Trap Receivers tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Figure 27 Chassis, Insert Trap Receive dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Figure 28 Edit Chassis dialog box — Power Supply tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Figure 29 Edit Chassis dialog box — Fan tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

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Figure 30 FileSystem dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Figure 31 Graph Chassis dialog box — Chassis SNMP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 32 Graph Chassis dialog box — IP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 33 Graph Chassis dialog box — ICMP In tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Figure 34 Graph Chassis dialog box — ICMP Out tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Figure 35 Port dialog box — Interface tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 36 Edit Port dialog box — VLAN tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Figure 37 Edit Port dialog box — STG tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 38 Edit Ports — Interface tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Figure 39 VLAN tab for multiple ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Figure 40 Interface tab for graphing ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Figure 41 Graph Port dialog box — Ethernet Errors tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure 42 Graph Port dialog box — Bridge tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Figure 43 Graph Port dialog box — RMON tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Figure 44 MLT dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Figure 45 PortMembers dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Figure 46 MLT Statistics — Interface tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Figure 47 MLT Statics dialog box — Ethernet Errors tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Figure 48 VLAN dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Figure 49 VLAN, Insert Basic dialog box for a port-based VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Figure 50 VLAN tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Figure 51 VLAN dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Figure 52 Base tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Figure 53 Spanning Tree tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Figure 54 Transparent tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Figure 55 Forwarding tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Figure 56 Diagnostics dialog box — Topology tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Figure 57 Diagnostics dialog box — Topology Table tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Figure 58 Port dialog box — RMON tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Figure 59 Port dialog box — RMON tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Figure 60 History tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Figure 61 RMONControl, Insert History dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Figure 62 RMONControl dialog box — Ether Stats tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Figure 63 RMONControl, Insert Ether Stats dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Figure 64 RMONControl, Insert Ether Stats dialog box port list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

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Figure 65 How alarms fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Figure 66 Alarm example — threshold less than 260 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Figure 67 Alarm Manager dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Figure 68 Alarm variable list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Figure 69 RMONAlarms dialog box — Alarms tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Figure 70 RMONAlarms dialog box — Events tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Figure 71 Insert Events dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Figure 72 New event in the Events tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Figure 73 Log tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Figure 74 General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Figure 75 SecurityList tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Figure 76 Security, Insert SecurityList dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Figure 77 AuthConfig tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Figure 78 Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Figure 79 AuthStatus tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Figure 80 AuthViolation tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

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Tables

Table 1 Properties dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Table 2 SNMP community string default values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Table 3 Open Device dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Table 4 Menu bar commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Table 5 Toolbar buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Table 6 Port color codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Table 7 Switch unit shortcut menu command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Table 8 Port shortcut menu commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Table 9 Device Manager buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Table 10 Types of statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 11 Graph dialog box buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Table 12 Help file locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Table 13 Globals tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Table 14 IP Addresses tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Table 15 ARP tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Table 16 System tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Table 17 Base Unit Info tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Table 18 Agent tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Table 19 SNMP tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Table 20 Edit Chassis dialog box — Trap Receivers tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Table 21 Power supply tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Table 22 Fan tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Table 23 FileSystem dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Table 24 SNMP tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Table 25 Chassis IP tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Table 26 ICMP In tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Table 27 ICMP Out tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Table 28 Interface tab items for a single port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Table 29 VLAN tab items for a single port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Table 30 STG tab items for a single port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table 31 Interface tab fields for multiple ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Table 32 VLAN tab fields for multiple ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Table 33 Port Interface tab fields for multiple ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Table 34 Ethernet Errors tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Table 35 Bridge tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Table 36 RMON tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Table 37 MLT dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Table 38 Interface tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Table 39 Ethernet Errors tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Table 40 VLAN dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Table 41 VLAN dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Table 42 Base tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Table 43 Spanning Tree tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Table 44 Transparent tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Table 45 Forwarding tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Table 46 Topology tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Table 47 Topology Table tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Table 48 History tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Table 49 Ether Stats tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Table 50 RMON Insert Alarm dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Table 51 Describes the fields on the Alarms tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Table 52 Events tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Table 53 Log tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Table 54 General tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Table 55 SecurityList tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Table 56 Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Table 57 AuthConfig tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Table 58 Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Table 59 AuthStatus tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Table 60 AuthViolation tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

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Preface

Welcome to the Nortel Ne tworks* Device Manager software, a set of graphical

network management applications you can use to configure and manage the

Nortel Networks BayStack

information about using the features and capabilities of the Java-based Device

Manager graphical user interface (GUI) to perform network management

operations for the switch.

Note: This version of Device Manager supports BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch software version 2.1.

Before you begin

This guide is intended for network administrators with the following background:

380-24F Gigabit Switch. This guide provides

• Basic knowledge of networks and Ethernet

• Familiarity with networking concepts and terminology

• Basic knowledge of network topologies

• Familiarity with GUIs

Text conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:

italic text Indicates book titles. separator ( > ) Shows menu paths.

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bridging

Example: Protocols > IP identif ie s the IP opti on on the Protocols menu.

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Related publications

For more information about using the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch, refer to

the following publications:

• Using the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch (part number 214391-A) Describes how to inst all and use t he BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch;

includes instructions to use the console interface to configure the switch.

• Installing the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch (part number 214390-A) Provides installation instructions for the switch in English and five other

languages.

• Getting Started with the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software (part number 214392-A)

Provides an introduction to the major features of the Device Manager software and how to use it to manage the BayStack 380-24F switch.

• Using Web-Based Management for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch (part number 214394-A)

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Describes how to use the Web-based management interface to configure and monitor switch operations.

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Chapter 1 Device Manager basics

This chapter describes basic procedures for using the Device Manager software. The chapter includes the following information:

• Instructions to start Device Manager, set the Device Manager properties, and open a device (next)

• A summary of the Device Manager user interface features and how to use them (startin g on page 25)

• Instructions to view statistics and display graphs (page 33)

• Instructions to use Device Manager to Telnet to a switch (page 40)

• Information about the trap log (page 42)

• Information about online Help (page 43)

Note: This version of Device Manager supports BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch software version 2.1.

Starting Device Manager

➨ Do one of the following , depending upon your opera ti ng sys tem e nvi ronment:

• In a Microsoft

Start > Programs > Nortel Networks Device Manager > Device Manager.

• In a UNIX environment, verify that the Device Manager installation

directory is in your search path; then enter:

JDM

The initial Device Manager window opens (Figure 1).

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Note: On startup, Device Manager performs a DNS lookup for the

machine on which it is running. If the DNS lookup is slow or fails, the initial Device Manager window may take up to 30 seconds to open.

Figure 1 Device Manager window

Setting the Device Manager properties

Device Manager communicates with the BayStack 380-24F switch using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The software is shipped with default values set for important communication parameters, such as the polling interval, timeout, and retry count. You may want to set the parameters before you open a device to manage.

To set the Device Manager properties:

1 Choose Device > Properties.

The Properties dialog box opens (Figure 2).

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Figure 2 Properties dialog box

2 Type information and select check boxes. 3 Click OK.

Table 1 describes the Properties dialog box items.

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Table 1 Properties dialog box items

Area Item Description Polling Status Interval Interval at which status information is gathered (default is 20

(If Traps, Status Interval: )

Hotswap Poll Interval The interval at which Device Manager polls for module

Enable Enables (true) or disables (false) periodic polling of the device

SNMP Retry Count Number of times Device Manager sends the same polling

Timeout Length of each retry of each polling waiting period. When you

Trace The trace field is used to enable and disable SNMP tracing.

Listen for Traps When selected (enable d), Devic e manag er liste ns for trap s from

Max Traps in Log The specified num be r of traps that may exist in the trap log. The

Trap Port Specifies the UDP port that Device Manager will listen on to

Listen for Syslogs This feature is inactive and not available. Confirm row deletion A dialog box displays when checked, before deleting a row.

seconds). Interval at which statistics and status inform ation are gathered

when traps are enabled. The default is 60.

information. The default is 1 interval.

for updated status. If p olling is disabled, the chassis status is updated only when you click Refresh on the Chassis tab.

request if a response is not returned to Device Manager. You may want to set this field to three or four.

access the device th rough a slow link, y ou may wan t to inc rease the timeout interval and then change the Retransmission Strategy to sup erli nea r.

When Trace is selected, SNMP protocol data units (PDUs) are displayed in the Device > Log dialog box.

traps when Device Manager is launched against a device.

the device

default is 500.

receive SNMP traps.

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“Opening” a device displays the device view, a picture of the device. To open the device view, you must enter community strings that determine the access level granted to the device.

Table 2 shows the default access community strings for the Device Manager

software.

Table 2 SNMP community string default values

Access lev el Description

Read-only public Read/write private

To display the device view:

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1 Do one of the following:

• Choose Device > Open.

• Choose Device > Open Last, and select an IP address from the list.

• Click the folder icon in the Device Manager window.

• Press [Ctrl] + O. The Open Device dialog box opens (Figure 3).

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Figure 3 Open Device dialog box

Table 3 describes the Open Device dialog box fields.

Table 3 Open Device dialog box fields

Field Description

Device Name Either an IP address or a DNS name for the device, entered by

Read Community SNMP read community string fo r the devic e. Default is

Write Community SNMP write community string for the device. Default is

the user.

public

(displayed as ******). The entry is case-sensitive.

private (displayed as *******).The entry is case-sensitive.

v3 Enabled Specifies that v3 is enabled User Name Specifies the user name. Authentication

Protocol Authentication

Password Privacy Protocol Specifies a privacy protocol. Privacy Password Specifies the privacy password.

Specifies the authentication protocol.

Specifies the authentication password.

2 In the Device Name text box, type the DNS name or IP address of the device.

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community strings.

4 Click Open.

Device Manager automatically determines what version of software the selected device is running and displays the appropriate Device Manager dialog boxes.

The Device Manager window opens, showing a picture of the device (Figure 4) that represents the physical features of the device.

Figure 4 Device view

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Note: To gain read/write/all access to a device in Device Manager, you must enter the read/write/all comm unity stri ng for both t he Read Community and Write Community strings.

Device Manager window

The Device Manager window (Figure 5) has the follo wing parts:

•Menu bar

• Toolbar

• Device view

• Status bar

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Figure 5 Parts of the Device Manager window

Menu bar

Tool bar

Device view

Status bar

Menu bar

Use the menu bar to set up and operate Device Manager (Table 4).

Table 4 Menu bar commands

Command Description

Device Opens the Open Device dialog box. Edit Opens edit dialog boxes for selected objects in the device view. This

Graph Opens statistics dialog boxes for the selected object. VLAN Opens dialog boxes fo r managin g VLANs, sp annin g tree group s (STGs),

Rmon Opens RMON configuration and monitoring dialog boxes. Actions Provides quick opening of a Telnet session without going through other

Help Opens online Help topics for Device Manager and provides a legend for

command also opens dialog boxes for managing files and running diagnostic tests.

and Multi-Link Trunks.

dialog boxes. It also provides quick opening of the Web Management Software Home page.

the port colors in the device view.

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Toolbar

The toolbar contains buttons that provide quick access to commonly used commands and some additional actions.

Table 5 Toolbar buttons

Button Name Description Menu bar equivalent

Open Device

Refresh Device Status

Telnet Opens a Telnet session. Device > Telnet

Trap Log Opens the trap log. Device > Trap Log

Help Opens online Help in a Web

Edit Selected

Graph Selected

Home Page Opens the Web Management

Opens the Open Device dialog box.

Refreshes the device view information.

browser.

Displays configuration data for the selected chassis object.

Opens statistics and graphing dialog boxes for the selected object.

Software Home Page.

Device > Open

Device > Refresh Status

Help > Device

Edit > Unit Edit > Chassis Edit > Port

Graph > Chassis Graph > Port

Actions > Open Home Page

Device view

The device view allows you to determine at a glance the operating status of the various units and ports in your hardware configuration. You also use the device view to perform management tasks on specific objects.

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Alarm Manager

Opens the Rmon Alarm Manager.

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Selecting objects

The types of objects contained in the device view are:

• A switch (called a unit in the menus and dialog boxes)

• Min-GBIC ports

• GBIC ports

Figure 6 Objects in the device view

Switch or

Switch or Chassis

Chassis object

object

Mini-GBICPort

GBIC Port

Selecting a single object

To select a single object:

➨ Click the edge of the object.

The object is outlined in yellow, indicating that it is selected. Subsequent activities in Device Manager refer to the selected object.

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Selecting multiple objects

To select multiple objects of the same type (such as GBIC ports or or mini-GBIC ports):

➨ For a block of contiguous ports, drag to select the group of mini-GBIC ports.

To select all the ports in a switch:

➨ Choose Edit > Select > Ports.

LEDs and ports

The color of LEDs in the device view is the same as the colors of the LEDs on the physical switch. However, the device view does not show blinking activity of the LEDs.

For a full description of the LEDs for the Baystack 380, refer to Using the BayStack 380-24F 1000 Switch.

The ports on the device view are color coded to show port status.

Table 6 shows the status assigned to each color.

Table 6 Port color codes

Color Description

Green Port is operating. Red Port has been manually disabled. Orange Port has no link. Light blue Port is in standby mode. Dark blue Port is being tested. Gray Port is unmanageable. Purple Loopback Mode.

In addition, the Help menu provides a legend that identifies the port colors and their meanings.

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Figure 7 Color port legend

Shortcut menus

Each object in the device view has a shortcut menu that opens when you right-click a selected object. The switch unit shortcut menu (Figure 8) provides access to basic hardware information about the switch and to the graphing dialog boxes for the switch.

Figure 8 Switch unit shortcut menu

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Table 7 Switch unit shortcut menu command

Command Description

Edit Opens a read-only dialog box that provides basic hardware

information about the switch.

The port shortcut menu (Figure 9) provides a faster path for editing and graphing a single port; however, you can access the same options using the men u ba r or the toolbar.

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