Nortel Networks 380 User Manual

Part No. 212859-A September 2002

4655 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054

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Notwithstanding any other license agreement that may pertain to, or accompany the delivery of, this computer software, the rights of the United States Government regarding its use, reproduction, and disclosure are as set forth in the Commercial Computer Software-Restricted Rights clause at FAR 52.227-19.

Statement of con ditions

In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, Nortel Networks Inc. reserves the right to make changes to the products described in t his document without notice.

Nortel Networks Inc. does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product(s) or circuit layout(s) described herein.

Portions of the cod e in this software product may be Copyright © 1988, Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms of such portions are permitted, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation, advertising materials, and other materials related to such d istribution and use acknowledge that such portions of the software were developed by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from such portions of the software without specific prior written permission.

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Japan/Nippon Requirements Only

Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) Statement

Taiwan Requirements

Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) Statement

Canada Requirements Only

Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations

This digital apparatus (Baystac k 380 Switch) does not exceed the Class A limits for radio-noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique du ministère des Communications

Cet appareil numérique (Baystack 380 Switch) respecte les limites de bruits radioélectriques visant les appareils numériques de classe A prescrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique du ministère des Communications du Canada.

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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Text conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

How to get help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chapter 1

BayStack 380 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Physical description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Back panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Flash memory storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

MultiLink Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Port mirroring (conversation steering) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Autosensing, autonegotiation, auto-MDI/X, and autopolarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Console port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) Gigabit Interface Converter . . . . . . . . . .27

Port connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

LED display panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Redundant power supply unit (RPSU) and uninterruptible power

supply (UPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

DC-DC module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

AC power receptacle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

RADIUS-based network security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

MAC address-based security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Switch software image storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Configuration parameters storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

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Chapter 2

Network configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Network configuration examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

IEEE 802.1Q VLAN workgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

IEEE 802.1p Prioritizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

MultiLink Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

RFCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

SNMP MIB support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

SNMP trap support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

BootP automatic IP configuration/MAC address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Configuration and switch management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

High-bandwidth Desktop switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

High-bandwidth server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

OEL2 Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Layer 2 Aggregator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

IEEE 802.1Q tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

VLANs spanning multiple switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

VLANs spanning multiple 802.1Q tagged switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

VLANS spanning multiple untagged switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Shared servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

VLAN workgroup summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

VLAN configuration rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Independent VLANs (IVL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Client/server configuration using MultiLink Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Split MultiLink Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Trunk configuration screen examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Trunk configuration screen for Switch S1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Trunk configuration screen for Switch S2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Before you configure trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Spanning tree considerations for MultiLink Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Additional tips about the MultiLink Trunking feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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Port mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Chapter 3

Using the console interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Accessing the CI menus and screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Using the CI menus and screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Navigating the CI menus and screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Screen fields and descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

IP Configuration/Setup screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Choosing a BootP request mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

SNMP Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

System Characteristics screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Switch Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

MAC Address Table screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

MAC Address Security Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

MAC Address Security Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

MAC Address Security Table screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

VLAN Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

VLAN Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

VLAN Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

VLAN Display by Port screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

VLAN Traffic Class Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

High Speed Flow Control Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Choosing a high speed flow control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Symmetric mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Asymmetric mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Port Mirroring Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Port Statistics screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

System Log screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Console/Comm Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

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Hardware Unit Information screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Spanning Tree Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

TELNET Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Software Download screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Configuration File Download/Upload screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Chapter 4

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Interpreting the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Diagnosing and correcting problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Normal power-up sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Port connection problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

LED Indications during the download process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Autonegotiation modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Port interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

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Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Performance specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Network protocol and standards compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Safety agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Electromagnetic emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Electromagnetic immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Appendix B

Installing SFP and CWDM Gigabit Interface Converters (GBICs) . . . . . . 183

Product description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Handling, safety, and environmental guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Product models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

SFP GBIC labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Contents 11

Installing a Small Form Factor Pluggable SFP GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Removing a Small Form Factor Pluggable SFP GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Small Form Factor Pluggable SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Standards, connectors, cabling, and distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

1000BASE-SX (LC Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

1000BASE-LX (LC Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

1000BASE-SX (MT-RJ Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexed (CWDM) Small Form Factor

Pluggable (SFP) Gigabit Interface Converters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

CWDM SFP GBIC description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

About the optical routing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

CWDM SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Appendix C

Quick configuration for MultiLink Trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Appendix D

Connectors and pin assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

RJ-45 (10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-TX) port connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

MDI and MDI-X devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

MDI-X to MDI cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Auto-polarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

DB-9 (RS-232-D) Console/Comm Port connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Appendix E

Default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Appendix F

Sample BootP configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

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Figure 1 BayStack 380 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 2 BayStack 380 Switch front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Figure 3 BayStack 380 Switch LED display panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Figure 4 BayStack 380 Switch back panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Figure 5 BayStack 380 Switch security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Figure 6 BayStack 380 Switch used as a desktop switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 7 BayStack 380 used in a high-bandwidth server configuration . . . . . . . . .52

Figure 8 BayStack 380 used in an OEL2 Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Figure 9 Layer 2 Aggregator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 10 Port-based VLAN example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Figure 11 Default VLAN settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 12 Port-based VLAN assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 13 802.1Q tagging (after port-based VLAN assignment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 14 802.1Q tag assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 15 802.1Q tagging (after 802.1Q tag assignment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 16 VLANs spanning multiple 802.1Q tagged switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Figure 17 VLANs spanning multiple untagged switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 18 Possible problems with VLANs and Spanning Tree Protocol . . . . . . . . . . 62

Figure 19 Multiple VLANs sharing resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 20 VLAN broadcast domains within the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 21 Default VLAN Configuration screen example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 22 VLAN Configuration screen example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 23 Default VLAN Port Configuration screen example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 24 VLAN Port Configuration screen example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 25 VLAN configuration spanning multiple switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Figure 26 Prioritizing packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Figure 27 Port Transmit Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Figure 28 Default Traffic Class Configuration Screen Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Figure 29 Traffic Class Priority Configuration screen example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

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Figure 30 Switch-to-switch trunk configuration example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 31 Switch-to-server trunk configuration example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 32 Client/server configuration example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Figure 33 Split MultiLink Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Figure 34 Choosing the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 35 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 36 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Figure 37 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Figure 38 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Figure 39 Path Cost arbitration example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Figure 40 Example 1: correctly configured trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Figure 41 Example 2: detecting a misconfigured port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure 42 Port Mirroring Configuration port-based screen example . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Figure 43 Map of console interface screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Figure 44 Console interface main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Figure 45 IP Configuration/Setup screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Figure 46 SNMP Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Figure 47 System Characteristics screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Figure 48 Switch Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Figure 49 MAC Address Table screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Figure 50 MAC Address Security Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Figure 51 MAC Address Security Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Figure 52 MAC Security Port Configuration screen (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Figure 53 MAC Security Port Configuration screen (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Figure 54 MAC Address Security Table screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Figure 55 MAC Address Security Table screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Figure 56 VLAN Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Figure 57 VLAN Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Figure 58 VLAN Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Figure 59 VLAN Display by Port screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Figure 60 VLAN Traffic Class Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Figure 61 Traffic Class Policy Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Figure 62 Traffic Class Priority Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Figure 63 Port Configuration screen (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Figure 64 Port Configuration screen (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

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Figure 65 High Speed Flow Control Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Figure 66 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Figure 67 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Figure 68 MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Figure 69 MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Figure 70 Port Mirroring Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Figure 71 Port Statistics screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Figure 72 System Log screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Figure 73 Console/Comm Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Figure 74 Hardware Unit Information screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Figure 75 Spanning Tree Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Figure 76 Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Figure 77 Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Figure 78 Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Figure 79 TELNET Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Figure 80 Software Download screen for a BayStack 380 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Figure 81 Configuration File Download/Upload screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Figure 82 LED display panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Figure 83 SFP GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Figure 84 Nortel Networks SFP GBIC label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Figure 85 Inserting an LC SFP GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Figure 86 Inserting an MT-RJ SFP GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Figure 87 Removing an SFP GBIC (Bottom view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Figure 88 Configuring MultiLink Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Figure 89 RJ-45 (8-pin modular) port connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Figure 90 DB-9 Console port connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

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Table 1 Components on the BayStack 380 Switch front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Table 2 BayStack 380 switch LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Table 3 Components on the BayStack 380 Switch back panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Table 4 International power cord specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Table 5 SNMP MIB support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Table 6 Support SNMP traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Table 7 Independent VLAN (IVL) Forwarding Database Table Example . . . . . . . . 70

Table 8 Console interface main menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Table 9 IP Configuration/Setup screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Table 10 SNMP Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Table 11 System Characteristics screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Table 12 Switch Configuration Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Table 13 MAC Address Table screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Table 14 MAC Address Security Configuration Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Table 15 MAC Address Security Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Table 16 MAC Security Port Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Table 17 MAC Address Security Table screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Table 18 VLAN Configuration Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Table 19 VLAN Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Table 20 VLAN Port Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Table 21 VLAN Display by Port screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Table 22 Policy Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Table 23 Priority Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Table 24 Port Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Table 25 High Speed Flow Control Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Table 26 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Table 27 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Table 28 MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Table 29 Port Mirroring Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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Table 30 Monitoring modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Table 31 Port Statistics screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Table 32 System Log screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Table 33 Console/Comm Port Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Table 34 Spanning Tree Configuration Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Table 35 Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Table 36 Spanning Tree Switch Settings parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Table 37 TELNET Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Table 38 Software Download screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Table 39 Configuration File Download/Upload screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Table 40 Parameters not saved to the configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Table 41 BayStack 380 switch LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Table 42 Corrective actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Table 43 Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Table 44 Electrical parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Table 45 Physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Table 46 Performance specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Table 47 Nortel Networks SFP GBIC models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Table 48 SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Table 49 1000BASE-SX SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Table 50 1000BASE-LX SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Table 51 1000BASE-SX (MT-RJ) SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Table 52 Nortel Networks CWDM SFP GBIC List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Table 53 40 Kilometer CWDM SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Table 54 70 Kilometer CWDM SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Table 55 RJ-45 port connector pin assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Table 56 1000BASE-T Pin Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Table 57 DB-9 Console port connector pin assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Table 58 Factory default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

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Preface

This guide describes the Nortel Networks* BayStack* 380 10/100/1000 Switch features and uses. The terms “BayStack 380 10/100/ 1000 Switch” and “BayStack 380 Switch” are both used in this document.

Before you begin

This guide is intended for network mana gers and administrators w ith the following back gro und:

• Basic knowledge of networks, Ethernet* bridging, and IP

• Familiarity with networking concepts and terminology

• Specific knowledge about the networking devices, protocols, topologies, and

interfaces that comprise your network

• Experience with windowing systems, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), or

Web browsers

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Text conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:

angle brackets (< >) Indicate that you choose the text to enter based on the

description inside the brackets. Do not type the brackets when entering the command.

Example: If the command syntax is:

ping < ping 192.32.10.12

ip_address

, you enter:

bold text

Indicates command names and options and text that you need to enter.

Example: Enter Example: Use the

show ip {alerts | routes}.

dinfo

command.

braces ({}) Indicate required elements in syntax descriptions

where there is more than one option. You must choose only one of the options. Do not type the braces when entering the command.

Example: If the command syntax is:

show ip {alerts | routes}

, you must enter

either:

show ip alerts or show ip routes

, but not

both.

brackets ([ ]) Indicate optional elements in syntax descriptions. Do

not type the brackets when entering the command. Example: If the command syntax is:

show ip interfaces [-alerts]

, you can enter

either:

show ip interfaces or show ip interfaces

-alerts

ellipsis points (. . . ) Indicate that you repeat the last element of the

command as needed. Example: If the command syntax is:

ethernet/2/1 [

] . . .

you enter

ethernet/2/1

and as many parameter -v alue pairs as

needed.

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italic text Indicates file and directory names, new terms, book

titles, and variables in command syntax descriptions. Where a variable is two or more words, the words are connected by an underscore .

Example: If the command syntax is:

show at

valid_route

<valid_route>

is one variab le and you subst itute one v alue

for it.

screen

text Indicates system output, for example, prompts and

system messages. Example: Set Trap Monitor Filters

separator ( > ) Shows menu paths.

Example: Protocols > IP identif i es t he IP option on t he Protocols menu.

vertical line (

) Separates choices for command keywords and

arguments. Enter only one of the choices. Do not type the vertical line when entering the command.

Example: If the command syntax is:

show ip {alerts | routes} show ip alerts

both.

, you enter either:

show ip routes

, but not

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Related publicat ions

For more information abo ut using the BayStack 380 Swit ch, refer to the follo wing publications:

• Using the BayStack 380 10/100/1000 Switch (part number 212859-A)

Describes how to use the BayStack 380 10/100/1000 Switch for network configuration.

• Using Web-Based Management for the BayStack 380 10/100/1000 Switch

(part number 212863-A) Describes how to use the Web-based management tool to configure switch

features.

• Installing the BayStack 380 10/100/1000 Switch (part number 212860-A)

Describes how to install the BayStack 380 Switch.

• Release Notes for the BayStack 380 10/100/1000 Switch

(part number 212864-A) Documents important changes about the software and hardware that are not

covered in other related publications.

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• Getting Started with the BayStack 380 Management Software

(part number 212861-A) Describes how to install the Java-based device level software management

application.

• Reference for the BayStack 380 Management Software (part number 212862)

Describes how to use the Java-based device level software management application.

You can print selected technical manuals and release notes free, directly from the Internet. Go to the www.nortelnetworks.com/documentation URL. Find the product for which you n eed d ocume nta ti on. The n l ocat e t he s pec ific category and model or version for your hardware or software product. Use Adobe* Acrobat Reader* to open the manuals and release notes, search for the sections you need, and print them on most standard printers. Go to Adobe Systems at the

www.adobe.com URL to download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

You can purchase printed books and documentation sets from Vervante. To order printed documentation, go to Vervante at the www.vervante.com/nortel URL.

How to get help

If you purchased a service contract for your Nortel Networks product from a distributor or authorized reseller, contact the technical support staff for that distributor or reseller for assistance.

If you purchased a Nortel Ne tw orks s ervic e prog ram, contac t one o f the following Nortel Networks Technical Solutions Centers:

Technical Solutions Center Telephone

Europe, Middle East, and Africa (33) (4) 92-966-968 North America (800) 4NORTEL or (800) 466-7835 Asia Pacific (61) (2) 9927-8800 China (800) 810-5000

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An Express Routing Code (ERC) is a vailable for many Nortel Networks products and services. When you use an ERC, your call is routed to a technical support person who speciali zes in sup porting t hat produc t or serv ice. To locate an ERC for your product or service, go to the www12.nortelnetworks.com/ URL and click ERC at the bottom of the page.

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Chapter 1 BayStack 380 Switch

This chapter introduces the BayStack 380 Switch and covers the following topics:

• “Physica l description,” next

• “Features” on page 36

Physical description

Figure 1 depicts the front and side views of the BayStack 380 Switch.

Figure 1 BayStack 380 Switch

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Front panel

Figure 2 shows the configuration of the front panel on the BayStack 380 Switch. Table 1 describes the components on the front panel.

For descriptions of the back panel BayStack 380 Switch components, see “Back

panel” on page 32.

Figure 2 BayStack 380 Switch

front panel

2 3

1234567

Console

91011121314151617181920212223

BayStack 380-24T Switch

21 22 23 24

mini-GBIC

In use

21 22

Pwr Status RPSU

1 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 193

2 6 8 101214161820

21 23

22 244

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Table 1 Components on the BayStack 380 Switch front panel

Item Description

1 Console port 2 10/100/1000BASE-TX RJ-45 Port connectors 3 Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) Gigabit Interface

Converter (mini-GBIC)

4 LED display panel

Console port

The Console port allow s you to access the console interface (CI) screens and customize your network using the supplied menus and screens (see Chapter 3,

“Using the console interface,” on page 93).

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The Console port is a DB-9, RS-232-D male serial port connector. You can use this connector to connect a management station or console/terminal to the BayStack 380 Switch by using a straight-through DB-9 to DB-9 standard serial port cable. You must use a VT100/ANSI-compatible terminal (for cursor control and to enable cur sor a nd fun ctions keys) to use t he cons ole po rt. Se e I nstalli ng the BayStack 380 10/100/1000 Switch for more information.

Note: The console port is configured as a data communications equipment (DCE) connector. Ensure that your RS-232 cable pinouts are configured for DCE connections (see Appendix D, “Connectors and pin

assignments,” on page 201).

The Console port default settings are: 9600 ba ud with eig ht data bits, one st op bit, and no parity as the comm unications format, with fl ow control set to enabled.

Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) Gigabit Interface Converter

Small Form Factor Pluggable Gigabit Interface Converters are hot-swappable input/output enhancement components designed for use with Nortel Networks products to allow Gigabit Ethernet ports to link with Short Wavelength (SX), Long Wave length (LX), and Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexed (CWDM) fiber optic networks.

Port connectors

The BayStack 380 Switch uses 10/100/ 1000B ASE-TX RJ-45 (8-pin modular) port connectors.

The 10/100/1000BASE-TX port connectors feature auto-MDI-X (media-dependent int erf ace- cross ov er ). These port s conn ect o ve r strai ght- through cables to the network interface card (NIC) in a node or server, similar to a conventional Ethernet repeater hub. However, with this feature and auto-negotiation enabled, you can still use straight-through cables while connecting to an Ethernet hub or switch.

For details on pin assignments and for directions on how to make your own cross-over cables, see “Appendix D, “Connectors and pin assignments,” on page

201).

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The BayStack 380 Switch uses autosensing ports designed to operate at 10 Mb/s (megabits per second), 100 Mb/s, OR 1000 Mb/s (1 gigabit) depending on the connecting devic e. These por ts supp ort the IEEE 802.3u, 802.3z for 1000SS, or

802.3ab for 1000TX autonegotiation standard, which means that when a port is connected to another device that also supports the IEEE 802.3u, 802.3z for 1000SS, or 802.3ab for 1000TX sta ndard, the two de vi ces ne gotiate the best speed and duplex mode.

The BayStack 380 Switch features auto-polarity. With autonegotiation enabled, auto-polarity automatically reverses the polarity of a pair of pins from positive to negative or negative to positive. This c orrects the pol arity of the received data if the port detect s tha t the polar ity of the data h as bee n r e v ersed due to a wiring error.

The 10/100/1000BASE-TX switch ports also support half- and full-duplex mode operation at 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s (refer to Installing the BayStack 380 10/100/ 1000 Switch).

The 10/100/1000BASE-TX RJ-45 ports can connect to 10 Mb/s or 100 Mb/s or 1000 Mb/s (1 gigabit) Ethernet segments or nodes.

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Note: Use only Category 5 copper unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable connections when connecting 10/100/1000BASE-TX ports.

Note: I EEE 1000B ASE-TX re quires op erating in full- duple x mode with auto-negoti ati on enabled.

See Appendix D, “Connectors and pin assignments,” on page 201 for more information about the RJ-45 port connectors.

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LED display panel

Figure 3 shows the BayStack 380 Switch LED display panel. See Table 2 for a

description of the LEDs.

Figure 3 BayStack 380 Switch LED display panel

21 22

In use

1 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 193

Pwr Status RPSU

2 6 8 101214161820

21 23

22 244

10/100/1000 Activity 10/100/1000 Activity

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Table 2 BayStack 380 switch LED descriptions

Label Type Color State Meaning

Pwr Power status Green On DC power is available to the switch’s internal circuitry.

Off No AC power to switch or power supply failed.

Status System

RPSU RPSU status Green On The switch is connected to the RPSU and can receive

10/100/

1000

Activity Port activity Green Blinking Indicates network activity for the corresponding port. A

status

Speed/Link Status indicator

Green On Self-test passed successfully and switch is operational.

Blinking A nonfatal error occurred during the self-test. (This

Off The switch failed the self-test.

Off The switch is not connected to the RPSU or RPSU is not

Alternating Green/ Amber

(10) Blinking The corresponding 10 Mb/s port has been disabled by

Solid Amber

(100) Blinking The corresponding port has been disabled by software.

Solid Green

(1000)

On The corresponding port is set to operate at 10 Mb/s, and

Off The link connection is bad, or there is no connection to

On The corresponding port is set to operate at 10 0 Mb/s , and

Off The link connection is bad, or there is no connection to

On The corresponding port is set to operate at 1000 Mb/s

Blinking The corresponding 1000 Mb/s port has been disabled by

Off The link connection is bad, or there is no connection to

includes nonworking fans.)

power if needed.

supplying power.

the link is good.

software.

this port.

the link is good.

this port.

and the link is good.

software.

this port.

high level of network activity can cause the LEDs to appear to be on continuously.

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Note: The speed indicator LED for a port operating at 10 Mb/s is solid amber for 5 seconds, then switches to green for 1 second. It al ternates in th is way while the switch is on.

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Multi-mode LEDs are used per port to display 10/100/1000BaseTX speed and port status:

• 1000Mbps - solid green

• 100Mbps - solid amber

• 10Mbps - solid amber for 5 seconds, solid green for 1 second, repeat

• If the port is disabled, the port speed LED blinks at a rate of once per second:

• disabled 1000Mbps - blink green

• disabled 100Mbps - blink amber

• disabled 10Mbps - blink amber 5 times, blink green 1 time, repeat

• System ready LED

• Redundant power LED

Activity LED: t o be dr i v en dire ctly b y PHYs Mini- GBICs and t he cor respon ding copper ports are sharing the same activity LEDs

Mini-GBIC “In Use” LEDs: “In Use” is indicated by a green LED. If the “In Use” LED is lit, then the 10/100/1000 LED for the corresponding RJ-45 port will be off.

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Back panel

The switch back panel is shown in Figure 4. Table 3 describes the components on the back panel.

Figure 4 BayStack 380 Switch

2 1

100-240 V50-60Hz 2A

Table 3 Components on the BayStack 380 Switch

Item Description

back panel

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1 DC-DC module for the Redundant power supply unit

(RPSU)

2 AC power receptacle

Redundant power supply unit (RPSU) and uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

The redundant power supply connector allows you to connect a backup power supply unit to the BayStack 380 Switch. Nortel Networks provides an optional redundant power supply unit (RPSU) for this purpose. The BayStack 10 Power Supply Unit (Order number AA0005005) is a hot-swappable power supply unit that provides uninterrupted operation to as many as four BayStack 380 Switches in the event that any of the switch power supplies fail.

The BayStack 10 Power Supply Unit has a powerful, modular redundant and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) functionality in a single chassis. It provides scalable power redundancy and protection to your networking equipment. The modules fit into the right-hand side of the rear of the chassis. The UPS and associated battery pack module fit into the front of the chassis.

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For further information, refer to Installation and Reference for the BayStack 10 Power Supply Unit (part number 208296-C). Contact your Nortel Networks sales

representative for more information.

DC-DC module

The 100 W att DC-DC Con v erter oper ates in conjuncti on with the Nortel Networks BayStack 10 Power Supply Unit and 200 Watt AC/DC Power Supply Module. The 100 Watt DC-DC Converter (Order number AA0005010) provides a plug-and-play redundant power supply unit for the BayStack 380 Switch, as well as other products available from Nortel Networks. Contact your Nortel Networks sales representative for information about the Nortel Networks products that use the 100 Watt DC-DC Converter.

AC power receptacle

The AC power receptacle accepts the AC power cord (supplied). For installation outside of North Amer ica, make sure that you ha ve t he proper powe r cord for your region. Any cord used must have a CEE-22 standard V female connector on one end and must meet the IEC 320 -03 0 specifications. Table 4 lists specificat ion s for international power cords.

Table 4 International power cord specifications

Country/Plug description Specifications Typical plug

Continental Europe:

• CEE7 standard VII male plug

• Harmonized cord (HAR marking on the outside of the cord jacket to comply with the CENELEC Harmonized Document HD-21)

U.S./Canada/Japan:

• NEMA5-15P male plug

• UL recognized (UL stamped on cord jacket)

• CSA certified (CSA label secured to the c ord)

220 or 230 VAC 50 Hz Single phase

100 or 120 VAC 50–60 Hz Single phase

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Table 4 International power cord specifications (continued)

Country/Plug description Specifications Typical plug

United Kingdom:

• BS1363 male plug with fuse

• Harmonized cord

Australia:

• AS3112-1981 Male plug

240 VAC 50 Hz Single phase

229FA

240 VAC 50 Hz Single phase

230FA

Caution: Please read immediately.

Inspect this power cord and determine if it provides the proper p lu g and is appropriately certified for use with your electrical system. Immediately discard this cord if it is inappropriate for your country's electrical system and obtain the proper cord as required by your national electrical codes or ordinances.

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Refer to this product's technical documentation for detailed installation procedures to be followed by qualified service personnel.

Vorsicht: Bitte sofort lesen.

Sehen Sie nach, ob dieses Netzkabel über den richtigen Stecker verfügt und für die Verwendung in Ihrem Stromversog ungsnetz zertifiziert ist. Falls dieses Kabel nicht für das Stromver sor g ungsnetz in Ihrem Land geeignet ist, darf es nicht verwendet wer d en. Besorgen Sie sich ein Kabel, das die Vorschriften der Zulassungsbehörden in Ihrem Land erfüllt.

Die technische Dokumentation dieses Produkts enthält ausführliche Installationsanweisungen, die nur von qualifiziertem Kundendienstpersonal ausgeführt werden dürfen.

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Attention: Lisez ceci immédiatement.

Examinez ce cor don d' alim entation pour déterm iner s 'il dis pose d e la f ic he a ppropriée et s'il est bien agréé pour utilisation sur votre installation électrique. Débarrassez-vous en immédiatement s'il ne convient pas à l'utilisation sur le secteur électrique en usage dans votre pays et procurez-vous un cordon conforme à la réglementation nationale en vigueur.

Reportez-vous à la documentation technique de ce produit pour obtenir des instructions détaillées d'installation, destinées à un technicien qualifié.

Attenzione: Leggere attentamente.

Controllare questo cavo di alimentazione, verificarne il collegamento con la presa appropriata nonché la certificazione per l'uso nell'impianto elettrico posseduto. Non utilizzare assolutamente in caso tale cavo non sia adatto al sistema elettrico del paese in cui viene utilizzato e richiederne un altro certificato dall'ente nazionale di fornitura elettrica.

Per le procedure di installazione che devono essere seguite dal personale di servizio, consultare questa documentazione tecnica del prodotto.

Advertencia: Sírvase leer inmediatamente.

Inspeccione este cable de alimentación eléctrica y determine si viene con el enchufe apropiado y está debidamente certificado para el uso con su sistema eléctrico. Si no cumple con los reglament os del sistema eléctrico de su país, despójese de este cable de alimentación inmediatamente y obtenga el cable requerido, según las ordenanzas y códigos eléctricos nacionales.

Refiérase a la documentación técnica de este producto para recibir información detallada sobre los procedimientos que el personal calificado de reparaciones deberá seguir.

Caution:

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Warning:

device. The power cord must always be connected in a location that can be accessed quickly and safely in case of an emergency.

Vorsicht: Die Stromzufuhr zu diesem Gerät kann nur durch Ziehen des Netzstromkabels unterbrochen werden. Die Netzsteckdose, an die das Netzstromkabel angeschlossen ist, muß sich stets an einem Ort befinden, der bei einem Notfall schnell und einfach zugänglich ist.

Avertissement: Le débranchement du cordon d'alimentation constitue le seul moyen de mettre cet appareil hors tension. Le cordon d'alimentation doit donc toujours être br anché da ns u ne pri se acce ssibl e pour f ac ilit er la mise hors tension en cas d'urgence.

Advertencia: La única forma de desconectar la alimentación de este dispositivo es desenchufar el cable de alimentación. El cable de alimentación siempre debe esta r conecta do en una u bicación que perm ita acce der al c able de forma rápida y segura en caso de emergencia.

Avvertenza: Estrarre il cavo di alimentazione è l'unico sistema per spegnere il dispositivo. Il cavo di alimentazione deve essere sempre collegato in una posizione che permetta l'accesso facile e sicuro in caso di emergenza.

Removal of the power cord is the only way to turn off power to this

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The BayStack 380 Switch provides wire-speed switching that allows high-performance, low-cost connections to full-duplex and half-duplex 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet local area networks (LANs). The BayStack 380 Switch provides the following features.

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Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)

In a traditional shared-media network, traffic generated by a station is transmitted to all other stations on the local segment. Therefore, for any given station on the shared Ethernet, the local segment is the collision domain because traffic on the segment has the potential to cause an Ethernet collision. The local segment is also the broadcast domain because any broadcast is sent to all stations on the local segment. Although Ethernet switches and bridges divide a network into smaller collision domains, they do not affect the broadcast domain. In simple terms, a virtual local area network provides a mechanism to fine-tune broadcast domains.

Your BayStack 380 Switch allows you to create port-based VLANs:

• IEEE 802.1Q port-based VLANs A port-based VLAN is a VLAN in whic h the por ts are expli citly conf igu red to

be in the VLAN. When you create a port-based VLAN, you assign a Port VLAN Identifier (PVID) and specify which ports belong to the VLAN. The PVID is used to coordinate VLANs acr oss multiple switches.

• Auto PVID

Security

The BayStack 380 Switc h secur ity f eatur es pr ovi de tw o le v els of se cur ity for your local area network (LAN):

• RADIUS-based security—limits administrative access to the switch through

• MAC address-based security—limits access to the switch based on allowed

Figure 5 shows a typical campus configuration using the BayStack 380 Switch

security features. This example assumes that the switch, the teachers’ offices and classrooms, and the libr ary are phy sical ly secu red. The stude nt dormi tory may ( or may not be) physically secure.

When Auto PVID is active, a port that is assigned to a numbered VLAN has the same number for its P VID. For example, if the VLAN is 2, the PVID is 2.

user authentication

source MAC addresses

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Figure 5 BayStack 380 Switch security feature

Switch

RADIUS

server

To Network

Center

RADIUS-based

security

Student Dormitory

Legend

= Secure locked area

Teachers’ offices and classrooms

Library

BS45077C

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In this configuration example, the following security measures are implemented:

•The switch — RADIUS-based security is used to limit administrative access to the

switch through user authentication (see “RADIUS-based network

security” on page 40).

— MAC address-based security is used to allow up to 448 authorized

stations (MAC addresses) access to one or more switch ports (see “MAC address-based security” on page 40).

— The switch is located in a locked closet, accessible only by authorized

Technical Services personnel.

• Student dormitory Dormitory rooms are typically occupied by two students and have been

prewired with two RJ-45 jacks. Only students who are authorized (as specified by the MAC address-base d security feature) can access the sw itch on the secured ports.

• Teachers’ offices and classrooms The PCs that are located in the teachers’ offices and in the classrooms are

assigned MAC address-based security that is specific for each classroom and office location. The security feature logically locks each wall jack to the specified station and prevents unauthorized access to the switch should someone attempt to connect a personal laptop PC into the wall jack. The printer is assigned as a single station and is allowed full bandwidth on that switch port.

It is assumed that all PCs are password protected and that the classrooms and offices are physically secured.

• Library The wall jacks in the lib rary are set up so t hat the PCs can be connected to any

wall jack in th e room. This arrangemen t allows the PCs to be moved anywhere in the room. The exception is the printer, which is assigned as a single station with full bandwidth to that port.

It is assumed that al l PCs ar e p assw ord pro tec ted an d that access to the l ibrar y is physically secured.

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RADIUS-based network security

The RADIUS-based security feature allows you to set up network access control, using the RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Services) security protocol. The RADIUS-based security feature uses the RADIUS protocol to authenticate local console and Telnet logins.

You will need to set up specific user accounts (user names and passwords, and Service-Type attributes) on your RADIUS server before the authentication process can be initiated. To provide each user with appropriate levels of access to the switch, set the following username attributes on your RADIUS server:

• Read-write access—Set the Service-Type field value to Administrative.

• Read-only access—Set the Service-Type field value to NAS-Prompt.

For detailed instructions to set up your RADIUS server, refer to your RADIUS server documentation.

For instructions to use the console interface (CI) to set up the RADIUS-based security feature, see Chapter 3, “Using the console interface,” on page 93.

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MAC address-based security

The MAC address-based security feature allows you to set up network access control, based on source MAC addresses of authorized stations.

You can:

• Create a list of up to 448 MAC addresses and specify which addresses are authorized to connect to your switch configuration. The 448 MAC addresses can be configured within a single standalone switch.

• Specify which of your switch ports each MAC address is allowed to access. The options for allowed port access include: NONE, ALL, and a single port.

The MAC address-based security feature is based on Nortel Networks BaySecure LAN Acces s for Ethernet, a real-time security sy stem that safeguards Ethernet networks from unauthorized surveillance and intrusion.

For instructions to use the console interface (CI) to set up the RADIUS-based security feature, see Chapter 3, “Using the console interface,” on page 93.

Flash memory storage

Switch software image storage

The BayStack 380 Switc h uses flash memory to store the switch software image. The flash memory allows you to update the software image with a newer version without changing the switch hardware (see “Software Download screen” on

page 164). An in-band connection between the switch and the TFTP load host is

required to download the software image.

Configuration parameters storage

All configuration parameters are stored in flash memory. These parameters are updated every 60 seconds (if a change occurs) or whenever a reset command is executed.

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Warning: Do not power off the switch within 10 seconds of changing

any configuration parameters. Powering down the switch within 10 seconds of changing configuration parameters can cause the changed configuration parameters to be lost.

MultiLink Trunking

The MultiLink Trunking feature allows you to group multiple ports, two to four together, when forming a link to another switch or server, thus increasing aggregate throughput of the interconnection between two devices, up to 8 Gb/s in full-duplex mode. The BayStack 380 Switch can be configured with up to six MultiLink Trunks.

For more information about the MultiLink Trunking feature, see “MultiLink

Trunk Configuration Menu screen” on page 136.

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Port mirroring (conversation steering)

The port mirroring feature (sometimes referred to as conversation steering) allows you to designate a single switch port as a traffic monitor for a specified port. You can specify port-based monitoring for ingress and egress at a specific port. You can also attach a probe device (such as a Nortel Networks StackProbe, or equivalent) to the designated monitor port.

For more information about the port mirroring feature, see “Port Mirroring

Configuration screen” on page 142.

Autosensing, autonegotiation, auto-MDI/X, and autopolarity

The BayStack 380 switches are autosensing and autonegotiating devices:

• The term autosense refers to a port’s ability to sense the spee d of an attached device.

• The term autonegotiation refers to a standardized protocol (IEEE 802.3u or

802.3z or 802.3ab) that exists between two IEEE -capable devices. Autonegotiation allows the switch to select the best of both speed and duplex modes.

• The term autopolarity refers to automatic detection of transmit and receive twisted pairs.

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Autosensing is use d whe n t he attached de vic e i s not capable of auto negotiation or is using a form of autonegotiation that is not compatible with the IEEE 802.3z autonegotiation standard. In this case, because it is not possible to sense the duplex mode of the attached device, the BayStack 380 Switch reverts to half-duplex mode.

When autonegotiation-capable devices are attached to the BayStack 380 Switch, the ports negotiate down from 1000 Mb/s speed and full-duplex mode until the attached device acknowledges a supported speed and duplex mode.

Auto-MDI-X detects receive and transmit twisted pairs automatically. When auto-MDI-X is active, any straight or crossover category 5 cable can be used to provide connection to a port. If autonegotiation is disabled, then auto-polarity is not active.

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For more information about autosensing and autonegotiation modes, see

Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting,” on page 171.

RFCs

For more information about networking concepts, protocols, and topologies, consult the following RFCs:

• RFC 1213 (MIB-II)

• RFC 1493 (Bridge MIB)

• RFC 1573 (Interface MIB)

• RFC 1643 (Ethernet MIB)

• RFC 1757 (RMON)

• RFC 1271 (RMON)

• RFC 1157 (SNMP)

Standards

The following IEEE Standards also contain information germane to the BayStack 380 Switch:

• IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T (ISO/IEC 8802-3, Clause 14)

• IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX (ISO/IEC 8802-3, Clause 25)

• IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T

• IEEE 802.3z (gigabit ethernet)

• IEEE 802.1Q (VLAN Tagging)

• IEEE 802.3x (Flow Control with 802.1D compliant device)

• IEEE 802.1D (Spanning tree protocol)

• IEEE 802.1p (Prioritization)

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SNMP MIB support

The BayStack 380 Switch support s an SNMP agent with indu st ry st an dar d MI Bs, as well as pr ivate MIB extensions, which ensure s compatibility with existing network management tools. The switch supports the MIB-II (RFC 1213), Bridge MIB (RFC 1493), and the RMON MIB (RFC 1757), which provide access to detailed management statistics. With SNMP management, you can configure SNMP traps (on indi vid ual port s) to ge nerat e autom atica lly fo r condit io ns such as an unauthorized access attempt or changes in a port’s operating status. Table 5 lists supported SNMP MIBs.

Table 5 SNMP MIB support

Application Standard MIBs Proprietary MIBs

S5 Chassis MIB s5cha127.mib S5 Agent MIB s5age140.mib RMON rfc1757.mib MLT rcMLT SNMPv3 MIBs RFCs 2571, 2572,

MIB2 rfc1213.mib IF-MIB rfc2233.mib Etherlike MIB rfc1643.mib Interface Extension MIB s5ifx100.mib Switch Bay Secure s5sbs102.mib System Log MIB bnlog.mib S5 Autotopology MIB s5emt104.mib VLAN rcVlan Entity MIB RFC 2037 Spanning Tree RFC1493 Bridge

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SNMP trap support

The BayStack 380 Switch supports an SNMP agent with industry standard SNMPv1 traps, as well as private SNMPv1 trap extensions (Table 6).

Table 6 Support SNMP traps

Trap name Configurable Sent when RFC 1215 (industry standard):

linkUp Per port A port’s link state changes to up. linkDown Per port A port’s link state changes to down. authenticationFailure System wide There is an SNMP authentication failure. coldStart Always on The system is powered on. warmStart Always on The system restarts due to a management

s5CtrMIB (Nortel proprietary traps):

s5CtrUnitUp Always on A unit is added to a configuration. s5CtrUnitDown Always on A unit is removed from a configuration. s5CtrHotSwap Always on A unit is hot-swapped in a configuration. s5CtrProblem Always on An assigned unit fails. s5EtrSbsMacAccessViolation Always on A MAC address violation is detected.

reset.

BootP automatic IP configuration/MAC address

The BayStack 380 Switch has a unique 48-bit hardware address, or MA C address , that is printed on a label on the back panel. You use this MAC address when you configure the network BootP server to recognize the BayStack 380 Switch BootP requests. A properly configured BootP server enables the switch to automatically learn its assigned I P address, su bnet mask, IP a ddress of t he defa ult router ( defaul t gateway), and software image file name.

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The BootP Request Mode field in the IP Configuration screen allows you to choose which method the switch uses to broadcast BootP requests:

• BootP When Needed

• BootP Always

• BootP Disabled

• BootP or Last Address

Note: Whenever the switch is broadcasting BootP requests, the BootP process will eventually time out if a reply is not received. When the process times out, the BootP request mode automatically changes to BootP Disabled mode. To restart the BootP process, change the BootP request mode to any of the three following modes:

• BootP When Needed

• BootP Always

•

BootP or Last Address

For more information and an example of a BootP configuration file, see

Appendix F, “Sample BootP configuration fi le,” on page 211.

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The BayStack 380 Switch is shipped directly from the factory ready to operate in any 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, or 1000BASE-TX standard network.

You must assign an IP address to the switch, depending on the mode of operation. You can set both addresses by using the console port or BootP, which resides on the switch. You can manage the switch using:

• Console interface The console interface allows you to configure and manage the switch locally

or remotely. Access the CI menus and screens locally through a console terminal attached to your BayStack 380 Switch, remotely through a dial-up modem connection, or in-band through a Telnet session.

For information about the console interface, see Chapter 3, “Using the

console interface,” on page 93.

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• Web-based management You can manage the network from the World Wide Web. Access the

Web-based graphi ca l user interface (GUI) through the Embedded Web Server (EWS), the H TML-based browser located on your network. The GUI allows you to confi gur e, mon it or, and maintain your network th rou gh Web browsers. You can also download software using the Web.

For information about Web-based management, refer to Using Web-Based

Management for the BayStack 380 10/100/1000 Switch.

• Java-based Devic e Manager Device Manager is a Java-based set of graphical network management

applications used to configure and manage a BayStack 380 Switch. See

Reference for the BayStack 380 10/100/1000 Switch Management Software

for more information.

• Any generic SNMP-based network management software. You can use any generic SNMP-based network management software to

configure and manage a BayStack 380 Switch.

• Nortel Networks Optivity* network management software Optivity network management software consists of views, most of which are

maps that illustrate the interconnections between the segments, rings, and nodes of your networ k. The views allow you to analyze network perfo rman ce and fault conditions on the individual segments and specific areas in your network. They can also alert you when a problem has occurred in a specific location. For further informa tion about Optivity, contact you r Nortel Networks sales represen tative.

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Use BayStack 380 switches to connect workstations, personal computers (PCs), and servers to each other by connecting these devices directly to the switch, through a shared media hub connected to the switch or by creating a virtual LAN (VLAN) through the switch.

This chapter describes the following topics:

• “Network configuration examples,” next

• “IEEE 802.1Q VLAN workgroups” on page 55

• “IEEE 802.1p Prioritizing” on page 71

• “MultiLink Trunks” on page 74

• “Port mirroring” on page 91

Network configuration examples

This section provides four network configuration examples using BayStack 380 switches. In these examples, the packet classification feature can be used to prioritize the traffic of the network to ensure uninterrupted traffic of critical applications. The examples are:

• High-bandwidth Desktop switch configuration (next)

• High-bandwidth server configuration

• OEL2 Aggregation

• Layer 2 Aggregator

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High-bandwidth Desktop switch configuration

Figure 6 shows a BayStack 380 Switch used as a desktop switch, where desktop

workstations are connected directly to BayStack 380 switch ports. A Passport 8600 provides high-capacity and low latency connections to the rest of the network. Users can transfer files to and from the network with much greater speed. Configuring a high bandwidth desktop configuration requires only three major steps:

1 Configure the multi-link transfer (MLT) ports that link to the Passport 8600 2 Configure the MLT ports on the Pas sport 860 0 that a ttach t o the BaySt ack 380

switch.

3 Attach one or more high-speed workstations to the BayStack 380 switch.

Figure 6 BayStack 380 Switch used as a desktop switch

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High-bandwidth server configuration

Figure 7 shows an example of a BayStack 380 Switch used to service a group of

servers, where the servers are connected directl y to BayStack 380 switch ports. A Passport 8600 provides high-capacity and low latency connections to the rest of the network. The BayStack 380 provides up to four gigabit links for each server, and can balance the high speed server connecti ons with multi- gigabit links back to the network. The BayStack 380 also provides configuration of multiple 10/100/ 1000 Mbps link. This allows for the evolution of connections from a single 10 Mbps connection to a multi-gigabit connection without requiring another switch.

Configuring a high-bandwidth server configuration requires only four major steps:

1 Configure th e network servers. 2 Configure the mult i-link tran sfer (MLT) ports on the BayStack 380 that l ink to

the networ k servers.

3 Configure the MLT ports that link to the Passport 8600. 4 Configure the MLT ports on the Passport 8600 that attach to the BayStack

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Figure 7 BayStack 380 used in a high-bandwidth server configuration

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Figure 8 shows an example of the BayStack 380 used to aggregate the uplink

connection from OPTera Metro 1200 Ethernet Service modules (OM 1200 ESM) at one site to a Passport 8600 at another site. Inexpensive copper connections can be used to connect the OM 120 0 OSM unit s to the BayStac k 380 at on e sit e, whi le small form fact or plugg able gig abit in terface connect ors (SFP GBICs) conne ct the BayStack 380 to the Passport 8600 at the other site.

Configuring the OEL2 aggregation requires four major steps:

1 Configure the OM 1200 ESM units 2 Configure the multi-link transfer (MLT) ports that link the OM 1200 ESM

units to the BayStack 380.

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3 Configure the MLT ports on the BayStack 380 that link to the Passport 8600. 4 Configure the MLT ports on the Passport 8600 that link to the BayStack 380.

Figure 8 BayStack 380 used in an OEL2 Aggregation

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Layer 2 Aggregator

Figure 9 shows an example of the BayStack 380 used to aggregate the uplink

connection from several Business Policy Switch 2000 (BPS 2000) switches to a Passport 8600.

Configuring the BayStack 380 as a layer 2 aggregator requires three major steps:

1 Attach the BPS 2000 switches to tagged VLAN ports on the BayStack 380 2 Configure the multi-link transfer (ML T) ports on the BayStack that connect to

the Passport 8600.

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3 Configure the MLT ports on the Passport 8600 that connect to the BayStack

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IEEE 802.1Q VLAN workgroups

BayStack 380 switches support up to 64 port-based VLANs with IEEE 802.1Q tagging available per port. Ports are grouped int o broa dcast domains by assigning them to the same VLAN. Frames received in one VLAN can only be forwarded within that VLAN, and multica st fr ames and unknown unicast frames a re fl ooded only to ports in the same VLAN.

Setting up virtual LANs (VLANs) is a way to segment networks to increase network capacity and performance without changing the physical network topology (Figure 10). With network segmentation, each switch port connects to a segment that is a single broadcast domain . When a swi tc h port is configured t o b e a member of a VLAN, it is added to a group of ports (workgroup) that belong to one broadcast domain.

The BayStack 380 Switch allows you to assi gn ports to VLANs u sing the con sole, Telnet, Web-based management, or an appropriate SNMP-based application. You can assign different ports (and therefore the devices attached to these ports) to different broadcast domains. This feature allows network flexibility because you can reassign VLANs to accommodate network moves, additions, and changes, eliminating the need to change physical cabling.

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Figure 10 Port-based VLAN exampl e

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IEEE 802.1Q tagging

BayStack 380 switches operate in accordance with the IEEE 802.1Q tagging rules. Important terms used with the 802.1Q tagging feature are:

• VLAN identifier (VID )—the 12-bit portion of the VLAN tag in the frame header that identifies an explicit VLAN. When othe r types of VLANs are enabled, this default value can be overridden by the values enabled in the Web-based management interface. Refer to Using Web-Based Management for the BayStack 380 10/100/1000 Switch.

• Port VLAN identifier (PVID)—a classification mechanism that associates a port with a specific VLAN. For example, a port with a PVID of 3 (PVID =3) assigns all untagged frames received on this port to VLAN 3.

• Tagged frame— the 32-bit field (VLAN tag) in the frame header that identifies the frame as belonging to a specific VLAN. Untagged frames are marked (tagged) with this classification as they leave the switch through a port that is configured as a tagged port.

• Untagged frame— a frame that does not carry any VLAN ta gging informati on in the frame header.

• VLAN port members— a set of ports that form a broadcast domain for a specific VLAN. A port can be a member of one or more VLANs.

• Untagged member—a port that has been configured as an untagged member of a specific VLAN. When an untagged frame exits the switch through an untagged member port, the frame header remains unchanged. When a tagged frame exits the switch through an untagged member port, the tag is stripped and the tagged frame is changed to an untagged frame.

• Tagged member—a port that has been configured as a member of a specific VLAN. When an untagged frame exits the switch through a tagged member port, the frame header is modified to include the 32-bit tag associated with the PVID. When a tagged frame exits the switch through a tagged member port, the frame header remains unchanged (original VID remains).

• User priority—a three-bit field in the header of a tagged frame. The field is interpreted as a bina ry number , t herefor e has a value of 0 - 7. This f ield allows the tagged frame to carry the user-priority across bridged LANs where the individual LAN segments may be unable to signal priority information.

• Port priority—the prio rity level assi gned to untagged frames received on a port. This v alue becomes the user priority for the frame. Tagged packets get their user priority from the value contained in the 802.1Q frame header.

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• Unregistered packet —a t agged f rame t hat c ontai ns a VI D where the r eceiv ing port is not a member of that VLAN.

The default configuration settings for BayStack 380 switches have all ports set as untagged members of VLAN 1 with all ports configured as PVID = 1. Every VLAN is assigned a unique VLAN identifier (VID) that distinguishes it from all other VLANs. In the default configuration example shown in Figure 11, all incoming packets are assigned to VLAN 1 by the default port VLAN identifier (PVID =1). Untagged packets enter and leave the switch unchanged.

Figure 11 Default VLAN settings

802.1Q Switch

VLAN 1

Port 1

PVID = 1

Incoming

untagged

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Key

By default:

Data

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Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5

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When you configure VLANs, you configure the switch ports as tagged or untagged members of spec ific VLANs (see Figure 12 through Figure 20).

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In Figure 12, untagged incoming packets are assigned directly to VLAN 2 (PVID = 2). Port 5 is configured as a tagged member of VLAN 2, and port 7 is configured as an untagged membe r of VLAN 2.

Figure 12 Port-based VLAN assignment

PVID = 2

Untagged packet

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Untagged member of VLAN 2

As shown in Figure 13, the untagged packet is marked (tagged) as it leaves the switch through port 5, which is configured as a tagged member of VLAN 2. The untagged packet remains unchanged as it leaves the switch through port 7, which is configured as an untagged member of VLAN 2.

Figure 13 802.1Q tagging (after port-based VLAN assignment)

PVID = 2

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Figure 14 802.1Q tag assignment

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Tagged packet

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Port 1

Port 4

Port 6

Port 2 Port 3

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Port 7 Port 8

As shown in Figure 15, the tagged packet remains unchanged as it leaves the switch through port 5, which is configured as a tagged member of VLAN 2. However, the tagged packet is stripped (untagged) as it leaves the switch through port 7, which is configured as an untagged member of VLAN 2.

Figure 15 802.1Q tagging (after 802.1Q tag assignment)

PVID = 2

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VLANs spanning mult iple switches

You can use VLANs to segment a network within a switch. When you connect multiple switches, it is possible to connect users of one VLAN with users of that same VLAN in another switch. However, the configuration guidelines depend on whether both switches support 802.1Q tagging.

With 802.1Q tagging enabled on a port for a VLAN, all frames leaving the port for that VLAN are marked as belonging to that specific VLAN. You can assign specific switch ports as members of one or more VLANs that span multiple switches, without interfering with the Spanning Tree Protocol.

VLANs spanning multiple 802.1Q tagged switches

Figure 16 shows VLANs spanning two BayStack 380 switches. The 802.1Q

tagging is enable d on S1, por t 2 and on S2, port 1 for VLAN 1 a nd VLAN 2. Both ports are tagged members of VLAN 1 and VLAN 2.

Figure 16 VLANs spanning multiple 802.1Q tagged switches

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Because there is only one link between the two switches, the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) trea ts t hi s c onf iguration as any other s wi t ch- to- swi tc h c onne ct ion. For this configuration to work properly, both switches must support the 802.1Q tagging protocol.

VLANS spanning multiple untagged switches

Figure 17 shows VLANs spanning multiple untagged switches. In this

configuration, Switch S2 does not support 802.1Q tagging and you must use a single switch port on each switch for each VLAN.

For this configuration to work properly, you must set spanning tree participation to Disabled (the STP is not supported across multiple LANs).

Figure 17 VLANs spanning multiple untagged switches

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When the STP is enabled on these switches, only one link between each pair of switches will be forwarding traffic. Because eac h p ort belongs to onl y o ne VLAN at a time, connectivity o n the other VLAN i s lost. Exerci se care when confi guring the switches to ensure that the VLAN configuration does not conflict with spanning tree configuration.

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To connect multiple VLANs across switches with redundant links, you must disable the STP on all participating switch ports. Figure 18 shows possible consequences of enabling the STP when using VLANs between untagged (non-802.1Q tagged) switches.

Figure 18 Possible problems with VLANs and Spanning Tree Protocol

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As shown in Figure 18, with STP enabled, only one connection between Switch S1 and Switch S2 is forwarding at any time. Communications failure occurs between VLAN 2 of S1 and VLAN 2 of S2, blocking communications between Stations A and B.

The STP selects the link connecting VLAN 1 on Switches S1 and S2 as the forwarding link based on port speed, duplex-mode, and port priority. Because the other link connecting VLAN 2 is in Blocking mode, stations on VLAN 2 in Switch S1 cannot communicate with stations in VLAN 2 on Switch S2. With multiple links only one link will be forwarding.

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BayStack 380 switches allow ports to exist in multiple VLANs for shared resources, such as servers, printers, and switch-to-switch connections. It is also possible to have resources exist in multiple VLANs on one switch as shown in

Figure 19.

In this example, clients on different broadcast domains share resources. The broadcasts from ports configured in VLAN 3 can be seen by all VLAN port members of VLAN 3.

Figure 19 Multiple VLANs sharing resources

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In the above configuration, all of the switch ports are set to participate as VLAN port members. This arrangement allows the switch to establish the appropriate broadcast domains within the switch (Figure 20).

Figure 20 VLAN broadcast domains within the switch

VLAN 3

VLAN 2 VLAN 1

Port 2

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• Ports 8, 6, and 11 are untagged members of VLAN 1.

• The PVID/VLAN association for ports 6 and 11 is: PVID = 1.

• Ports 2, 4, 10, and 8 are untagged members of VLAN 2.

• The PVID/VLAN association for ports 2, 4, and 10 is: PVID = 2.

• Ports 2, 4, 10, 8, 6, and 11 are untagged members of VLAN 3.

• The PVID/VLAN association for port 8 is: PVID = 3.

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To configure the VLAN port membership for VLAN 1:

1 Select Switch Configuration from the BayStack 380 Switch Main Menu

(or press w).

2 From the Switch Configuration Menu, select VLAN Configuration

(or press v).

3 From the VLAN Configuration Menu select VLAN Configuration

(or press v). The default VLAN Configuration screen opens (Figure 21).

Figure 21 Default VLAN Configuration screen example

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The VLAN Configuration screen settings shown in Figure 21 are default settings with all switch ports classified as untagged members of VLAN 1.

Figure 22 shows the VLAN Configuration screen after it is configured to support

the VLAN 3 broadcast domain shown in Figure 20 on page 64 (VLAN Name is optional).

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Ports 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11 are now untagged members of VLAN 3 as shown in

Figure 20 on page 64.

Figure 22 VLAN Configuration screen example

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1 From the VLAN Configuration screen, press [Ctrl]-R to return to the VLAN

Configuration Menu.

2 From the VLAN Configuration Menu, select VLAN Port Configuration

(or press c). The default VLAN Port Configuration screen opens (Figure 23).

The VLAN Port Configuration scr ee n set ti ngs shown in Figure 23 are default settings.

Figure 23 Default VLAN Port Configuration screen example

Figure 24 shows the VLAN P ort Configuration screen after it is configured to

support the PVID assignment for port 8, as shown in Figure 20 on page 64 (Port Name is optional).

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The PVID/VLAN association for VLAN 3 is now PVID = 3.

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Figure 24 VLAN Port Configuration screen example

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VLAN workgroup summary

This section summarizes the VLAN workgroup examples discussed in the previous sections of this chapter.

As shown in Figure 25, Switch S1 (BayStack 380 Switch) is configured with multiple VLANs:

• Ports 1, 6, 11, and 12 are in VLAN 1.

• Ports 2, 3, 4, 7, and 10 are in VLAN 2.

• Port 8 is in VLAN 3.

Because S4 does not support 802.1Q tagging, a single switch port on each switch must be used for each VLAN (see “VLANS spanning multiple untagged

switches” on page 61).

The connection to S2 r equi re s only one link between the switches becau se S1 and S2 are both BayStack 380 switches that support 802.1Q tagging (see “VLANs

spanning multiple 802.1Q tag ged swit ch es” on page 60).

Figure 25 VLAN configuration spanning multiple switches

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VLAN configuration rule s

VLANs operate accor ding to s pecif ic c onfigu ratio n rul es. When c reat ing VLANs, consider the following rules that det ermine how the configured VLAN reacts in any network topology:

• All ports that are involved in port mirroring must have memberships in the same VLANs. If a port is configured for port mirroring, the port’s VLAN membership cannot be changed.

• If a port is a trunk group member, all trunk members are added or deleted from the VLAN.

• All ports involved in trunking and port mirroring must have the same VLAN configuration. If a port is on a trunk with a mirroring port, the VLAN configuration cannot be changed.

• Auto PVID can be acti vated by crea ting a VLAN an d enabling Auto PVID for it.

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Independent VLANs can have dupl ic ate MAC Addr es ses on di fferent VLANs. In

Table 7, both VLANs use the duplicate MAC Address “A”.

Table 7 Independent VLAN (IVL) Forwarding Database Table Example

Port MAC Address VLAN

1 00081XXXA 1 2 00081XXXA 2

For more information about configuring VLANs, see “VLAN Configuration

Menu screen” on page 120.

See also Appendix C, “Quick configuration for Mul tiLink T runking,” on page 199 for configuration flowcharts that can help you use this feature.

IEEE 802.1p Prioritizing

You can use the VLAN Configuration screens to prioritize the order in which the switch forwards packets, on a per-port basis. For example, if messages from a specific segment are crucial to your operation, you can set the switch port connected to th at segment to a higher priori ty leve l (by de fault , all s witch por ts are set to Low priority). When the switch receives untagged packets on that port, the untagged packets are tagged according to the priority level that you assign to the port.

Figure 26 Prioritizing packets

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The newly tagged frame is read within the switch and sent to the port’s high or low transmit queue for disposition. The port transmit queue example shown in

Figure 27 applies to all ports in the BayStack 380 switch.

Figure 27 Port Transmit Queue

User priority

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queues on the basis of the user_priority value, using a traffic class table. This table is managed by using the Traffic Class Configuration screen. The table indicates the traffic class ass ign ed t o the frame for each user_pr iority value. If the frame leaves the switch formatted as a tagged packet, the traffic cl ass assigned to the frame is carried forward to the next 802.1p-capa ble switch. T his allows the packet to carry the assigned traffic class priority through the network until it reaches its destination.

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To configure the priority l evel, follow these steps:

1 Determine the priority level you want to assign to the switch port.

User priority levels are assigned default settings in all BayStack 380 switches. The range is from 0 to 7. Th e traf fic cl ass tabl e can be modi fied. You can view the settings shown in the Traffic Class configuration sc reen, and then set the port priority in the VLAN Port Configuration screen.

2 Select Switch Configuration from the BayStack 380 Main Menu (or press w). 3 From the Switch Configuration Menu, select VLAN Configuration (or press

w).

4 From the VLAN Configuration Menu, select Traffic Class Configuration (or

press t). The Traffic Class Configuration screen opens.

Figure 28 Default Traffic Class Configuration Screen Example

5 Select a pri ority l evel fro m the range shown in the T ra ffi c Class Configur ation

screen (or modify the Traffic Class parameters to suit your needs).

6 Assign the priority level to ports using the VLAN Port Configuration screen:

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a Press [Ctrl]-R to return to the VLAN Configuration Men u. b From the VLAN Configuration Menu, select VLAN Port Configuration

(or press c).

Figure 29 Traffic Class Priority Configuration screen example

MultiLink Trunks

MultiLink Trunks allow you to group from two to four switch ports together to form a link to another switch or server, thus increasing aggregate throughput of the interconnection between the devices (up to 8 Gb/s in full-duplex mode). You can configure up to six MultiLink Trunks. The trunk members can only reside on a single unit. MultiLink Trunking software detects misconfigured (or broken) trunk links and r edirects traffi c on the misconfigur ed or br oken trunk link to other trunk members within that trunk. If there is only a single trunk, the trunk can be blocked and no traffic will get through.

You can use the Trunk Configuration screen to create switch-to-switch and switch-to-server MultiLink Trunk links (Figure 30 and Figure 31).

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Figure 30 shows two trunks (T1 and T2) connecting Switch S1 to sw itches S2

and S3.

Figure 30 Switch-to-switc h tru nk co nfi gurati on ex amp le

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You can configure each of the trunks shown in Figure 30 with up to four switch ports to provide up to 8 Gb/s aggregate bandwidth through each trunk, in full-duplex mode. As shown in this example, when traffic between switch-to-switch connections approaches single port bandwidth limitations, creating a MultiLink Trunk can supply the additional bandwidth required to improve the performance.

Figure 31 shows a typical switch-to-server trunk configuration. In this example,

file server FS1 uses dual MAC addresses, using one MAC address for each network interface card (NIC). For this reason, FS1 does not require a trunk assignment. FS2 is a single MAC server (with a four-port NIC) and is set up as trunk configuration T1.

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Figure 31 Switch-to-server trun k co nfi gurati on ex amp le

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Figure 32 shows an example of how MultiLink Trunking can be used in a

client/server configuration. In this example, both servers connect directly to Switch S1. FS2 is connected through a trunk configuration (T1). The switch-to-switch connections are through trunks (T2, T3, T4, and T5).

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Clients accessing data from the servers (FS1 and FS2) are provided with maximized bandwidth through trunks T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5. Trunk members (the ports making up each trunk) do not have to be consecutive switch ports; you can select ports randomly, as shown by T5.

With spanning tree enabled, one of the trunks (T2 or T3) acts as a redundant (backup) trunk to Switch S2. With spanning tree disabled, you must configure trunks T2 and T3 into se par at e VLANs f or this configuration t o f unction properly Refer to “IEEE 802.1Q VLAN workgroups” on page 55 for mor e information.

Figure 32 Client/server configuration example

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The trunk configuration screens for switches S1 to S4 are shown in “Trunk

configuration screen examples” following this section. For detailed information

about configuring trunks, see “MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen” on

page 138.

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Split MultiLink Trunks

This section provides an example of a split MultiLink Trunk. To use split MLT, you must disable spanning tree on the BayStack 380 switch.

Figure 33 shows an example of a split MultiLink Trunk:

Figure 33 Split MultiLink Trunk

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Trunk configuration screen examples

This section shows ex amples o f the Mult iLink T ru nk configu ration s creens f or the client/server configuration example shown in Figure 32. The screens show how you could set up the trunk configuration screens for switches S1 to S4. See

“Spanning tree consid er at io ns for MultiLink Trunks” on page 87, and “MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen” on page 138 for more information.

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Trunk configuration screen for Switch S1

Switch S1 is set up with five trunk configurations: T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5.

To set up the S1 trunk configuration:

Choose MultiLink Trunk Configuration (or press t) from the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen (Figure 34).

Figure 34 Choosing the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen

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The MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen opens (Figure 35).

Figure 35 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen

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Switch S1 is configured as follows:

• Trunk (read only) indicates the trunks (1 to 6) that correspond to the switch ports specified in the Trunk Members fields.

• Trunk Members indicates the ports that can be configured, in each row, to create the corresponding trunk:

— Ports 17, 19, 21, and 23 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 1. — Ports 5 and 7 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 2. — Ports 6 and 8 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 3. — Ports 18 and 20 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 4. — Ports 22 and 24 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 5.

Note: Assigning ports across the 12 port groups is not recommended. For example, do not assign ports 11 and 14 as members of trunk 6.

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• STP Learning indicates the spanning tree par ticipat ion setti ng for each of the trunks:

— Trunks 1 through 4 are enabled for Normal STP Learning. — Trunk 5 is enabled for Fast STP Learning.

• Trunk Mode (read only) indicates the Trunk Mode for each of the trunks. The Trunk Mode field values for trunks 1 to 6are set to Basic. Source MAC

addresses are statically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and forwarding, which allows the switch to stabilize and distribute the data streams of source addresses across the trunk members.

• Trunk Status indicates the Trunk Status for each of the trunks. When set to Enabled, th e configurat ion settings for that specif ic trunk are ac tivated.

• Trunk Name indicates optional fields for assigning names to the corresponding configured trunks.

The names chosen for this example provide meaningful information to the user of this switch (for example, S1:T1 to FS2 indicates that Trunk 1, in Switch S1, connects to File Server 2).

Trunk configuration screen for Switch S2

As shown in Figure 32 on page 77, Switch S2 is set up with two trunk configurations (T2 and T3). Both trunks connect directly to Switch S1.

As in the previous screen examples, to set up a trunk configuration, choose MultiLink Trunk Configuration from the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen.

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Figure 36 shows the MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S2.

Figure 36 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S2

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Switch S2 is configured as follows:

• Trunk (read only) indicates the trunks (1 to 6) that correspond to the switch ports specified in the Trunk Members fields.

• Trunk Members indicates the ports that can be configured, in each row, to create the corresponding trunk:

— Ports 11 and 13 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 1.

• STP Learning indicates the spanning tree par ticipat ion setti ng for each of the trunks. Trunks 1 and 2 are enabled for Normal STP Learning.

• T runk Mode (read on ly) indicate s the T runk Mode for each of the trunks. The Trunk Mode field values for trunks 1 and 2 are set to Basic. Source MAC addresses are statically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and forwarding, which allows the switch to stabilize and distribute the data streams of source addresses across the trunk members.

• Trunk Status indicates the Trunk Status for each of the trunks. When set to Enabled, th e configurat ion settings for that specif ic trunk are ac tivated.

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• Trunk Name indicates optional fields for assigning names to the corresponding configured trunks.

The names chosen for this example provide meaningful information to the user of this switch (for example, S2:T2 to S1 indicates that Trunk 1, in Switch S2, connects to Switch 1).

Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S3

As shown in Figure 32 on page 77, Switch S3 is set up with one trunk configuration (T4). This trunk connects directly to Switch S1.

As in the previous screen examples, to set up an interswitch trunk configuration, choose MultiLink Trunk Configuration from the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen.

Figure 37 shows the MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S3.

Figure 37 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S3

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Switch S3 is configured as follows:

• Trunk (read only) indicates the trunk (1 to 6) that corresponds to the switch ports specified in the Trunk Members fields.

• Trunk Members indicates the ports that can be configured, in each row, to create the corresponding trunk.

— Ports 11 and 13 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 1.

• STP Learning indicates the spanning tree par ticipat ion setti ng for each of the trunks. Trunk 1 is enabled for Normal STP Learning.

• T runk Mode (re ad only) indicates the T runk Mode f or each of the tr unks. The Trunk Mode fi eld val ue for trun k 1 is set to Basic . Source MAC addre sses ar e statically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and forwarding, which allows the switch to stabilize and distribu te the data streams of source addresses across the trunk members.

• Trunk Status indicates the Trunk Status for each of the trunks. When set to Enabled, th e configurat ion settings for that specif ic trunk are ac tivated.

• Trunk Name indicates optional fields for assigning names to the corresponding configured trunks.

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Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S4

The names chosen f or this example prov ide mea n i ngfu l information to the user of this switch (for example, S3:T4 to S1 indicates that Trunk 1, in Switch S3, connects to Switch 1).

As shown in Figure 38, Switch S4 is set up with one trunk configuration (T5). This trunk connects directly to Switch S1.

As in the previous screen examples, to set up a trunk configuration, choose MultiLink Trunk Configuration from the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen.

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Figure 38 shows the MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S4.

Figure 38 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S4

Switch S4 is configured as follows:

• Trunk (read only) indicates the trunk (1 to 6) that corresponds to the switch ports specified in the Trunk Members fields.

• Trunk Members indicates the ports that can be configured, in each row, to create the corresponding trunk.

— Ports 15 and 19 are assigned as trunk members of trunk T5.

• STP Learning indicates the spanni ng tree partici pation set ting for eac h of the trunks. Trunk 1 is enabled for Normal STP Learning.

• T runk Mode ( read only) indicates the T r unk Mode for each of th e trunks. The Trunk Mode fi eld val ue for trun k 1 is set to Basic . Source MAC addre sses ar e statically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and forwarding, which allows the switch to stabilize and distribu te the data streams of source addresses across the trunk members.

• Trunk Status indicate s th e Trunk Status for each of the trunks. When it is set to Enabled, the configuration settings for that specific trunk are activated.

• Trunk Name indicates optional fields for assigning names to the corresponding configured trunks.

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The names chosen for this example provide meaningful information to the user (for example, S4:T5 to S1 indicates that Trunk 1, in Switch S4, connects to Switch 1).

Before you configure trunks

When you create and enable a trunk, the trunk members (switch ports) take on certain settings nec essary for c orr ect op erati on of t he MultiLi nk Trunking feature.

Before you configure your MultiLink Trunk, you must consider these settings, along with specific configuration rules, as follows:

1 Read the configuration rules provided in the next section, “Spanning tree

considerations for MultiLink Trunks” on page 87.

2 Determine wh ich switch ports (up to four) are to become trunk members (the

specific ports making up the trunk). A minimum of two ports are required for each trunk.

Ensure that the chosen switch ports are set to Enab led, using either the Port Configuration screen (see “Port Configuration screen” on page 131) or network management.

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Trunk member ports must have the same VLAN configuration.

3 All network cabling should be complete and stable before configuring any

trunks, to avoid configuration errors.

4 Consider how the existing spanning tree will react to the new trunk

configuration (see “Spanning tree considerations for MultiLink Trunks” on

page 87).

5 Consider how existing VLANs will be affected by the addition of a trunk. 6 After completing the above steps, see “MultiLink Trunk Configuration

screen” on page 138 for screen examples and field descr iptions that will help

you configure your MultiLink Trunks.

Spanning tree considerations for MultiLink Trunks

The spanning tree Path Cost parameter is recalculated based on the aggregate bandwidth of the trunk. Fo r example , Figure 39 shows a four-port tr unk (T1) wi th two port members operating at an aggregate bandwidth of 2.2 Gb/s, with a comparable Path Cost of 4. When the Path Cost calculations for both trunks are equal, the software chooses the trunk with the larger aggregate bandwidth (T1) to determine the most efficient path.

Figure 39 Path Cost arbitration example

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The switch can also detect trunk member ports that are physically misconfigured. For example, in Figure 40, trunk member ports 2, 4, and 6 of Switch S1 are configured correctly to trunk member ports 7, 9, and 11 of Switch S2. The Spanning Tr ee Port Configura tion screen for eac h switch shows the port state field for each port in the Forwarding state.

Figure 40 Example 1: correctly configured trunk

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If Switch S2’s trunk member port 7 is physically disconnected and then reconnected to port 9, the Spa nni ng Tree Port Configuration screen for Switch S1 changes to show port 6 in the Blocking state (Figure 41).

Figure 41 Example 2: detecting a misconfigured port

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Additional tips about the MultiLink Trunking feature

When you create a MultiLink Trunk, the individual trunk members (the specific ports that make up the trunk) logically connect and react as a single entity. For example, if you change spanning tree parameters for any trunk member, the spanning tree parameters for all trunk members change.

All configured trunks are indicated in the Spanning Tree Configuration screen. The Trunk field lists the active trunks, adjacent to the port numbers that correspond to the specific trunk member for that trunk.

When a trunk is active, you can disable spanning tree participation using the Trunk Configuration screen or using the Spanning Tree Configuration screen.

When a trunk is not active, the spanning tree participation setting in the Trunk Configuration screen does not take effect until you set the Trunk Status field to Enabled.

The trunk is also viewed by management stations as a single spanning tree port. The spanning tree port is represented by the trunk member with the lowest port number. For example, if ports 13, 14, 15, and 16 are trunk members of trunk T1, the management station views trunk T1 as spanning tree port 13.

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For more informat ion about using the Multi Link Trunking feature, see “MultiLink

Trunk Configuration Menu screen” on page 136.

See also Appendix C, “Quick configuration for Mul tiLink T runking,” on page 199 for a configuration flowchart that can help you use this feature.

Port mirroring

You can designate one of your switch ports to monitor ingress traffic on a single specified switch port (port-based).

Figure 38 provides a sample Port Mirroring Configuration screen. Note that the displayed screens do not show all of the screen prompts that precede some actions.

For example, when you con figure a switch for po rt mirrorin g or when you mod ify an existing port mirroring configuration, the new configuration does not take effect until you respond [Yes] to the following screen prompt:

Is your port mirroring configuration complete? [ Yes ]

Figure 42 Port Mirroring Configuration port-based screen example

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Chapter 3 Using the console interface

This chapter describes how to configure and manage the BayStack 380 Switch using the menu-driven console interface (CI).

This chapter covers the following topics:

• “Accessing the CI menus and screens,” next

• “Using the CI menus and screens” on page 94

• “Main menu” on page 96

Accessing the CI menus and screens

You can access the CI menus and screens locally through a console terminal attached to your BayStack 380 Switch, remotely through a dial-up modem connection, or in-band through a Telnet session (see “Console port” on page 26). You can connect your console cable into any BayStack 380 Switch.

Note: If you have a properly configured BootP server in your network,

it detects the IP address; you will not need to configure the IP address.

For information about SNMP, see your network management documentation.

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Using the CI menus and screens

The CI menus and screens provide options that allow you to configure and manage BayStack 380 switches. Help prompts at the botto m of each menu and screen explain how to enter data in the highlighted field and how to navigate the menus and screens.

The Console port default sett ings are : 9600 baud with eigh t data bi ts, one st op bit, and no parity as the communications format, with flow control set to disabled.

Some options allow you to toggle among several possible values; other options allow you to set or modify a parameter.

Navigating the CI menus and screens

Use the following methods to navigate the CI menus and screens.

To select a menu option:

1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the option name.

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2 Press [Enter].

The option takes effect immediately after you press [Enter].

Alternatively, you can press the key corresponding to the underlined letter in the option name. For example, to select the Sw the main menu, press the w key. Note that the text characters are not case-sensitive.

To toggle between values in a form:

1 Use the spacebar to highlight the value. 2 Press [Enter].

To clear a string field:

1 Position the cursor in the string field.

itch Configuration option in

2 Press [Ctrl]-K .

To return to the previous menu, press [Ctrl]-R.

To go to the next screen in a series, press [Ctrl]-N.

To return to the main menu at any time, press [Ctrl]-C.

Press [Backspace] to delete entered text.

Options that appear in brac ket s (f or example, [Enabled]) are user- set t abl e opt ions.

Screen fields and descriptions

Figure 43 shows a map of the CI screens. The remainder of this chapter describes

the CI screens and their fields, beginning with the main menu.

Figure 43 Map of console interface screens

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Main Menu

IP Configuration/Setup

SNMP Configuration

System Characteristics

Switch Configuration

Console/Comm Port Configuration

Display Hardware Units

Spanning Tree Configuration

TELNET Configuration

Software Download

Configuration File

Display Event Log

Reset

Reset to Default Settings

Logout

MAC Address Table MAC Address-Based Security VLAN Configuration Port Configuration High Speed Flow Control Configuration MultiLink Trunk Configuration Port Mirroring Configuration Display Port Statistics Clear Port Statistics

Spanning Tree Display Spanning Tree Switch Setting

MAC Address Security Configuration MAC Address Security Port Configuration MAC Address Security Table

VLAN Configuration VLAN Port Configuration VLAN Display by Port Traffic Class

Policy Configuration Priority Configuration

MultiLink Trunk Configuration MultiLink Trunk Utilization

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The CI screens for your specific switch model will show the correct model name in the main menu scree n titl e and the corr ect numbe r of por ts a nd port t ypes in t he Port Configuration screen.

Note: The field values shown in the CI screens in this section are provided as examples only.

Main menu

This section describes the options available from the CI main menu (Figure 44). The CI screens and submenus for these options are described in the following sections.

Note: Some menu options shown in this main menu example and in other screen examples in this chapter may not appear on your screen, depending on the switch options installed. However, the full menu options are sh own i n the screen examples an d described in the f oll owi ng sections.

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Table 8 Console interface main menu options

Option Description

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IP Configuration/ Setup...

SNMP Configuration...

System Characteristics...

Switch Configuration...

Console/Comm Port Configuration...

Spanning Tree Configuration...

TELNET Configuration...

Software Download... Displays the Software Download screen (see “Software Download screen” on

Configuration File Displays the Configuration File Download/Upload screen (see “Configuration

Displays the IP Configura tion/Setup sc reen (see “IP Confi guration/Setup sc reen”

on page 99). This screen allows you to set or modify IP configuration

parameters. Displays the SNMP Configuration screen (see “SNMP Configuration screen” on

page 104). This screen allows you to set or modify the SNMP read-only

community and read-write community strings, enable or disable the authentication trap and the link Up/down trap, set the IP address of trap receivers, and set the trap community strings.

Displays the System Characteristics screen (see “System Characteristics

screen” on page 106). This screen allows you to view switch characteristics,

including number of resets, power status, hardware and firmware version, and MAC address. This screen also contains three user-configurable fields: sysContact, sysName, and sysLocation.

Displays the Switch Configuration Menu screen (see “Switch Configuration

Menu screen” on page108). This menu provides the following configuration

options: MAC Address Table, MAC Address-Based Security, VLAN Configuration, Port Configuration, MultiLink Trunk Configuration, Port Mirroring Configuration, Display Port Statistics, Clear All Port Statistics, and Display System Log.

Displays the Console/Comm Port Configuration screen (see “Console/Comm

Port Configuration screen” on page 149). This screen allows you to configure

and modify the console/Comm port parameters, including the console port speed and password settings for the switch operation.

Displays the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu (see “Spanning Tree

Configuration Menu scr een” on page 155). This menu provides the following

options: Spanning Tree Port Configuration, Display Spanning Tree Switch Settings.

Displays the TELNET Con figuration sc reen (see “TELNET Configuration screen”

on page 162). This screen allows you to set your switch to enable a user at a

remote console termi na l to co mm un ica te w ith the Bay Stac k 380 Switc h as if the console terminal were directly connected to it. You can have up to four active Telnet sessions running at one time in a standalone switch.

page 164). This screen allows you to revise the BayStack 380 Switch software

image that is located in nonvolatile flash memory.

File Download/Upload screen” on page 168). This screen allows you to store

your switch configuration parameters on a TFTP server. You can retrieve the configuration param eters for automatica lly configurin g a replacement switch with the same configuration when required.

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Table 8 Console interface main menu options (continued)

Option Description Display System Log Displays the System Log screen (see “System Log screen” on page 147).

Reset Resets the switch with the current configuration settings. This option is followed

by a screen prompt that p recede s the action. Enter Yes to reset the switch; enter No to abort the option:

• When you select this option, t he switch rese ts, runs a se lf-test , then display s the Nortel Networks logo screen. Press [Ctrl]-Y to access the BayStack 380 Switch main menu.

Reset to Default Settings

Resets the switch to the factory default configuration settings. This option is followed by a screen prompt that precedes the action. Enter Yes to reset the switch to the factory default configuration settings; enter No to abort the option:

• When you select this option, t he switch rese ts, runs a se lf-test , then display s the Nortel Networks logo screen. Press [Ctrl]-Y to access the BayStack 380 Switch main menu.

Caution: If you choose the Reset to Default Settings option, all of your configured settings will be replaced with factory default settings when you press [Enter]

Achtung: Bei Auswahl des Befehls zur Rücksetzung auf die Standardeinstellungen werden alle von Ihnen konfigurierten Einstellungen durch die werkseitigen Standardeinstellungen ersetzt, wenn Sie die Eingabetaste drücken.

Attention:

courante sera remplacée par la configuration usine dès que vous appuierez sur [Entrée].

Precaución:

predeterminados, todos los valores de configuración se sustituirán por las valores predeterminados en fábrica al pulsar [Intro].

Attenzione:

default, tutte le im postazioni con figurate verran no sostituit e dai default d i fabbrica premendo il tasto [Invio].

Logout Allows a user in a Telnet session or a user working at a password-protected

console terminal to terminate the session.

Si vous restaurez la configuration usine, votre configuration

Si selecciona el comando Rest aura r valo res

Nel caso in cui si selezioni la reimpostazione dei valori di

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IP Configuration/Setup screen

The IP Configuration/Setup screen (Figure 45) allows you to set or modify the BayStack 380 Switch IP c onfiguratio n parameters. Data that yo u enter in the user-configurable fields takes effect as soon as you press [Enter].

To open the IP Configuration/Setup screen:

Choose IP Configuration/Setup (or press i) from the main menu.

Figure 45 IP Configuration/Setup screen

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Table 9 describes the IP Configuration/Setup screen fields.

Note: The read-only fields in t his screen are updated based on th e BootP mode specified in the BootP Request Mode field. (See “Ch oosi ng a

BootP request mode” on page 102 for more information.)

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Table 9 IP Configuration/Setup screen fields

Field Description BootP Request

Mode

Configurable In Use Column header for the read-only fields in this screen. The read-only data displayed in

Last BootP Column header for the read-only fields in this screen. The read-only data displayed in

In-Band Switch IP Address

One of four modes of operation for BootP. (See “Choosing a BootP request mode” on

page 102 for details about the four modes.)

Default Value BootP Disabled Range BootP Disabled, BootP When Needed, Boo tP Always, BootP or Las t

Column header for the user-configurable IP configuration fields in this screen.

this column represents IP configuration that is currently in use.

this column represents IP configuration obtained from the last BootP reply received. The in-band IP address of the switch.

Default Value 0.0.0.0 (no IP address assigned) Range Four-octet dotted-dec imal no tation, where each oc tet is repr esente d

Note:

In-Band Subnet Ma sk field v alue is not prese nt, the so ftware provi des an default value for the In-Ban d Subnet Mask fi eld that is ba sed on the cl ass of the IP address entered in the In-Band IP Address field.

Address

as a decimal value, between 0 and 255, separated by a decimal point

When the IP address is ente red in the In -Band IP Addres s field, and the

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Nortel Networks 380 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Figures

Tables

Preface

Before you begin

Text conventions

How to get help

Physical description

Figure 1 BayStack 380 Switch

Front panel

Console port

Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) Gigabit Interface Converter

Port connectors

LED display panel

Back panel

Redundant power supply unit (RPSU) and uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

DC-DC module

AC power receptacle

Features

Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)

Security

RADIUS-based network security

MAC address-based security

Flash memory storage

Switch software image storage

Configuration parameters storage

MultiLink Trunking

Port mirroring (conversation steering)

Autosensing, autonegotiation, auto-MDI/X, and autopolarity

RFCs

Standards

SNMP MIB support

SNMP trap support

BootP automatic IP configuration/MAC address

Configuration and switch management

Network configuration examples

High-bandwidth Desktop switch configuration

High-bandwidth server configuration

OEL2 Aggregation

Layer 2 Aggregator

IEEE 802.1Q VLAN workgroups

IEEE 802.1Q tagging

VLANs spanning mult iple switches

VLANs spanning multiple 802.1Q tagged switches

VLANS spanning multiple untagged switches

Shared servers

VLAN workgroup summary

VLAN configuration rule s

Independent VLANs (IVL)

IEEE 802.1p Prioritizing

MultiLink Trunks

Client/server configuration using MultiLink T runks

Split MultiLink Trunks

Trunk configuration screen examples

Trunk configuration screen for Switch S1

Trunk configuration screen for Switch S2

Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S3

Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S4

Before you configure trunks

Spanning tree considerations for MultiLink Trunks

Additional tips about the MultiLink Trunking feature

Port mirroring

Accessing the CI menus and screens

Using the CI menus and screens

Navigating the CI menus and screens

Screen fields and descriptions

Main menu

IP Configuration/Setup screen