Nortel Networks Optivity User Manual

Part No. 208963-B
March 2001

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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Text conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

How to get help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chapter 1

Introducing Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

What is Optivity Switch Manager? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Optivity Switch Manager features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Optivity Switch Manager submanagers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

VLAN Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

MultiLink Trunking Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Multicast Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Log Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Chapter 2

Using Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Starting Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using the Optivity Switch Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Optivity Switch Manager menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Finding unsaved configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using the Optivity Switch Manager shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Viewing device properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using the toolbar buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Optivity Switch Manager status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Optivity Switch Manager contents pane icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Working with the network topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Chapter 3

Configuring Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Discovering your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Accessing devices within different SNMP communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Adjusting the contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using the scale slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Loading a saved network topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Saving a topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Printing a topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Finding a device in the topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Arranging devices on the topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Discovering devices on a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Restricting discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Layout slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Using VLAN Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

What is VLAN Manager? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Spanning Tree Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

VLAN Manager features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Starting VLAN Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

VLAN Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Finding network resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using VLAN Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Port membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Viewing the unassigned ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Viewing tagged Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Viewing isolated router ports (IRPs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Viewing bridge routing Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Viewing spanning tree groups (STGs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Viewing and configuring STG parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Status group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Root . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Default VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

VLAN ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Managing spanning tree groups (STGs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Creating a spanning tree group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Editing a spanning tree group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Deleting a spanning tree group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Managing a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Creating a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Creating a port-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Creating a source IP subnet-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Creating a protocol-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

User-defined protocols in a protocol-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Creating a source MAC address-based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Deleting a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Highlighting STGs and VLANs in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane . . . . . . 93

Viewing VLAN members in Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Viewing STG port members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Viewing STG root configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Chapter 5

Using MultiLink Trunking Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

What is MultiLink Trunking Manager? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

MultiLink Trunking Manager features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Starting MultiLink Trunking Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

MultiLink Trunking Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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Using MultiLink Trunking Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Managing MultiLink Trunks (MLTs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Highlighting devices and MLT links in Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Finding network resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Viewing trunk connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Viewing no trunk configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Viewing isolated devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Creating an MLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Creating an MLT with one device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Creating a new MLT on a pair of devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Viewing MLT port information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Editing a port on an MLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Deleting an MLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Editing an MLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

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Using Multicast Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

What is Multicast Manager? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Multicast protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

DVMRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

IGMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Multicast Manager features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Starting Multicast Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Multicast Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Finding a network resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Contents 9

Using Multicast Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Viewing IGMP Snoop groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Receiver tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Sender tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Static tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Access tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Viewing L3-IGMP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Cache tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Interface tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Group tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Viewing DVMRP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Globals tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Interface tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Neighbor tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Route tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Next Hop tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Viewing MRoute information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Route tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Viewing Multicast Groups information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Source Subnets tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Receivers tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Viewing Multicast Manager information in Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Highlighting a multicast device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Highlighting a multicast forwarding path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Chapter 7

Using Log Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Uploading Passport syslog files to your management station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Uploading a file using Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Uploading a file using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Initiating a Telnet session from Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Using the Telnet application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Uploading the syslog file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Passport/Accelar 1000 Series switches (version 2.x) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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Starting Log Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Opening a syslog file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Exporting a log file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Locating specific log entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Filtering log entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Appendix A

Additional reference sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Appendix B

Troubleshooting and error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Resolving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

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Figure 1 Optivity Switch Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Figure 2 Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Figure 3 Shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Figure 4 Device Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 5 Optivity Switch Manager topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 6 Scale slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 7 Open File dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figure 8 Save dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 9 Find Device dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 10 Optivity Switch Manager display before Layout command . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 11 Preferences dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 12 Restrict Discovery dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 13 Communities dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 14 VLAN Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 15 VLAN Manager navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 16 Default (1) folder view in the contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 17 Find dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 18 Unassigned Ports table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 19 Tagging Ports table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 20 Isolated Routing Ports table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 21 Bridge Routing Ports table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 22 STG folder in the VLAN Manager navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Figure 23 Spanning tree group members table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Figure 24 PortMembers dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Figure 25 Configuration table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Figure 26 Status table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 27 Root table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 28 Default VLAN table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 29 VLAN table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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Figure 30 New STG dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 31 Delete dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Figure 32 New VLAN dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Figure 33 New VLAN dialog box with bySubnet selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Figure 34 New VLAN dialog box with byProtocolId selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Figure 35 New VLAN dialog box with bySrcMac selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Figure 36 Edit Mac - VLAN dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Figure 37 VLAN topology in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane . . . . . . . . . 94

Figure 38 Viewing STG port members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Figure 39 Root topology displayed in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane . 97

Figure 40 MultiLink Trunking Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Figure 41 Contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Figure 42 Find dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Figure 43 Trunk table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Figure 44 No Trunk table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Figure 45 Isolated Device table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Figure 46 Insert MLT dialog box — one device selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Figure 47 Trunk table for a pair of devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Figure 48 Insert MLT dialog box — pair of devices selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Figure 49 Port dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Figure 50 PortMembers dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Figure 51 Delete dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Figure 52 Trunk table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Figure 53 Highlight topology view in Optivity Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Figure 54 Multicast Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Figure 55 Multicast Manager navigation pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Figure 56 DVMRP Table in the contents pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Figure 57 Find dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Figure 58 IGMP Snoop Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Figure 59 General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Figure 60 Receiver tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Figure 61 Sender tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Figure 62 Static tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Figure 63 Access tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Figure 64 IGMP Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

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Figure 65 Cache tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Figure 66 Interface tab (L3-IGMP partial view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Figure 67 Group tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Figure 68 DVMRP Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Figure 69 Globals tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Figure 70 Interface tab (DVMRP) fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Figure 71 Neighbor tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Figure 72 Route tab (DVMRP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Figure 73 Next Hop tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Figure 74 Route tab (MRoute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Figure 75 Multicast Group table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Figure 76 Source Subnets tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Figure 77 Receivers tab (Multicast Groups) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Figure 78 Optivity Switch Manager with forwarding node highlighted . . . . . . . . . . 162

Figure 79 Optivity Switch Manager window with devices using DVMRP

highlighted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Figure 80 Copy File tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Figure 81 Telnet dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Figure 82 Telnet window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Figure 83 SysLog dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Figure 84 Open sysLog dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Figure 85 Imported log file in SysLog dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Figure 86 Export sysLog dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Figure 87 sysLog - Find dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Figure 88 sysLog - Filter dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

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Tables

Table 1 Parts of the Optivity Switch Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Table 2 Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Table 3 Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 4 Device Properties dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Table 5 Optivity Switch Manager and submanager toolbar buttons . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Table 6 Status bar fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Table 7 Device icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Table 8 Preferences dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Table 9 Communities dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Table 10 Maximum STGs and VLANs supported by switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Table 11 VLAN Manager window parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Table 12 VLAN Manager menus and commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Table 13 VLAN Manager status bar fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Table 14 Port membership types and STGs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Table 15 Unassigned Ports table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Table 16 Tagging Ports table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Table 17 Isolated Routing Ports table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Table 18 Bridge Routing Ports table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Table 19 STG information icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Table 20 Members table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Table 21 Configuration table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Table 22 Status table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Table 23 Root table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Table 24 Default VLAN table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Table 25 New STG dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Table 26 New VLAN dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Table 27 Maximum number of MLTs supported in different switches . . . . . . . . . . 100

Table 28 MultiLink Trunking Manager window parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Table 29 MultiLink Trunking Manager submenus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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Table 30 MultiLink Trunking Manager status bar fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Table 31 Trunk table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Table 32 No Trunk table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Table 33 Isolated Device table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Table 34 Insert MLT dialog box items for a single device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Table 35 Insert MLT dialog box items for two nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Table 36 Multicast Manager window parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Table 37 Multicast Manager menus and commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Table 38 Multicast Manager status bar fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Table 39 General tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Table 40 Receiver tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Table 41 Sender tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Table 42 Static tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Table 43 Access tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Table 44 Cache tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Table 45 Interface tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Table 46 Group tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Table 47 Globals tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Table 48 Interface tab—DVMRP fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Table 49 Neighbor tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Table 50 Route tab (DVMRP) fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Table 51 Next Hop tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Table 52 Route tab (MRoute) fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Table 53 Source Subnets tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Table 54 Receivers tab (Multicast Groups) fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Table 55 SysLog dialog box items and buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Table 56 Optivity Switch Manager problems and solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Table 57 Optivity Switch Manager error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

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Preface

Optivity Switch Manager is a Java-based graphical network management
application used to configure and manage select Passport and BayStack switches
and Business Policy Switch 2000 switches operating within the same local area
network.

This guide provides information about installing the Optivity Switch Manager
software and using the features and capabilities of Optivity Switch Manager’s
graphical user interface (GUI).

Before you begin

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

• Working knowledge of networks and Ethernet bridging

• Ability to configure and troubleshoot VLANs, STGs, MLTs, and Multicast

groups

• Familiarity with networking concepts and terminology

• Working knowledge of GUIs

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Text conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:

bold Courier text

italic text Indicates new terms, book titles, and variables in

plain Courier text

separator ( > ) Shows menu paths.

Related publications

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

Example: Use the
Example: Enter

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

variable and you substitute one value for it.

Indicates command syntax and system output, for
example, prompts and system messages.

Example:

Example: Protocols > IP identifies the IP option on the
Protocols menu.

Set Trap Monitor Filters

dinfo command.

show ip {alerts|routes}.

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For more information about the protocols used in Optivity Switch Manager or
information about using Device Manager, refer to the publications in this list.

Note: The Passport product line was formerly named Accelar. The
product name on some previously published documents has not yet been
changed.

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• Networking Concepts for the Accelar 1000 Series Routing Switch Software

Release 2.0 (part number 205588-A)

Provides general information and description of how the Passport 1000 Series
switch handles various networking features, such as VLANs, MultiLink
Trunking, OSPF, RIP, and IPX.

• Installing Optivity Switch Manager for LAN Switch Networks 1.0.0.0
(part number 210274-A)

Describes the steps necessary to install Optivity Switch Manager on the
Windows and Solaris platforms.

• Networking Concepts for the Passport 8000 Series Switch

(part number 207307-C)

Provides general information and description of how the Passport switch
handles various networking features, such as VLANs, MultiLink Trunking,
OSPF, RIP, and IPX.

• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Command Line Interface Basic Switch
Management Release 3.1 (part number 211255-A)

Describes the command line interface (CLI) structure and the commands used
to perform basic switch management operations, such as modifying the switch
boot sequence, working with switch files, and setting up security features.

• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Command Line Interface Switching
Operations Release 3.1 (part number 207308-D)

Describes the CLI commands and parameters for switching operations. Most
configuration tasks that can be performed using Device Manager can also be
done using the CLI.

• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Command Line Interface Routing
Operations Release 3.1 (part number 208967-C)

Describes the CLI commands and parameters for routing operations.

• Reference for Accelar Management Software Switching Operations
Release 2.0 (part number 205586-A)

Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 2
(switching) functions with the Accelar 1000 Series routing switch, including
procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens.

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• Reference for Accelar Management Software Routing Operations Release 2.0

(part number 205587-A)

Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 3
(routing) functions with the Accelar 1000 Series routing switch, including
procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens.

• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Management Software Switching
Operations Release 3.1 (part number 207414-D)

Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 3
(routing) functions with the Passport routing switch, including procedures and
illustrations of pertinent screens.

• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Management Software Routing
Operations Release 3.1 (part number 207415-C)

Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 2
(switching) functions with the Passport 8000 Series switch, including
procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens.

• Reference for the BayStack 350/410/450 Management Software Operations
Version 3.1 (part number 210245-B)

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Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 2
(switching) functions with BayStack switches, including procedures and
illustrations of pertinent screens.

You can print selected technical manuals and release notes free, directly from the
Internet. Go to the www25.nortelnetworks.com/library/tpubs/ URL. Find the
product for which you need documentation. Then locate the specific 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 selected documentation sets, CDs, and technical publications
through the Internet at the www1.fatbrain.com/documentation/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 Networks service program, contact one of the following
Nortel Networks Technical Solutions Centers:

Technical Solutions Center Telephone

EMEA (33) (4) 92-966-968

North America (800) 4NORTEL or [phone]

Asia Pacific (61) (2) 9927-8800

China [phone]

An Express Routing Code (ERC) is available for many Nortel Networks products
and services. When you use an ERC, your call is routed to a technical support
person who specializes in supporting that product or service. 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 Introducing Optivity Switch Manager

This chapter introduces Nortel Networks Optivity Switch Manager features and
functions. The chapter includes the following topics:

• What is Optivity Switch Manager? (next)

• Optivity Switch Manager features (page 24)

• Optivity Switch Manager submanagers (page 24)

What is Optivity Switch Manager?

Optivity Switch Manager is a Java-based network management application that
allows you to discover and view up to 100 network devices and their physical
links on a topology map. Once your network is discovered, you can monitor,
manage, and configure protocols and settings in devices in the network using the
following submanagers within Optivity Switch Manager:

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• VLAN Manager

• MultiLink Trunking Manager

• Multicast Manager

• Log Manager

In addition to these submanagers, Optivity Switch Manager has an associated
standalone application, Device Manager, that provides the ability to completely
configure and manage a single device in the network.

Optivity Switch Manager allows you to manage small to medium-size networks.
Since Optivity Switch Manager is a Java-based tool, it is platform-independent.
Optivity Switch Manager is also a real-time SNMP tool, allowing you to save the
topology map, error log, preferences, and communities in the application.

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To use Optivity Switch Manager, you must have the Java Runtime Environment
(JRE) installed on your system. Optivity Switch Manager requires JRE 1.3.

Note: For a description of operating systems, devices, and software
releases supported by Optivity Switch Manager, see Installing Optivity
Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0.

Optivity Switch Manager features

Optivity Switch Manager is a configuration tool for troubleshooting and limited
network monitoring. It has the following features:

• A consistent look across the Solaris and Windows platforms.

• Spring algorithm that balances distances between devices and minimizes

crossing lines when creating the topology map.

• A consistent graphical user interface (GUI) across Optivity Switch Manager
and submanagers and a single point of access to the submanagers.

• Dynamic system updates across submanagers. You can simultaneously query
your device in a submanager application as you view the topology map
through Optivity Switch Manager.

• Access control and security using community strings.

• Network discovery that you can specify to be as large or small as you want.

• Ability to save the layout of a discovered network for future use.

Optivity Switch Manager submanagers

Optivity Switch Manager incorporates submanagers that provide detailed device
information and management capabilities. The submanagers are designed to
provide specialized information in an easy-to-use graphical user interface that is
consistent in layout across the submanagers. A submanager can query Optivity
Switch Manager and instruct the primary application to update the topology view
with information relevant to the submanager view. For example, VLAN Manager
can instruct Optivity Switch Manager to color all the devices in the view that
include members of a particular VLAN.

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The submanagers open in a separate window from Optivity Switch Manager. You
must have the Optivity Switch Manager window open to access all the
submanagers except Device Manager. The submanagers are:

• VLAN Manager

• MultiLink Trunking Manager

• Multicast Manager

• Log Manager

• Device Manager

VLAN Manager

VLAN Manager allows you to:

• Create, delete, or modify VLANs across one or multiple devices

• View VLAN information, membership, and port configuration information in

tabular format

• View Spanning Tree Protocol information such as members of spanning tree
groups (STGs) and Spanning Tree Protocol configuration

• View VLAN nodes across the network

For more information about VLAN Manager, refer to Chapter 4, “Using VLAN

Manager,” on page 55.

MultiLink Trunking Manager

MultiLink Trunking Manager allows you to:

• Create, delete, or modify MultiLink Trunks (MLTs) across one or two devices

• View MLT configuration information such as port and VLAN membership

For more information about MultiLink Trunking Manager, refer to Chapter 5,

“Using MultiLink Trunking Manager,” on page 99.

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Multicast Manager

Multicast Manager allows you to:

• View multicast configuration and protocols found in the network

• Display multicast forwarding paths from a selected source or group

For more information about Multicast Manager, refer to Chapter 6, “Using

Multicast Manager,” on page 121.

Log Manager

Log manager allows you to download individual log files from network devices
and view the entire file or selected information.

For more information about Log Manager, refer to Chapter 7, “Using Log

Manager,” on page 165.

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Device Manager

Device Manager is a standalone application that you can launch either from
Optivity Switch Manager or separately. This application allows you to:

• Download image and configuration files

• Completely manage and configure layer 2 and, if applicable, layer 3 protocols

and features for a single network device

• Monitor traffic flow through the device

• View a device image indicating which ports are active and, for Passport

switches, which modules are installed

For more information about Device Manager, refer to the documents listed in

“Related publications” on page 18.

Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager

This chapter describes the basic procedures for using Optivity Switch Manager.
For information about how to install Optivity Switch Manager, refer to Installing

Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0.

This chapter includes the following topics:

• Starting Optivity Switch Manager, next

• Using the Optivity Switch Manager window (page 29)

• Working with the network topology map (page 41)

• Getting help (page 46)

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Starting Optivity Switch Manager

After you install Optivity Switch Manager, you can start the application.

To start Optivity Switch Manager:

Do one of the following:

• From the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows NT

Start menu, choose Programs > Nortel Optivity Switch Management
Software > Optivity Switch Manager.

• In a Windows environment, double-click the Optivity Switch Manager

shortcut icon on your desktop, if it is present.

• In a Solaris terminal window, enter

Switch Manager has been installed.

Optivity Switch Manager starts.

./OSM in the location where Optivity

You do not need a password to open the application. However, to discover and
display a network topology, you need to enter an IP address to a device that will
act as a “seed,” and you must have permission to access that “seed” device. Refer
to “Discovering devices on a network” on page 48 for more information.

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Using the Optivity Switch Manager window

The Optivity Switch Manager window:

• Displays a logical map of a network showing physical connectivity between
devices.

• Provides tools to access other Optivity Switch Manager features.

• Allows you to launch Optivity Switch Manager submanagers.

After the initial discovery, other Optivity Switch Manager submanager
applications allow you to monitor or configure discovered devices.

Note: The Optivity Switch Manager window remains open and can
display highlighted devices after the Optivity Switch Manager
submanager windows open. If you close the Optivity Switch Manager
window while Optivity Switch Manager submanager windows are open,
the submanagers also close.

Title bar

Menu bar

Toolbar

Scale slider

Contents

pane

Scroll bars

Status bar

Figure 1 shows the Optivity Switch Manager window.

Figure 1 Optivity Switch Manager window

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Table 1 describes the parts of the Optivity Switch Manager window.

Table 1 Parts of the Optivity Switch Manager window

Part Description

Title bar Displays the application name and software version.

Menu bar Provides access to all Optivity Switch Manager commands.

Toolbar Provides quick access to commonly-used Optivity Switch Manager

Scale slider Provides four zoom levels to magnify the network topology map.

Contents pane Displays the network topology map.

Scroll bars Provide access to an entire map, table, or other text that spans two

Status bar Displays status information and the map legend.

commands.

pages in the contents pane.

When you successfully query a device on the network, the Optivity Switch
Manager contents pane presents a logical map of the network displaying a variety
of information about the network connections. The specific information available
on the network topology map depends on the size of the network discovered. For
example, in a very large network topology, the device IP addresses and port
numbers are not displayed unless you magnify the network topology map using
the scale slider.

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Optivity Switch Manager menu bar

The menu bar provides menus and commands for operating Optivity Switch
Manager and for accessing Device Manager, VLAN Manager, MultiLink
Trunking Manager, Multicast Manager, and Log Manager. Table 2 lists the
Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands.

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Table 2 Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands

Shortcut

Menu Command

File Open [Ctrl]+O Opens a topology map.

Save [Ctrl]+S Saves a topology map.

Print [Ctrl]+P Opens the Print dialog box, where you set print parameters.

Exit [Ctrl]+Q Exits Optivity Switch Manager.

Edit Communities Edits SNMP communities accessible by Optivity Switch

Preferences Edits network preferences and identifies seed addresses

Clear Map [Del] Deletes the current network topology displayed in the

Find Device in
Map

Select All Selects all devices within a supported product family

View Link Speeds Displays network link speeds in color on the network

Link Duplex Displays half- and full-duplex links in color on the network

Link Types Displays the media type (Ethernet, POS, or ATM) in color

MultiLink Trunks Displays MultiLink Trunks discovered in the network

Show Port
Address

Error Log Displays the error log for Optivity Switch Manager. You can

keys Description

Manager. Refer to “Accessing devices within different

SNMP communities” on page 53 for more information.

used by Optivity Switch Manager. Refer to Chapter 3,

“Configuring Optivity Switch Manager,” on page 48 for more

information.

contents pane.

[Ctrl]+F Opens the Find Device dialog box, where you set

parameters to find a device in the topology map.

(Passport 1000 Series switches, Passport 8000 Series
switches, or BayStack switches).

topology map. The status bar provides a color legend for
the link speeds (refer to “Optivity Switch Manager status

bar” on page 38).

topology map. The status bar provides a color legend for
the link duplex status (refer to “Optivity Switch Manager

status bar” on page 38).

for the links in the network topology map. The status bar
provides a color legend for the link types (refer to “Optivity

Switch Manager status bar” on page 38).

topology.

Displays IP addresses of isolated routing ports or brouter
ports.

save the error log to a text file.

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Table 2 Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands (continued)

Shortcut

Menu Command

Device Telnet Starts a Telnet session.

Ping Pings a device to test connectivity.

Device Manager Launches Device Manager to monitor and configure the

Properties Displays the properties of the selected device. Refer to

Report Opens the Report dialog box, which displays the device IP

Dump Topology
to Log

Note: This menu is accessible only if a device is selected on the network map displayed in
the Optivity Switch Manager Contents pane

Actions Discover Map Discovers a network topology map.

Layout Map Rearranges a topology map for better viewing.

Find Unsaved
Configurations

Log Manager Opens Log Manager. Refer to Chapter 7, “Using Log

Tools VLAN Manager [F2] Opens VLAN Manager. Refer to Chapter 4, “Using VLAN

MultiLink
Trunking
Manager

Multicast
Manager

keys Description

selected device.

“Using the Optivity Switch Manager shortcut menu” on
page 34 for a description of this feature.

address, name, type, and description.

Dumps the current topology to the log.

Opens the Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box that lists
the devices with unsaved changes in their configuration
files. The dialog box contains the device IP address, the
time/date when the configuration was last changed, and the
time/date when the device’s configuration was last saved.

Manager,” on page 165, for more information about this

application.

Manager,” on page 55, for more information about this

application.

[F3] Opens MultiLink Trunking Manager. Refer to Chapter 5,

“Using MultiLink Trunking Manager,” on page 99, for more

information about this application.

[F4] Opens Multicast Manager. Refer to Chapter 6, “Using

Multicast Manager,” on page 121 for more information about

this application.

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Table 2 Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands (continued)

Shortcut

Menu Command

Help Contents [F1] Opens a Web browser application and loads Help files.

Online Support Opens a Web browser that loads the Nortel Networks

Legend Displays a key to the icons used in the Optivity Switch

About Optivity
Switch Manager

keys Description

Customer Support Web page.

Manager topology map.

Displays Optivity Switch Manager application information.

Finding unsaved configurations

You can find devices that have unsaved configuration files or changed
configuration files.

To find unsaved configuration files:

From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Actions >
Find Unsaved Configurations.

The Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box opens (Figure 2).

Figure 2 Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box

Table 3 describes the items in the Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box.

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Table 3 Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box items

Item Description

Device The IP address, system name, or host name of the device.

LastChange The date and time when the device’s configuration was last

LastSavedToNVRam The date and time when the device’s configuration was last

changed.

saved. If the device’s configuration was never saved, this
text box reads “none.”

Using the Optivity Switch Manager shortcut menu

Use the shortcut menu (Figure 3) to start device-related tasks for a selected
device. The shortcut menu commands are similar to those found in the Device
menu and include launching the standalone Device Manager application.

To access the shortcut menu:

Right-click a device on the topology map to open the shortcut menu.

The shortcut menu opens (Figure 3).

Figure 3 Shortcut menu

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Viewing device properties

When you choose Properties from the shortcut menu, you can view properties for
the selected device. The Device Properties dialog box (Figure 4) includes the
name, type, and location of the device, if that information was entered in the
device’s configuration. The bottom of the Device Properties dialog box shows the
port status of the device.

Figure 4 Device Properties dialog box

Table 4 describes the items in the Device Properties dialog box.

Table 4 Device Properties dialog box items

Item Description

Name The IP address, system name, or host name of the device.

Type The chassis type.

SysName The name of the device.

Description The system-assigned name.

Location The physical location of the device.

Contact The contact information for the system administrator. This

item reflects the contact information entered as part of the
system information for this device in Device Manager.

UpTime The time elapsed since the device was last booted.

Ports The device’s port status. The color of the box representing

each port indicates if the port is up (green), has no link (is
down) (orange), or is being tested (blue).

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Using the toolbar buttons

The toolbars for Optivity Switch Manager, VLAN Manager, MultiLink Trunking
Manager, Log Manager, and Multicast Manager are located beneath their
respective menu bars. The toolbar buttons provide quick access to commonly used
commands. When a toolbar button is unavailable for a particular configuration or
submanager, it appears dimmed.

When you point to a button, the name of the button and a description of the
command function are displayed.

Table 5 describes the toolbar buttons for Optivity Switch Manager and the

submanagers.

Table 5 Optivity Switch Manager and submanager toolbar buttons

Button Name Description Application

Open Opens a topology map or log file. Optivity Switch Manager,

Log Manager

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Save Saves a topology map or log file. Optivity Switch Manager,

Print Prints the topology map.

Note: The application does not paginate the
map, that is, break the map printing into
several pages. To print a portion of the map,
ensure that the portion is visible in the window
at the desired zoom level.

Find Allows you to find a device by IP address, a

VLAN by name, an MLT by IP address, or a
multicast group by address. Refer to “Finding

a device in the topology map” on page 44 for

more information.

View Error Log Displays the Optivity Switch Manager error

log.

Discover Network Discovers a seed address in a network. Refer

to “Discovering devices on a network” on

page 48 for more information.

Stop Discovery Stops the discovery process.

Note: This button is available only while
discovery is in process.

Log Manager.

Optivity Switch Manager,
VLAN Manager, MultiLink
Trunking Manager,
Multicast Manager, Log
Manager.

Optivity Switch Manager,
VLAN Manager, MultiLink
Trunking Manager,
Multicast Manager

Optivity Switch Manager

Optivity Switch Manager

Optivity Switch Manager

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Table 5 Optivity Switch Manager and submanager toolbar buttons (continued)

Button Name Description Application

Layout map Lays out the topology map for better

Log Manager Starts the Log Manager submanager Optivity Switch Manager

Telnet Opens a Telnet session in a separate window. Optivity Switch Manager

Device Manager Starts the Device Manager submanager. Optivity Switch Manager

Show Device
Properties

VLAN Manager Starts the VLAN Manager submanager. Optivity Switch Manager

MultiLink Trunking
Manager

Multicast Manager Starts the Multicast Manager submanager Optivity Switch Manager

Help Opens online Help. Optivity Switch Manager,

Reload Reloads the current submanager folder

Insert Displays the Insert dialog box to add a VLAN,

Delete Deletes a selection. VLAN Manager, MultiLink

Apply Changes Applies changes you have made to the

readability.

Displays the device properties of a particular
device on the discovered network.

Starts the MultiLink Trunking Manager
submanager.

information.
Note: Use this function often to ensure that

the displayed data is the most recent.

STG, or MLT.

configuration.

Optivity Switch Manager

Optivity Switch Manager

Optivity Switch Manager

VLAN Manager, MultiLink
Trunking Manager,
Multicast Manager

VLAN Manager, MultiLink
Trunking Manager,
Multicast Manager

VLAN Manager, MultiLink
Trunking Manager,
Multicast Manager

Trunking Manager,
Multicast Manager

VLAN Manager, MultiLink
Trunking Manager,
Multicast Manager

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Table 5 Optivity Switch Manager and submanager toolbar buttons (continued)

Button Name Description Application

Undo Changes Undoes changes you have made to the

configuration if you have not already clicked
Apply Changes.

Copy Copies highlighted information. VLAN Manager, MultiLink

Paste Pastes highlighted information. VLAN Manager, MultiLink

VLAN Manager, MultiLink
Trunking Manager,
Multicast Manager

Trunking Manager,
Multicast Manager, Log
Manager

Trunking Manager,
Multicast Manager

Optivity Switch Manager status bar

The Optivity Switch Manager status bar is at the bottom of the Optivity Switch
Manager main window (see Figure 1 on page 29). Table 6 describes the fields in
the status bar.

Table 6 Status bar fields

Field Description

Message Located on the left, the message field displays information about:

• Menu commands and toolbar buttons

• Optivity Switch Manager and submanager operations

Icon Located on the right, the icon field displays a legend for color-coded

information of Optivity Switch Manager and submanagers. Depending on
what selections are made from the View menu, this legend shows the
following information for Optivity Switch Manager:

• Link Speeds—10Mb/s (pink), 100Mb/s (blue), or 1Gb/s (red)

• Link Duplex—Half-duplex (blue) or full duplex (red)

• Link types—Ethernet (blue), POS (red), or ATM (green)

If none of these items is selected from the View menu, this field is blank.

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Optivity Switch Manager contents pane icons

After you query a device’s seed address, the topology map opens in the Optivity
Switch Manager contents pane (Figure 5).

Figure 5 Optivity Switch Manager topology map

The Optivity Switch Manager topology map uses icons to represent the types of
network devices discovered. Some of the devices are supported by Optivity
Switch Manager; others are not supported but connect supported devices.

To access a legend with these icons and their names:

From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Help > Legend.

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Table 7 describes the device icons.

Table 7 Device icons

Icon Name Description

Bus Network bus or hub not supported by Optivity

Passport 1K Passport 1000 Series switch. This device can be

Passport 8K Passport 8000 Series switch. This device can be

BayStack or
Business Policy
Switch 2000

Baystack (old) Baystack 310 switch. This device is partially

Other switch A switch not supported by Optivity Switch Manager

Other router A router not supported by Optivity Switch Manager

Switch Manager or its submanagers. You can view
ports connected to BayStack or Passport switches
by choosing View > Show Port Address.

configured and monitored by Optivity Switch
Manager and its submanagers.

configured and monitored by Optivity Switch
Manager and its submanagers.

BayStack 350, 410, or 450 switch or Business
Policy Switch 2000. This device can be configured
and monitored by Optivity Switch Manager and its
submanagers.

supported by Optivity Switch Manager and its
submanagers.

or its submanagers.

or its submanagers.

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Adjusting the contents pane

You can resize the Optivity Switch Manager window or submanager windows by
dragging the edges of the active window. You can also use the scroll bars to adjust
the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane to view a specific portion of the
discovered network topology.

Using the scale slider

To adjust the scale of the topology map:

Move the scale slider (Figure 6) to the right to magnify the map or to the left
to make it smaller.

Figure 6 Scale slider

You can display the map up to sixteen times larger.

Note: Use Edit > Find Device in Map to easily locate the device before
you resize the specific region of the map.

Note: When you use Optivity Switch Manager in a Solaris environment,
you can click the number in the scale slider or drag the slider.

Working with the network topology map

After a network topology map is loaded into the Optivity Switch Manager
contents pane, you can save it and reload it.

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Loading a saved network topology map

You can reload a saved topology map. If you do not have a specific topology map
saved, the application loads the previously saved topology map. This map is
stored in the default.topo file.

Note: Optivity Switch Manager Release 1.1.0.0 cannot open topology
maps saved in earlier releases.

To open a new topology map, you must use the discovery process described in

“Discovering devices on a network” on page 48.

To reload a saved topology map:

1 Do one of the following:

• From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose File > Open.

• On the keyboard, press [Ctrl]+O.

• On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar, click Open.

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The Open File dialog box opens (Figure 7).

Figure 7 Open File dialog box

2 Select the filename (with a .topo extension) that contains your saved network

topology.

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3 Click Open.

The topology map is displayed in the contents pane.

4 From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Actions > Update

Topology to update your network topology map.

Saving a topology map

When you save a topology map, it is stored with a .topo file extension. If you do
not save a topology with a specific file name, Optivity Switch Manager attempts
to save the current map to the default.topo file.

To save a topology map with another name:

1 Do one of the following:

• From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose File > Save.

• On the keyboard, press [Ctrl]+S.

• On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar, click Save.

The Save dialog box opens (Figure 8).

Figure 8 Save dialog box

2 Type the file name with a .topo file extension.

3 Click Save.

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Printing a topology map

To print a topology map:

Do one of the following:

• From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose File > Print.

• On the keyboard, press [Ctrl]+P.

• On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar, click Print.

Note: Optivity Switch Manager prints only a single page showing the
part of the topology map that starts at the left border of the window. To
print a portion of the map, ensure that the portion is next to the left
border of the window at the desired zoom level.

Finding a device in the topology map

To locate a device in the network topology map:

1 Do one of the following:

• From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Edit > Find Device

in Map.

• On the keyboard, press [Ctrl]+F.

• On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar, click Find.

The Find Device dialog box opens (Figure 9).

Figure 9 Find Device dialog box

2 Type the name or the IP address of the device.

3 Click Find.

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Arranging devices on the topology map

As Optivity Switch Manager discovers devices, they are arranged by default in a
column (top to bottom/left to right) on the topology map. Figure 10 shows the
Optivity Switch Manager contents pane after a seed address was located. The
devices icons are crowded together, and the port numbers and IP addresses
overlap each other. To improve readability of the map, you can automatically or

manually adjust the layout.

Figure 10 Optivity Switch Manager display before Layout command

To automatically arrange the topology map:

Do one of the following:

• From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Actions > Layout

Map.

• On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar, click Layout Map.

The nodes are automatically arranged on the map. You may also need to
manually adjust nodes on the map until you have the desired layout.

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To manually arrange the devices discovered in the network topology:

Drag selected devices to desired locations on the topology map.

Getting help

Help in Optivity Switch Manager is arranged by subject. A Web browser, such as
Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, opens to display Help files.
You can use the contents frame or the Help index to locate information.

To access Help:

Do one of the following:

• From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Help > Contents.

• On the keyboard, press [F1].

• On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar, click Help.

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The Help files open in a Web browser.

Chapter 3 Configuring Optivity Switch Manager

This chapter describes configuration tools for Optivity Switch Manager, and
includes the following topics:

• Discovering your network (next)

• Accessing devices within different SNMP communities (page 53)

Discovering your network

Optivity Switch Manager builds its logical map of the network by querying the
topology table of the seed device, using the Bay Autotopology Protocol (BTP).
A seed device is a device from which you start learning about the topology of the
network. After getting the information about the neighbors of the seed device,
Optivity Switch Manager queries the neighbor devices for their topology tables.
Optivity Switch Manager then selects the appropriate icon to represent each
device, computes the links between devices, and represents the device information
in a network topology map.

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Discovery continues until the maximum number of hops is reached. By default,
Optivity Switch Manager does not query neighbors more than five hops away
from the seed device. You can set the number of hops, up to a maximum of 20
hops. Also, you can stop the discovery process at any time by clicking Discovery
from the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar. While the discovery process is
occurring, this button changes to show a red X.

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Discovering devices on a network

The topology discovery process begins when you supply Optivity Switch
Manager with one or more network device seed addresses and the application
queries the addresses. The Preferences dialog box specifies the seed address and
defines the scope of the discovery process.

To discover a network:

1 From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Edit > Preferences.

The Preferences dialog box opens (Figure 11).

Figure 11 Preferences dialog box

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2 In the Seed Address(es) textbox, type the IP address of one or more devices in

the network.

Separate multiple IP addresses with commas.

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3 In the MaxHops textbox, type the maximum number of hops.

4 Use the Layout slider to indicate whether greater speed or better accuracy is

more important.

5 Select other options in the dialog box to control the appearance of the

topology map.

See Table 8 for a description of the options available.

6 Click Apply.

7 Click OK.

8 From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Actions > Discover

Map.

The topology map is displayed.

Table 8 describes the items in the Preferences dialog box.

Table 8 Preferences dialog box items

Section Item Description

Discovery Seed Address(es) The IP address(es) of one or more devices

that Optivity Switch Manager queries using
SNMP to start the discovery process. For a list
of supported devices, see Installing Optivity
Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0.

Note: If the devices you want to monitor and
configure are not connected to the same
network, you can specify multiple seed
addresses, separated by commas. The
separate networks do not appear to be
connected in the network topology map.

Max Hops The number of hops, between 1 and 20, that

a data packet travels from one router or
intermediate point to another in the network.
(Default is 5 hops.)

Restrict Discovery Opens the Restrict Discovery dialog box to

restrict device discovery to only the devices in
the subnets entered. Refer to “Restricting

discovery” on page 51 for more information.

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Table 8 Preferences dialog box items (continued)

Section Item Description

Map Layout Drag the slider to the right (better) or to the left

Show Device by Determines how a device is identified in the

Trim HostName Domains Truncates Internet host name domains.

Non-highlighted area Allows you to select an option for viewing

Automatically Save on Exit If checked, the current network topology map

Automatically Relayout
after discovery

(faster) to indicate how you want Optivity
Switch Manager to lay out devices in the
network topology map. Refer to “Layout slider”

on page 52 for more information.

network topology map. The selections are:

• HostName

• SysName

• IP Address (Default)

Example: nortelnetworks.com becomes
nortelnetworks

inactive devices. The options are:

• Dimmed–Non-highlighted items are
shaded. (Default)

• Invisible–Removes non-highlighted items
from the topology map.

is automatically saved to the default.topo file.

If checked, the network topology map is
adjusted for better viewing as it is loaded in
Optivity Switch Manager.

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Table 8 Preferences dialog box items (continued)

Section Item Description

SNMP Retry Count The number of times, between 0 and 5,

Timeout The amount of time, between 3 and 10

Max Outstanding
Requests

Trace If checked, additional SNMP information is

Optivity Switch Manager tries to connect to a
device using SNMP. (The default is 1.)

seconds, Optivity Switch Manager waits
before trying to connect to a device again.
(The default is 5.)

The number of SNMP requests, between 20
and 250, that Optivity Switch Manager
maintains as open or outstanding. (The
default is 100.)

written to the Optivity Switch Manager error
log, and can provide assistance in
troubleshooting.

Note: Selecting Trace could slightly slow
down performance as extra information is
gathered.

Restricting discovery

You can restrict the discovery process to devices on specified subnets. Use the
Restrict Discovery dialog box to enter IP subnets that are available for discovery
by Optivity Switch Manager. Only devices on a listed subnet are displayed in the
Optivity Switch Manager contents pane.

To restrict discovery to certain subnets:

1 From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Edit > Preferences.

2 Click Restrict Discovery.

The Restrict Discovery dialog box opens (Figure 12).

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Figure 12 Restrict Discovery dialog box

3 Click Insert.

A new row containing 0.0.0.0 appears under the To Subnet heading.

4 Click the row containing 0.0.0.0 and type the subnet address.

5 Click Close.

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Layout slider

Use the layout slider to improve the readability of the topology map. It adjusts the
layout of the devices in the network topology using the Spring algorithm, which
balances the distances between devices and minimizes the number of crossing
lines.

To use the layout slider:

1 Choose Edit > Preferences.

The Preferences dialog box opens (Figure 11 on page 48).

2 In the Map area, slide the ruler between faster and better to adjust the layout

display.

Optivity Switch Manager retains the locations of nodes until you rediscover
the network.

3 Click Apply.

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4 To resdiscover the network topology map with new layout, do one of the

following:

• From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Actions > Discover
Map.

• On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar, click Discover Network.

Accessing devices within different SNMP communities

SNMP community passwords can provide a level of protection by limiting access
to devices. In Optivity Switch Manager, you can access subnets with different
communities by adding the correct SNMP passwords in the Communities dialog
box. SNMP devices, which include those devices supported by Optivity Switch
Manager, typically have two passwords or communities for read and write
operations on that device. The two passwords are “public” (open access) and
“private” (restrictive access).

By default, Optivity Switch Manager reads an ASCII file (snmpcomm.properties)
that contains one entry. That entry allows Optivity Switch Manager to access all
devices in the discovered network using “public” as the community password for
read operations and “private” as the password for write operations. If devices
contain a different SNMP community password, you cannot access them unless
you know their passwords and enter those password into the Optivity Switch
Manager snmpcomm.properties file.

To assign a different SNMP community password to a group or single device:

1 From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Edit > Communities.

The Communities dialog box opens (Figure 13).

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Figure 13 Communities dialog box

2 Click Insert.

An empty row is added to the table.

3 Click on the empty row and enter the IP address and communities.

4 Click Save.

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The changes are saved to the snmpcomm.properties file.

Table 9 describes the Communities fields in the dialog box.

Table 9 Communities dialog box fields

Fields Descriptions

Address The subnet address of a group of devices or the IP address

of a single device. (Default is 0.0.0.0 to include all devices.)
Note: Optivity Switch Manager uses zero (0) as a wildcard

to associate SNMP communities with groups of devices.
You can place a zero anywhere in the IP address. For
example, the address 10.10.0.0 refers to all addresses in
the 10.10. subnet.

Read The level of permission to view or read configuration

information on a group of devices or single device.

The community string default is public (open access)

Write The level of permission to change configuration information

on a group of devices or single device.

The default community string is private (restrictive access)

Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager

VLAN Manager manages Spanning Tree Groups (STGs) and VLANs across
devices in a network. Optivity Switch Manager is the starting point for VLAN
Manager, and Optivity Switch Manager must be open to use VLAN Manager.

This chapter describes using VLAN Manager to manage VLANs on Passport and
BayStack switches. The chapter includes the following information:

• What is VLAN Manager?, next

• Starting VLAN Manager (page 57)

• VLAN Manager window (page 57)

• Using VLAN Manager (page 63)

• Managing spanning tree groups (STGs) (page 79)

• Managing a VLAN (page 82)

• Highlighting STGs and VLANs in the Optivity Switch Manager contents

pane (page 93)

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What is VLAN Manager?

VLAN Manager enables you to manage VLAN and STG configurations across a
single device or multiple devices. It supports the rcVlan and rcStg MIBs.

VLAN

A VLAN is a collection of ports on one or more switches that defines a broadcast
domain. You can assign ports to a VLAN or you can create a policy VLAN, which
determines the port’s membership in the VLAN based on the traffic entering that
port. For example, in an IP subnet-based VLAN, the port belongs to the VLAN
only if the traffic passing through the port is on the specified IP subnet.

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You control path redundancy for VLANs by implementing the Spanning Tree
Protocol (STP).

Spanning Tree Protocol

As defined in the IEEE 802.1D standard, the Spanning Tree Protocol detects
and eliminates logical loops in a bridged or switched network. When multiple
paths exist, the spanning tree algorithm configures the network so that a bridge or
switch uses only the most efficient path. If that path fails, the protocol
automatically reconfigures the network to make another path active, thus
sustaining network operations.

The collection of ports in one spanning tree is called a spanning tree group (STG)
and a network may include multiple instances of STGs. All the devices supported
by Optivity Switch Manager support at least one STG. The Passport 1000 Series
switch and the Passport 8600 modules support multiple spanning trees, thus
multiple spanning tree groups.

Table 1 0 lists the maximum number of STGs and VLANs supported by the

different switches.

Table 1 0 Maximum STGs and VLANs supported by switches

Maximum

Switch

Passport 1000 Series switch 25 124

Passport 8100 modules 1 2000

Passport 8600 modules 25 1979

BayStack 350/410/450 switches 1 64

Business Policy Switch 2000 1 64

number of STGs

Maximum
number of VLANs

For more information about VLANs and Spanning Tree Protocol, refer to
Networking Concepts for the Passport 1000 Series Routing Switch Release 2.0
and Networking Concepts for the Passport 8000 Series Routing Switch.

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VLAN Manager features

VLAN Manager allows you to:

• Configure and monitor VLANs and STGs across one or multiple devices.

• View and edit port membership information: ports not belonging to an STG,

or ports belonging to multiple STGs, individual routing ports and brouter
ports.

• View Spanning Tree configuration information In the Optivity Switch
Manager contents pane, such as which ports are blocking or forwarding. You
can also see which device is the root of the Spanning Tree configuration.

The following sections describe the VLAN Manager window and the
management functions available.

Starting VLAN Manager

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To start VLAN Manager:

Do one of the following:

• From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Tools > VLAN

Manager.

• On the keyboard, press [F2].

• On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar, click VLAN Manager.

The VLAN Manager window opens (Figure 14).

VLAN Manager window

The VLAN Manager window (Figure 14) contains the parts described in Table 11.

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Figure 14 VLAN Manager window

Title bar

Menu bar

Toolbar

Navigation pane

Contents pane

Status bar

Table 11 describes the parts of the VLAN Manager window.

Table 11 VLAN Manager window parts

Part Description

Title bar Displays the submanager name.

Menu bar Provides access to all VLAN Manager commands.

Toolbar Provides quick access to commonly-used VLAN Manager commands.

Navigation pane Provides a navigation tree showing VLAN Manager network folder

Contents pane Displays information selected in the navigation pane.

Status bar Displays status information, including the type of device highlighted

Menu bar

The menu bar provides menus and commands for operating VLAN Manager.

resources.

and command status.

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Table 1 2 lists the VLAN Manager menus and commands.

Table 1 2 VLAN Manager menus and commands

Menu Command Shortcut Key Description

File Reload [Ctrl]+R Reloads the VLAN Manager

Save
Diagnostic
Info

Print [Ctrl]+P Opens the Print dialog box, where you

Close Closes the VLAN Manager window.

Edit Undo

Changes

Copy [Ctrl]+C Copies the contents of a selected cell.

Paste [Ctrl]+V Pastes the cell contents to a new

Insert [Insert] Opens the Insert dialog box, where you

Delete [Del] Removes a selection and displays a

Apply
Changes

Edit MAC
Address

Find [Ctrl]+F Opens the Find dialog box, where you

View Highlight

Topology

Audit Queries the network configuration to

[Ctrl]+S Saves diagnostic information about the

[Ctrl]+Z Reverses any changes you made to an

[Ctrl]+A When you have made changes to your

information.

STGs and VLAN discovered.

enter print parameters.

item or field.

location.

insert an STG or VLAN on selected
devices.

message to confirm deletion of the
selected VLAN.

VLAN configuration, this command
applies these changes to the devices in
the network.

Allows you to insert the text file
containing the MAC addresses for
MAC-based VLANs.

set parameters to find matching entries
in your network.

Highlights the VLAN topology map in the
Optivity Switch Manager contents pane.

report any discrepancies.

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Table 1 2 VLAN Manager menus and commands (continued)

Menu Command Shortcut Key Description

Help Using Opens a Web browser and loads the

Toolb ar

For information about the toolbar buttons available in VLAN Manager, refer to

Table 5 on page 36.

Navigation pane

The VLAN Manager navigation pane (Figure 15) is located on the left side of the
window. It contains a network folder for each STG found in the network. When
you select an STG folder, the tree expands to display the STG configuration
information and then lists the VLANs associated with that STG.

In the navigation pane, select the folder for which you want to view STG or
VLAN information, or choose Edit > Print to print the navigation tree.

Online
Support

About VLAN
Manager

Help files.

Opens a Web browser that loads the
Nortel Networks Customer Support Web
page.

Displays information about VLAN
Manager.

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Figure 15 VLAN Manager navigation pane

Contents pane

When you select a network resource in the navigation pane, a table opens in the
contents pane (Figure 16).

Figure 16 Default (1) folder view in the contents pane

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To view the VLAN information in the contents pane:

In the navigation pane, select an STG or VLAN icon.

The example in Figure 16 shows the VLAN membership information for the
Default VLAN. The Default (1) folder opens in the contents pane when you
select Default (1) from the navigation tree.

Status bar

The VLAN Manager status bar (Figure 14 on page 58) is located at the bottom of
the VLAN Manager window and contains two fields. Table 13 describes the
VLAN Manager status bar fields.

Table 1 3 VLAN Manager status bar fields

Field Description

Message Located on the left, the message field displays information about VLAN

Icon Located on the right, the icon field provides a legend for different types of

manager operations.

VLANs found in the network:

• port–a VLAN in which the ports are explicitly assigned to the VLAN.

• subnet–a VLAN in which ports are dynamically added to the VLAN

based on source IP subnet.

• protocol–a VLAN in which ports are dynamically added to the VLAN
based on a network protocol.

• mac–a VLAN in which ports are dynamically added to the VLAN
based on the source MAC address.

Finding network resources

You can locate an entry in a field that contains a particular item of information,
such as text, seed address, or VLAN ID number.

To find a network resource:

1 Click any device in the navigation tree or contents pane, and do one of the

following:

• From the VLAN Manager menu bar, choose Edit > Find.

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• On the VLAN Manager toolbar, click Find.

The Find dialog box opens (Figure 17).

Figure 17 Find dialog box

2 In the Find text box, type the text or number for your search.

3 In the In section, click the Tree option to search the navigation tree, or click

the Table option to search the contents pane.

4 Click Next.

VLAN Manager starts its search and highlights the first match that it finds or
displays a message that it found no matches.

5 If a first match was found, click Next to find each subsequent match, or click

Previous to go back to your last match.

Using VLAN Manager

Using VLAN Manager, you can monitor, configure, and troubleshoot STGs and
VLANs found in the network.

This section includes the information about the following topics:

• Port membership (ports not belonging to STGs or ports belonging to multiple

STGs)

• Viewing spanning tree groups (STGs)

• VLAN ports

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Port membership

In the navigation pane, the top four icons represent the following types of port
memberships:

• Unassigned

• Tagging

• Isolated Routing Port (IRP)

• Bridge Routing (brouter ports)

Table 1 4 describes the port membership types.

Table 1 4 Port membership types and STGs

Icon Port type Description

Unassigned Port that do not belong to any STG. If no devices in the

Tagging Port that has tagging enabled and can belong to multiple

Isolated Routing
Port (IRP)

Bridge Routing
(brouter ports)

network contain unassigned ports, a table does not open
in the contents pane.

STGs. If a tagged frame is received on a tagged port, with
a VLAN ID specified in the tag, the switch directs it to that
VLAN, if it is present.

Port that can only route IP packets and does not belong to
any STG or VLAN.

Note: IRPs are applicable only to the Passport 1000
Series switch.

Port that can route IP packets as well as bridge all
nonroutable traffic. The routing interface is not subjected
to the Spanning Tree Protocol.

Note: Bridge routing ports, or brouter ports, are available
only on the Passport 1000 Series switch and the Passport
8600 switch.

Viewing the unassigned ports

To view the table associated with the unassigned ports:

In the navigation pane, select Unassigned.

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The Unassigned Ports table opens in the contents pane (Figure 18). Because
there are no unassigned ports in the discovered network, the table is empty.

Figure 18 Unassigned Ports table

Table 1 5 describes the Unassigned Ports table fields.

Table 1 5 Unassigned Ports table fields

Field Description

Device IP address, system name, or host name of the device.

Ports Ports not currently assigned to an STG.

Viewing tagged Ports

To view the devices and ports associated with tagged ports:

In the navigation pane, select Tagging.

The Tagging Ports table opens in the contents pane (Figure 19).

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Figure 19 Tagging Ports table

Table 1 6 describes the fields in the Tagging Ports table.

Table 1 6 Tagging Ports table fields

Field Description

Device IP address, system name, or host name of the device.

Port Ports on which tagging is enabled.

VlanIds VLAN ID(s) of which the port is a member.

Viewing isolated router ports (IRPs)

To view IRPs on Passport 1000 Series switches:

In the navigation pane, select Isolated Routing.

The Isolated Routing Ports table opens in the contents pane (Figure 20).

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Figure 20 Isolated Routing Ports table

Table 1 7 describes the fields in the Isolated Routing Ports table.

Table 1 7 Isolated Routing Ports table fields

Field Descriptions

Device IP address, system name, or host name of the device.

Ports Ports that route only IP packets.

Viewing bridge routing Ports

To view bridge routing (brouter) ports on Passport 1000 Series switches and
Passport 8000 Series switches:

In the navigation pane, select Bridge Routing.

The Bridge Routing Ports table opens in the contents pane (Figure 21).

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Figure 21 Bridge Routing Ports table

Table 1 8 describes the fields in the Bridge Routing Ports table.

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Table 1 8 Bridge Routing Ports table fields

Field Descriptions

Device IP address, system name, or host name of the device.

Ports Port numbers of the port on which frames are received.

Viewing spanning tree groups (STGs)

All devices supported by Optivity Switch Manager support the IEEE 802.1D
Spanning Tree Protocol and at least one instance of a Spanning Tree Group. Refer
to Table 10 on page 56 for the maximum STGs supported by each switch.

To view an STG:

Click the folder for the STG you want to view.

The folder expands to show four icons representing types of information
available about the STG and a list of VLANS in the STG (Figure 22).

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Figure 22 STG folder in the VLAN Manager navigation pane

Table 1 9 describes the STG icons displayed in the VLAN Manager navigation

pane.

Table 1 9 STG information icons

Icon Name Representation

Members Devices and ports that are part of the STG.

Config STG configuration information.

Status STG status information, including STG topology

Root Devices that are the STG root.

change information.

Members

To view the ports that are members of the STG:

In the navigation pane, select Members.

The Members table opens in the contents pane (Figure 23).

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Figure 23 Spanning tree group members table

Table 2 0 describes the fields in the Members table.

Table 2 0 Members table fields

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Field Description

Device IP address, system name, or host name of the device.

PortMembers Ports on the device that are members of the STG.

Adding port members

To add ports to an STG:

1 In the Members table, select a device in the list.

2 Double-click in the PortMembers cell for the device to which you want to add

port membership.

The PortMembers dialog box opens (Figure 24).

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Figure 24 PortMembers dialog box

3 Select the port number(s) or click All for all the ports.

4 Click Ok.

Viewing and configuring STG parameters

You can view and configure STG parameters.

To view the configuration information:

In the navigation pane, select Config.

The Configuration table opens (Figure 25) in the contents pane.

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Figure 25 Configuration table

Table 2 1 describes the fields in the Configuration table.

Table 2 1 Configuration table fields

Field Description

Device IP address, system name, or host name of the device.

Priority The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) bridge priority, in decimal.

BridgeMaxAge The value in hundredths of a second that all bridges use for

BridgeHelloTime The value in hundredths of a second that all bridges use for

BridgeForwardDelay The value in hundredths of a second that all bridges use for

EnableStp Enables or disables the spanning tree algorithm for the spanning

StpTrapEnable Enables or disables SNMP traps to be sent to trace receiver

The range is 0 (highest priority) to 65535 (lowest priority). The
default is 32768.

MaxAge when this bridge is acting as the root.
Note: The 802.1D-1990 standard specifies that the range for

this parameter is related to the value of dot1dStp\Time.
The default is 2000 (20 seconds).

Hello Time when this bridge is acting as the root. The granularity
of this timer is specified by the IEEE 802.1D-1990 standard to
be in increments of 1/100 of a second. The default is 200
seconds.

Forward Delay when this bridge is acting as the root. The default
is 1500 (15 seconds).

tree group.

every time an STP topology change occurs.

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Table 2 1 Configuration table fields (continued)

Field Description

TaggedBpduAddress A MAC address; specifically for tagged BPDUs.

TaggedBpduVlanId The VLAN tag associated with the spanning tree group. This ID

is used to tag BPDUs through a non-IEEE tagging bridge to
another Passport switch.

Status group

Use the read-only Status table to view the status of the Spanning Tree Protocol for
each STG that is associated with the network.

To view the Status table:

In the navigation pane, select Status.

The Status table (Figure 26) opens in the contents pane.

Figure 26 Status table

Table 2 2 describes the fields in the Status table.

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Table 2 2 Status table fields

Field Description

Device IP address of the bridge.

NumPorts Number of ports controlled by this bridging entity.

ProtocolSpecification An indication of which version of the Spanning Tree

TimeSinceTopologyChange Time in hundredths of a second since the last time a

TopChanges The number of topology changes detected by this bridge

MaxAge Maximum age of STP information learned from the network

HelloTime Amount of time in hundredths of a second between

HoldTime Time interval in hundredths of a second during which no

ForwardDelay Time interval in hundredths of a second that controls how

Protocol (STP) is operating. The IEEE 802.1d
implementations display ieee8021d.

topology change was detected by the bridge entity or STG.

since the management entity was last reset or initialized.

on any port before it is discarded, in units of hundredths of
a second. This is the actual value that the bridge is
currently using. The default value is 2000 (20 seconds).

transmission of configuration bridge protocol data units
(BPDUs) by this device on any port when it is the root of
the spanning tree. The default value is 200 (2 seconds).

more than two configuration BPDUs are transmitted by this
device. The default value is 100 (1 second).

fast a port changes its spanning state when moving toward
the Forwarding state. This value determines how long the
port stays in each of the Listening and Learning states,
which precede the Forwarding state. This value is also
used when a topology change is detected and is under
way, to age all dynamic entries in the Forwarding
Database. The default value is 1500 (15 seconds).

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Root

The read-only Root table displays information about the device acting as root
within a selected STG.

To view the root table:

In the navigation pane, select Root.

The Root table opens in the contents pane (Figure 27).

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Figure 27 Root table

Table 2 3 describes the fields on the Root table.

Table 2 3 Root table fields

Field Description

Device IP address of a device in the STG.

BridgeAddress MAC address used by this bridge when it must be identified in a

DesignatedRoot Bridge identifier of the root of the spanning tree as determined by

RootCost Cost of the path to the root as seen from this bridge.

RootPort Port number of the port that offers the lowest cost path from this

Default VLAN

Passport 8000 Series switches, Passport 1000 Series switches, BayStack 350/410/
450 switches, and the Business Policy Switch 2000 are factory configured with all
ports in a port-based VLAN called the default VLAN. The VLAN ID of the
default VLAN is always 1, and it is always a port-based VLAN. You cannot delete
the default VLAN, although you can remove ports from it.

unique fashion.

the Spanning Tree Protocol as executed by this device. This value
is used as the Root Identifier parameter in all configuration BPDUs
originated by this device.

bridge to the root bridge.

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To view the Default Ports table:

From the navigation tree, select Default(1).

The Default VLAN table opens in the contents pane (Figure 28).

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Table 2 4 describes the fields in the Default VLAN table.

Table 2 4 Default VLAN table fields

Field Description

Device IP address, system name, or host name of the device.

PortMembers Ports that are assigned to the VLAN.

HighPriority In a Passport 1000 Series switch, you can select HighPriority mode

for all traffic in the VLAN.

QosLevel In a Passport 8000 Series switch, you can set the Quality of Service

level for traffic in the VLAN to a level between 1 and 8.

DsField In a Passport 8000 Series switch, you can set the Differentiated

Services field for traffic in the VLAN to a level between 1 and 54.

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Table 2 4 Default VLAN table fields (continued)

Field Description

IfIndex Logical interface index assigned to the VLAN. This value can be in

one of the following ranges:

• Passport 1000 Series switch: 257 to 512

• Passport 8000 Series switch: 2049 to 4096

Note: This field does not apply to BayStack or Business Policy Switch
2000 switches.

IpAddress IP address, if any, assigned to the VLAN for routing.

VLAN ports

Ports in a VLAN are always members of a spanning tree group (STG). A VLAN
can include all the ports in a given STG, and there can be multiple VLANs in an
STG, but a VLAN will never have more ports than exist in the STG.

In an STG, VLAN information is displayed in the contents pane when that VLAN
is selected.

The icon that precedes the VLAN name identifies the type of VLAN:

• Port

• Subnet

• Protocol

• Mac

Note: Not all VLAN types are available on all devices that Optivity
Switch Manager supports. Of these four types of VLANs, Passport 8100
switches and the Business Policy Switch 2000 support only port-based
or protocol-based VLANs. BayStack 350/410/450 switches support only
port-based VLANs. Refer to the documentation that was shipped with
your switch for more information.

To view VLANs:

In the navigation pane, select a VLAN.

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The VLAN table opens (Figure 29) in the contents pane.

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Managing spanning tree groups (STGs)

You can edit STG and STG membership information to manage STGs in any of
the following ways:

• Creating a spanning tree group

• Editing a spanning tree group

• Deleting a spanning tree group

Creating a spanning tree group

On a Passport 1000 Series switch or a Passport 8600 switch, you can create new
STGs. The BayStack switches and the Business Policy Switch 2000 support only
one STG per switch.

To create a new spanning tree group:

1 From the navigation tree, highlight the first Network folder and do one of the

following:

• From the VLAN Manager menu bar, choose Edit > Insert.

• On the VLAN Manager toolbar, click Insert.

The New STG dialog box opens (Figure 30).

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Figure 30 New STG dialog box

2 Insert values or select options in the option boxes.

3 Click Ok.

Table 2 5 describes the items in the New STG dialog box.

Table 2 5 New STG dialog box items

Item Description

Id A number between 1 and 25 that identifies the new spanning tree

TaggedBpduAddress A MAC address, specifically for tagged BPDUs.

TaggedBpduVlanId The VLAN tag associated with the STG. This ID is used to tag

Priority STP bridge priority, in decimal. The range is 0 (highest priority) to

BridgeMaxAge Value in hundredths of a second that all bridges use for MaxAge

group (STG) configured on the network.

BPDUs through a non-IEEE tagging bridge to another Passport
or BayStack switch.

65535 (lowest priority). The default is 32768.

when this bridge is acting as the root.
Note: The 802.1D-1990 standard specifies that the range for this

parameter is related to the value of dot1dStpBridgeHelloTime.
The default is 2000 (20 seconds).

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Table 2 5 New STG dialog box items (continued)

Item Description

BridgeHelloTime Value in hundredths of a second that all bridges use for Hello

BridgeForwardDelay Value in hundredths of a second that all bridges use for Forward

Enable Stp Enables or disables the spanning tree algorithm for the spanning

Enable Stp Traps Enables SNMP traps to be sent to trace receiver every time an

On All Devices When checked, selects all devices listed in the list. Otherwise,

Time when this bridge is acting as the root. The granularity of this
timer is specified by the IEEE 802.1D-1990 standard to be in
increments of 1/100 of a second. The default is 200 seconds.

Delay when this bridge is acting as the root. The default is 1500
(15 seconds).

tree group.

STP topology change occurs.

select the individual devices to be added to the STG.

Editing a spanning tree group

To edit a spanning tree group:

1 Select an STG folder.

2 In the STG table in the contents pane, click the item that you want to edit.

The field is highlighted, and you can edit directly in the table.

3 Type information in the text boxes, or select from a list.

The changes appear in bold.

4 On the VLAN Manager toolbar, click Apply Changes.

Deleting a spanning tree group

To delete a spanning tree group:

1 In the navigation pane, select an STG folder except STG 1, and do one of the

following:

• From the VLAN Manager menu bar, choose Edit > Delete.

• On the VLAN Manager toolbar, click Delete.

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The Delete dialog box (Figure 31) opens, asking you to confirm the deletion
of the STG.

Figure 31 Delete dialog box

2 Do one of the following:

• Click Yes to confirm the deletion and return to the table view.

• Click No to cancel the deletion and return to the table view.

Note: Multiple STGs are supported only on Passport 1000 and Passport
8000 Series switches.

Managing a VLAN

This section contains information about common operations you can perform
when managing VLANs with VLAN Manager.

Creating a VLAN

When you create VLANs using VLAN Manager, follow these rules:

• VLANs must have unique VLAN IDs and names.

• Trunk (tagged) ports can belong to multiple VLANs and multiple spanning

tree groups.

• A VLAN cannot belong to multiple spanning tree groups.

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• An access (untagged) port can belong to one and only one port-based VLAN
or it can belong to one and only one policy-based VLAN for the given
protocol.

• If you enable tagging on a port that is in a VLAN, the spanning tree group
configuration for that port is lost.

• A frame’s VLAN membership is determined by the following order of
precedence:

— VLAN ID

— Source MAC-based VLAN

— IP subnet-based VLAN

— Protocol-based VLAN

— Port-based VLAN

Creating a port-based VLAN

To create a port-based VLAN:

1 In the navigation pane, select an STG.

2 Do one of the following:

• From the menu bar, choose Edit > Insert.

• On the toolbar, click Insert.

The New VLAN dialog box opens (Figure 32).

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3 Type the VLAN ID.

The value can be from 1 to 4094, as long as it is not already in use. (The
default VLAN has a VLAN ID of 1.)

4 Type the VLAN name (optional).

If no name is entered, a default is created.

5 For a Passport 8600 switch, select the QoS Level (optional)

6 For a Passport 8600 switch, type the Differentiated Services (DS) Field

(optional).

7 For a Passport 1000 Series switch, specify if the VLAN traffic will be tagged

as High Priority (optional).

8 In the Type option, select byPort.

Other items in the dialog box that apply to a port-based VLAN are activated.

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9 Select the device to be configured on the VLAN by doing one of the

following:

• Select from the device list.

• Click On All Devices to select all devices in the list.

10 Click Ok.

Table 2 6 describes the items in the New VLAN dialog box.

Table 2 6 New VLAN dialog box items

Item Description

Id A number between 1 and 4,094 that identifies the new VLAN

Name Name given to the VLAN.

QosLevel For a Passport 8000 Series switch, you can set the Quality of

DsField For a Passport 8000 Series switch, you can set the Differentiated

High Priority For a Passport 1000 Series switch, you can select HighPriority

Type Type of VLAN:

On All Devices Selects all devices in the list.

configured on the network.

Service level for traffic in the VLAN to a level between 1 and 8.

Services field for traffic in the VLAN to a level between 1 and 54.

mode for all traffic in the VLAN.

• Port-based VLAN

• Source IP subnet-based VLAN

• Protocol-based VLAN

• Source MAC address-based VLAN

Creating a source IP subnet-based VLAN

Source IP subnet-based VLANs are supported only on Passport 1000 Series and
Passport 8000 Series switches.

To create a source IP subnet-based VLAN:

1 In the navigation pane, select an STG.

2 Do one of the following:

• From the menu bar, choose Edit > Insert.

• On the toolbar, click Insert.

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The New VLAN dialog box opens (Figure 33).

Figure 33 New VLAN dialog box with bySubnet selected

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3 Type the VLAN ID.

The value can be from 1 to 4094, as long as it is not already in use. (The
default VLAN has a VLAN ID of 1.)

4 Type the VLAN name (optional).

If no name is entered, a default is created.

5 For a Passport 8600 switch, you the QoS Level (optional)

6 For a Passport 8600 switch, type the Differentiated Services (DS) Field

(optional).

7 For a Passport 1000 Series switch, specify if the VLAN traffic will be tagged

as High Priority (optional).

8 In the Type option, select bySubnet.

Other items in the dialog box that apply to a subnet-based VLAN are
activated.

9 In the Subnet text box, type the source IP subnet address.

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10 In the Mask text box, type the IP subnet mask.

11 Select the device to be configured on the VLAN by doing one of the

following:

• Select from the device list.

• Click On All Devices to select all devices in the list.

12 Click Ok.

13 Do one of the following:

• From the VLAN Manager menu bar, choose Apply Changes.

• On the VLAN Manager toolbar, click Apply Changes.

Creating a protocol-based VLAN

To create a protocol-based VLAN:

1 In the navigation pane, select an STG.

2 Do one of the following:

• From the menu bar, choose Edit > Insert.

• On the toolbar, click Insert.

The New VLAN dialog box opens (Figure 34).

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3 Type the VLAN ID.

The value can be from 1 to 4094, as long as it is not already in use. (The
default VLAN has a VLAN ID of 1.)

4 Type the VLAN name (optional).

If no name is entered, a default is created.

5 For a Passport 8600 switch, select the QoS Level (optional)

6 For a Passport 8600 switch, type the Differentiated Services (DS) Field

(optional).

7 For a Passport 1000 Series switch, specify if the VLAN traffic will be tagged

as High Priority (optional).

8 In the Type box, select byProtocolId.

Other items in the dialog box that apply to protocol-based VLANs are
activated.

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9 In the ProtocolId box, select the protocol.

If you select UsrDefined, refer to “User-defined protocols in a protocol-based

VLAN” on page 89 for more information.

10 Select the device to be configured on the VLAN by doing one of the

following:

• Select from the device list.

• Click On All Devices to select all devices in the list.

11 Click Ok.

12 In the Ports table, specify the port membership by clicking on one or all of the

following columns and specifying ports:

• ActiveMember

• PotentialMembers

• StaticMembers

• NotAllowedToJoin

13 Do one of the following:

• From the VLAN Manager menu bar, choose Apply Changes.

• On the VLAN Manager toolbar, click Apply Changes.

User-defined protocols in a protocol-based VLAN

You can create a protocol-based VLAN with a user-defined protocol for
integration into existing networks where nonstandard protocols are used.

In the UserDefinedPId text box, enter the PID of the protocol in the format 0x
(protocol type in decimal value).

• For a Passport 8600 switch and Passport 1000 Series switch, the 16-bit PID
assigned to a protocol-based VLAN specifies either an Ethertype, a DSAP/
SSAP, or a SNAP PID, depending on whether the frame encapsulation is
Ethernet 2, 802.2, or LLC-SNAP, respectively.

• For a Passport 8100 switch, the 16-bit PID assigned to a protocol-based
VLAN specifies only an Ethertype for Ethernet 2 frame encapsulation.

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Refer to the section on user-defined protocols in Networking Concepts for the
Passport 1000 Series Routing Switch Release 2.0 and Networking Concepts for
the Passport 8000 Series Routing Switch for more information about this topic or

to see the actual values and how they are assigned.

The following PIDs are not valid:

• PID0x0000 through 0x05dc: overlap with the 802.3 frame length

• PIDs of predefined protocols (for example, IP, IPX, AppleTalk)

• PID 0x8100: reserved by 802.1Q to identify tagged frames

• PID0x9000: used by the diagnostic loopback frames

• PID0x8808: used by 802.3x pause frames

• PID0x4242: overlaps with the BPDU DSAP/SSAP

Creating a source MAC address-based VLAN

To create a source MAC address-based VLAN:

1 In the navigation pane, select an STG.

2 Do one of the following:

• From the menu bar, choose Edit > Insert.

• On the VLAN Manager toolbar, click Insert.

The New VLAN dialog box opens (Figure 35).

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Figure 35 New VLAN dialog box with bySrcMac selected

3 Type the VLAN ID.

The value can be from 1 to 4094, as long as it is not already in use. (The
default VLAN has a VLAN ID of 1.)

4 Type the VLAN name (optional).

If no name is entered, a default is created.

5 For a Passport 8600 switch, select the QoS Level (optional)

6 For a Passport 8600 switch, type the Differentiated Services (DS) Field

(optional).

7 For a Passport 1000 Series switch, specify if the VLAN traffic will be tagged

as High Priority (optional).

8 In the Type option, select bySrcMac.

Other items in the dialog box that apply to source MAC address-based
VLANs are activated.

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9 Select the device to be configured on the VLAN by doing one of the

following:

• Select from the device list.

• Click On All Devices to select all devices in the list.

10 Click Ok.

11 Select the newly created MAC-based VLAN, and choose Edit > Edit Mac

Addresses.

The Edit Mac - VLAN dialog box opens (Figure 36).

Figure 36 Edit Mac - VLAN dialog box

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12 Select Add From File and enter the file name of the text file containing the

MAC addresses to added to the new MAC-based VLAN.

You can create this file earlier and remember where you saved the text file.
You can use colons (:) or dashes (-) to delineate the MAC address.

13 Click Close.

14 Click Refresh.

Deleting a VLAN

To delete a VLAN:

1 In the navigation pane, select a VLAN and do one of the following:

• From the VLAN Manager menu bar, choose Edit > Delete.

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• On the VLAN Manager toolbar, click Delete.

The Delete dialog box opens (Figure 31 on page 82).

2 Click Yes.

Highlighting STGs and VLANs in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane

Optivity Switch Manager provides dynamic discovery of active STG devices in a
network. From Optivity Switch Manager, you can view the following
information:

• Which ports in the network are configured as unassigned, tagging, or isolated
routing ports (IRPs) and brouter ports

• Which ports are assigned to a particular spanning tree group (STG)

• Which device is the root of an STG, and which ports are in the forwarding and

blocking states.

• Which ports are members of a VLAN or multiple VLANs.

Viewing VLAN members in Optivity Switch Manager

To view the members of a VLAN in Optivity Switch Manager:

1 In the navigation pane, choose a VLAN.

The Ports table opens in the VLAN Manager contents pane.

2 From the VLAN Manager menu bar, choose View > Highlight Topology.

3 Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window.

The highlighted topology view opens in the Optivity Switch Manager
contents pane.

Figure 37 shows that 10.10.40.170 and 10.10.40.235 are members of

VLAN-209.

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Figure 37 VLAN topology in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane

VLAN

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Viewing STG port members

When you select an STG in the VLAN Manager navigation pane, you can view
the devices and ports associated with that STG in the Optivity Switch Manager
network topology map. This view can assist you in troubleshooting by identifying
which ports are already members of the STG selected.

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To view STG ports:

1 In the VLAN Manager navigation pane, choose an STG Members icon.

The STG Members table opens in the VLAN Manager contents pane.

2 From the VLAN Manager menu bar, choose View > Highlight Topology.

3 Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window.

The devices containing STG ports are highlighted (Figure 38) with a color
and the device’s IP address. Those device ports that are members of the STG
are outlined in black.

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Figure 38 Viewing STG port members

Some of the

STG port

members

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Viewing STG root configuration

You can get a quick view of which device is the root of the spanning tree group
and which ports are in the forwarding and blocking state by selecting the STG root
icon.

To view STG root configuration in Optivity Switch Manager:

1 In the navigation pane, select an STG Root.

The Root table opens in the contents pane.

2 From the VLAN Manager menu bar, choose View > Highlight Topology.

3 Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window.

The highlighted topology view (Figure 39) opens in the Optivity Switch
Manager contents pane with the root displayed.

Figure 39 Root topology displayed in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane

STG Root

Forwarding

port

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In Figure 39, the root of the STG is 10.10.40.153, and the port in forwarding state
is Port 9 on Slot 1 of 10.10.40.32.

Note: Update the View > Highlight topology periodically to refresh the
topology display, because ports may change from forwarding to blocking
and vice versa.

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Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager

MultiLink Trunking is a point-to-point connection that aggregates multiple ports
so that they logically act like a single port with the aggregated bandwidth.
Grouping multiple ports into one logical link allows you to achieve higher
aggregate throughput on a switch-to-switch or server-to-server application.

This chapter describes using MultiLink Trunking Manager to manage single and
multiple device configurations on switches. The chapter includes the following
information:

• What is MultiLink Trunking Manager? (next)

• Starting MultiLink Trunking Manager (page 100)

• MultiLink Trunking Manager window (page 101)

• Using MultiLink Trunking Manager (page 106)

• Managing MultiLink Trunks (MLTs) (page 111)

• Highlighting devices and MLT links in Optivity Switch Manager (page 118)

99

For more information about MLT concepts, refer to Networking Concepts for the
Passport 8000 Series Routing Switch and Networking Concepts for the Passport
1000 Series Routing Switch Release 2.0.

What is MultiLink Trunking Manager?

MultiLink Trunking Manager enables you to configure and monitor MultiLink
Trunks (MLTs) across a single device or two adjacent devices. In MultiLink
Trunking Manager, you can configure an MLT before you physically connect the
ports.

Table 2 7 lists the number of MLTs available with each supported switch type.

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Table 2 7 Maximum number of MLTs supported in different switches

Switch

Passport 1000 Series switch 8

Passport 8100 switch 6

Passport 8600 switch 32

BayStack 450 switch 6

Business Policy Switch 2000 6

MultiLink Trunking Manager features

MultiLink Trunking Manager supports devices that implement the rcVlan and
rcMlt MIB groups.

MultiLink Trunking Manager allows you to:

Maximum
number of MLTs

• Create, delete, or modify MLTs across one or two devices.

• View MLT configuration information such as port and MLT membership.

• View MLT links in the network topology map.

Starting MultiLink Trunking Manager

To start MultiLink Trunking Manager:

Do one of the following:

• From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar, choose Tools > MultiLink

Trunking Manager.

• On the keyboard, press [F3].

• On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar, click the MultiLink Trunking

Manager toolbar button.

The MultiLink Trunking Manager window opens (Figure 40).

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