SMC Networks SMC7724M-VSW User Manual

TigerAccess Extended Ethernet System

Extended Ethernet System

◆ High-speed Internet access over existing phone lines

◆ Supports 24 Extended Ethernet lines

◆ Optional 1000BASE-X modules

◆ Concurrent data and telephone services (voice/ISDN)

over a single connection

◆ Supports evolving ETSI, ANSI, and ITU

standards for the copper local loop

◆ Spanning Tree Protocol

◆ Supports port trunks

◆ QoS support for four-level priority

◆ Full support for VLANs with GVRP

◆ IGMP multicast filtering and snooping

◆ Manageable via console, RMON

Management Guide

SMC7724M/VSW

TigerAccess Extended Ethernet System

Management Guide

From SMC’s Tiger line of feature-rich workgroup LAN solutions

38 Tesla Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 679-8000

December 2002

Pub. # 150200022300A

Information furnished by SMC Networks, Inc. (SMC) is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SMC. SMC reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice.

38 Tesla

Irvine, CA 92618

Trademarks:

SMC is a registered trademark; and EZ Switch, TigerStack and TigerSwitch are trademarks of SMC Networks, Inc. Other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

ONTENTS

1 Switch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1

Connecting to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Required Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Remote Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Basic Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Console Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Setting Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Setting an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Manual Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Dynamic Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Enabling SNMP Management Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Community Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Trap Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Saving Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Managing System Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

System Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

2 Configuring the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Using the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Navigating the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Basic Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Displaying System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Setting the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Manual Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Using DHCP/BOOTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Renewing DCHP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Configuring the Login Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Configuring Radius Logon Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

Managing Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Downloading System Software from a Server . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

ONTENTS

Saving or Restoring Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Setting the Startup Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Copying the Running Configuration to a File . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Displaying Bridge Extension Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Displaying Switch Hardware/Software Versions . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Displaying Connection Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Configuring Interface Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Setting Broadcast Storm Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

Configuring Port Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31

Configuring Port Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32

Address Table Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33

Displaying the Address Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33

Setting Static Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35

Changing the Aging Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37

Managing Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37

Displaying the current global settings for STA . . . . . . . . . 2-39

Configuring the global settings for STA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40

Managing Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41

VLAN Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45

Assigning Ports to VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46

Forwarding Tagged/Untagged Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47

Enabling or Disabling GVRP (Global Setting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48

Displaying Basic VLAN Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49

Displaying Current VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50

Creating VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-52

Adding Interfaces Based on Membership Type . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53

Adding Interfaces Based on Static Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55

Configuring VLAN Behavior for Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56

Configuring Private VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-59

Enabling Private VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-59

Configuring Uplink and Downlink Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-59

Class of Service Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-63

Setting the Default Priority for Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-63

Mapping Priority Classes to Egress Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-65

Queue Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-67

ONTENTS

Mapping Layer 3/4 Priorities to CoS Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-69

Mapping IP Precedence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-70

Mapping DSCP Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-73

Mapping IP Port Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-75

Copy Priority Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-77

Port Trunk Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-78

Configuring SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-81

Setting Community Access Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-82

Specifying Trap Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-83

Multicast Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-84

Configuring IGMP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-84

Interfaces Attached to a Multicast Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-87

Displaying Port Members of Multicast Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-90

Adding Multicast Addresses to VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-91

Showing Device Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-92

Rate Limit Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-95

VDSL Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-97

VDSL Global Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-97

VDSL Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-99

Configuring a User-specified EFM Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-101

VDSL Port Link Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-103

Displaying VDSL Port Ethernet Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-106

3 Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Using the Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Accessing the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Console Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Telnet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Entering Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Keywords and Arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Minimum Abbreviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Command Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Getting Help on Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Partial Keyword Lookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Negating the Effect of Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Using Command History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Understanding Command Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Exec Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Configuration Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

iii

ONTENTS

Command Line Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Command Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

General Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

configure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

show history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

Flash/File Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

dir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

whichboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24

boot system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

System Management Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26

hostname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

username . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28

enable password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29

ip http port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30

ip http server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

logging on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

logging history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

clear logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33

show logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34

show startup-config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35

show running-config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36

show system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37

show users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37

show version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38

RADIUS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39

authentication login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39

radius-server host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40

radius-server port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41

radius-server key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41

radius-server retransmit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42

radius-server timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42

ONTENTS

show radius-server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43

SNMP Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44

snmp-server community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45

snmp-server contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46

snmp-server location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46

snmp-server host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47

snmp-server enable traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48

IP Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51

ip address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52

ip dhcp restart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53

ip default-gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54

show ip interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55

show ip redirects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55

ping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56

Line Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58

line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59

password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-60

exec-timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-61

password-thresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-62

silent-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-63

databits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-64

parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65

speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65

stopbits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-66

show line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67

Interface Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-68

interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69

description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69

speed-duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-70

negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-71

capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-72

flowcontrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73

clear counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-74

shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-74

switchport broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75

show interfaces status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-76

show interfaces counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-77

show interfaces switchport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-78

ONTENTS

Address Table Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-79

bridge address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-79

show bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-81

clear bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-82

bridge-group aging-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-82

show bridge group aging-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-83

port security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-84

Spanning Tree Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-85

bridge spanning-tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-86

bridge forward-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-87

bridge hello-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-88

bridge max-age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-89

bridge priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-90

bridge-group path-cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-91

bridge-group priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-92

bridge-group portfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-93

show bridge group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-94

VLAN Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-95

vlan database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-96

vlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-97

interface vlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-98

switchport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-99

switchport acceptable-frame-types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-100

switchport ingress-filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-100

switchport native vlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-101

switchport allowed vlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-102

switchport forbidden vlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-103

show vlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-104

PVLAN Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-105

pvlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-105

show pvlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-107

GVRP and Bridge Extension Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-108

switchport gvrp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-109

show gvrp configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-109

garp timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-110

show garp timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-111

bridge-ext gvrp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-112

show bridge-ext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-113

IGMP Snooping Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-114

ONTENTS

ip igmp snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-115

ip igmp snooping vlan static . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-115

ip igmp snooping version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-116

show ip igmp snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-117

show bridge multicast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-117

ip igmp snooping querier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-118

ip igmp snooping query-count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-119

ip igmp snooping query-interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-119

ip igmp snooping query-max-response-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-120

ip igmp snooping query-time-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-121

ip igmp snooping vlan mrouter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-122

show ip igmp snooping mrouter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-123

Priority Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-124

switchport priority default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-125

queue bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-126

queue cos-map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-127

show queue bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-129

show queue cos-map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-129

map ip port (Global Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-130

map ip port (Interface Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-131

map ip precedence (Global Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-131

map ip precedence (Interface Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-132

map ip dscp (Global Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-133

map ip dscp (Interface Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-134

show map ip port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-135

show map ip precedence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-136

show map ip dscp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-137

Mirror Port Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-138

port monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-138

show port monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-140

Port Trunking Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-141

interface port-channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-142

channel-group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-142

show interfaces status port-channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-143

lacp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-144

VDSL Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-146

efm profile global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-147

efm profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-149

efm define user-profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-150

vii

ONTENTS

efm reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-151

efm shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-151

efm rdl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-152

efm flow-control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-153

show controllers ethernet-controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-154

show controllers efm interface-id actual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-156

show controllers efm interface-id admin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-157

show controllers efm profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-158

show controllers efm status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-160

show controllers efm remote ethernet mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-162

Rate Limit Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-163

rate-limit (global) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-163

rate-limit (interface) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-164

A Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Troubleshooting Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Upgrading Firmware via the Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

B Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-1

Console Port Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

DB-9 Port Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Console Port to 9-Pin DTE Port on PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Console Port to 25-Pin DTE Port on PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

viii

HAPTER

WITCH

ANAGEMENT

Connecting to the Switch

Configuration Options

The TigerAccess Extended Ethernet (EE) Switch 7724M/VSW includes a built-in network management agent. The agent offers a variety of management options, including SNMP, RMON, and a Web-based interface. A PC may also be connected directly to the switch for configuration and monitoring via a command line interface (CLI).

Note: The IP address for the switch is assigned via DHCP by default. To

change this address, see “Setting an IP Address” on page 1-7.

The switch’s HTTP Web agent allows you to configure switch parameters, monitor port connections, and display statistics graphically using a standard Web browser such as Netscape Navigator version 6.2 and higher or Microsoft IE version 5.0 and higher. The switch’s Web management interface can be accessed from any computer attached to the network.

The switch’s management agent is based on SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol.) This SNMP agent permits the switch to be managed from any system in the network using management software, such as SMC’s free EliteView software.

The CLI program can be accessed by a direct connection to the RS-232 serial console port on the switch, or remotely by a Telnet connection over the network.

The switch’s CLI configuration program, Web Interface, and SNMP agent allow you to perform the following management functions:

1-1

WITCH MANAGEMENT

• Set usernames and passwords for up to 16 users

• Set an IP interface for a management VLAN

• Configure SNMP parameters

• Enable/disable any VDSL or Ethernet port

• Set the speed/duplex mode for any port

• Assign operating profiles to any VDSL port

• Configure Private VLANs for port isolation

• Configure input traffic rate limit on any port

• Configure up to 255 IEEE 802.1Q VLANs

• Enable GVRP automatic VLAN registration

• Configure IGMP multicast filtering

• TFTP upload and download of system firmware

• TFTP upload and download of switch configuration files

• Configure Spanning Tree parameters

• Configure Class of Service (CoS) priority queuing

• Configure up to six static or LACP trunks

• Enable port mirroring

• Set broadcast storm control on any port

• Display system information and statistics

1-2

ONNECTING TO THE SWITCH

Required Connections

The switch provides an RS-232 serial port that enables a connection to a PC or terminal for monitoring and configuring the switch. A null-modem console cable is provided with the switch.

Attach a VT100-compatible terminal, or a PC running a terminal emulation program to the switch. You can use the console cable provided with this package, or use a null-modem cable that complies with the wiring assignments shown in Appendix B of this guide.

To connect a terminal to the console port, complete the following steps:

1. Connect the console cable to the serial port on a terminal, or a PC running terminal emulation software, and tighten the captive retaining screws on the DB-9 connector.

2. Connect the other end of the cable to the RS-232 serial port on the switch.

3. Make sure the terminal emulation software is set as follows:

• Select the appropriate serial port (COM port 1 or COM port 2).

• Set the data rate to 9600 baud.

• Set the data format to 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity.

• Set flow control to none.

• Set the emulation mode to VT100.

• When using HyperTerminal, select Terminal keys, not Windows keys.

1-3

WITCH MANAGEMENT

Notes: 1. When using HyperTerminal with Microsoft® Windows® 2000,

make sure that you have Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or later installed. Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 fixes the problem of arrow keys not functioning in HyperTerminal’s VT100 emulation. See www.microsoft.com for information on Windows 2000 service packs.

2. Refer to “Line Commands” on page 3-58 for a complete description of console configuration options.

3. Once you have set up the terminal correctly, the console login screen will be displayed.

For a description of how to use the CLI, see “Using the Command Line Interface” on page 3-1. For a list of all the CLI commands and detailed information on using the CLI, refer to “Command Groups” on page 3-10.

Remote Connections

Prior to accessing the switch’s onboard agent via a network connection, you must first configure it with a valid IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway using a console connection, DHCP or BOOTP protocol.

The IP address is assigned via DHCP by default. To manually configure this address, see “Setting an IP Address” on page 1-7.

Note: The switch supports four concurrent Telnet sessions.

After configuring the switch’s IP parameters, you can access the onboard configuration program from anywhere within the attached network.

1-4

ASIC CONFIGURATION

The onboard configuration program can be accessed using Telnet from any computer attached to the network. The switch can also be managed by any computer using a Web browser (Internet Explorer 5.0 or above, or Netscape Navigator 6.2 or above), or from a network computer using network management software such as EliteView.

Note: The onboard program only provides access to basic configuration

functions. To access the full range of SNMP management functions, you must use SNMP-based network management software, such as EliteView.

Basic Configuration

Console Connection

The CLI program provides two different command levels — normal access level (Normal Exec) and privileged access level (Privileged Exec). The commands available at the Normal Exec level are a limited subset of those available at the Privileged Exec level and allow you to only display information and use basic utilities. To fully configure switch parameters, you must access the CLI at the Privileged Exec level.

Access to both CLI levels are controlled by user names and passwords. The switch has a default username and password for each level. To log into the CLI at the Privileged Exec level using the default user name and password, perform these steps:

1. To initiate your console connection, press <Enter>. The “User Access Verification” procedure starts.

2. At the Username prompt, enter “admin.”

3. At the Password prompt, also enter “admin.” (The password characters are not displayed on the console screen.)

4. The session is opened and the CLI displays the “Console#” prompt indicating you have access at the Privileged Exec level.

1-5

WITCH MANAGEMENT

Setting Passwords

Note: If this is your first time to log into the CLI program, you should

define new passwords for both default user names using the “username” command, record them and put them in a safe place.

Passwords can consist of up to 8 alphanumeric characters and are case sensitive. To prevent unauthorized access to the switch, set the passwords as follows:

1. Open the console interface with the default user name and password “admin” to access the Privileged Exec level.

2. Type “configure” and press <Enter>.

3. Type “username guest password 0 password,” for the Normal Exec level, where password is your new password. Press <Enter>.

4. Type “username admin password 0 password,” for the Privileged Exec level, where password is your new password. Press <Enter>.

Username: admi n Password: CLI session with the ho st is opened. To end the CLI session, ente r [Exit]. Console#config ure Console(config )#username gue st password 0 [password] Console(config )#username adm in password 0 [password] Console(config )#

1-6

ASIC CONFIGURATION

Setting an IP Address

You must establish IP address information for the switch to obtain management access through the network. This can be done in either of the following ways:

Manual — You must input the information, including IP address and subnet mask. If your management station is not in the same IP subnet as the switch, you will also need to specify the default gateway router.

Dynamic — The switch sends IP configuration requests to BOOTP or DHCP servers on the network.

Note: Only one VLAN interface can be assigned an IP address (the

default is VLAN 1.) This defines the management VLAN, the only VLAN through which you can gain management access to the switch. If you assign an IP address to any other VLAN, the new IP address overrides the original IP address and this becomes the new management VLAN.

Manual Configuration

You can manually assign an IP address to the switch. You may also need to specify a default gateway that resides between this device and management stations that exist on another network segment. Valid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers, 0 to 255, separated by periods. Anything outside this format will not be accepted by the CLI program.

Note: The IP address for the switch is assigned via DHCP by default.

1-7

WITCH MANAGEMENT

Before you can assign an IP address to the switch, you must obtain the following information from your network administrator:

• IP address for the switch

• Default gateway for the network

• Network mask for this network

To assign an IP address to the switch, complete the following steps:

1. From the Privileged Exec level global configuration mode prompt, type “interface vlan 1” to access the interface-configuration mode. Press <Enter>.

2. Type “ip address ip-address netmask,” where ip-address is the switch IP address and netmask is the network mask for the network. Press <Enter>.

3. Type “exit” to return to the global configuration mode prompt. Press <Enter>.

4. To set the IP address of the default gateway for the network to which the switch belongs, type “ip default-gateway gateway,” where gateway is the IP address of the default gateway. Press <Enter>. In the screen below, the IP addresses given are merely examples.

1-8

Console(config )#interface vlan 1 Console(config -if)#ip address 192 .168.1.5 255.2 55.255.0 Console(config -if)#exit Console(config )#ip default-gat eway 192.168.1 .254 Console(config )#

ASIC CONFIGURATION

Dynamic Configuration

If you select the “bootp” or “dhcp” option, IP will be enabled but will not function until a BOOTP or DHCP reply has been received. You therefore need to use the “ip dhcp restart” command to start broadcasting service requests. Requests will be sent periodically in an effort to obtain IP configuration information. (BOOTP and DHCP values can include the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.)

If the “bootp” or “dhcp” option is saved to the startup-config file, then the switch will start broadcasting service requests as soon as it is powered on.

To automatically configure the switch by communicating with BOOTP or DHCP address allocation servers on the network, complete the following steps:

1. From the Privileged Exec level global configuration mode prompt, type “interface vlan 1” to access the interface-configuration mode. Press <Enter>.

2. At the interface-configuration mode prompt, use one of the following commands:

• To obtain IP settings through DHCP, type “ip address dhcp” and press <Enter>.

• To obtain IP settings through BOOTP, type “ip address bootp” and press <Enter>.

3. Type “exit” to return to the global configuration mode. Press <Enter>.

4. Type “ip dhcp restart” to begin broadcasting service requests. Press <Enter>.

5. Wait a few seconds and then check the IP configuration settings by typing the “show ip interface” command. Press <Enter>.

1-9

WITCH MANAGEMENT

6. Save your configuration changes by typing “copy running-config startup-config.” Enter the startup file name and press <Enter>.

Console(config )#interface vlan 1 Console(config -if)#ip addres s dhcp Console(config -if)#exit Console#ip dhc p restart Console#show i p interface IP interface v lan IP address an d netmask: 10. 1.0.54 255.2 55.255.0 on VL AN 1, and address m ode: User spec ified. Console#copy r unning-config startup-conf ig Startup config uration file n ame []: star tup

Console#

Enabling SNMP Management Access

The switch can be configured to accept management commands from Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) applications such as SMC’s EliteView. You can configure the switch to (1) respond to SNMP requests or (2) generate SNMP traps.

When SNMP management stations send requests to the switch (either to return information or to set a parameter), the switch provides the requested data or sets the specified parameter. The switch can also be configured to send information to SNMP managers (without being requested by the managers) through trap messages that inform the manager that certain events have occurred.

Community Strings

Community strings are used to control management access to SNMP stations, as well as to authorize SNMP stations to receive trap messages from the switch. You therefore need to assign community strings to specified users or user groups, and set the access level.

The default strings are:

• public - with read-only access. Authorized management stations are

only able to retrieve MIB objects.

1-10

ASIC CONFIGURATION

• private - with read-write access. Authorized management stations are able to both retrieve and modify MIB objects.

Note: If you do not intend to use SNMP, it is recommended that you

delete both of the default community strings. If there are no community strings, then SNMP management access to the switch is disabled.

To prevent unauthorized access to the switch via SNMP, it is recommended that you change the default community strings.

To configure a community string, complete the following steps:

1. From the Privileged Exec level global configuration mode prompt,

type “snmp-server community string mode,” where string is the community access string and mode is rw (read/write) or ro (read only). Press <Enter>.

2. To remove an existing string, simply type “no snmp-server community

string,” where string is the community access string to remove. Press <Enter>.

Console(config )#snmp-server community El iteView rw Console(config )#snmp-server co mmunity privat e Console(config )#

Trap Receivers

You can also specify SNMP stations that are to receive trap messages from the switch.

To configure a trap receiver, complete the following steps:

1. From the Privileged Exec level global configuration mode prompt,

type “snmp-server host host-address community-string,” where host-address is the IP address for the trap receiver and community-string is the string associated with that host. Press <Enter>.

1-11

WITCH MANAGEMENT

2. In order to configure the switch to send SNMP notifications, you must enter at least one snmp-server enable traps command. Type “snmp-server enable traps type,” where “type” is either authentication or link-up-down. Press <Enter>.

Console(config)#snmp-server enable traps link-up-down Console(config)#

Saving Configuration Settings

Configuration commands only modify the running configuration and are not saved when the switch is rebooted. To save all your configuration changes in nonvolatile storage, you must copy the running configuration to the start-up configuration file using the “copy” command.

To save the current configuration settings, enter the following command:

1. From the Privileged Exec mode prompt, type “copy running-config startup-config” and press <Enter>.

2. Enter the name of the start-up file. Press <Enter>.

Console#copy running-config startup-config Startup configuration file name []: startup

Console#

Managing System Files

The switch’s file system supports three types of system files that can be managed by the CLI program, Web Interface, or SNMP. The files can be uploaded and downloaded, copied, deleted, and set as a start-up file.

The three types of files are:

• Configuration — These files store system configuration information

and are created when configuration settings are saved. Saved

1-12

YSTEM DEFAULTS

configuration files can be selected as a system start-up file or can be uploaded via TFTP to a server for backup. A file named “Factory_Default_Config.cfg” contains the system default settings and cannot be deleted from the system.

• Operation Code — System software that is executed after boot-up, also known as run-time code. This code runs the switch operation and provides the CLI, Web and SNMP management interfaces.

• Diagnostic Code — Software that is run during system boot-up, also known as POST (Power On Self-Test). This code also provides a facility to upload firmware files to the system directly through the console port.

Due to the size limit of the flash memory, the switch supports only two operation code files, and two diagnostic code files. However, you can have as many configuration files as available flash memory space allows.

In the system flash memory, one file of each type must be set as the start-up file. During a system boot, the diagnostic and operation code files set as the start-up file are run, and then the start-up configuration file is loaded.

System Defaults

The switch’s system defaults are provided in the configuration file “Factory_Default_Config.cfg.” To reset the switch defaults, this file should be set as the startup configuration file.

1-13

WITCH MANAGEMENT

The following table lists some of the basic system defaults.

Function Parameter Default

IP Settings Management. VLAN 1

DHCP Enabled

BOOTP Disabled

User Specified Disabled

IP Address 0.0.0.0

Subnet Mask 255.0.0.0

Default Gateway 0.0.0.0

Web Management HTTP Server Enabled

HTTP Port Number 80

SNMP Community Strings “public” (read only)

Authentication Failure Traps

Link-up-Down Traps Enabled

Security Privileged Exec Level Username “admin”

Normal Exec Level Username “guest”

Enable Privileged Exec from Normal Exec Level

RADIUS Authentication Disabled

Console Port Connection

Baud Rate 9600

Data bits 8

Stop bits 1

Parity none

Local Console Timeout 0 (disabled)

“private” (read/write)

Enabled

Password “admin”

Password “guest”

Password “super”

1-14

Function Parameter Default

Port Status Admin Status Enabled

Auto-negotiation Enabled

Flow Control Disabled

10/100 Mbps Port Capability

10/100/1000 Mbps Port Capability

Link Aggregation Static Trunks none

LACP (all ports) Disabled

Spanning Tree Protocol

Address Table Aging Time 300 seconds

Virtual LANs Default VLAN 1

Status Enabled

Fast Forwarding Disabled

PVID 1

Acceptable Frame Type All

Ingress Filtering Disabled

GVRP (global) Disabled

GVRP (port interface) Disabled

PVLAN No Private VLAN

10 Mbps half duplex 10 Mbps full duplex 100 Mbps half duplex 100 Mbps full duplex Full-duplex flow control disabled

10 Mbps half duplex 10 Mbps full duplex 100 Mbps half duplex 100 Mbps full duplex 1000 Mbps full duplex Symmetric flow control disabled

(Defaults: All parameters based on IEEE 802.1D)

YSTEM DEFAULTS

1-15

WITCH MANAGEMENT

Function Parameter Default

Class of Service Ingress Port Priority 0

Weighted Round Robin Class 0: 1

IP Precedence Priority Disabled

IP DSCP Priority Disabled

IP Port Priority Disabled

Multicast Filtering IGMP Snooping Enabled

Act as Querier Enabled

Broadcast Storm Protection

System Log Status Enabled

Rate Limit Status Disabled

VDSL EFM Profile Profile type: Private

Status Enabled (all ports)

Broadcast Limit Rate 500 packets per second

Messages Logged Levels 0-7 (all)

Messages Logged to Flash Levels 0-3

EFM User-profile Profile type: Private

EFM Shutdown All ports enabled

EFM RDSL Disabled

EFM Flow Control Maximum transition rate

Class 1: 4 Class 2: 16 Class 3: 64

Downstream rate: 4.7 Mbps Upstream rate: 1.56 Mbps

Downstream rate: 4 Mbps Upstream rate: 1 Mbps

available

1-16

HAPTER

ONFIGURING THE

WITCH

Using the Web Interface

This switch provides an embedded HTTP Web agent. Using a Web browser you can configure the switch and view statistics to monitor network activity. The Web agent can be accessed by any computer on the network using a standard Web browser (Internet Explorer 5.0 or above, or Netscape Navigator 6.2 or above.)

Note: The current firmware does not support stacking, so in all

references to “units” and “ports”, the Unit ID will always be 1.

You can also use the Command Line Interface (CLI) to manage the switch over a serial connection to the console port or via Telnet. For more information on using the CLI, refer to Chapter 3, “Command Line Interface”

Prior to accessing the switch from a Web browser, be sure you have first performed the following tasks:

1. Configure the switch with a valid IP address, subnet mask, and default

gateway using an out-of-band serial connection, BOOTP, or DHCP protocol. (See “Setting the IP Address” on page 2-11.)

2. Set a user name and password using an out-of-band serial connection.

Access to the Web agent is controlled by the same user name and password as the onboard configuration program. (See “Configuring the Login Password” on page 2-14.)

2-1

ONFIGURING THE SWITCH

3. If the path between your management station and this switch does not pass through any device that uses the Spanning Tree Algorithm, then you can set the switch port attached to your management station to fast forwarding to improve the switch’s response time to management commands issued through the Web Interface (see “Managing Interface Settings” on page 2-41.)

4. After you enter the user name and password, you will have access to the system configuration program.

2-2

+ 286 hidden pages