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Intel ® Expr ess 550T Routing Switch User Guide 696939 -004 500.book P age i T hursday, September 2, 1999 1:50 PM[...]

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iii Contents C h a p t e r 1 Intel E x press 550T Routing Swi tch 1 Introduction t o the product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

iv CONTEN TS C h a p t e r 3 Standard Configuration 41 Changing th e Set up of the S witch or Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Interne[...]

v CONTENTS Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Recovery Manag er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 DNS IP Conver sion Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

vi CONTEN TS Manufacturer Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

vii Inf or mati on sou rces f or this s witch This Use r Guide is o ne of three sources of informat ion de livered with this switch . Quic k Star t de scription A printed gui de that describe s t hese basic st eps: • Connect th e switch • Start th e switch (usin g the defa ult set tin gs) • Start Intel Device View • Change the setup • Sav[...]

viii PREFACE viii Wa r n i ng El ectros tatic S ensitiv e Devi ce Produ cts c ov ered This User Guid e gives you instruct ions on how t o use: • Intel Express 55 0T Routing Swit ch • Intel Device V iew Prerequi site kno wledge This Use r Guid e is intended f or perso nnel authorized to confi gure and manage local area net works. We assume that [...]

ix ix PREFACE Access to subm enus You access submenus using a menu hierarchy. T hese are shown by use of ang le brackets an d the courier typeface. For ex ample, File>Configuration>Setup shows that to select the Se tup sub- menu you must first clic k File and then Configura t ion. Ac ronyms A R P Add res s Reso luti on Pr otoco l ASIC Applica[...]

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1 In this chapter This chap ter covers the f ollowi ng topics. 1 Intel Expr ess 550T Routing Switch T opic See P ag e Intr oductio n to the product 2 Front Panel 3 Rear Panel 5 Installa tion 5 500.book Page 1 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:50 PM[...]

2 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch 2 Intr oduct io n to the pr oduct Pur pose of the s wit ch T he Intel Express 55 0T Routing Switch uses your ex isting ne twork cable s to inte grate switching technology into yo ur computer network. Each devic e in a workgroup or a network segment can communicate at a fu ll wire -speed of 10 Mb[...]

3 3 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch Softwa re fea tures The switch offers the foll owing features: • Intel Devic e V iew for W indows* 95, W indows* 98 and W indows NT* or Intel Device V iew for W eb • Adaptive f orward ing mode • Local Man agement via a direct terminal connec tion or via T E L- NET • SNMP Mana gement su[...]

4 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch 4 Front pa nel po r ts These ports are on t he front pane l : Slots f or module s After r emoving one o r both of the cover pla tes, the modul es can be inserted t o expand the func tionality of the swit ch. F r ont panel LED f unc tio ns The LEDs on t he front panel hav e the followin g functio[...]

5 5 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch Rear P anel Introducti on The rear panel has a cooling f an outl et and the mai n supply cable, so you should posi t ion the switch with the rear panel faci ng away fro m you. Vie w of rear panel The rea r panel o f the switc h is show n b elow: Rea r pa nel pa r ts The switch’ s rear panel [...]

6 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch 6 Bef ore In stallation Contents of the pac k Unpack the swit c h carefully and check that t h ese parts are present: Chec k the pac kage conten ts If yo u have not r eceive d all of t he parts, or any of the part s are dam- aged, co ntact you r dealer immedi at ely. Keep all the packaging mater[...]

7 7 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch P o sitioning an d Installing t he Switch Allo w adequ ate ve ntilation The switch contai ns t wo fans to air-cool th e internal circuit ry. The air is drawn i n from the le f t of the uni t and expelled t hrough the out l et grills o n the right si de and the rear. To ensure correct ai rfl ow[...]

8 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch 8 • Custome r-supp lie d screws for se curing the switch in the ra ck. Mountin g screws are not provi ded beca use the requi r ed sizes may vary fr om rack t o rack. In an e quipment rac k To mount the switch in a standard equipment rack: 1 Attach the mounting brack et marked “ Left” to th[...]

9 9 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch Installing a Mod ule Introducti on You can increase the connect ivity opti ons of your switch by instal ling a module. Wa r n i n g Modules are n ot designe d to be install ed in , or remov ed from, th e switch whil e it is in opera tion. Y ou must powe r off the switc h before a ttempti ng to[...]

10 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch 10 Remo ving the mo dule To remove a mod ule: 1 If the switch is a l ready operational, disconnect it from th e main power suppl y . 2 Follo w th e instruc tions in “ A void ing dam a g e to the cir cuit board” abo ve. 3 Unscrew the screws securing the module. 4 Pull th e modu le gen tly to[...]

11 11 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch RJ-45 c onnector p in assig nment s The RJ- 45 ports on the f ront of the switch have t he foll owing pin as- signments: Connec ting a de vice to the RJ-45 por ts To connect a workstation compa t ible with IEEE 802 .3 (Ethernet Ver- sion 1.0 an d 2.0) or a fast access device (su ch as a serv[...]

12 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch 12 Connecting th e P ower Introducti on After connecti ng the de vices to the swit ch, con nect th e power cabl e. There are certa in practical and sa f ety considerations to b e made be- fore power ing the swit ch on. The P ower Cable Ground warning The switch is delivered with a power cable t[...]

13 13 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch P o wer up Power i ng up t he switch Follo w th ese steps to p ower up th e switch: 1 Push the female end of t he p ower cable i nto t he ma in socket (i n the rea r panel); plug th e oth er end into the powe r suppl y outlet. 2 Make sure th at the Powe r LED (on th e front pa n el) is green[...]

14 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch 14 Def a ult se ttin gs after start- up Once the switc h has start ed successfull y, installa tion is comple te and the switch is usi ng it s defaul t set ting ( al so known as defau lt conf i gu- ration ): • All ports are enab led. • All port s operate in auto-ne g otiati on mode. • Span[...]

15 15 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch Follow t he instructi ons in Cha pter 2 to cha nge the conf igurat ion while the swit ch is ope ra ting. Other LE Ds on the front panel Introducti on There are th ree other L EDs and one but ton on the front pa nel that show how the swi tch is operat ing: • Status L E D • T emperature LE[...]

16 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 55 0T Routing Switch 16 P or t Status b utton To see the spee d and dup lex setting s of all t he ports, press t he Port Status button. The funct ion of th e por t LEDs chang es fo r a period of 5 seconds, where t hey have the fol lowing meaning: LED Color Meaning Left (S peed) Green Off: 10Mbps Soli d: 100Mbp s Ri[...]

17 In this chapter This chap ter covers the f ollowi ng topics. 2 Intel Device V iew T opic See Page System Requiremen t s 18 Installat ion and Removal 19 Using Intel Devi ce V i ew 20 Installi ng and Managing Switches 26 Device T ree 29 Device V iew (Main Display) 31 Expl orer 37 Diagnosti cs W indow 37 T rap W indow 38 System W indo w 39 Errors W[...]

18 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 18 System Re qu ire me nts Requirem en ts f or Intel De vice View under Wi ndows You need a PC with the foll owing minimum requir ements to run Intel Device View: • Microsoft W indows NT workst ation or server , v ersion 4.0, or Microsoft W indows 9 5 or Micro s oft W ind ows 98. (W indows NT 4.0 English lang[...]

19 19 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View Web ser ver rest ri cti ons To manage the swit ch from a web server connect ed dire ctly to the switch, the web server must not use f rame tagging. To manage th e switch from a web server with IEEE 802.1Q tagg ed frames, manage- ment must b e through a device whi ch untags the frames. Requirem en ts f or Int[...]

20 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 20 T o insta ll Intel De vice Vie w for Wi ndow s Clic k Install Windows and fol low the on-scr een inst r uctio ns. When th e installati on is comple te , Intel Devic e View will star t auto- matically when “Launch Int el Device View” i s selected. T o insta ll Intel De vice Vie w fo r We b Click Install W[...]

21 21 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View Nav igati ng throu gh Intel Device View Many comman ds are available from within Intel Devi ce View. These are best accessed usin g mouse actio ns. However, Windows users can also access most of them through t he menu bar. The Intel De vice Vie w window T here are three sect ions: • Device Tree — display[...]

22 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 22 • A list of IP addresses — contains the last eight switches success- fully contac t ed from Intel Device V iew. These can be used t o manage the swi tch. Vie w menu — f or Wi nd ows us e rs on ly The View menu allows y ou to customize the Intel Device View dis- play to your own preferen ces: the Toolba[...]

23 23 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View After a Switch or Stac k is Contacted Comman ds When Intel Device View co ntacts a switch, the basic co mmands are supplem ented with : • Local Managemen t access — provides T elnet access to monit or- ing fu nctions embed ded in the switch. • RMON facilit y — gathers informati on about t he networ k[...]

24 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 24 Setting the Preferences Setting the pol ling interval s The poll ing inter vals determi ne how often Intel Device Vi ew contacts the switch or stack and upd ates the status and infor mation displayed. To change t he poll ing parameter s: 1 Select Monitoring>Pref erences . 2 Click Polling or Monitor . 3 If[...]

25 25 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View Setting the timeo ut param eters f or SNMP The t imeo ut dete rmines the interv als bet ween poll ing a nd th e num ber of ti mes the req uest is r etrie d if a device i s not respo nding. To change the time out par ameter s : 1 Select Monitoring>Pref erences . 2 Click Timeouts . 3 Change th e values. 4 C[...]

26 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 26 Installing and Ma naging Switches F ollowing installa tion o f Intel De vice Vie w After inst alling Intel Dev i ce View, you can add new switches, estab- lish or expand st acks of swit ches, an d manage exis tin g switches and stacks. Adding ne w switc hes To ad d new switches (that hav e not been assi gned[...]

27 27 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View Matrix Mo dule connec ted to a ne w sw itch When the In stall wizard de tects that a new switch i s connected to a Matri x Module, a message info rms that you must deci de how to man- age the switch . If you want to m anage it sepa rately, th e inst allation is comp leted a nd the switc h is displaye d in th[...]

28 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 28 3 Select t he box if you want to open the swi tch in a n ew Intel Device V iew window . 4 Click OK . Estab lishing and e xpan ding a stac k If yo u connect switch es that already h ave IP addresses assigned to- geth er via a M atrix Module, you can manage them as a st ack. T o cre- ate or expand an existing [...]

29 29 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View De vice T ree Introducti on The Device Tree d isplays t he separate subnets on your LAN as branches in a tree. This incl udes a branch that shows all the unconfig- ured dev i ces on t he LAN. Identif ying d e vices T he Device Tree uses several icons to repres ent the indi vidual devi c- es: Icons Device Des[...]

30 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 30 Instal ling a nd man aging swi tc h es Double clicking the switch’s IP addr ess or MAC address opens exist- ing switc h es in the I ntel Devi ce View window, or sta rt s the Instal l Wizard for new swit ches. Right m ouse b utton comm ands By position ing the mouse pointer i n the Devi ce Tree and clicki n[...]

31 31 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View De vice Vi e w (Main Displa y) Switch cont acted When Intel Device View cont acts the switc h or stack, t he front (in ter- face side) of the swi tch or stack is di splayed. This view p rovides a real-time v iew of the switch, or stack and ports, which behav e in the same way as the physical switch. For ex a[...]

32 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 32 Right m ouse b utton comm and s f or a single swi tc h Right click a si ngle switch and I ntel De vice Vie w off ers: Functions Description Device Setu p Displays comp rehensive inf ormation about the switch ’ s overall setup. VLAN/Routing Set up Provides an o v erview of existing VL AN s and th e opport u[...]

33 33 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View Right m ouse b utton comm and s f or a stack border When managin g a stac k of switches, right cl ick the stack bo r der and Intel Device Vi ew offers: Device Reboots the swit ch and prov ides informa- tion a bout th e firmw are in th e switch. Al so enables the switch ’ s firmware to be upgraded. Config u[...]

34 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 34 Right m ouse b utton comm ands f or a s witch in a stac k When managi ng a stack of switche s, right click a switch and Intel De- vice View offers: Port Overview Provid es port perfo rmance, packet di stri- bution and spanni ng tr ee inf o rma ti on for all the p o rts in the sta ck. Device Enables you to re[...]

35 35 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View Right m ouse b utton comm and s f or a por t Right clic k a single p ort and Intel Device Vi ew offers: IPX Routi ng Provi des info rmation about the IPX rou t- ing lin ks and ne twor k s, and t he numb er of packets sent via the IP X prot ocols. Device Restarts the swit ch and provides in forma- tion a b ou[...]

36 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 36 Color coding The switch and ports are displayed in di fferent colors: Color Means Swi tch Body Gray The switc h is operation a l (the soft- ware is l oaded and r unning) a nd it can be co ntacted by Intel Devi ce V iew via the n etwork. Dark blue That switch is selected, and various device-specific parameter[...]

37 37 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View Expl orer Intel De vice Vie w Explo rer T he Explorer within Int el Devic e View displa ys management infor - mation, fo r example VL A Ns on thi s switch and ot her switches. If a switc h is disabled or not opera tiona l, it i s displayed with a r ed cross thro ugh it. General management i nformation for th[...]

38 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 38 Right m ouse b utton comm ands Right click a message and Intel Devic e View offers: Dia gno s t ic de tail s wind ow This win dow provid es comprehensive deta ils of the er ror. T rap Windo w T raps windo w The Traps wi ndow display s all traps generat ed by the swi tch. Color coding Traps a r e gen erated b[...]

39 39 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View Right m ouse b utton comm ands Right click a message and Intel Devic e View offers: System Win dow System windo w The Syst em window contains a log of all the major sw itch e vents with date and times (for exampl e, return to factory default, filter ent ry set- tings, mo dules inse rte d in slots). Right m o[...]

40 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 40 Err o r s Window Errors windo w T he Errors window is a l og of all error me s sages ge nerated by the switch. Right m ouse b utton comm ands Right click a message and Intel Devic e View offers: Functions Description Refresh Reloads and up dates all th e informat ion in this win dow . Clear Clea rs all the m[...]

41 In this chapter Configur at ion i s th e way we chan ge t he set up o f the swi tc h or sta ck. In this chapte r you wil l find al l the instr uctions you need to chang e setups that a ffect the switch, or stack, and the p orts. In chapt er 4 you wil l find instructi ons to integrate VLANs and rout- ing into your setup . 3 Standard Configuration[...]

42 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 42 Changing t he Setup of the Swit ch or Stac k Im pr oving switch secu rit y To restrict the use of the switch or st ack, you can: • Change t h e administrato r password for loc al manageme nt. • Change t he user password f or loca l managemen t. • Limit access to Local Ma nagemen t via t he Console[...]

43 43 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration System Identif y ing the s witch To assist w ith swit ch id entifi c a tion and a dministra ti on, you c an change certain switch d etails (name, lo cation and contact pe rson). With a switch o r stack in the Device V iew window: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup. 2 Click System . 3 Change th e detai[...]

44 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 44 Internet Protocol Changin g IP details To change the main IP addr ess and netw ork mask: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click IP . 3 Change th e details. 4 Click OK . This is u sed to co nt act the sw itch vi a IP (TFTP, S NMP, TEL- NET etc.) pr otocols. 500.book P age 44 T hursday, September [...]

45 45 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Local Time Setting the date and cloc k to local time To chang e the clock in the sw itc h to you r local tim e: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Date/Time . 3 Click Insert Current PC Date/Time to show the present settin g s. If this is satisf actor y, c lick OK . Note The cloc k displays t[...]

46 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 46 Security The authentic ations list defines t h e hosts that can carry out SNMP , TF TP or T elnet management on the swi tch, have read- write or read- only right s and access to co m munities. You can: • Add a new entry to th e list • Delete an ent ry • Edit ex i sting entr ies Adding a de vice To[...]

47 47 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 9 Click OK . Tr a p s Pur pose A trap al erts you of eve nts occurring in the switch. T he traps list shows where SNMP traps (gener ated by the switch) are sent. You can: • Add a new entry to th e list • Delete an ent ry • Edit ex i sting entr ies Adding a tra p Note If there are no entries in the[...]

48 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 48 P erman ent Entries Pur pose Enabl es you to allocat e a p ort to a device that d oes not sen d out device information. T hese devices are not removed from the switch’s ad- dress tab l e, regardless of h ow long the y are quie t. This is useful for connecti ons to printers and other simila r devices. [...]

49 49 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Li nk Ag greg ation Pur pose Combines tw o or four adjace nt ports to increase the bandwidth be- tween two swi tches or stacks. You ca n: • Add a new entry to th e list • Delete an ent ry Adding an Agg reg ate Link T o set up and a dd an aggregate l i nk: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Cli[...]

50 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 50 P o r t Mirr orin g Pur pose Provid e s a facilit y to de b ug or mo nitor tra f fic on a speci fic port , by duplica ting the tr affic an d sending i t to a specified port. O nly one pai r of ports can be mirrored per switch. W ithin Port Mirroring, you can: • Add a new entry to th e list • Delete [...]

51 51 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Local Manag ement Changin g pass word detail s The administrator has read-write access at all l evels. The user can read the monitoring screens, but can not chang e the config uration, up- date softwa re or rese t the st ation. To pre vent u nauthori zed pers onnel changing conf i gurat i ons: 1 Select [...]

52 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 52 TFTP Changin g pass word detail s T o give added securi ty , you can limit the n umber of staff authoriz ed to tran sf er TFTP file s by changi ng the TFTP password. To change the pass wor d: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click TFTP . 3 T ype the old passwor d. 4 T ype the new password. 5 Ret[...]

53 53 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Changin g the flow c ontrol Flow cont rol preven ts the loss of fr ames during busy periods. Note that t he indivi dual port setti ngs overrul e the default setting. To change the default flow mechanism on all ports: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Switching . 3 Click Default Flow Control[...]

54 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 54 Adap tive Fo rwar ding Mode Pur pose You can: • Change the S ample T ime • Define the mini mum and maximum errors a cceptable before changi ng the f orwardin g mode Note While CR C errors and ru nts are the mo st likely pa rameters to cause th e switching mod e to change, t hey are not t he only one[...]

55 55 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 4 Click t he requi red pa rameter . 5 T ype the percentage of error s or runts. 6 Click OK . Spanning T ree Pur pose You can c hange the: • Prior ity give n to the s witc h • Maxim um le ngt h of t ime i nformat ion i s reta ined by the s witch • T im e between tra nsmitte d Confi guratio n BP DUs[...]

56 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 56 Changin g the spanni ng tree priority The higher t h e value, the lower the ch ance of the switch being used as the r oot bri dge. To change the pr iority value: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Spanning Tree . 3 Click Priority . 4 T ype the requi red value. 5 Click OK . Changin g the mess[...]

57 57 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 5 Click OK . Changin g the f orward dela y e xpir y time To change the time betwee n port states while the bridge atte mpts to become the ro ot: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Spanning Tree . 3 Click Forward Delay Timer Expiry . 4 T ype the requir ed number of seconds. 5 Click OK . Chang[...]

58 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 58 • Specify t h e spanning tree Using t he mouse There are t wo ways to access the Port Setup win dow: • Double - cli ck the port • Right -click on the por t, and c lick Port Setup Genera l Chang es Renami ng a por t To give a port a new name, for example, its use or the us er(s) connec t - ed: 1 Cl[...]

59 59 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Po r t M o d e Disab ling th e por t If you disabl e the port, th e devices at tached to it cann ot use the switch. The MAC add ress of those devi ces are removed from the switch’s address tab le. If those add resses are define d as permanent entries, they are not purged but are unabl e to use the swi[...]

60 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 60 5 Click OK . Changin g duple x mode T o change the port’s duplex mode ( when aut o-negot iation is d is- abled): 1 Click the port you want to change. 2 Select Port Setup . 3 Click Port Mode . 4 Click Half Duplex or Full Duplex . Half allows either tran smi ssion or receipt of the d ata and Full allows[...]

61 61 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Changin g the flow c ontrol on a por t Flow control prevents the lo ss of frames duri ng busy periods. To change the flow mechanis m on a port: Note This feat ure is over-r idden b y disabli ng the fl ow contro l set- ting in Device Setup>Switching . 1 Click the port you want to change. 2 Select Port[...]

62 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 62 3 Click Spanning Tree . 4 Click Enable spanning tree on this port . If th ere is a che ck mark in the box, the port i s used in STP . If the box i s empty , the port i s not u sed in STP . 5 Click OK . Changin g the cost of the path The h i gher the cost, the lowe r the chance of t his port be i ng used[...]

63 63 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 5 In Priority , type the required value. If there are two ports with t he same value, the port with the lowest port number is chosen. 6 Click OK . 500.book P age 63 T hursday, September 2, 1999 1:50 PM[...]

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65 In this chapter In thi s chapter you wi ll le arn how to use Advanced Confi gurati on ef- fectively. T his chapter co vers the V irtual LA N (V LAN), Routing a nd IP Filtering features. Y ou can creat e logical netwo r k groups (VLANs) by seg menting the switch; for ex ample, ac cording to the subnet ting sch eme within yo ur network. Each VLAN [...]

66 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 66 However, IP pol i cies can not be used for de vices usin g tagged VLANs and IP learni ng i s not possib le. In add ition to thi s, ta gged frames can- not be routed between VLANs. VLA N s (Vi r tua l LAN s) Pur pose You can use VLANs to: • Create up to 128 separate user groups • Limit broad cast and[...]

67 67 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 3. Port Wa r n i n g This means that a station le arned by a MAC rule is not learned by an IP or Port rule, and a station learned by an IP rule i s not learned by a P ort rule. Only stations that are not learn ed by MAC or IP rules ar e learned by a Port rule. Note IP policies can be used only when IP l[...]

68 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 68 Deletin g a VLAN To delete a VLAN: 1 Select VLAN/Routing Se tup . 2 Click the name of the VLAN you want t o delete. (Not e: you canno t delete a VLAN if it is the [Designated Manage- ment VLAN] . T o do this, click a nother VLAN, c lick Proper- ties and then cl ick Use this VLAN for SNMP management ; yo[...]

69 69 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration Changin g VLAN mode To ch ange the mode o f operation of a VLAN: 1 Select VLAN/Routing Se tup . 2 Click Advanced . The VLAN mode is shown. 3 Click the VLAN mo de to see th e full rang e of choi c es. 4 Click the new mode and make sure the rest of the det ails ar e correct. 5 Click OK . Y our switch may [...]

70 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 70 Adding a station to a Switch VLAN Lin k To place a station on the link between two switches or two st acks, config ur e t he stati on as a per mane nt entry. If you h ave a st ack, righ t- click a s tack bor der and se lect Stack Se tup inst ead of Devic e Setup: 1 Choose one of the switches, and selec [...]

71 71 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 3 Double-cli ck Server Expiry Time-out , and type the new value. 4 Click OK . P or ts with IP l ear ning IP lea r ning must be enabl ed when usi ng IP po licies. (I P learning is enabled on all ports by default.) I f you want to change t he setti ngs for indivi du al po r ts, for examp le if you are usi[...]

72 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 72 Adding a routin g link T o add a routing link to a VLAN that is not al ready conf igured : 1 Select VLAN/Routing Se tup>Add . 2 Select t he Setup an IP routing interface box. 3 Click Next , and fol low the i nstruct io ns in t he W izard windows. Changin g IP and IPX detail s To change the r outing p[...]

73 73 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration Cha ngi ng t he num be r of BOO TP requ est hops This parameter speci fies the maximum nu mber of hops that a BOOTP request can make befo r e being d iscarded. To change the number of hops: 1 Select VLAN/Routing Se tup . 2 Click Advanced>IP Routing . 3 Double-cli ck the Maximum BootP request hops , a[...]

74 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 74 4 Click OK . D V MRP T unnels Introducti on This routing swi t ch supp orts the Distance Vect or Multicast Routi ng Protocol (DVMRP). This enables IP multicast p ackets to be encapsu- lated in an I P header, and sent through a tunnel bet ween two specific switches on a network t hat does no t support DV[...]

75 75 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration IGMP pr uning can o nly be used in VLANs that have an IP link. E n- abling IGMP pruning st ops L ayer 2 f orw ardi ng o f IP multicast p ack- ets in all other VLANs with out IP links. Only enabl e IGMP pr uning (o n this devi ce) when i t is connect ed be- tween the dev i ce receivin g the packets and a[...]

76 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 76 Enab ling IP Fi ltering IP Filtering is enab led by defau lt. The re are two default user groups, which a llow all traff ic to p ass. Enable is a toggle fu nction , which also allows you to disable IP Fi ltering: 1 Select IP Filtering Se tup . 2 Select Enabled . 3 Set up any U ser Groups and Membe r s r[...]

77 77 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration Adding a Member To add a member to a user g r oup: 1 Select IP Filtering Se tup>Add member . 2 In Type , select whe ther th e member is de f ined by Port (Proto- col) or by Address. 3 For port selections, defin e the IP filter protocol , whi le for Address define the IP Address (and subnet if necessa[...]

78 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 78 2 Click a Membe r in the list. 3 Click Show member connections 4 V erify t hat the connecti ons for this me mber are correct. 5 Click Close . 500.book P age 78 T hursday, September 2, 1999 1:50 PM[...]

79 In this chapter This chap ter covers the f ollowi ng topics. 5 Managing the Switch T opic See P age Ma na ge m en t us in g I ntel Dev i ce V ie w 80 Moni toring the Swit ch’ s Perfo rmanc e 81 Mo nito r ing th e Sta ck ’ s P erf or ma nce 86 Monitori ng VLANs and Routi ng 91 Monito rin g the Port’ s Performance 9 9 T o o ls for the Sw itc[...]

80 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 80 Management usin g Intel De vice Vie w Wh y use Intel De vice Vie w? Int el Device View allows you to: • Configur e system, switching, IP , spanning t ree, authentica tion, and tr ap parame ters for the sw itc h . • Configure port-relat ed parameters. • V iew traps, l ogs, trace s, and reports gene r a[...]

81 81 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Hardwa re details To see the MAC address, h ardware version and memory size: 1 Click Monitoring>Hardware Information . 2 T o update t he informat ion, click Refresh . Monit oring th e Switc h’ s P erf ormance Monito ring the total p ac ke t activity T o view th e total a ctivit y o f the p ack ets on a[...]

82 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 82 Monito ring the to tal activity of transmi tted p acke ts T o vi ew th e total ac tivity o f the p ack ets bein g transm i tted o n all the ports: 1 Select Device Activity >Tx Packets . Each co lumn repre se nts the act ivity leve l on that port. 2 T o see the exact value , hold the mouse poin ter over a[...]

83 83 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monito ring the s pannin g tree sta tistics To view the sp anning tree st atistics for the whole switch , select Spanning Tree Statistics . Ov er vie w of all the por ts To view the se tups of all th e ports on th e switch: 1 Select Port Overview . 2 Double-cl ick a por t to get the specific de tails for th[...]

84 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 84 Stations o n the s witch To view the IP addresses of the devices t h at have accessed manage- ment on th e sw it ch: 1 Click Monitoring>Access Overview . 2 T o change the order of t he information, cl ick the app r opriate title b ar . Monitoring using RMON Pur pose The switc h contains several RMON func[...]

85 85 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch RMON Alar ms Alarm is a usef ul RMON featur e; it en ables you to set your own threshol ds for when the network activit y requires so me atten tion. 1 Right-cl ick a switch and sel ect Monitoring>RMON Alar ms>C onfi gure . The Alarm Table window ope ns, which li sts all alarms . 2 Click Add to add a n[...]

86 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 86 Monitoring the Stac k’ s P erformance Monito r ing th e heal th of th e s tack The Stack Health Moni tor provid es an overall stat us for t he switche s in the stack. To view the health of the stack: Right-click the stack bor- der and select Stack Health Monitor . If the condit i on of any of t h e switch[...]

87 87 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monito ring Intr aStac k activity T o view the total acti vity of the pa ckets between the switche s i n the stack, or across the Matrix Module: 1 Right-cl ick the stack borde r and select IntraStack Traf- fic Each column represents a Mat rix Module p ort and its act ivity leve l. 2 T o see the exact value,[...]

88 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 88 Monito ring the total p ac ke t activity per po r t T o vi e w the to ta l activit y of th e packets o n all th e ports: 1 Right-cl ick the stack borde r and select Stack A ctiv- ity>Total Packets per Port . Each c olumn rep resen ts a po rt and its a c tivity level. 2 T o see the exact value , hold the [...]

89 89 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 3 Click View and change the presentati on style: 3D- to 2D- Graph, wit h or with out a peak v alue indicator and vert ical to horizon tal bars. Monito ring the to tal activity of transmi tted p acke ts T o v iew the to tal activ ity of th e packe ts being t ransmi tte d on all the switches: 1 Right-cl ick t[...]

90 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 90 Ov er vie w of all the por ts To view the se tups of all the port s in the stack: 1 Right-cl ick the stack borde r and select Port Ov erview . 2 Double-cl ick a por t to get the specific de tails for that port: port performanc e, faults, di stribu tion and sp anning tree informa t ion. Monito ring the s pan[...]

91 91 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Stations o n the s witch To view the IP addr esses of t h e devices on the switch: 1 Select Monitoring>Acce ss Overview . 2 T o change t he order of the i nformation, click the app ropriate title b ar . Monitorin g VLANs and Rout ing Gen eral i nfor mat i on The info rmation provide d in this section is [...]

92 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 92 Ov er vie w of the VLANs on a s witch To view th e VLANs on the switc h : 1 Select VLAN>Monitoring . This sho ws a full list of VL ANs active on th e switch or in th e domain (if distribu ted VLAN or stand-alo ne for a stack). T o view this window from t h e Explorer , right- click t he VLAN name and sel[...]

93 93 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Inf or mation about the domai n To view the VLAN mode an d Domain name: 1 Select VLAN>Status . 2 T o change t h e information, see “Chang ing VLAN mode” in “VLANs (V irt ual LANs)”, p. 69. Inf or mation about VL AN config urati on To see if anot her user is config uring the VLANs, view the versio[...]

94 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 94 Inf or mation about the server T his provides status information a bout the server: Note This information i s only avai lable from switches i n a stack or from switches in a dist ributed VLAN. 1 Select VLAN>Status . 2 Click Server Information VLAN links to other swi tc h es To view the links betwee n swi[...]

95 95 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monito ring IP links T o view the IP Rout ing lin ks: 1 Select IP Routing>Link s . 2 Double-cl ick a li nk to get the specific detail s about t hat li nk: counte r s, setu p and ARP table i nformation. 3 T o present the Counters informatio n as a graph, d ouble-click the parameter you are i nterested in.[...]

96 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 96 Monito ring IP counte rs T o view the IP protoco l counters f or all l inks: 1 Select IP Routing>Coun ters . 2 Click the protocol to ge t the speci fic det ails on that protocol: packets re ceived and pa ckets transmitted. 3 T o present the informa tion as a grap h, double-cl i ck the pa r ame- ter you a[...]

97 97 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch IP multi c ast networks This ta ble prov ides inf ormation about th e topolog y of accessib le sub- nets that have DV MR P rout ers. To view the m ult icast netw ork ta ble, select IP Routing>IP Multicast>Network : IP mul tic ast f o rward i ng This table pr ovides infor mation abou t how IP multicast[...]

98 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 98 IGMP tab le Thi s tabl e provides in formati on abou t route r s that want to receive multicast packets at a specific address. To v iew the IGMP table, se- lect IP Routing>IP Multic ast>IGMP. Monito ring IPX links T o view the IPX Routing links: 1 Select IPX Routing>Lin ks . 2 Double-cl ick a li nk[...]

99 99 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monito ring IPX netw orks To view the IPX net work table, select IPX Routing>Netw orks . Monito ring IPX services To vi ew the IPX services, sel ect IPX Routing>Services . Monito ring IPX counters T o view the IPX protocol counter s for all li nks: 1 Select IPX Routing>Cou nters . 2 Click the proto[...]

100 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 100 Monito ring the perf or mance of a por t To mon itor the performance of a specific po rt: 1 Rig ht-clic k the po rt. 2 Select Port Details>Pe rformance . This ta ble sho w s th e total n umber of frames a n d bytes , u tiliza - tion of the p orts and the number o f packe ts transmitted and received. 3 [...]

101 101 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monito ring the di stri b ution on a por t To mo nitor th e distrib ution p ercentag es of unic ast, mu lt icast a nd broadcast frames on a specific port: 1 Rig ht-clic k the po rt. 2 Select Port Details>Di stribution . Monito ring the s pannin g tree sta tistics on a por t To monitor the spanning t re[...]

102 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 102 Monito ring the VLANs o n a por t To view the VLANs on t he port: 1 Right-cl ick and select VLAN Port Monitoring . 2 Click either of the tabs to v iew deta ils of that p o rt: RMON In terf ace stati stics To access a rang e of subnet management statist ics: 1 Right-cl ick a port and select RMON Statistics[...]

103 103 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch T oo ls f or th e Swi tch T o ol s ava il a ble The switch has various tool s to help with management: Ping Pinging a de vice Use Ping to ensu re a device i s attached to t he network. If t he device is on a remote netw ork, you m ay nee d to adjust t he timeout in order to receive th e response. 1 Select[...]

104 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 104 3 Change the set tings in the fi el ds if req uired, and cl ick Ping . Repor t Man age r Using th e Repo r t Manag er T o view a log or repo rt: 1 Click Tools>Report Manager . If yo u are managing a stack, select th e IP Address of the indi vidual s witch. 2 Double-cli ck IP Address , and type t he co [...]

105 105 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch • Log file s (to pinpoint troubl e sources) t o provide diagn ostic infor matio n for tr oubleshootin g • Detail e d sy ste m informa tion an d o peratio n al statis tic s What do es it do? This facilit y is divided into f our part s: • Configur ation Allows y ou to change th e basic configurat ion [...]

106 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 106 • Software Update lets you: - Load n ew softwar e to the swit ch - Reset the switch if n ecessary - Monitor t he software st atus Ac ce ss to the Lo cal Manag ement application Instruct ions on how to access t he applica tion have been mentioned earlier: • Access from the CONSOLE po rt Details ar e in[...]

107 107 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Recovery Manag er Pur pose Use the Recovery Manager if the software in your switch is corrupted or a software download to the switch fail ed, or you have moved a con- figured switch from a nother net, forgott en the swit ch’s IP addr ess, or simply lo st control o f the switch . Note The Recover y Mode [...]

108 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 108 4 Click Close. T oo ls f or th e Sta c k T o ols a vail able for a s tack When managi ng a sta ck, the fo llowing t ools are availabl e: Stack Synchr onization Manag e r Pur pose Before switc hes connected tog et her vi a a Matrix Mod ule can be man- aged as a stack, their confi gurations must be synchron[...]

109 109 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Switch P osition Or ganizer Using t he Switch P osition Organi z er This to ol enabl es you to reposi tion th e switches d isplayed on sc reen, so they hav e the same relati v e position to each o ther as the physi cal switches in th e stack. T o repositi o n a switch: 1 Select Tools>Switch Po sition O[...]

110 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 110 • Port 3 – dark yel low • Port 4 – dark cyan • Port 5 – purple • Port 6 – cy an • No connec tion – dark gray 500.book Page 110 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:50 PM[...]

111 Intr oductio n Pur pose Too man y users (on a LAN) requesting t he same information from the Internet can cau se congestion on t he WAN link. A singl e stand- alone Express 550 T Routing Switch can redirect TCP packets from popular sites and make a local copy of them i n one of up to four We b Server Caches. Users request ing the same informati[...]

112 C H A P T E R 6 Redirect TCP Packets 112 stations t o the network; “ C ache” po rts are connect ed to indivi dual cache serve r s, al though a maximum of fo ur is permitted; “Normal” ports c onnect to t he Inte r net . Note Cache serve rs are not sup ported through high -speed mod- ules (100 0Base or 15 5 A TM) installe d in the switch [...]

113 113 C H A P T E R 6 Redirect TCP Packets Setting up redirection Enab ling TC P pac ket redirectio n TCP packe ts can onl y be redi r ected i n a sta nd- al one Expr ess 55 0 Se- ries Switch. T o enable redirect i on: 1 Select Web Cache Redir ection>Setup . 2 Select TCP Capture . 3 Click Redirect TCP packets . 4 Set up any TCP Ports re quired[...]

114 C H A P T E R 6 Redirect TCP Packets 114 4 Select t he TCP po r t from t he drop-down li st or type in the TCP port nu mber , and cli ck OK . Note Any new TCP port numb er , not previ o us ly shown, is now added to the drop -down lis t. 5 Click OK . Setting s witch por t mode The ports on th e front of the swit ch can be set to on e of thr ee m[...]

115 115 C H A P T E R 6 Redirect TCP Packets Setting th e po lli ng i nterv al To ensure that the server cache rema ins in contact wi t h the Internet , a design ated URL (defi ne d in the switc h port pr oper ti es dial og) is periodi c ally poll ed. The interv al betwee n poll s is d efined here . If a timeout i s experienced, due to t he server [...]

116 C H A P T E R 6 Redirect TCP Packets 116 3 Click Add . 4 T ype the DNS name or IP address of the popular si te and sel ect one of t h e server caches avai lable from the drop-down l ist, and click OK . 5 Click OK . Monitor i ng the status of the cache se r ve rs Monito r cache s er vers Web cac he monitoring e n ables you to check the st ate of[...]

117 In this chapter This chap ter covers the f ollowi ng topics: 7 T echnical Specifications T opic See Page Physical Specifi cat io ns 1 18 Power Speci fications 120 Performance Sp ecifications 120 500.book Page 117 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:50 PM[...]

118 C H A P T E R 7 Techn ical Specific ations 118 Ph ysical Specif icat ions Appro va ls The switch has the fol l owing appr ovals: Phy s ical The swi tch has the following physical spe cifications: Appr ov al f or Sta ndar d Safety UL 195 0 CSA-C22.2 No. 95 0 IEC 950 EN 609 50 Emission F CC 47 CFR par t 15 Class A EN 55022 C lass A CISPR 22 Class[...]

119 119 C H A P T E R 7 Techn ical Spec ifications En vironmen tal The switch has the f ollowing envi ronmental specificat ions: LEDs The switc h has the fol lowing number o f LEDs: Connec tions The switch has the following number o f connect ions: Operating tempe rature +41°F to +10 4 °F (+5°C to +40°C) Stora ge temperature –13°F to +158°F[...]

120 C H A P T E R 7 Techn ical Specific ations 120 P ower Spe cifica tio ns Consum ption P ower consumpt ion : 100 W maximum P ow er supply The power supp ly has: P erf ormance Specif icat i ons MA C addresses The number of MAC addresses: Through put Internal backpl ane band width: 2. 1Gbps CPU IDT 79R3052 ( 40 MHz) Nominal p o wer supply voltag es[...]

121 121 C H A P T E R 7 Techn ical Spec ifications Memo r y s izes The memory sizes are as follows: Suppor ted protocol s This switch su pports t he following pr otocol s: Memory Sw itch Flash Me m ory (M B ) 4 CPU RAM (M B) 4 Buf fer RAM (MB) 8 Subject Document Re ference Bridg e/Spann ing T ree IEEE 802.1d Ethern et IEEE 802.3 Fast Ethernet IEEE [...]

122 C H A P T E R 7 Techn ical Specific ations 122 Ether -like MI B R FC 1643 RIP versi on 2 RFC 172 3 RMON RFC 1757 IGMP version 2 RFC 1 1 12 DVMRP version 3 RFC 1075 RSVP versi on 1 RFC 2205 Subject Document Re ference 500.book Page 122 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:50 PM[...]

123 In this chapter This chap ter covers the f ollowi ng topics: 8 Console Port Use and T r oubleshooting T opic See Pa ge Use of the Co nsole Port 124 T roublesh ootin g T ools 129 T roublesh ootin g Procedur e 129 T ypical Probl ems and Causes 130 Repor tin g the Pro b lem to In te l Customer Su pport 133 500.book Page 123 Thursday, September 2, [...]

124 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 124 Use of t he Console P or t Pur pose of Cons ole P or t If you l ose contact with the swit ch and the Recover y Mana ger in Intel Device View or Local Management over the LAN cannot conta ct it, then the foll ow ing is p ossible via the C onsole port on the fron t of the switch. Local Ma[...]

125 125 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting Upgra din g So ftwar e If a working switch sof tware needs to be upgraded, i t is recommended to use the S o ftware Upgrade Wizard in Intel Device View rather than the ma intena nce mo de com mands . This is e asier and the e xisting con- figura tio n is retain e d. Switch Con figuratio[...]

126 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 126 Reco vering fr om Star t-up Failure Netw ork boot p rocess The network boot process is as f ollows: 1. The switch sends a B OOTP request over t h e network. The boot request contains the switch’ s MAC address. The boot server contains a bootptab file wit h an entry for the switch whic[...]

127 127 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting BOOTP re quest and t he name o f the bo ot software to a specified boot ser ver. This is useful if the boot server being us ed does not support the use o f a bootp t ab file. • It runs t ests on har dware and prov ides diagnosti c information. Note Loadin g software to the switch in M[...]

128 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 128 Comman ds al low ed in Mainte nance Mode The fo llowing c omm and is a v ailable fo r the switch in Mai nt ena nce Mode: bootpta b file entr y Th e entry for the switch in the bootptab should contain a line sim- il ar to : :bf=/intel/switch/es550_x.xx: This instru cts the switch to load[...]

129 129 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting T r oubleshoot ing T ools T roub leshootin g tools av ail able The tool s availab le for troubl eshooting on the swi tch are: The LED indicator s These are l ocated on t he front pan el of the swit ch. The LEDs indi cate the overall switch status, and t he status of ea ch of the switch?[...]

130 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 130 3 Check for any relevant messages in the Trap window. Use of this t ool is described in “Trap W ind ow ” , p. 3 8. 4 Check for any relevant messages in the System window . The Sy stem Log gi ves details about sy stem events that occur during start-up and op eration and also the gene[...]

131 131 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting Star t-up Pr oblems I’v e for gotten m y pass wor d Explan ation: Y ou are pr ompted fo r a password on t h e Login screen. Action: Enter Maintena nce Mode, and type : run defparm . Conseque nce: This resets the confi gur ati on to the def aul t v alu es so you can assign a new passwo[...]

132 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 132 I have poor perf or mance and high n umber s of second port dro ps Explan ation: There may be a lo op in the network and Spa nning T ree is not en abled. Action: A void loo ps, or alternati vely , either enable STP on all the ports (using Device Setup ) or specific ports (using Port Set[...]

133 133 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting Repor t ing the Pr oblem to Intel Customer Su ppor t Introducti on If yo u are un able to solve the proble m an d want to r eport the prob lem to Inte l Customer Sup port, there are certai n things that you can do , to enable us t o begin solv ing you r problem q uickly. Intel Devi ce V[...]

134 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 134 Retrie ving Inf orma tion fo r Custom er Suppor t T wo m ethods a v aila b le If Intel De v ice View i s still functi on ing, this in formati on c a n be ob- tained using the Report Manager. If the Repo rt Manager i s not acces- sible, use TFTP procedur es. Files su itable f or TFTP tra[...]

135 135 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 5 If the TF TP access is password prot ected, ty pe: get<password>/<filename> . (For example, get edin- burgh/report .) 500.book Page 135 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:50 PM[...]

136 500.book Page 136 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:50 PM[...]

A 137 Limited Hardwar e W arranty Limited Har dware W a rranty Inte l warrants to the or iginal owner tha t the hardware pr oduct deliv e re d in this pack age will be free fr om def ects in mate r ial an d workmansh ip for th ree (3) yea rs followin g the latte r of: (i) the d ate of p urchase o nly if you re gister by re turning th e registr at i[...]

138 138 APPENDIX A Limite d Hardware Wa rranty If the C ustomer Support Group verifies that the product is de fective, th ey wi ll have t he Ret urn Mate rial Author izatio n Depart me nt issue you an R MA n umber t o place on t he oute r packa ge o f the pr oduct . Inte l canno t acce pt any produc t witho ut an RMA n umbe r on th e p ackage . LIM[...]

139 139 APPENDIX A Limited Hardw a re Wa rranty Country Number La nguage France +3 3 (0) 1 41 91 85 29 French Germ any +49 (0) 69 9 509 6099 Germ an Italy +39 (0) 2 696 332 76 Ital ia n UK +44 (0) 870 607 2439 English If the C ustomer Support Group verifies that the product is de fective, th ey wi ll have t he Ret urn Mate rial Author izatio n Depa[...]

140 140 APPENDIX A Limite d Hardware Wa rranty Federa l Communication s Commission (FCC) St atement This eq uipmen t has been tested an d found to com ply with the limits for a Class A digital devi ce, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. The se li mit s are de sig ne d to pr ovi de reason ab le prote ct io n a g a inst ha rm ful interfe re nc e w[...]

141 141 APPENDIX A Limited Hardw a re Wa rranty A VER TISSEMENT Le systèm e a été co nçu pour fonctionn er dans un cad re de travail norm a l. L’ emplac ement cho isi doit Ítr e: • Propre e t d épou rvu de poussière en suspensi on (sa uf la poussi è re nor mal e). • Bien a èrè e t loin des source s de ch aleu r, y compr is du soleil[...]

142 142 APPENDIX A Limite d Hardware Wa rranty Prim a di rimuov ere il co perchio d e l telaio, assi curars i che il sist ema sia scolle gato dall ’ a limentazi o n e, da tut ti i coll egamen ti di com uni ca zion e, ret i o line e di mode m. Non avvi a r e i l sistem a senza av er prim a me sso a post o il coper chio. ADVER TENCIAS El sistema es[...]

I 143 Index Numeri cs 10/100B ase-TX port, 4 A Acc ess res tric tio ns to L oc a l Ma nage ment , 14 to Lo cal M anag eme nt, 106 to SNMP, 45 Acrony ms, ix Add a Aggr egate Link, 49 a DVMRP tunnel, 74 a Me mb er, 77 a mirro red port, 50 a Permanen t Entry, 48 a ro uti n g lin k, 72 a static route, 72 a tr ap , 47 a User Group, 76 a VLAN, 67 device [...]

144 INDEX Intel® Express 550T R outing Switch C Cable for the Co nsole Port, 11 for the LAN P orts, 10 shielded, 10 wiring co lor code, 12 Change defa ult fo rw ardi n g mo de , 53 dupl ex m od e, 60 error limits fo r adaptive f o rwarding, 54 flow co nt rol , 53 flow cont rol on a po rt, 61 forward delay expiry time, 57 forwar di ng mod e on a po[...]

INDEX Intel® Express 550T R outing Switch 145 Equipment rack requi rement s, 7 to mount the switch, 8 tools needed, 7 Errors change adap t ive for warding mode limits, 54 monitor the total number, 82 , 89 Errors window, 40 facilities, 40 Essential reading , 6 Events, RMON, 85 F Fan , 5 Files suitable for TFTP tr ansfer, 134 transfer using TFTP, 13[...]

146 INDEX Intel® Express 550T R outing Switch Interface card for workstation, 11 IntraStack activity, 87 IP, 18 IP address change details, 44 IP Filtering add a member, 77 add a User Group, 76 check conn ect ions, 77 ena bl e, 76 pur pose, 75 IP Multicast Forward ing, 97 IGMP ta bl e, 98 Netw orks , 97 IP Routing change details, 72 monitor counter[...]

INDEX Intel® Express 550T R outing Switch 147 stack performan ce, 86 switch perfor mance, 81 total activity of received packets, 82 , 89 total activity of transmitt ed packets, 82 , 89 total number of errors, 82 , 89 total packet activity, 81 , 88 VLANs on a port, 102 Monitor cache serv ers , 116 Mou nt i ng ki t con ten t s , 7 N Nomina l power s[...]

148 INDEX Intel® Express 550T R outing Switch Q Quick Start d escription, vii R Rack power suppl y , 12 Read before starting, 6 Rear panel conn ections, 5 description , 5 Received packets monitor the total activ ity, 82 , 89 Recovery Manager , 107 Redunda nt power supp l y conn ector, 5 pur pose, 5 Redunda nt power supply . see RPS LED Remove a m [...]

INDEX Intel® Express 550T R outing Switch 149 por t mod e , 114 posit ion, 7 pur pose, 2 securi ty, 42 software featur es, 3 stati ons on a, 84 , 91 tools available, 103 ventilation, 7 Switc h Posit ion Organizer, 23 Syst em wi ndow, 39 facilities, 39 T TCP packet redirection addi ng a TCP port, 11 3 assign site to ser ver, 115 defin ing a swit ch[...]

150 INDEX Intel® Express 550T R outing Switch W Warnin g, 74 Electrostatic Sensitive Dev ice, viii power cable, 12 when using STP with VLANs, 66 when using VLANs, 55 Weigh t, 11 8 Window s 95, 18 Wind ows NT , 18 Workst ation interface card, 11 500.book Page 150 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:50 PM[...]

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