Intel Express 510T manual

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iii Contents C h a p t e r 1 Intel Ex press 510T Switch 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 Tools for t he Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Stack Synchronization Man ager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Switch Position Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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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 51 0T Switch • 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 the perso[...]

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 510T 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 1:30 PM[...]

2 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T Switch 2 Intr oduct io n to the pr oduct Pur pose of the s wit ch T he Intel Express 510T Switch uses your exi sting n etwork cables to integrat e switching techn ology into your co mputer network. Each devic e in a workgroup or a network segment can communicate at a fu ll wire -speed of 10 Mbps or 100Mbps to [...]

3 3 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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 support ?[...]

4 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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 functions: Butt[...]

5 5 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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 has the [...]

6 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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 materials in [...]

7 7 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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, leave [...]

8 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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 the left-h[...]

9 9 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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 in stal[...]

10 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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 voidin g dama 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 di senga[...]

11 11 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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 workst ation compatibl e with IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet Ver- sion 1.0 an d 2.0) or a fast access device (su ch as a server) to th[...]

12 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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 that fits[...]

13 13 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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. If it [...]

14 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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. • Spanning Tre[...]

15 15 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T 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 LED • Re[...]

16 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Ex press 51 0T Switch 16 P or t Status b utton To see the speed and duplex set tings of al l the ports, press the 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 Right (Duplex[...]

17 In this chapter This chap ter covers the f ollowi ng topics. 2 Intel Device V iew T opic See Pa ge System Requiremen t s 18 Installat ion and Removal 19 Using Intel Devi ce V iew 20 Installi ng and Managing Switches 26 Device T ree 29 Device V iew (Main Display) 31 Expl orer 36 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 install Intel D e 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 install Intel D e 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 us ed to 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 moni tor- 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 you connect switches that al ready have 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 st[...]

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 comprehensi ve informat ion about the switch ’ s overall setup. VLAN Setup Provides an overview of existing VLANs and th e opport unity t o add [...]

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: Functions Description Stac k Setup Dis play s c ompreh e nsive in formatio n about the switch ’ s overall setup. VL A N/R out in g Se tu p Pro vide s an ov[...]

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: Config uration Ensur es the stack ’ s conf iguration is saf e by saving i t to the flash memory , by back- ing up t o disk and by being able to rest ore it aga[...]

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 click a si ngle port and Inte l Device View of fers: Color coding The switc h and port s are displaye d in different colors: Functions Description Port Setup Displays the po rt status, t he speed and duple x set t ings, an d spanning tr ee sett i ngs. Add Po[...]

36 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 36 Expl orer Intel De vice Vie w Explo rer The Explorer within Intel 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 managemen t informatio n for the [...]

37 37 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View Dia gnostics Windo w Intel De vice Vie w Diagnos tics The Diagnosti cs window hel ps you troubleshoot the switch/st ack to get i t working p roperly in ca se of prob lems. The Diagno stics windo w lists any p roblems detected by t h e switch/ stack and n otes the level o f th e problem ( fatal er ror, e rror[...]

38 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 38 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 win do w The Traps wi ndow display s all traps generat ed by the swi tch. Color coding Traps a r e gen erated by the s witch for many events, both normal and errors. Traps displayed i n Intel De[...]

39 39 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 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 ouse b utton comm ands Right click a message and Intel Devic e View offers: Err or s [...]

40 C H A P T E R 2 Intel De vice View 40 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 messages displ ayed. Pause Pauses th e normal upd ating of info rmation in this wi nd ow . 500.book P age 40 T h[...]

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 w ill find inst r uction s to integrat e VLANs into y our setup. 3 Standard Configuration T opic See[...]

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 t h e use of the switch or stack , 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 Conso[...]

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 t he main IP address and network 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 mana gement on t h e switch, have read-wr ite or r ead- 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[...]

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 ermanent 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. Y[...]

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 or t Mirr oring 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 Mirrorin g, you can: • Add a new entry to th e list • Delete a[...]

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 security , you can limit the n umber of staff authorized 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 password. 4 T ype the new password. 5 Retype[...]

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 percent age of err ors or run ts. 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 D[...]

56 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 56 Changin g the spanni ng tree priority The h igher the value , the lower the ch ance of the switch being u sed 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 re quired va lue. 5 Click OK . Changin g the me[...]

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 requi red 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 , t h e port is 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 use[...]

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 1:30 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. Thi s chapter covers t h e V irtual LAN (VLAN) features. Y ou can create log i cal network groups (V LANs) by segment ing the switch; for ex ample, ac cording to the subnet ting sch eme within yo ur network. Each VLAN is an isol ated group and t [...]

66 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 66 • Allocat e network resou rces (such as servers) t o groups For a more comprehen sive explanat ion of the VLAN concept, refer to the online help . W ar ning w hen usi ng STP It is important to be aware of problems t h at may arise when using Spanning Tree and VLANs. Th e Spanning T ree can use alterna[...]

67 67 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration Adding a VLAN The task of addi ng VLANs is simplified by using the VLAN Wizard . VLANs are not switch specific when managi ng a stack. T herefore, right-click the stack border to access VLAN Setup. To add a VLAN: 1 Select VLAN Setup . 2 Click Add , and fo llow the inst ructions i n the W izard windows. [...]

68 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 68 Changin g VLAN mode To ch ange the mode o f operation of a VLAN: 1 Select VLAN Setup . 2 Click Advanced . The VLAN mode is shown. 3 Click the VLAN mode t o see the full range of choices. 4 Click the new mode and make sure the rest of the detail s are correct. 5 Click OK . Y our switch may turn blue (for[...]

69 69 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 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 using pro tocol s oth er that IP proto cols and don’ t want t hese statio ns to[...]

70 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 70 Enab ling IGMP pruning IGMP pruning implemen ts a syst em where only the necessary amount of IP mul ticast p ackets are bridged . To ena ble IGMP pruning: 1 Select VLAN Setup . 2 Click Advanced>IP Routing>IGMP . 3 Check Enabled . 4 In Pruning timeout , type t he new value. 5 Click OK . 500.book P [...]

71 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 72 Moni toring the Swit ch’ s Perfo rmanc e 73 Mo nito r ing th e Sta ck ’ s P erf or ma nce 78 Monitoring VLAN s 83 Monito rin g the Port’ s Performance 8 6 T oo ls for the Sw itch 90 T ools fo[...]

72 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 72 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 tree, au thentication, and tr ap parame ters for the sw itc h . • Configure port-relat ed parameters. • V iew traps, logs, tr aces, and reports gene rated[...]

73 73 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 the i nformation, cli ck Refresh . Monit oring th e Switc h’ s P erf orma nce Monito ring the total p ac ke t activity T o v iew the to tal activ ity of th e packe ts on a[...]

74 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 74 Monito ring the to tal activity of transmi tted p acke ts T o vi ew the total ac tivity o f the p ack ets bein g tra nsmi 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 val ue, hold t h e mouse pointer over a[...]

75 75 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 t ups of all the ports on the switch: 1 Select Port Overview . 2 Double-cl ick a por t to get the specific de tails for tha[...]

76 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 76 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 h e information, click th e appropriate title b ar . Monitoring using RMON Pur pose The switc h contains several RMON funct[...]

77 77 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[...]

78 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 78 Monitoring the Stac k’ s P erf ormance 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 switc[...]

79 79 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monito ring Intr aStac k activity T o view the total act ivity of t he packets bet ween the switche s in 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 val ue[...]

80 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 80 Monito ring the total p ac ke t activity per po r t T o view th e total a ctivit y o f the p ackets on all the po rts: 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 val ue, hold t h e [...]

81 81 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[...]

82 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 82 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[...]

83 83 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 the order of t h e information, click th e appropriate title b ar . Monit o r ing VLAN s Gen eral i nfor mat i on The info rmation provide d in this section is switch spe[...]

84 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 84 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[...]

85 85 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 the info rmation, see “Chang i ng VLAN mode” i n “VLANs (V irtual LANs)”, p. 68. Inf or mation about VL AN config urati on To see if anot her user is config uring the VLANs, view the versio[...]

86 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 86 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[...]

87 87 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monito ring the perf or mance of a por t To monitor the p erformance of a spec ific port: 1 Rig ht-clic k the po rt. 2 Select Port Details>Pe rformance . This ta ble shows th e total n umber of frames an d bytes, u tiliza- tion of the p orts and the number o f packe ts transmitted and received. 3 T o cha[...]

88 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 88 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 ree [...]

89 89 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 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- click a port and selec t RMON Statistics [...]

90 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 90 T o ols f or the S witc h T o o l s avai l a ble The switch has vario us tools to hel p with mana gement: Ping Pinging a de vice Use Ping to ensu re a device is attached t o the networ k. If the devi ce is on a remote netw ork, you m ay nee d to adjust t h e timeout in ord er to receive th e response. 1 Sel[...]

91 91 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 3 Change the set tings in the fie lds if re qui red, an d clic k Ping . Repor t Man age r Using th e Repo r t Manag er To view a l og or repo r t: 1 Click Tools>Report Manager . If you 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 r[...]

92 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 92 • Log file s (to pinpoint troubl e sources) t o provide diagn ostic informati on fo r tro ubleshooti ng • 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 divi ded into fo ur parts: • Configur ation Allows y ou to change th e basic configurat ion pa[...]

93 93 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch • 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 applic ation Instruct ions on how t o access the applica tion have been mentioned earlier: • Access from the CONSOLE po rt Details ar e in [...]

94 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 94 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 Ma[...]

95 95 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 4 Click Close. T o ols f or the S tac k T ool s availa ble for a s tack When managing a stack, the fo llowing t ools are availabl e: Stack Sync hronization Manager Pur pose Before switc hes connected toge ther via a Matrix Mod u le can b e man- aged as a stack , their configurations must be synchronized. Th[...]

96 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 96 Switch P osition Organizer Using t he Switch P os ition Organi z er This to ol e nables yo u to reposi tion th e switches d isplay ed 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[...]

97 97 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch • Port 3 – dark yel low • Port 4 – dark cyan • Port 5 – purple • Port 6 – cy an • No connec tion – dark gray 500.book P age 97 T hursday, September 2, 1999 1:30 PM[...]

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99 In this chapter This chap ter covers the f ollowi ng topics: 6 T echnical Specifications T opic See Pa ge Physical Specifi cat io ns 100 Power Speci fications 102 Performance Sp ecifications 102 500.book P age 99 T hursday, September 2, 1999 1:30 PM[...]

100 C H A P T E R 6 Techn ical Specific ations 100 Ph ys ic al Speci ficat 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 Cla[...]

101 101 C H A P T E R 6 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[...]

102 C H A P T E R 6 Techn ical Specific ations 102 P ower Spec ifica tions Consum ption P ower consumpt ion : 100 W maximum P ow er supply The power supp ly has: P erf ormance Specif ications MA C addresses The number of MAC addresses: Through put Internal backpl ane band width: 2. 1Gbps CPU IDT 79R3041 ( 16 MHz) Nominal p o wer supply voltag es 10[...]

103 103 C H A P T E R 6 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 ) 2 CPU RAM (M B) 1 Buf fe r RAM (MB) 4 Subject Document Re ference Bridg e/Spann ing T ree IEEE 802.1d Ethern et IE EE 802.3 Fast Ethernet IEE[...]

104 C H A P T E R 6 Techn ical Specific ations 104 RMON RFC 17 57 IGMP version 2 RFC 1 1 12 RSVP versi on 1 R FC 2205 Subject Document Re ference 500.book Page 104 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:30 PM[...]

105 In this chapter This chap ter covers the f ollowi ng topics: 7 Console Port Use and T r oubleshooting T opic See Pa g e Use of the Co nsole Port 106 T roublesh ootin g T ools 1 1 1 T roublesh ootin g Procedur e 1 1 1 T ypical Pro blems and Caus es 1 12 Repor tin g the Pro b lem to In te l Customer Su pport 11 5 500.book Page 105 Thursday, Septe[...]

106 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 106 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[...]

107 107 C H A P T E R 7 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[...]

108 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 108 Reco vering fr om Star t-up Failure Netw ork boot p rocess The network boot process is as f ollows: 1. The switch send s a BOOTP request over the network. The boot request contains the switch’ s MAC address. The boot server contains a bootptab file wit h an entry for the switch which [...]

109 109 C H A P T E R 7 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[...]

110 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 110 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 The entry for the swit ch in th e bootptab should contain a line sim- il ar to : :bf=/intel/switch/es510_x.xx: This instru cts the switch to loa[...]

111 111 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting T r oub leshooting T ools T roubl eshoo ting to ols 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[...]

112 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 112 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[...]

113 113 C H A P T E R 7 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 prompted f or a password on the 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 password.[...]

114 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 114 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 loops, or alternat ively , either enab le STP on all the ports (using Device Setup ) or specific ports (using Port Set[...]

115 115 C H A P T E R 7 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[...]

116 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 116 Retrie ving Inf orma tion fo r Custom er Suppor t T wo meth ods a vaila ble If Intel Devic e View is still function 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 trans f [...]

117 117 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 5 If the TF TP access is p assword protected, type: get<password>/<filename> . (For example, get edin- burgh/report .) 500.book Page 117 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:30 PM[...]

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A 119 Limited Hardwar e W arranty Limited Har dware W arranty 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 io[...]

120 120 APPENDIX A Limited Hardwa r e 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 . LI[...]

121 121 APPENDIX A Limited Hardware Warranty Country Number Languag e 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) 87 0 607 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 Depart[...]

122 122 APPENDIX A Limited Hardwa r e 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 [...]

123 123 APPENDIX A Limited Hardware Warranty 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 di[...]

124 124 APPENDIX A Limited Hardwa r e 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 e[...]

I 125 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, 93 to SNMP, 45 Acrony ms, ix Add a Aggr egate Link, 49 a mirro red port, 50 a Permanen t Entry, 48 a tr ap , 47 a VLAN, 67 device to au thentication lis t, 46 new switc hes, 26 Air flow , 7 Alarms, RMON, 77 Altitu de, 101 Ap[...]

126 INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch flow cont rol on a po rt, 61 forward delay expiry time, 57 forwar di ng mod e on a port, 60 hello expiry time, 56 IP details , 44 MAC address ag eing time, 52 message a ge expiry time, 56 pas swo rd, 51 priority of the port in the span ning tree, 62 spanning tree priority , 56 speed, 60 state of the p o rt, 57[...]

INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch 127 transfer using TFTP, 116 Flow contro l chang e on a port, 61 change on switch, 53 defa ult , 14 Forward delay expiry t ime cha nge, 57 For war ding mod e on a po rt cha nge, 60 Frequen cy, 102 Front panel LED , 4 port s, 4 view, 3 G Gettin g st arted, vii H Har dwar e details, 73 features, 2 Hello expiry time [...]

128 INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch Local Management, 23 access, 93 over view , 92 Location for a po rt, 58 M MAC addresses ageing tim e , 14 change ageing time, 52 num be r per por t, 102 permanent entr i es, 14 Main power connection , 10 2 Main windo w color codi ng , 35 comman ds for a po rt, 35 comm a nd s for a sing le switch, 32 commands f[...]

INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch 129 CONSOLE, 4 DB-9, 4 disa ble, 59 disa bled by m a nage men t, 14 dis t r ibu t ion of fr ame s, 88 link pulse active, 13 link pulse active, collision detected, 14 location name, 58 monitor packets transmi tted, 88 monit or perform ance, 87 monitor received packets, 88 monitor STP statis tics, 88 monitor the fau[...]

130 INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch change priority, 56 port specific, 61 Specifications, 99 Stack Health Monitor, 78 Stack Sy nchronization Manager, 23 Start -up proce dure, 13 Start- up problems troubleshootin g, 113 State of the ports cha nge, 57 Static-fr ee working, 9 Stations on the switch , 76 , 83 Statistics alarms, RMON, 77 coun ter s, [...]

INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch 131 U Uni nsta ll und er Win dows NT 4.0 o r Win dows 95 , 20 V Ventil ation, 7 VL AN add, 67 delete, 67 information, 85 links to other switches, 86 over view , 65 , 84 policy hierarch y, 66 poli cy-bas ed, 66 pur pose, 65 Voltage of supply, 102 W Warnin g, 69 Electrostatic Sensitive Device, viii power cable, 12 w[...]

132 INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch 500.book Page 132 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:30 PM[...]

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