SMC Networks SMC6624M manuel d'utilisation

Stackable F ast Ether net Switch ◆ 24 10B ASE-T/ 100B ASE-T X RJ-45 ports ◆ Auto MDI/M DI-X suppo rt on all ports ◆ Optional 10 0B ASE-FX or 1000B ASE-X modul es ◆ Optional stack m odule for linki ng up to 16 units ◆ 8.8 Gbps of agg regate switch bandwid th ◆ LA CP and FEC port trunkin g suppo rt ◆ Port mirroring for non-i ntrusi ve a[...]

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6 Hughes Irvine, CA 9261 8 Phone: (9 49) 707-24 00 T igerSwitch 10/100 Manag ement Guide From SMC’ s T iger line of feature-rich w orkgroup LAN solutions July 2 001 Pub. # 150000 001100A R0 1[...]

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iii Conten ts Contents 1 Select ing a Ma nageme nt Inte rface Understand ing Management Interfac es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Advantag es of Using the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Advan tages of U sing t he CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3[...]

iv Conte nts CLI Co ntrol and E diting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 4 Using the We b Brow ser Interf ace General F eatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Web Brow ser Int erface R equir ements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

v Conten ts Web: Configuring IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 How IP Addressing Aff ects Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 DHCP/Bootp Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Network Preparations for Configuring DHCP/Bootp . . . . . .[...]

vi Conte nts How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27 Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27 7 Using Passwords, Port Security, and Authorized IP Manage rs To Protect Ag ainst Unaut horized Acce ss Using Password Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

vii Conten ts Web: Configuring IP Authorized Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 Building IP Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 Config uring On e Station P er Auth orized Manager I P Entry . . . . 7-34 Configurin g Multiple Stations Per Auth orized M anager IP Entry . .[...]

viii Conte nts Usin g the Menu I nterf ace To View S tack Stat us An d Conf igure Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12 Usin g the Menu In terf ace To View a nd Co nfig ure a Co mmande r Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

ix Conten ts Effect of V LANs on Other Switch Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-71 Spanning Tree Protocol Operat ion with VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-71 IP Interfa ces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-71 VLAN MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

x Conte nts Menu Access To Status and Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3 General System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4 Menu Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4 CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

xi Conten ts Using the Eve nt Log To Id entify Pr oblem Sour ces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 0 Menu: Entering and Navigat ing in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11 CLI: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12 Diagnostic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

xii Conte nts C Swi tch Memo ry an d Conf igura tion Overview o f Configurat ion File Man agement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1 Using the CL I To Impl ement Co nfig uration Ch anges . . . . . . . . . . . C-3 Using the Men u and W eb Brow ser Inte rfaces To I mplement Configura tion Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

1-1 Sele cting a Ma nagemen t Interface 1 Selecting a Management Interface This chapte r describes the follow ing: ■ Manage men t inte rfaces for th e SMC6 624M switch ■ Advant ages of using each int erface Understanding Management Interfaces Manage ment i nterfac es enab le yo u to reconf igure t he switch and to monit or switch status an d pe[...]

1-2 Selec ting a Ma nagem ent I nterfa ce Advant ages of Using the Menu I nterfa ce Sele cting a Ma nagement Int erfa ce Advantages of Using the Menu Interface Figure 1-1. Example of the Console Inte rface Display ■ Provides quick, easy management access to a menu -driven subse t of switch con figuratio n and pe rforma nce feat ures: The men u in[...]

1-3 Sele cting a M anage ment I nte rface Advan tage s of Usin g the CLI Sele cting a Ma nagemen t Interface Advantages of Using the CLI Figure 1-2. Exampl e of The Comma nd Prompt ■ Provides a ccess to the co mplete set of the switch con figuration, pe rfor- mance, and di agno stic features . ■ Offers out- of-band acce ss (through the RS-232 c[...]

1-4 Selec ting a Ma nagem ent I nterfa ce Advant ages of Using the We b Browse r Inte rface Sele cting a Ma nagement Int erfa ce Advantages of Using the W eb Browser Interface Figure 1-3. Example of the Web Browser Interface ■ Easy access to the swit ch from any where on t he network ■ Familia r browse r interf ace --locations of win dow objec [...]

2-1 Using the Menu Interface 2 Using the Menu Interface This chap ter de scribes the fo llowing fea tures: ■ Over view of th e Menu In terf ace (pag e 4-1) ■ Starti ng and en ding a M enu session (p age 2-2) ■ The Mai n Menu (page 2 -6) ■ Screen stru cture and na viga tion (p age 2- 8) ■ Rebo oting th e sw itch (page 2 -11) The m enu int [...]

2-2 Using the Menu Inte rface Star ting and Endi ng a Menu Sessi on Usin g the Me nu Int erfa ce Menu I nterac tio n with Othe r Inter face s. ■ A con figurati on chang e made thr ough any swi tch i nterfac e over writes earli er ch anges made th rough any othe r inte rface . ■ The Menu Inter face and the CLI (Command Lin e Interface) both use [...]

2-3 Using the Me nu In ter face Start ing an d Ending a Men u Sessi on Using the Menu Interface How T o Start a Menu Interfa ce Session In its fac tory defau lt config uration, the switch con sole starts with the CLI prompt. T o use the menu int erfac e with Mana ger privile ges, go to the Ma nager level pr ompt and en ter the me nu co mmand. 1. Us[...]

2-4 Using the Menu Inte rface Star ting and Endi ng a Menu Sessi on Usin g the Me nu Int erfa ce Figure 2-1. The Ma in Menu with Man ager Privil eges For a descrip tion of Main Men u features, see “Main Men u Feature s” on page 2-6. Note T o conf igur e the sw itch t o start with th e menu int erf ace in stea d of th e CLI, go to the Manager l [...]

2-5 Using the Me nu In ter face Start ing an d Ending a Men u Sessi on Using the Menu Interface Figure 2-2. An Asterisk In dicates a Config uration Change R equirin g a Reb oot 1. I n the c urre nt sess ion, if you h ave n ot made c onfig urat ion ch ange s tha t requir e a switch re boot to acti vate, ret urn to the Mai n menu and pr ess [0] (zero[...]

2-6 Using the Menu Inte rface Main Me nu Featu res Usin g the Me nu Int erfa ce Main Menu Features Figure 2-3. T he M ain Menu View with Manager P rivileges The Main Menu g ives you acce ss to these Menu in terface fea tures: ■ Stat us and Cou nter s: Provides access to display scr eens showing switch info rmation , port st atus and coun ters, po[...]

2-7 Using the Me nu In ter face Main M enu Feat ures Using the Menu Interface ■ Command Li ne (CLI): Select s the C ommand Line I n terfac e at the same level (M anage r or Opera tor) th at you are accessi ng in the Me nu interf ace. (See ch apte r 3, “Us ing the Comma nd Line Interfa ce (C LI).”) ■ Rebo ot Swit ch: Perfor ms a “w arm” [...]

2-8 Using the Menu Inte rface Scre en Struc tur e and Navig atio n Usin g the Me nu Int erfa ce Screen Structure and Nav igation Menu i nterface screens incl ude the se three elements: ■ Param ete r fiel ds and/o r read -on ly in forma tion such as st atist ics ■ Navigati on and config uration actions, suc h as Save , Edit, and Ca ncel ■ Help[...]

2-9 Using the Me nu In ter face Scre en Struc tur e and Navig atio n Using the Menu Interface T ab le 4-1. How T o Navigate in the Menu In terface T ask: Ac tions: Execu te an act ion from th e “Actio ns –> ” list at the bot tom of the scre en: Use eit her of the fo llo wing met hods : • Use the arrow key s ( [<] ,or [>] ) to high [...]

2-10 Using the Menu Inte rface Scre en Struc tur e and Navig atio n Usin g the Me nu Int erfa ce T o get H elp on indi vidual par ameter descri ptions . In most scr eens there is a Help option in the Actions line. Wh enever an y of th e items in th e Actions line is highligh ted, pre ss [H], and a sepa rate he lp scree n is displa yed. For exam ple[...]

2-1 1 Using the Me nu In ter face Reboot ing the S witch Using the Menu Interface Rebooting the Switch Reboot ing the swit ch from the menu inte rface ■ T erminates all c urrent session s and perf orms a rese t of the opera ting system ■ Activa tes any confi guration changes th at requir e a reboo t ■ Resets stat istical counters to zero (Not[...]

2-12 Using the Menu Inte rface Reboot ing the Swit ch Usin g the Me nu Int erfa ce Rebooting T o Activate Configu ration Changes. Configuration c hanges for most par ameters bec ome effec tive as soon a s you sav e them. Ho wever , you mu st rebo ot th e swit ch in order t o imp lemen t a ch ange in the Max imum VLA Ns to s uppor t par ameter . (T [...]

2-1 3 Using the Me nu In ter face Menu F eatu res Li st Using the Menu Interface Menu Features List Sta tus and Co unte rs • Gener al System Informat ion • Switch Ma nageme nt Addre ss Inform ation • Port Statu s • Port Count ers • Address T able • Port Addr ess T able • Sp anning T ree Inform ation Swi tch C onf igur ation • Syst e[...]

2-14 Using the Menu Inte rface Where To Go From He re Usin g the Me nu Int erfa ce Where T o Go From Here This c hapter provid es a n overvi ew of the m enu int erfac e and how to use it. The follo wing table indicates w here to tu rn for deta iled infor mation on h ow to use the indi vidual featur es availab le thr ough t he menu interf ace. Optio[...]

3-1 Us ing th e Co mmand Line Interf ace (CLI) 3 Using the Command Line Interface (CLI) The CL I is a text - based comman d interf ace fo r configu ring and moni tori ng the switch. Th e CLI give s you ac cess to the swi tch’ s full set of comm ands while providing the same password protectio n that is used in the web browser inte rface and th e [...]

3-2 Using th e Command Line Interfa ce (CLI) Using the CLI Usin g the Command Line Interf ace (CLI) When you use the C LI to m ake a conf igurat ion ch ange, t he switch w rites the change to the Run ning-Config file in volatile me mory . This allows you to test your configu ration c hang es be fore ma king them perman ent. t o mak e ch anges perma[...]

3-3 Using t he Co mmand Line Inte rface (CLI) Usin g the CLI Us ing th e Co mmand Line Interf ace (CLI) Caut ion SMC stro ngly re comm ends tha t you c onfigur e a Manager passwo rd. If a M an- ager passw ord is not co nfigured, t hen the Ma nager lev el is not passw ord- protec ted, and anyone having in-ban d or out- of-band access t o the swit ch[...]

3-4 Using th e Command Line Interfa ce (CLI) Using the CLI Usin g the Command Line Interf ace (CLI) Manager Privileges Manag er privi leges give y ou thre e ad ditional leve ls of acce ss: Manage r , Glo bal Configura tion, and Cont ext Confi guration. (See figure .) A “ # ” char acter delimits a ny Manage r promp t. For ex ample : SMC TigerSwi[...]

3-5 Using t he Co mmand Line Inte rface (CLI) Usin g the CLI Us ing th e Co mmand Line Interf ace (CLI) SMC TigerSwitch 10/100(vlan-10)# Changin g Interfac es. If yo u change from the CLI to the menu interface, or the reverse, yo u will remain at the same priv ilege level. For e xample, enter ing the menu com mand from the Operator level of the CLI[...]

3-6 Using th e Command Line Interfa ce (CLI) Using the CLI Usin g the Command Line Interf ace (CLI) How T o Move Between Levels Movin g Be tween t he CL I and the Menu Inter face . When moving between int erfaces, the switch retains th e current priv ilege level (Ma nager or Opera tor) . That is, if you ar e at th e Ope rator l evel in the me nu an[...]

3-7 Using t he Co mmand Line Inte rface (CLI) Usin g the CLI Us ing th e Co mmand Line Interf ace (CLI) For example , if you use the CLI to set a Manage r password, an d then later use the Se tup scree n (in the me nu interfa ce) to se t a di fferent Manager password , then the f irst password will be rep laced by the se cond one . Listing Comman d[...]

3-8 Using th e Command Line Interfa ce (CLI) Using the CLI Usin g the Command Line Interf ace (CLI) T yping ? at the Manager leve l produces this li sting: Figure 3-4. Example of the Manager -Level Command Listing When - - MORE - - appears, there are mo re comman ds in the lis ting. T o list the next screenf ull of comma nds, press the Spa ce bar .[...]

3-9 Using t he Co mmand Line Inte rface (CLI) Usin g the CLI Us ing th e Co mmand Line Interf ace (CLI) As mention ed above, if you t ype part of a co mmand wor d and press [T ab], the CLI com pletes the cur rent word ( if you have typed enoug h of the wo rd for the CLI to distingu ish it from other possib ilities), inc luding hyphe nated exten- si[...]

3-10 Using th e Command Line Interfa ce (CLI) Using the CLI Usin g the Command Line Interf ace (CLI) Thus, if you w anted to cre ate a port trunk group using ports 5 - 8, the a bove conven tions show tha t you could do so using any o f the followin g forms of the trunk command: SMC TigerSwitch 10/100(config)# trunk trk1 trunk 5-8 SMC TigerSwitch 10[...]

3-11 Using t he Co mmand Line Inte rface (CLI) Usin g the CLI Us ing th e Co mmand Line Interf ace (CLI) Figure 3-7. Example of Conte xt-Sensitive C ommand-List Hel p Displaying He lp for an Indi vidual Command. Y ou can display Help for any co mmand that is avai labl e at the cu rren t co ntex t leve l by ente ring enough of the co mmand stri ng t[...]

3-12 Using th e Command Line Interfa ce (CLI) Using the CLI Usin g the Command Line Interf ace (CLI) Figure 3-9. Example o f Help f or a S pecific Instance of a Command Note that if you try to list the help for an indi vidual co mmand from a privil ege level th at doe s not incl ude that command, th e switch returns an error message. For exam ple, [...]

3-13 Using t he Co mmand Line Inte rface (CLI) Usin g the CLI Us ing th e Co mmand Line Interf ace (CLI) Figure 3-10. Context-Sp ecific Co mmands Affec ting Port Co ntext SMC TigerSwitch 10/100(eth-5-8)# ? SMC TigerSwitch 10/100(eth-5-8)# ? Lists the commands you can use i n the port or s tat ic tr unk contex t, plus th e Manager , Opera tor , and [...]

3-14 Using th e Command Line Interfa ce (CLI) Using the CLI Usin g the Command Line Interf ace (CLI) VLAN Contex t. Includes VLAN- speci fic co mmands that apply only t o the selected VLAN, plu s Manage r and Oper ator com mands. The pro mpt for thi s mode incl udes the VLA N ID of the selec ted VL AN. For examp le, if you had alre ady c onfigur ed[...]

3-15 Using t he Co mmand Line Inte rface (CLI) CLI C ontro l and Ed iti ng Us ing th e Co mmand Line Interf ace (CLI) CLI Control and Editing Key st rokes Function [Ctrl] [A] Jumps to the firs t chara cter of the command l ine. [Ctrl] [B] or [< ] Moves the cu rsor ba ck one ch aract er . [Ctrl ] [C] T e rmin ate s a task an d displa y s the co m[...]

3-16 Using th e Command Line Interfa ce (CLI) CLI Contr ol and Editing Usin g the Command Line Interf ace (CLI)[...]

4-1 Using t he Web Browser Interface 4 Using the W eb Browser Interface The web browser int erface built into t he switch lets you easily access the switch from a browser -based PC on y our netwo rk. This lets you do the following : ■ Optimize y our net work upt ime b y using the Ale rt Log a nd othe r diagnost ic tools ■ Make con figurati on c[...]

4-2 Using th e Web Brows er Interfa ce Gener al Featu res Using the Web Browser Interface General Features The SM C6624M s witch in cludes these web b rowser in terface features: Switch Configu ration: •P o r t s •V L A N s a n d P r i m a r y V L A N • Port monit oring (mir roring) • System in form ation • Enable/Disable Multicast Filte [...]

4-3 Using the We b Brows er Int erface Web Br owser In terf ace Re quire men ts Using t he Web Browser Interface W eb Browser Interface Requirement s Y ou can use equip ment me eting th e follow ing requir ement s to access the web browser interfac e on yo ur intran et. T able 4-1. Sy stem Requirements for Accessing the We b Browser In terface Plat[...]

4-4 Using th e Web Brows er Interfa ce Start ing a W eb Br owser Interfac e Sess ion wi th the Switch Using the Web Browser Interface Starting a W eb Browser Interface Session with the Switch Y ou can start a web bro wser session in the follow ing ways: ■ Using a standalon e web bro wser on a netw ork co nnection from a PC or UNIX workstation: ?[...]

4-5 Using the We b Brows er Int erface Starting a We b Browse r Interface Se ssion with the Switc h Using t he Web Browser Interface Figure 4-1. Example of Status Ov erview Scre en Note The a bove scre en appe ars somewhat different i f the swi tch is config ured as a stack C ommander . For an exam ple, see fi gure 1- 3 on page 1-4. Alert Log First[...]

4-6 Using th e Web Brows er Interfa ce Tasks for Your Fi rst Web Browser Interf ace Sessio n Using the Web Browser Interface T asks for Y our First W eb Browser Interface Session The first ti me you access th e web browser i nterface, th ere are three tasks that you should pe rform: ■ Revie w the “First T ime Insta ll” window ■ Set Manage r[...]

4-7 Using the We b Brows er Int erface Task s for You r First Web Br owser In terf ace Sessi on Using t he Web Browser Interface This wind ow is the launc hing point for the ba sic config uratio n you need to perform t o set web browse r interfa ce password s to maintain security . T o set web brow ser interf ace passwor ds, click on secure acce ss[...]

4-8 Using th e Web Brows er Interfa ce Tasks for Your Fi rst Web Browser Interf ace Sessio n Using the Web Browser Interface T o set the passwords: 1. Acc ess the Device Pa sswords scree n by one of the f ollowing methods: • If the Alert Log inc ludes a “ First T ime Instal l” event entry , doub le click on t his event, th en, in the resu lti[...]

4-9 Using the We b Brows er Int erface Task s for You r First Web Br owser In terf ace Sessi on Using t he Web Browser Interface ■ Enteri ng t he oper ator p assword g ives y ou read and limited write capabi l- ities. Using the User Names If you also set user names in the web browser interface scr een, you must supply t he corre ct user name for [...]

4-10 Using th e Web Brows er Interfa ce Suppo rt/Mgmt URL Featur e Using the Web Browser Interface Support/Mgmt URL Featu re The Suppo rt/Mgmt U RL window en ables you to cha nge the W or ld W ide W eb Universal Re source Lo cator ( URL) for a support inf ormati on site for yo ur switch. Figure 4-5. The Default Support/M gmt URLs Win dow Support UR[...]

4-1 1 Using the We b Brows er Int erface Status R eport ing Fe ature s Using t he Web Browser Interface Status Reporting Features Brows er el ement s cov ered in thi s sect ion i nclude : ■ The Overvi ew window (bel ow) ■ Port utilization and status (page ) ■ The Aler t log (p age ) ■ The Sta tus bar (page ) The Overview W indow The Overv i[...]

4-12 Using th e Web Brows er Interfa ce Stat us Repo rtin g Featur es Using the Web Browser Interface The Port Utilization and Status Displa ys The Port Utili zation and Status display s show an overv iew of the st atus of the switch and the amount of ne twork activ ity on each p ort. The follo wing fig ure shows a sample readi ng of the Port Utili[...]

4-1 3 Using the We b Brows er Int erface Status R eport ing Fe ature s Using t he Web Browser Interface ■ Maximum Ac tivity Ind icator: As the bars i n the gr aph ar ea c hange height to refl ect the level of network activity on the correspo nding port, they l eave an out line t o identify the maxi mum a ctivity l evel tha t has been observed on [...]

4-14 Using th e Web Brows er Interfa ce Stat us Repo rtin g Featur es Using the Web Browser Interface Port Sta tus Figure 4-10. T he Po rt Statu s Indic ators an d Legend The Port Stat us indicator s show a symbol f or each port t hat indicate s the general st atus of the por t. There ar e four possi ble statuse s: ■ Port Co nnected – the port [...]

4-1 5 Using the We b Brows er Int erface Status R eport ing Fe ature s Using t he Web Browser Interface The Alert Log The web brow ser inte rface Ale rt Log, shown in the lower ha lf of the sc reen, shows a list of network occurrences, or alerts , th at were dete cted by th e switch . T ypical al erts are Broa dcast St orm , indicating an excessiv [...]

4-16 Using th e Web Brows er Interfa ce Stat us Repo rtin g Featur es Using the Web Browser Interface Alert T ypes The follo wing table lists the t ypes of al erts that ca n be gener ated. T able 4-2. Al ert St rings an d Descript ions Alert Stri ng Alert Descrip tion First T ime Install Importan t insta llation in formation fo r your switch. T oo [...]

4-1 7 Using the We b Brows er Int erface Status R eport ing Fe ature s Using t he Web Browser Interface Note When troubleshoo ting the sourc es of alerts, it ma y be helpfu l to check th e switch’ s P ort Status an d Port C ounter wind ows an d the Event Lo g in the consol e interfa ce. V iewing Detail Views of Al ert Log Entries By double clicki[...]

4-18 Using th e Web Brows er Interfa ce Stat us Repo rtin g Featur es Using the Web Browser Interface T able 4-3. Stat us Indicator K ey ■ System Nam e. The name you have configure d for the sw itch b y using Identit y screen, sy stem name command, or the sw itch console Sy stem Information screen. ■ Most Cr itical Alert D escript ion. A brief [...]

5-1 Configuring IP Addressing , Inte rf ace A cce ss, and 5 Configuri ng IP Addressing, Interface Access, and System Information This chapter describ es the switch conf iguration features availa ble in the menu interfac e, CLI an d web browse r interfa ce. For help on how to use these interfa ces, refer to: ■ Chapter 2, “Using the Menu Interfa [...]

5-2 Config uring IP Addressin g, Interfac e Acces s, and Sy stem In formation IP Confi gurat ion Config uring IP Ad dressing, Interfa ce Access, and IP Configuration IP Configur ation Featur es IP Ad dress and Su bnet Mas k. Configu ring the swit ch with an IP address expands your ab ility to manage the switch and use its features . By default, the[...]

5-3 Configurin g IP Address ing, Interf ace Access , and System Inf ormation IP Configu ratio n Configuring IP Addressing , Inte rf ace A cce ss, and T imep Operat ion. Use this op tional par amete r if you want the swit ch to get its time inform ation from anothe r device opera ting as a T imep server . I n its default Timep conf igurat ion, the s[...]

5-4 Config uring IP Addressin g, Interfac e Acces s, and Sy stem In formation IP Confi gurat ion Config uring IP Ad dressing, Interfa ce Access, and ■ The IP addressin g used in th e switch shoul d be compati ble with your network. Tha t is, the IP add ress must be unique and the su bnet mask must be appro priat e for th e IP netw ork. ■ If you[...]

5-5 Configurin g IP Address ing, Interf ace Access , and System Inf ormation IP Configu ratio n Configuring IP Addressing , Inte rf ace A cce ss, and T o Con figure IP Addressing . 1. F rom th e Mai n Men u, Se lect . 2. Switch Con figuration .. . 5. IP Conf igur ati on Note If multiple VLANs are conf igured, a screen show ing all VLANs ap pears in[...]

5-6 Config uring IP Addressin g, Interfac e Acces s, and Sy stem In formation IP Confi gurat ion Config uring IP Ad dressing, Interfa ce Access, and 6. I f you sel ecte d Manu al , press [T ab] or [v] , a nd additiona l fields will be displayed for ente ring the IP address for the T imep server . 7. Se lect the T imeP Poll Interva l field i f you w[...]

5-7 Configurin g IP Address ing, Interf ace Access , and System Inf ormation IP Configu ratio n Configuring IP Addressing , Inte rf ace A cce ss, and V iewing the Cu rrent IP Configurati on. The fo llowing c ommand displays the IP addres sin g for ea ch VLAN config ured in th e swit ch. I f only t he DEF AUL T_ VLAN exists, then its IP c onfigurati[...]

5-8 Config uring IP Addressin g, Interfac e Acces s, and Sy stem In formation IP Confi gurat ion Config uring IP Ad dressing, Interfa ce Access, and Conf igure an IP Addre ss an d Sub net Ma sk. T he foll owing co mmand includes both t he IP address a nd the subnet m ask. Y ou mu st eithe r include the ID of the VL AN for whi ch you are c onfigurin[...]

5-9 Configurin g IP Address ing, Interf ace Access , and System Inf ormation IP Configu ratio n Configuring IP Addressing , Inte rf ace A cce ss, and In the C LI, you can execute t his comman d only from the glo bal conf igurati on level. The TTL range is 2 - 255 seconds. Configur e the Optio nal T imep Server . Synta x: [no] ip timep < dhcp | m[...]

5-10 Config uring IP Addressin g, Interfac e Acces s, and Sy stem In formation IP Confi gurat ion Config uring IP Ad dressing, Interfa ce Access, and T ab le 5-1. Features A vailabl e With and Without IP Addressing on the Switch DHCP/Bootp Op eration Overview . DHC P/Boot p is used to pro vide confi guration da ta from a DH CP or Bootp server to th[...]

5-11 Configurin g IP Address ing, Interf ace Access , and System Inf ormation IP Configu ratio n Configuring IP Addressing , Inte rf ace A cce ss, and 1. DHC P/Boot p request s are a utomat ically br oadcast on the loca l netwo rk. (The switch sends one type of request to which eit her a DHCP or Bo otp server c an re spond.) 2. When a DHCP or Bo ot[...]

5-12 Config uring IP Addressin g, Interfac e Acces s, and Sy stem In formation IP Confi gurat ion Config uring IP Ad dressing, Interfa ce Access, and Bootp O perati on. When a Bootp server rec eives a requ est it se arches its Bootp da tabase for a record ent ry that matc hes the MA C address in th e Bootp request from th e switch. If a match is fo[...]

5-13 Configurin g IP Address ing, Interf ace Access , and System Inf ormation IP Configu ratio n Configuring IP Addressing , Inte rf ace A cce ss, and Note The above B ootp table entry is a sample th at will work for the SMC6624M when the a ppropria te addresse s and file n ames are used . Networ k Preparations f or Configurin g DHCP/Boot p In its [...]

5-14 Config uring IP Addressin g, Interfac e Acces s, and Sy stem In formation IP Confi gurat ion Config uring IP Ad dressing, Interfa ce Access, and Globally A ssigned IP Network Addr esses If you intend to conne ct your n etwork to other networ ks that u se globally administered IP addresses, SMC strongly recommends that you use IP addres ses tha[...]

5-15 Configurin g IP Address ing, Interf ace Access , and System Inf ormation Inte rfac e Acce ss: C onso le/Se rial Li nk, Web, and In boun d Telnet Configuring IP Addressing , Inte rf ace A cce ss, and Interface Access: Console/Serial Link, W eb, and In bound T e lnet Interf ace Access Features In most ca ses, the def ault co nfigurat ion is acc [...]

5-16 Config uring IP Addressin g, Interfac e Acces s, and Sy stem In formation Inter face Ac cess: Console /Seria l Li nk, We b, and Inboun d Teln et Config uring IP Ad dressing, Interfa ce Access, and Menu: Modifying the Interface Ac cess The menu int erface enables y ou to modif y these pa rameters: ■ Inactivi ty T imeout ■ Inbound T elne t E[...]

5-17 Configurin g IP Address ing, Interf ace Access , and System Inf ormation Inte rfac e Acce ss: C onso le/Se rial Li nk, Web, and In boun d Telnet Configuring IP Addressing , Inte rf ace A cce ss, and CLI: Modifying the Interface Access Interface Access Commands Used in This Section Listing t he Current Co nsole/Serial Link Co nfiguration. Th is[...]

5-18 Config uring IP Addressin g, Interfac e Acces s, and Sy stem In formation Inter face Ac cess: Console /Seria l Li nk, We b, and Inboun d Teln et Config uring IP Ad dressing, Interfa ce Access, and Recon figure Web Browser Acc ess. In t he de fault conf iguratio n, we b brows er acce ss is en abl ed. Synta x: [ no] web-m anagemen t T o disable [...]

5-19 Configurin g IP Address ing, Interf ace Access , and System Inf ormation Inte rfac e Acce ss: C onso le/Se rial Li nk, Web, and In boun d Telnet Configuring IP Addressing , Inte rf ace A cce ss, and Figure 5-6. Example of Exe cuting th e Console Command with M ultiple Pa rameters Y ou can also exec ute a series of console c ommands a nd then s[...]

5-20 Config uring IP Addressin g, Interfac e Acces s, and Sy stem In formation System In formation Config uring IP Ad dressing, Interfa ce Access, and System Information Sy stem Informat ion Features Config uring system informat ion is option al, but recom mended. System N ame: Usin g a unique na me helps yo u to ident ify individua l device s in s[...]

5-21 Configurin g IP Address ing, Interf ace Access , and System Inf ormation System Infor matio n Configuring IP Addressing , Inte rf ace A cce ss, and Daylight T ime Rule: Specifie s the d aylight sa vings t ime rul e to a pply for yo ur locat ion. The de fault is None . (For more on this topic, see appendix D, “Daylight Savings Time on the SMC[...]

5-22 Config uring IP Addressin g, Interfac e Acces s, and Sy stem In formation System In formation Config uring IP Ad dressing, Interfa ce Access, and CLI: V iewing and Con figurin g System Infor matio n Sy stem Informat ion Comman ds Used in This Se ction Listing th e Curr ent Syst em Infor mation . This command lists the current system informatio[...]

5-23 Configurin g IP Address ing, Interf ace Access , and System Inf ormation System Infor matio n Configuring IP Addressing , Inte rf ace A cce ss, and Figure 5-10. Sy stem Informa tion Listing After Execu ting the Preceding Co mmands Recon figure t he Age In terva l for Lea rned MA C Addr esses. This com- mand corre sponds to th e MAC Ag e Interv[...]

5-24 Config uring IP Addressin g, Interfac e Acces s, and Sy stem In formation System In formation Config uring IP Ad dressing, Interfa ce Access, and Configure the T ime and Date. The swit ch use s th e time co mm and to con- figure bot h the time of day an d the date. Also, executing time without para m- eters li sts the switch ’ s time of day [...]

6-1 Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and 6 Optimizing Port Usage Through T raffic Contro l and P ort T r unking Overview This chap ter incl udes: ■ Config uring p orts, inclu ding m ode ( speed an d duple x), f low co ntrol , and broa dcast con trol parame ters ( page 6- 1) ■ Creat ing and m odifyin g a dynami c LACP or static por[...]

6-2 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king View ing Port Stat us a nd C onfig uri ng Por t Pa rame ters Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and T able 6-1. Status and Par ameters f or Each Port T ype Status or Para met er Descriptio n Intr usio n Alert (read -only ) Ye s : The switch ha s dete cted an a [...]

6-3 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Viewin g Port St atus and Conf iguring Port Parame ters Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and 100/1000Ba se-T ports: • Aut o (defa ult) : Senses sp eed an d nego tiate s with the por t at the ot her end o f the li nk for po rt ope ratio n (MDI-X o r MDI). T o [...]

6-4 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king View ing Port Stat us a nd C onfig uri ng Por t Pa rame ters Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configur ing Port Parameters From th e menu int erfac e, you ca n configu re an d view all port pa ramet er settings an d view all [...]

6-5 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Viewin g Port St atus and Conf iguring Port Parame ters Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Figure 6-12. Example of Port /T runk Settings wi th a T runk Group Confi gured 2. Press [E] (for E dit) . The cursor m oves to th e Enabled field fo r the firs t port .[...]

6-6 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king View ing Port Stat us a nd C onfig uri ng Por t Pa rame ters Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Synta x: show interfa ces show i nterface config The next two fi gures list exam ples of t he outpu t of the a bove t wo comm ands for the sam e port co nfigu ra[...]

6-7 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Viewin g Port St atus and Conf iguring Port Parame ters Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Using the CLI T o Configure Ports. Y ou can c onfig ure one or more of t he following po rt parame ters. For details on eac h option, see T a ble 6-1 on pag e 6-2. Synt[...]

6-8 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king View ing Port Stat us a nd C onfig uri ng Por t Pa rame ters Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and W eb: Viewing Por t Status and Configuring Por t Parameters In the w eb brow ser int erface: 1. Cli ck on th e Configur ation tab. 2. Cl ick on [ Port Co nfigura[...]

6-9 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Port Tr unking Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Port T ru nking Port Status an d Con figur ation Feat ure s Port trunkin g allows you to assign up to f our ph ysical links t o one logica l link (trunk) that functions a s a single, hig her -s peed link pr ov[...]

6-10 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king Port Tr unki ng Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Port Conne ctions and Co nfiguration: All port trunk links must be point- to-point co nnectio ns between th e SMC6624M a nd anoth er switch, rout er , server , or w orkstat ion conf igured for p ort trun k[...]

6-11 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Port Tr unking Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Fault T olerance: If a link in a po rt trunk fails, the switch redistri butes traffic or iginally de stined for tha t link t o the rema ining link s in the trun k. The trunk rema ins oper able as long as ther[...]

6-12 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king Port Tr unki ng Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and T able 6-4. T runk Configur ation Prot ocols Prot ocol T runki ng Op tions LACP (802.3a d) Provide s dynamic a nd sta tic LACP trun king o ptions . • Dynamic LA CP — Use th e switch-n egoti ated dynami[...]

6-13 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Port Tr unking Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and T able 6-5. General Operat ing Rul es for Por t T runks Media: All por ts on both ends o f a trun k grou p must have the sa me me dia t ype an d mode (spee d and d uplex). The sw itch blocks any t runked link[...]

6-14 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king Port Tr unki ng Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Spanni ng T r ee Pr otoco l (STP ): STP operate s as a global setti ng on th e switch (one ins tance of STP per sw itch). Ho wever , you can adj ust STP pa rame ters on a per-port b asis. A stat ic t runk [...]

6-15 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Port Tr unking Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Menu: V iewing and Configur ing a Static T runk Group Importa nt Config ure port tru nking before you conn ect th e trunked lin ks to ano ther switch, routing switch, or serve r . Otherwis e, a broadca st sto[...]

6-16 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king Port Tr unki ng Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and switch a utomaticall y adjusts B roadcast Limit settings to be th e same for all ports in a trunk.) T o verify these sett ings, see “Vi ewing Port Status and Configuring Port Para meters” on pa ge 6-1.[...]

6-17 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Port Tr unking Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and 8. Co nnect the trunked ports on the switch to the co rresp onding port s on the oppo site device . If you prev iously disable d any of the trunked ports on the switch, e nable th em no w . (See “ Viewing P[...]

6-18 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king Port Tr unki ng Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and The show trunk comman d in this exampl e does not incl ude a port lis t. As a result, the listin g shows sta tic trunk group inf ormation f or all switch ports. Figure 6-7. Example of a Show T runk Listing[...]

6-19 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Port Tr unking Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Figure 6-9. Example of a Dynamic LACP T runk with One Stand by Link Using the CLI T o Configure a Static or Dynamic T runk Group Importa nt Config ure port tru nking before you conn ect the t runked lin ks be[...]

6-20 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king Port Tr unki ng Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Y ou can configure trunk g roup types as follows: Note The following e xamples sh ow how to crea te differe nt types of trunk groups. However , the SM C6624M a llows only on e tru nk group a t any time. Co[...]

6-21 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Port Tr unking Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Enabling a Dynamic LACP T runk Group . In the def ault port c onfigura- tion, all ports on t he switch a re set to LACP p assive. Howe ver , to enab le the switch to autom atically f orm a trunk g roup tha t [...]

6-22 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king Port Tr unki ng Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Removing Po rts from a Dynamic LA CP T runk Group. T o remove a po rt from dyna mic LAC P trunk o peratio n, you must turn o ff LACP on the po rt. (On a port in an o peratin g, dyn amic LA CP tru nk, you c[...]

6-23 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Port Tr unking Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and T runk Group Operation Using LACP The switc h can a utomat ically conf igure a dynamic LACP tru nk gr oup or you can man ually co nfigu re a stat ic LACP trunk gr oup. The m ethods f or displ aying Note LACP [...]

6-24 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king Port Tr unki ng Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Default Port Operation In the defa ult conf iguration, a ll ports are co nfigure d for passive LACP . How- ever , if LACP is not c onfigured , the por t will not tr y to detec t a trunk c onfig- uration an[...]

6-25 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Port Tr unking Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and LACP Notes and Restriction s Changin g T runking Methods. The swit ch supp orts one trunk gr oup. Thus, a port belongin g to an LA CP dyn amic trunk ( Dyn 1) can not be c onfi gured a s a membe r of a stat ic[...]

6-26 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king Port Tr unki ng Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and Half-Duplex and/or Different Port Sp eeds Not Al lowed in L ACP T runks. The ports on bo th sides of a trunk mu st be configur ed fo r the same speed and for full-d uplex (FDx). In mo st cases, SMC recomm [...]

6-27 Optimizing P ort Usag e Thro ugh Tra ffic Cont rol and Po rt Trunk ing Port Tr unking Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and ■ Dependin g on the capa bilities of the device on t he other e nd of the tru nk, negoti ate th e forward ing me chanis m on the trunk to the no n-prot ocol option. ■ When auto -negotiat ed to the SA/DA f[...]

6-28 Optimizi n g Por t Usag e Throu gh Traf fic Control an d Po rt Trun king Port Tr unki ng Optimizing Port Usage Throug h Traffic Control and and sends t raffic from the same sourc e addre ss to a diffe rent destin ation address t hrough a d ifferent link , depen ding on the rot ation of pa th assign - ments among the links in the trunk. Likew i[...]

7-1 Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P 7 Using Passwords, Port Security , and Authorized IP Managers T o Protect Against Unauthorized Access ■ Manag er and O perator password s (page 7 -2): Control access an d privil ege s for the comma nd line and menu inte rface s (thr ough eith er t he consol e port or T el net) and the we b[...]

7-2 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Using Pa ssword Securit y Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP Using Password Security Passwor d Fe atures Console a ccess incl udes both t he menu in terfac e and the CLI. The re are t wo levels of co nsole access: Ma nag[...]

7-3 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Using Pa ssword Secu rity Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P If you set a Mana ger passwor d, you may a lso want to configure the Inactivity T ime parame ter (s ee page 5-15). T his cau ses the consol e session t o[...]

7-4 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Using Pa ssword Securit y Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP Figure 7-1. The Set Password Screen 2. T o set a new password: a. Select Set Mana ger Passw ord or Set Operator Password . Y ou will th en be prompte d with En[...]

7-5 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Using Pa ssword Secu rity Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P T o Rec ove r from a Los t Ma nag er Pa sswo rd: If you can not start a con - sole session at the manager level because of a lost Manager passwor d, you [...]

7-6 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Using Pa ssword Securit y Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP W eb: Configuring User Names and Pas swords In the web brow ser interfa ce you can ente r both user name s and password s. Because user names do not apply in t[...]

7-7 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Confi guring and Mon ito ring Po rt Sec uri ty Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P Configuring an d Monitoring Po rt Security Usin g Port Security , you can conf igure ea ch swit ch port with a unique list of the MA[...]

7-8 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Confi gur ing an d Monito rin g Port Securi ty Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP ■ Intrusi on Log entri es in eit her the menu in terface, CLI, or we b browser inter face For any por t, you c an conf igure th e follow[...]

7-9 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Confi guring and Mon ito ring Po rt Sec uri ty Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P Figure 7-3. Example of How Port Security Controls Access Note B roadca st and Mult icast traf fic is not “u naut horiz ed” t raf[...]

7-10 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Confi gur ing an d Monito rin g Port Securi ty Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP b. Which d evices (MA C ad dresses) a re aut horized on each port (u p to 8 per port )? c. For e ach port, w hat secu rity actions do you[...]

7-11 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Confi guring and Mon ito ring Po rt Sec uri ty Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P CLI: Port Security Command Options and Operation Port Sec urity Comma nds Used in This S ection This section describe s the CLI por[...]

7-12 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Confi gur ing an d Monito rin g Port Securi ty Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP T able 7-1. Port Secu rity Para meters Para met er Description Port Lis t <[eth ern et] por t-l ist > I dentif ies the port or port[...]

7-13 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Confi guring and Mon ito ring Po rt Sec uri ty Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P Device Limit address- limit <intege r> When L earn Mod e is se t to Static , specif ies ho w many aut horiz ed devi ces (MAC [...]

7-14 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Confi gur ing an d Monito rin g Port Securi ty Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP CLI: Displaying Current Port S ecurity Settings The CLI uses the same co mmand to provide two ty pes of p ort secu rity listing s: ■ Al[...]

7-15 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Confi guring and Mon ito ring Po rt Sec uri ty Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P Figure 7-5. Example of the Port Secu rity Configuratio n Display for a Single Port The follow ing comm and ex ample shows the o pti[...]

7-16 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Confi gur ing an d Monito rin g Port Securi ty Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP Specifyin g Autho rized Devic es and In trusion R esponses. This exam- ple c onfigures p ort 1 t o automatic ally acce pt the f irst de v[...]

7-17 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Confi guring and Mon ito ring Po rt Sec uri ty Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P W ith the above c onfigurati on for port 1, th e follo wing command adds the 0c009 0-45 6456 MAC ad dress as the secon d aut horiz [...]

7-18 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Confi gur ing an d Monito rin g Port Securi ty Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP simu ltane ousl y incr eas e th e limi t and add th e MAC addre ss wi th a singl e comm and. Fo r exam ple, suppos e port 1 allo ws on e [...]

7-19 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Confi guring and Mon ito ring Po rt Sec uri ty Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P Note Y ou can reduce the address limi t belo w the num ber of cu rrently author ized addresse s on a por t. This e nables you t o s[...]

7-20 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Confi gur ing an d Monito rin g Port Securi ty Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP W eb: Displaying and Configurin g Port Securi ty Features 1. Cli ck on th e Security ta b. 2. Click on [Po rt Securi ty]. 3. Se lect the [...]

7-21 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Confi guring and Mon ito ring Po rt Sec uri ty Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P How the Intrusion Lo g Operates When the sw itch dete cts an intr usio n at temp t on a por t, it ente rs a rec ord o f this event [...]

7-22 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Confi gur ing an d Monito rin g Port Securi ty Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP Menu: Checking for Intrusio ns, Listing Intrusion Alerts, and Resetting Alert Flags The menu interfa ce indica tes per -p ort intrusi ons[...]

7-23 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Confi guring and Mon ito ring Po rt Sec uri ty Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P The ab ove exam ple show s two int rusions for port 3 a nd one intrusion f or port 1. In this case, on ly the most rec ent intru si[...]

7-24 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Confi gur ing an d Monito rin g Port Securi ty Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP Synta x: show in terfac e List Intrus ion Alert stat us. show int rusion -log List Intru sion Log c ontent. clear intr usion- log Clear I[...]

7-25 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Confi guring and Mon ito ring Po rt Sec uri ty Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P full and ne w intrusion s are subsequen tly added.) The “ prior to ” text in th e record for the th ird intr usion me ans that [...]

7-26 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Confi gur ing an d Monito rin g Port Securi ty Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP Figure 7-12. Examp le of Log Listing With and Without Detected Security Violation From the M enu Int erface: In t he Main Menu, c lick on[...]

7-27 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Confi guring and Mon ito ring Po rt Sec uri ty Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P ■ Enter you r PC or workst ation MAC address in t he port’ s Authori zed Addresses list. ■ Enter your PC or workstation’ s [...]

7-28 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Using I P Auth oriz ed Mana gers Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP Using IP Authorized Managers Authoriz ed IP M anager Fe atures This fe ature enab les yo u to enha nce se curity o n the swi tch by using IP addresses [...]

7-29 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Usin g IP Aut horiz ed M ana gers Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P Access Levels For ea ch autho rized m anager ad dress, y ou can c onfigur e eith er of th ese acce ss levels: ■ Manag er: Enables full acc ess[...]

7-30 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Using I P Auth oriz ed Mana gers Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP Overview of IP Mask Operation The defau lt IP Mask is 255.25 5.255.255 an d allows switch acce ss only to a statio n havi ng an IP address that is id e[...]

7-31 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Usin g IP Aut horiz ed M ana gers Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P Menu: V iewing and Configur ing IP Authorized Managers From the c onsole Main Menu, selec t: 2. Switch Con figuratio n . . . 7. IP Authorized Ma[...]

7-32 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Using I P Auth oriz ed Mana gers Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP Editing o r Deleting an Aut horized Manager Entry . Go to the IP Manag- ers List sc reen (f igure 7- 13), high light t he desi red ent ry , and press [[...]

7-33 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Usin g IP Aut horiz ed M ana gers Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P Configuring IP A uthorized Managers for the Switch Synta x: ip authori zed-manage rs <i p add res s> [mask <mask-bits> ] <operat [...]

7-34 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Using I P Auth oriz ed Mana gers Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP The fol lowing co mmand r eplaces th e exist ing ma sk and access level for IP address 10 .28.227. 101 with 255.0.0.0 and manager (the def aults) be ca[...]

7-35 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Usin g IP Aut horiz ed M ana gers Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P T ab le 7-2. Analy sis of IP Mask for Single-Station Entries Configuring Multipl e Stations Per Authorized Manager IP Entry The mask determi nes[...]

7-36 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Using I P Auth oriz ed Mana gers Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP T ab le 7-3. Analy sis of IP Mask for Multiple-Statio n Entries Figure 7-16. Example of Ho w the Bitmap in the IP Mask Defin es Authorize d Manager Ad [...]

7-37 Usin g Pa ssword s, Port Se cur ity, an d Aut horiz ed IP Manage rs To Prote ct Agai nst Un autho riz ed Acces s Usin g IP Aut horiz ed M ana gers Using Passwords, Port Securi ty, an d Author ized I P Additi onal Examples fo r Authorizin g Multipl e Station s Operating an d T r oubleshooti ng Notes ■ Networ k Security Precau tions: Y ou can [...]

7-38 Using Pass words, Port Se curi ty, and Autho rized IP Man agers To P rote ct Ag ains t Una uth orized Ac cess Using I P Auth oriz ed Mana gers Using Passwords, Port Security, and Autho rized IP[...]

8-1 Monit oring a nd Ma naging the Switc h 8 Configuri ng for Network Management Applications Y ou can manage the switch via SNMP fro m a networ k manage ment stat ion. For this purpose, SM C recom mends EliteView — an easy-to-in stall and u se network ma nageme nt applicat ion that runs on yo ur W i ndows NT - or W indows 2000- base d PC . Eli t[...]

8-2 Config uring for Ne twork M anagement Ap plicatio ns SNMP Ma nagemen t Featu res Monit oring a nd Mana ging the Switc h SNMP Management Features SNMP ma nagement f eatures on the switch inclu de: ■ SNMP version 2c over IP ■ Securit y via co nfigurat ion of SNMP commu nities ■ Event r eporti ng via S NMP • V ersion 1 trap s • RMON : gr[...]

8-3 Confi guri ng for Net work Ma nagem ent A pplic ation s Conf igur ing for SNMP Acces s to th e Swit ch Monit oring a nd Ma naging the Switc h The s witch SNM P age nt al so us es ce rtai n varia bles that are i nclud ed in an SMC propr ietary MI B file yo u can add to t he SNMP dat abase in your network manag ement tool. Configuring for SNMP Ac[...]

8-4 Config uring for Ne twork M anagement Ap plicatio ns Config uring for S NMP Ac cess to the Switc h Monit oring a nd Mana ging the Switc h Caut ion Deletin g the communi ty named “public” disa bles many net work mana gement functions (suc h as auto-discov ery, traffic monitoring, SN MP trap gener ation, and thre shold setting ). If security [...]

8-5 Confi guri ng for Net work Ma nagem ent A pplic ation s SNMP Communities Monit oring a nd Ma naging the Switc h SNMP Communities SNMP Com muni ty Feat ures Use SNMP communities to restrict access to the switch by SNMP management stations by adding , editing, or de leting SNMP communit ies. Y ou can c onfigure up to fiv e SNMP commu nitie s, eac[...]

8-6 Config uring for Ne twork M anagement Ap plicatio ns SNMP Communities Monit oring a nd Mana ging the Switc h Figur e 8-1. Th e SNMP Com munit ies Sc reen (D efaul t V alues ) 2. Press [A] (for Add ) to display the followin g screen: Figure 8-2. The SNMP Add or Edit Screen Need Help? If you nee d informati on on the op tions in each field, pr es[...]

8-7 Confi guri ng for Net work Ma nagem ent A pplic ation s SNMP Communities Monit oring a nd Ma naging the Switc h CLI: V iewing and Con figurin g Commun ity Names Community Name Commands U sed in T his Section Listing Current Co mmunity Names and V alues Listing Co mmunity Names. This command lists the data forc urrently con- figu red SNM P co mm[...]

8-8 Config uring for Ne twork M anagement Ap plicatio ns SNMP Communities Monit oring a nd Mana ging the Switc h SMC TigerSwitch 10/100# show snmp-server public Configuring Identity In formation This com mand en ables you to ent er conta ct-per son and locati on data t o help identify the switc h. Synta x: snmp-server [ contact <contac t-str>[...]

8-9 Confi guri ng for Net work Ma nagem ent A pplic ation s Trap Re ceive rs and Au the nticat ion Traps Monit oring a nd Ma naging the Switc h T rap Receivers and Authentication T raps T rap Feature s A trap receiver is a manage ment stat ion de sign ated by the s witc h to receiv e SNMP traps sent from the switch . An authentica tion trap is a sp[...]

8-10 Config uring for Ne twork M anagement Ap plicatio ns Trap Re ceiv ers an d Authe ntica tion Traps Monit oring a nd Mana ging the Switc h CLI: Configur ing and Displaying T rap Receive rs T rap Re ceiver Comman ds Used in This Sectio n Using the CLI T o List Current SNMP T rap Receivers This comman d lists the curr ently configured tra p receiv[...]

8-11 Confi guri ng for Net work Ma nagem ent A pplic ation s Trap Re ceive rs and Au the nticat ion Traps Monit oring a nd Ma naging the Switc h Configurin g T rap Receivers This co mmand spec ifies tr ap recei vers by c ommuni ty memb ership, manage- ment s tation IP ad dress , and t he ty pe of Ev ent Lo g mess ages to sen d to th e trap recei ve[...]

8-12 Config uring for Ne twork M anagement Ap plicatio ns Advanc ed Mana gemen t: RMO N Suppo rt Monit oring a nd Mana ging the Switc h Advanced Management: RMON Support The switch sup ports RMON (Re mote Monito ring) on a ll connected ne twork segments. T his allows for t roublesho oting and optimiz ing your ne twork. RMON The follow ing RMON g ro[...]

9-1 Configu ring Advanc ed Features 9 Configuring Advanc ed Features This chapt er describ es the foll owing features and how to con figure th em with the switch’ s built-in inte rfaces: ■ Stack Management (Page 9-2): Use your network to stac k switches without the need f or any speciali zed cabling. ■ Port-Base d VLANs — Page 9- 48: ■ GV[...]

9-2 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Stack Management Stac king Featu res Stack Mana gement (termed stacking ) enab les you to use a single IP ad dress and stan dard net work cablin g to mana ge a gr oup of up to 16 SMC6624M switches in the same IP subnet ( broadcast domain). Using stacking, you c[...]

9-3 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features ■ Simplify ma nagement of small workg roups or w iring closets whi le scaling y our networ k to handl e incr eased bandwidth deman d. ■ Elimina te any spec ialized cables fo r stackin g connectiv ity and remove the dista nce barrie rs that ty pically lim it[...]

9-4 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Components of Stack Managemen t T able 9-1. St acking De finitions Figure 9-1. Illustration of a Sw itch Moving from Candid ate to Member General Stacking Operation After yo u config ure one sw itch to op erate as t he Comma nder of a stack, addition al switc h[...]

9-5 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Figure 9-2. Example of Stacking with One Commander Controlling Access to Wiring Closet Switches Interfac e Option s. Y o u can config ure sta cking throug h the switch’ s menu interfac e, CLI, or the web browse r interfa ce. For infor mation on how to use the[...]

9-6 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features ■ Ther e is no limi t on the num ber of stac ks in the same IP s ubnet (broadc ast domain), how ever a switch can belong to on ly one stack. ■ If multiple V LANs are conf igured, stac king uses on ly the prima ry VLAN on any switch. In the f actory-d efault[...]

9-7 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Note In the default sta ck configu ration, t he Candid ate Aut o Jo in para meter is enab led, but th e Comm ande r Auto Grab param eter is di sabled . This preven ts Candida tes from auto matically joini ng a stack pr ematurely or joining the wrong stac k (if [...]

9-8 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Overview of Configur ing and Bringin g Up a Stack This process assumes that: ■ All sw itc hes y ou w ant t o in clu de i n a stac k ar e conn ect ed to the sam e subnet (b roadca st domain) . ■ If VLANs are en abled on th e switches you want to inclu de in [...]

9-9 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features T able 9-3. St acking Config uration G uide The easiest way to auto matically create a stac k is to : 1. Configure a switch as a Commander . 2. Configure I P addressing and a stack name on the Commander . 3. Set the Commander’ s Auto Grab parameter to Ye s . [...]

9-10 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features General Steps f or Creat ing a Sta ck This section describe s the general st ack creati on process. For the detail ed config uration p rocesses, see pa ges 9-12 t hrough 9- 36 for t he menu int erface and page s 9-29 t hrough 9-4 1 for t he CLI. 1. Determine t[...]

9-11 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features 3. For automatically or manually pulling Candidate switches into a stack, you can leave such sw itches in their def ault stacki ng configuration. If you need to access Candidate swi tches through your network before they join the stack, ass ign IP addresses to[...]

9-12 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Using the Menu Interface T o View Stack Status A nd Configure Stacki ng Using the Menu Interface T o View and Configure a Commander Switch 1. Configure an I P address and subnet mask on the Commander switch. (See “IP Configurat ion” on page 5-2.) 2. Displa[...]

9-13 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Figure 9-6. The Defau lt Stack C onfiguratio n Screen 4. Move the cursor to the Stack State field by pressing [E] (for E dit ). Then use the Space bar to select the Commander option. 5. Press the downarrow key to display the Commander configu ration fields in [...]

9-14 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features • No (the defau lt) preven ts automat ic joining o f Candidates that have the ir Auto J oin set to Ye s . • Ye s enables the Comm ander to auto matically tak e a Candidate into th e stack as a Member if the Candi date has Au to Join set to Ye s ( the defa [...]

9-15 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features T ab le 9-4.Candidate Configuration Options in the Me nu Interface Using the Men u T o “Push ” a Switch I nto a Stack , Modify the Switch’ s Configura tion, or Disable Stacking on the Switch. Us e T elnet or the web browser in terface to ac cess the Cand[...]

9-16 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features 4. Do one of the foll owing: • T o disab le stacki ng on the Ca ndidat e, use the Space bar to select the Disabled o ption, then go to step 5. Note: Using t he menu inte rface to disa ble stacking on a Candida te remo ves th e Can didat e fro m all s tacki n[...]

9-17 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Using the Co mmander’ s Menu T o Manually Ad d a Candidate to a Stack . In t he defaul t configur ation, you must manua lly add stac k Member s from the Candidate pool. Re asons for a switch remainin g a Ca ndidate instead of beco ming a Membe r include a ny[...]

9-18 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Figure 9-10. Example of Candida te List in Stack Man agement S creen 3. Either accept the displayed switch number or enter another availabl e number . (The range is 0 - 15, with 0 reserved for the Commander .) 4. Use the downarrow key to move th e cursor to th[...]

9-19 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Figure 9-11. Example of Stac k Managemen t Screen Aft er New Member Adde d Using the C ommander’ s Menu T o Move a Member From On e Stack to Anot her . Where two or mo re stacks ex ist in the same subnet (b roadcast doma in), yo u can easil y move a Membe r [...]

9-20 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Figure 9-12. Example of How the Sta cking Status ( All) Screen Hel ps Y ou Find Member MAC Addresses 3. In the Stacking St atus (All) screen, f ind the Member switch that you want to move and note its MAC address, then press [B] (for B ack ) to return to the S[...]

9-21 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features 8. Do one of the foll owing: • If the stack conta ining t he Mem ber you are m oving has a M ana ger password, pr ess the dow narro w key to se lect th e Cand idate Password field, the n type the password. • If the sta ck conta ining the Member you want to[...]

9-22 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features 4. St ack Ma nageme nt Y ou will then see the Stac k Managemen t screen: Figure 9-13. Example of Stac k Managemen t Screen wit h Stack Memb ers Listed 2. Use the downarrow key to select the Member yo u want to remove from the stack. Figure 9-14. Example of Se [...]

9-23 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Using the Commander T o Access Member Switches for Configuration Changes and Monitor ing T raffic After a Candi date be comes a s tack Mem ber , you c an use t h at stack ’ s Comma nder to access the M ember’ s co nsole interf ace for the same config u- ra[...]

9-24 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Figur e 9-1 7. The eX ecu te Com mand Displ ay s the Cons ole Ma in Men u for th e Selec ted Stack Mem ber 2. Y ou can now make configur ation changes and/or view st atus data for the selected Member in the same way that you would if you were directly connecte[...]

9-25 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features 3. Press [B] (for B ac k ) to ret urn to the St acking Menu. 4. T o displ ay Stack Co nfigura tion menu for t he switch yo u are mo ving , select 3. Stack Conf iguration 5. Press [E] (for E dit ) to sele ct the S tack St ate parame ter . 6. U se t he Spac e b [...]

9-26 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Using Any Stacke d Switc h T o V iew th e Stat us for Al l Switc hes wi th Stacking Enabled. This procedure displays the gen eral status of all swit ches in the IP sub net ( bro adca st doma in) that ha ve st ackin g ena bled. 1. Go to the console Main Menu fo[...]

9-27 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Figure 9-19. Example of the Co mmander’ s Stacking S tatus Screen V iewing Member St atus. Thi s procedure di splays the Member’ s stacking informati on plus the C ommande r’ s status, I P address, and M AC address. T o displ ay the stat us for a Member:[...]

9-28 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Figure 9-20. Example of a Member’ s Stac king Status Sc reen V iewi ng Candid ate St atus . This procedu re displays th e Candida te’ s stackin g configur ation. T o display t he status for a Ca ndidate : 1. Use T elnet (if the Candi date has a valid IP ad[...]

9-29 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Using the CLI T o V iew Stack Status an d Configure Stacking The CL I enab les you to do a ll of the st acking t asks ava ilable thro ugh the menu interfa ce.) T a ble 9- 6. CLI Comm ands f or Confi guri ng Stack ing on a Sw itch CLI C ommand Operatio n show s[...]

9-30 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features [no] stac k member <switch- num> mac-ad dress <ma c-add r> [passw ord <p asswo rd-str> ] Comma nder: Ad ds a Candida te to stac k membersh ip. “No” form remov es a Member from stac k membersh ip. T o easi ly determ ine th e MAC add ress o[...]

9-31 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Using the CLI T o V i ew Stack Status Y ou can list the stack st atus for an in dividual sw itch an d for other sw itches that have been discovered in the sa me subnet. Synta x: show stack [cand idates | view | all] V iewing the Stat us of an In dividual Switc[...]

9-32 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features V iewing the S tatus o f all Stack-Ena bled Switche s Discov ered in the IP Subne t. The next example list s all the stack-c onfigur ed switches di scover ed in t he IP su bnet. Because the S MC6624M o n whic h the show stack all command was executed is a ca n[...]

9-33 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Using the CLI T o Configure a Commander Switch Y ou can conf igure any sta cking-e nabled sw itch to b e a C ommande r as l ong as the int ended stac k name doe s not alre ady exist on the bro adcast doma in. (When you con figu re a Comm ander , you auto matic[...]

9-34 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Figure 9-26. Exa mple of the Commande r’ s Show Stac k Screen with Onl y the Comma nde r Disc over ed Using a Member’ s CLI to Co nvert the Member to the Commander of a New Stack. This pr oced ure requ ires th at you first re move t he Memb er from its cur[...]

9-35 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Figure 9-27. Example of Using a Mem ber’ s CLI T o Convert the Member t o the Comma nder of a New Stac k Adding to a S tack or Moving Switches Between Stacks Y ou can add switc hes to a stack by ad ding disco vered Ca ndidat es or by movi ng switches from ot[...]

9-36 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Using the Co mmander’ s CLI T o Manually Ad d a Candida te to the Stack . T o manual ly add a candidat e, you will use: ■ A switch num ber ( SN ) to assign to th e new membe r . Member SNs ran ge from 1 to 15. T o see which SNs ar e already assi gned to Me[...]

9-37 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features For example, if th e switch named “DE F AUL T_CONFIG” in the ab ove listing did not have a Ma nager password and y ou wa nted to make it a st ack M ember with an SN of 2 , you would execute t he follow ing comm and: SMC TigerSwitch 10/100(config)# stack me[...]

9-38 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Using a Candida te CLI T o Manua lly “Push” the Ca ndidate Int o a Stack . Use this m ethod if an y of the fo llowing apply: ■ The Ca ndidate’ s Auto Join is set to Ye s ( and you do n ot want to enab le Auto Grab on the Co mmande r) or the Candi date?[...]

9-39 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Synta x: stack memb er < swit ch-nu mber > m ac-ad dress < mac- addr > [p assword < password -str >] In the dest ination Commande r , use show stack all t o find t he M AC address of the Mem ber you want to pull into the destinat ion stack. F[...]

9-40 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Synta x: no stack name <s tack na me > stack join <mac-address> If you don’t know t he MAC addr ess of the destinat ion Co mmander , you can use show st ack all to i den tify it . For examp le, suppose you have a switc h operating as the Co mmand[...]

9-41 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Synta x: [no] stack member < switch-nu m > mac-addr ess < m ac-addr > Use show stack view to li st the stack M embers. For example, suppose tha t you wante d to use the C omm ander t o remo ve th e “Nort h Sea ” Mem ber fr om the foll owi ng st[...]

9-42 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features Figure 9-35. Example of How T o Identify the Commander’ s MAC Address from a Member S witch Y ou would then execute t his comma nd in the “Nort h Sea” switch’ s CLI to remo ve the s wit ch fr om the s tack: North Sea(config)# no stack join 0030c1-7fec4[...]

9-43 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Figure 9-36. Exa mple of a Stac k Showi ng Swit ch Number (SN) Ass i gnmen ts T o access the “N orth Sea” console , you wou ld then execute t he follow ing telnet comm and: Big_Waters-0(config)# telnet 3 Y ou would then see th e CLI prompt fo r the “Nort[...]

9-44 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features SNMP Community Operation i n a Stack Comm unit y Memb ersh ip In the defa ult stacking co nfigurat ion, when a Candid ate join s a stack, it auto matica lly be come s a Memb er of any SNM P comm unit y to whic h the Command er belong s, even th ough any com mu[...]

9-45 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features Note that in t he above example (figure 9-37) y ou canno t use the publi c comm unity th rough the Co mmand er to acces s any o f the Me mber sw itc hes. For e xample, y ou can use th e pub lic comm unity to access the MIB in swit ches 1 and 3 by usin g their [...]

9-46 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Stack Ma nage ment Confi guring Adva nced Features ■ Stacki ng uses only the primary VLAN on ea ch switch in a stack. ■ The p rimar y VLA N c an be t agged or un tagge d as need ed in the stacking pat h from switch to swit ch. ■ The same VLAN ID (VID) must be assign ed to the primary VLAN in each s tacke[...]

9-47 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Stack Ma nagem ent Configu ring Advanc ed Features 3. Click on [Apply Chan ges] to sa ve any con figurati on ch anges for t he individual sw itch. 4. If the sw itch is a Command er , use the [Sta ck Clos eup] and [S tack Man - agemen t] buttons fo r view ing and using st ack featur es. Status Messages Stacking[...]

9-48 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features Port-Based V irtual LANs (Static VLANs) VLAN Fe ature s A VLAN is a group of ports design ated by the switch as belong ing to the same broadca st domain . (That is, all por ts carry ing traffic for a pa rticula r subnet address would [...]

9-49 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features saved by not allowing packet s to flood o ut all ports. An externa l route r is required to ena ble separate VLANs on a swit ch to commun icate with each other . For exa mpl e, ref errin g to fi gure 9- 39, if port s 1 thr ough 4 bel ong t[...]

9-50 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features Figur e 9-4 0. Examp le of Ov erl appi ng VLA Ns Usi ng th e Same Server Similarly , using 8 02.1Q-compli ant switche s, you can con nect mult iple VLANs through a sin gle switch-to-switch li nk. Figur e 9-41 . Examp le of Co nnect in[...]

9-51 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Figure 9-42. Exa mple of T agged and Untagge d VLAN T echnolo gy in the Same Network For more inform ation on VLANs, re fer to : ■ “Ove rview of Usin g VLA Ns” ( page 9- 51) ■ “Men u: Con figu ring VLA N Par ameters (page 9-5 5) [...]

9-52 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features DHCP or Bootp on differen t VLANs do n ot result in conflic ting c onfigurat ion valu es fo r t he swi tch . The primary V L A N i s th e V L A N t he s w i t ch us e s t o ru n and m anag e the se feat ures and da ta. In t he fa ctor[...]

9-53 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Figure 9-43. Comparing P er -Port VLAN Op tions With a nd Without GVRP T able 9-7. Per -Port VLAN Co nfigurat ion Option s Examp le of Per -Port VLAN Config uration with GV RP Disable d (the d efault) Exam ple of Pe r-Port VLAN Configu rat[...]

9-54 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features Gene ral Steps for Us ing VL ANs 1. Plan your VLA N strateg y and create a m ap of the logical top ology that w ill result fro m config uring VLA Ns. Include consider ation f or the interact ion between VLANs and other f eatur es such[...]

9-55 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Menu: Configuring VLAN Parameters In the fact ory def ault state, VLA N support is enabled . Also, all por ts on t he switch belong to the defaul t VLAN (DEF A UL T _VLAN) and are in the sam e broadcas t/multica st domain . (The defau lt V[...]

9-56 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features ■ T o select anothe r primary VLAN, sele ct the Prima ry VLAN fi eld and use the space bar to select f rom the existi ng options. ■ T o enable o r disable dyna mic VLAN s, select the GVRP En abled field and use the S pace bar to t[...]

9-57 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Adding or Editing VLAN Names Use this proc edure to add a n ew VLA N or to e dit the na me of an e xisting VLA N. 1. F rom th e M ain M enu s elec t: 2. Switch Config uration 8. VLAN Menu . . . 2. VLAN Names If multip le VLA Ns are not yet[...]

9-58 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features Figure 9-47. Example of VLAN Names Sc reen with a New VLA N Added 6. Repeat steps 2 th rough 5 to add mo re VLANs. Rememb er tha t yo u can a dd VLA Ns until you re ach the numb er spec ified in the Maximum VLANs to support field on t[...]

9-59 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Figure 9-48. Example of VLAN Port Assign ment Scree n 2. T o ch ange a port ’ s V LAN as signme nt( s): a. Press [E] (for E dit ). b. Use the arrow keys to se lect a VLA N ass ign ment yo u wa nt to chan ge. c. P ress the Sp ace bar to m[...]

9-60 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features Figure 9-49. Example of VLAN Assignments f or Specific Ports For info rmat ion on V LAN ta gs (“Un tagge d” an d “T a gged” ), ref er to “VLAN T a gging I nforma tion” on pa ge 9-67 . d. If you are finishe d assigning por [...]

9-61 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features VLAN Comman ds Used in this Sectio n Displaying th e Switch’ s VLAN Configurati on. The next comman d lists the V LANs cu rrently runni ng in the switch , with V ID, VL AN name , and V LAN status. Dynamic VLANs appear only if the switch [...]

9-62 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features Displaying t he Configurati on for a Par ticular VLA N . This co mmand uses the VID to identify and di splay the data for a spec ific static or dynamic VLAN. Synta x: show vlan < vl an-id > Figure 9-51. Example of “Show VLAN?[...]

9-63 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Changing t he Number of VLANs Allo wed on the S witch. B y default , the swi tch allows a maximum of 8 VLANs. Y ou can speci fy any value f rom 1 to 30. (If GVR P is en abl ed, this settin g in clude s any dy namic VLAN s on the switch.) A[...]

9-64 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features Creatin g a New St atic VL AN Changin g the VL AN Context Level. W ith this command , entering a ne w VID creates a ne w static VLAN. En tering the VI D or n ame of a n ex isting stat ic VL AN place s you in the c ontext level f or th[...]

9-65 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Converting a Dynamic VLA N to a Static V LAN. If GVRP is runnin g on the switc h and a port dynamic ally joins a V LAN, you c an use the next command t o conv ert the dy namic VLAN to a static VLAN. (Fo r GVRP a nd dynamic V LAN ope ration[...]

9-66 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features operati on. Note that Auto is the default per -port setting fo r a static VL AN if GVRP is runin g on the swit ch. (For infor mati on on dyna mic VLAN and GV RP oper ation, see “GVR P” on page 9-74 .) For examp le, suppose you hav[...]

9-67 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features T o configure static VLAN po rt parame ters, you will need t o use the menu interfac e (availa ble by T elnet fr om the web browser inte rface) or the CLI. 1. Cli ck on th e Confi gura tion ta b. 2. C lick on [VLA N Conf igur ati on]. 3. C[...]

9-68 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features Figure 9-54. Exa mple of T agged and Untagged V LAN Port Assignments ■ In switch X: • VLANs assigned to ports X1 - X6 can all be unta gged beca use ther e is only one V LAN assignme nt per port . Red VLAN tra ffic will go ou t onl[...]

9-69 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Note Each 802.1Q-complia nt VLAN must ha ve its own uniqu e VID numbe r , and that VLAN must be given the same VID in every device in w hich it is configured. That is, if th e Red VLAN h as a VID of 10 in swit ch X, then 10 mu st also be u[...]

9-70 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features Figure 9-56. Exa mple of Networke d 802.1Q-Com pliant D e vices wi th Mul tiple VLANs on Some Ports The VLANs assigned to ports X3 , X4, Y2, Y3, and Y4 can all be untag ged because th ere is only one VLAN assigned p er port. Po rt X1 [...]

9-71 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features To s u m m a r i z e : Effect of VLANs on Other Switch Fe atures Spanning T ree Protocol Operation with VL ANs Because the SMC662 4M switch fo llows the 802.1Q VLAN rec ommendatio n to use single-inst ance span ning tre e, STP ope rate s a[...]

9-72 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Port -Based Vir tual LA Ns (St atic V LANs ) Confi guring Adva nced Features VLAN MAC Ad dresses The swi tch ha s one uni que MAC a ddress for each of its VLAN inter faces. Y ou can send an 802. 2 test packet to this MAC address to ver ify connecti vity to the switch. Likewise , you can a ssign an IP a ddress [...]

9-73 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Port-Based Vi rtual LANs (Static VLANs) Configu ring Advanc ed Features VLAN Restricti ons ■ A port must be a membe r of at least one VLA N. In the factory defaul t config uration, all po rts are a ssigned to the defaul t VLAN (DEF AUL T_VLAN; VI D = 1). ■ A port ca n be a ssign ed to sever al VLA Ns, but [...]

9-74 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures GVRP Confi guring Adva nced Features GVRP GVRP— GARP VLAN Re gistra tion Protoc ol—is an application of the Generi c Attribut e Registra tion Pro tocol—GA RP . GVR P is defined in the IEEE 80 2.1Q stand ard, an d GA RP is de fine d in the IEEE 802. 1P st andar d. Note T o unde rstand a nd use GV RP yo u [...]

9-75 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures GVRP Configu ring Advanc ed Features Note There must be one common V LAN (tha t is, one c ommon VID) conne cting a ll of th e GVR P-aw are de vice s in t he netw ork to carr y GVR P pac kets . SMC recommends the de fault VLAN (DEF AUL T_VLAN; V ID = 1), w hich is au tomat- ically ena bled and c onfigure d as u[...]

9-76 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures GVRP Confi guring Adva nced Features Note that if a static VLAN is con figured on at leas t one port of a switch, and that p ort has es tablished a link wit h anothe r devic e, then all ot her port s of that switch will send a dvertisement s for th at VLAN. For exa mple, in t he follow ing fig ure, T agge d VL[...]

9-77 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures GVRP Configu ring Advanc ed Features ■ If the switch alr eady has a static VLAN assi gnment with the sam e VID as in the adve rtise ment , and the po rt is conf igure d to Auto for that VLAN, then the port will dynamica lly join the VL AN and begin m oving that VLAN’ s tra ffic. (F or more de tail on Auto [...]

9-78 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures GVRP Confi guring Adva nced Features T ab le 9-8. Option s for Handling “Unknown VLAN” Advertisements: The CLI show gvrp command and the menu interf ace VLA N Suppor t screen show a switch’ s curr ent GVRP con figuratio n, including the Unknown VLAN settings. Figure 9-59. Example of GVRP Unkno wn VLAN Se[...]

9-79 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures GVRP Configu ring Advanc ed Features Per -Port Options for Dynamic VLAN Advertising an d Joining Initiating Advert isements. As desc ribe d in t he pr eced ing s ecti on, t o enable dynamic join s, GVRP must be enabl ed and a port must be configured to Learn (th e defaul t). Howe ver , to sen d adv ertiseme nt[...]

9-80 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures GVRP Confi guring Adva nced Features As th e abo ve tab le indica tes, w hen y ou en ab le GV RP , a port tha t has a T a gged or Untagged st atic VLAN ha s the option f or both gene rating ad vertise ments and dynamic ally joining o ther VLANs. Note In table 9-9, abov e, the Unknow n VLAN pa rameter s are con[...]

9-81 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures GVRP Configu ring Advanc ed Features Planning for G VRP Oper ation These step s outlin e the pro cedure for setting up dy namic V LANs for a seg- ment. 1. D eterm ine the VL AN t opolog y you wa nt fo r eac h segm ent (b road cas t domai n) on your ne twork . 2. Deter mine the VL ANs that mu st be stat ic and [...]

9-82 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures GVRP Confi guring Adva nced Features 2. Switch Con figuratio n . . . 8. VLAN Menu . . . 1. VLAN Suppor t Figure 9-60. The VLAN Support Scree n (Defau lt Configu ration) 2. Do the followin g to enable GVRP an d display t he Unknown VLAN fiel ds: a. Press [E] (for E dit ). b. Use [v] to move the curso r to the G[...]

9-83 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures GVRP Configu ring Advanc ed Features CLI: Vi ewing and Confi guring GVRP GVRP Comman ds Used in Th is Section Displaying th e Switch’ s Current GVRP Configur ation. This command shows whether GVRP is disabled, a long with t he current set tings for the maximum nu mber of VLANs a nd the curr ent Prima ry VLAN[...]

9-84 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures GVRP Confi guring Adva nced Features Enabling an d Disabling GVRP on th e Switch. This comman d enables GVRP on th e swit ch. Synta x: gvrp This exam ple ena bles GVRP: SMC TigerSwitch 10/100(config)# gvrp This example disa bles GVRP op eratio n on the sw itch: SMC TigerSwitch 10/100(config)# no gvrp Enabling [...]

9-85 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures GVRP Configu ring Advanc ed Features Displaying th e Static and Dynamic VLANs Activ e on the Switch. Th e show vlans command lists all VLANs present in the switch. Synta x: show vlans For example, in t he following illust ration , switch “A” has one static VL AN (the default VLA N), with GVR P enabled a nd[...]

9-86 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures GVRP Confi guring Adva nced Features Converting a Dynamic VLA N to a Static V LAN. If a port on the switch has joined a dy namic VLAN , you can use the followi ng comma nd to conve rt that dy namic VLAN to a st atic VLAN : Synta x: sta tic < dynamic - vlan-id > For ex ample, to conver t dynamic VLAN 333 [...]

9-87 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures GVRP Configu ring Advanc ed Features ■ By recei ving a dvertis ements from other d evices ru nning GV RP , the switch learns o f static VLANs o n thos e othe r devic es and dynam ically (automa t- icall y) cre at es tag ged VLANs on th e lin ks to th e adv ert ising devic es . Similarly , the switch adve rti[...]

9-88 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Multime dia Traffic Contro l with IP Multicas t (IGMP) Confi guring Adva nced Features Multimedia T raffic Control with IP Multicast (IGMP) IGMP Feat ures In a n etwork wher e IP mu lticast tr affic is t r ansmitte d for var ious mu ltimedia applica tions, you ca n use the switch to reduce unn ecessary bandwid[...]

9-89 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Multime dia Traffi c Control with IP Multicas t (IGMP) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Enab ling IG MP al low s the po rts to det ect I GMP q uerie s an d report p acke ts and mana ge IP multic ast traffic t hrough th e switch. If no o ther queri er is detected, the switch will t hen also function a s the quer[...]

9-90 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Multime dia Traffic Contro l with IP Multicas t (IGMP) Confi guring Adva nced Features • Bloc ked: Causes the switch to drop all IGMP transmissions received from a specif ic port and t o block all ou tgoing IP Mu lticas t packe ts for that por t. This has the effe ct of preventi ng IGMP traff ic from moving [...]

9-91 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Multime dia Traffi c Control with IP Multicas t (IGMP) Configu ring Advanc ed Features V iewing the Current IG MP Configur ation. This com ma nd l is ts the IGM P config uration for all VLANs c onfigur ed on the swit ch or for a specific VLA N. Synta x: show ip igm p con fig IGMP co nfigura tion for all VLANs [...]

9-92 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Multime dia Traffic Contro l with IP Multicas t (IGMP) Confi guring Adva nced Features Figure 9-66. Example Listing of IGMP Configura tion for A Specific VLAN Enabling or Disabling IGMP on a VLAN. Y ou can enab le IGMP o n a VLAN, along w ith the last -saved o r default IGMP configur ation (w hichev er was mos[...]

9-93 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Multime dia Traffi c Control with IP Multicas t (IGMP) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Configuring Per -Port IGMP Packet Control. Use this co mmand in the VLAN con text to speci fy how each po rt should ha ndle IGMP traffic. Synta x: vlan < vid > ip igmp [auto < port-lis t > | bloc ked < port-l [...]

9-94 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Multime dia Traffic Contro l with IP Multicas t (IGMP) Confi guring Adva nced Features SMC TigerSwitch 10/100(vlan 1)# no ip igmp high-priority- forward Returns I GMP traffic to “normal ” priori ty . SMC TigerSwitch 10/100> show ip igmp config Show com mand to di splay resul ts of abov e high-pr iority [...]

9-95 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Multime dia Traffi c Control with IP Multicas t (IGMP) Configu ring Advanc ed Features to or from the sam e source(s) is termed a multicast group , and all de vices in the gr oup use th e sam e multicast group a ddress. Th e mult icast gro up runn ing version 2 of IGMP uses thre e fundam ental ty pes of messag[...]

9-96 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Multime dia Traffic Contro l with IP Multicas t (IGMP) Confi guring Adva nced Features ■ Switch 2 is recognizin g IGMP traffic and learns t hat PC 4 is in the IP multicas t group rec eiving m ulticast data from the video se rver (P C X). Switch 2 then sends th e multica st data o nly to the po rt for PC 4, t[...]

9-97 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Multime dia Traffi c Control with IP Multicas t (IGMP) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Figure 9-68. Isolatin g IP Mu lticast T raffic in a N etwork ■ In the abo ve figure, t he multicast gro up traffic d oes not go to swit ch 1 and beyond b ecause ei ther t he port on switch 3 that con nects to sw itch 1 ha [...]

9-98 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Multime dia Traffic Contro l with IP Multicas t (IGMP) Confi guring Adva nced Features Note: IP Mult ica st Fil ters. IP multic ast addr esses occu r in the rang e from 224. 0.0.0 t hroug h 239 .255 .255. 255 (w hich c orre sponds to th e Eth ernet m ulti - cast addre ss range of 0100 5e-000000 t hrough 01005 [...]

9-99 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Span ning Tr ee Prot ocol (STP) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Spanning T ree Protoco l (STP) STP Fe atu res The switch use s the IEEE 802.1D Spann ing T ree Protocol (S TP), when enab led, to en sure tha t only one path at a time is ac tive be twee n any two n odes on the netwo rk. In netwo rks where ther e [...]

9-10 0 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Span ning T ree Proto col (ST P) Confi guring Adva nced Features STP Fast M ode for Ove rcoming S erver Acce ss Failures. If an end node is config ured to aut omatica lly access a server , the duratio n of the STP startu p sequence can result in a “s erver a ccess failu re”. On po rts where t his is a pr[...]

9-10 1 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Span ning Tr ee Prot ocol (STP) Configu ring Advanc ed Features ) Figure 9-69. Example of the ST P Confi gurati on Screen 4. If the r emaining S TP parameter se ttings are adequate f or your netwo rk, go to step 8. 5. Use [T ab] or the ar row ke ys to select the next paramet er you wan t to change, then type[...]

9-10 2 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Span ning T ree Proto col (ST P) Confi guring Adva nced Features CLI: Confi guring STP STP Co mmands Use d in This Section V iewing the Cu rrent STP C onfigurati on. Re gard less of w hethe r STP is disabled (the defau lt), thi s command li sts the swit ch’ s full STP configurat ion, including general se t[...]

9-10 3 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Span ning Tr ee Prot ocol (STP) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Enabling or Disabling STP . Enabl ing ST P impleme nts the sp anning-tre e protocol f or all physica l ports on th e switch, reg ardless of w hether multip le VLANs are configur ed. Disa bling ST P re moves prot ection against r edundan t loops [...]

9-10 4 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Span ning T ree Proto col (ST P) Confi guring Adva nced Features Y ou can also incl ude one or m ore of the S TP per -po rt parame ters in this comm and. See “R econ figuring Per -P ort ST P Operat ion on the Switch ” on pag e 9-10 4. Synta x: spanning -tree priority <0 - 65355> maximum-age <6 -[...]

9-10 5 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Span ning Tr ee Prot ocol (STP) Configu ring Advanc ed Features For exam ple, th e follo wing ena bles STP (if it is not al ready e nabled) a n d configure s ports 5 an d 6 to a path cost of 15 , a priori ty of 10 0 , and fast mode: SMC TigerSwitch 10/100(config)# spanning-tree ethernet 5- 6 path-cost 15 pri[...]

9-10 6 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Span ning T ree Proto col (ST P) Confi guring Adva nced Features Figure 9-71. Example of Redundan t Paths Between T wo Nodes STP Fa st Mode For standa rd STP op eration , when a netw ork co nnection is est ablished on a device that is ru nning STP , the port us ed for th e connec tion goe s through a sequen [...]

9-10 7 Conf iguring A dvanc ed Fea tures Span ning Tr ee Prot ocol (STP) Configu ring Advanc ed Features Caut ion The Fast Mode configuratio n should be used only on switc h ports connec ted to end nod es. Chan ging the Mo de to Fa st on ports c onnected to hubs, swit ches, or routers ma y cause loop s in your net work that STP may no t be able to [...]

9-10 8 Config uring Ad vance d Feat ures Span ning T ree Proto col (ST P) Confi guring Adva nced Features Figure 9-72. Example of Using a T runked Lin k with STP and VLANs For more inf ormati on, refer to “Spanning T ree Protoc ol Operat ion with VLANs” on page 9- 71. Problem: STP enabled with 2 separate (non-t runked) links blocks a VLAN link.[...]

10-1 Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion 10 Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation The SMC662 4M switch has several built-in too ls for monitoring, a nalyzing, and troubles hooting swit ch and ne twork op eratio n: ■ Status : Includ es opt ions for displa ying ge neral swit ch inform ation, man- agement address da ta, port status, MA [...]

10- 2 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Stat us and Co unter s Data Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion Status and Counter s Data This sectio n descri bes the sta tus and co unters sc reen s availab le throug h the switch consol e interf ace and/or the w eb browser in terface. Note Y ou c an access all console screen s from [...]

10-3 Monit oring an d Ana lyzing Switch Op eration Status an d Counter s Data Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion Menu Access T o Status and Counters Beginni ng at the Ma in Menu, displ ay the Sta tus and Co unters me nu by select - ing: 1. Stat us and C ounters Figure 10-1. The Status and Coun ters Menu Each of the a bove me nu items acc [...]

10- 4 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Stat us and Co unter s Data Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion Genera l System Inf ormati on Menu Access From the c onsole Main Menu, selec t: 1. Stat us and C ounters 1. General Sy stem Information Figur e 10 -2. Exa mple of G ene ral Switc h In for mati on This scree n dy namica lly[...]

10-5 Monit oring an d Ana lyzing Switch Op eration Status an d Counter s Data Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion Switch Management Address Informatio n Menu Access Fro m the Mai n Menu , se lect: 1 Statu s and Counters . . . 2. Switch Manage ment Address Information Figure 10-3. Example of M anagement Addr ess Informatio n with V LANs Con[...]

10- 6 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Stat us and Co unter s Data Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion Port Status The web br owser int erfac e and th e console in terfa ce show the same p ort status data. Menu: Displaying Port Status Fro m the Mai n Menu , se lect: 1. Statu s and Coun ters . . .3 . Port Status Figur e 10-4[...]

10-7 Monit oring an d Ana lyzing Switch Op eration Status an d Counter s Data Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion V iewing Port and T runk Group Statistics These feat ures enab le you to dete rmine the traffic pa tterns for ea ch port sin ce the last re boot or reset of the switc h. Y o u can displa y: ■ A genera l repo rt of traf fic on[...]

10- 8 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Stat us and Co unter s Data Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion Menu Access to Port and T runk Statistics T o access this screen from the Main Menu, select: 1. Stat us and C ounters . . . 4. Port Count ers Figure 10-5. Exam ple of Port Co unters on th e Menu Interf ace T o view details[...]

10-9 Monit oring an d Ana lyzing Switch Op eration Status an d Counter s Data Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion CLI Access T o Port and T runk Group Statistics T o Display t he Port Count er Summary Repor t. Th is comma nd provi des an over view of por t activ ity fo r all ports on the s witch. Synta x: show statistics T o Display a Deta[...]

10- 10 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Stat us and Co unter s Data Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion V iewing the Switch’ s MAC Addre ss T ables These fe atures hel p you to view: ■ The MAC addresses that t he switch has learned from network devices attache d to the swit ch ■ The port on which ea ch MA C address w [...]

10- 11 Monit oring an d Ana lyzing Switch Op eration Status an d Counter s Data Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion Menu Access to the MAC Addr ess Views and Searches Switch-L evel MA C-Addre ss V ie wing and S earchi ng. This feature lets you determi ne whic h switch p ort is be ing used to communic ate with a specific device on the netwo[...]

10- 12 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Stat us and Co unter s Data Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion 2. T ype the MAC add ress you w ant to loc ate and p ress [Ente r]. The ad dress and port nu mber are high lighted if found. If the switch does not find the address, i t leaves the MAC a ddress lis ting empty . Figur e 10[...]

10- 13 Monit oring an d Ana lyzing Switch Op eration Status an d Counter s Data Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion Enter MAC address: _ 2. T ype the MAC add ress you w ant to loc ate and p ress [Ente r]. The ad dress is highlighted if found. If the sw itch doe s not find the ad dress, it leaves the MAC addre ss lis ting empty . CLI Access[...]

10- 14 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Stat us and Co unter s Data Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion Spanning T ree Protoco l (STP) Information Menu Access to STP Data Fro m the Mai n Menu , se lect: 1. Stat us and C ounters . . . 7. Span ning T r ee Inf orma tio n STP must be en abled on the switch t o display the follo[...]

10- 15 Monit oring an d Ana lyzing Switch Op eration Status an d Counter s Data Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion Figure 10-11. Example of STP Po rt Informat ion CLI Access to STP Data This option lists the STP conf iguratio n, root data, and pe r -port data (cost, priorit y , stat e, and design ated brid ge). Synta x: show spann ing-tre[...]

10- 16 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Stat us and Co unter s Data Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion Internet Group Ma nagement Protocol (IGMP) Status The switch use s the CLI to display the followin g IGMP status on a per -VLAN basis: For exam ple, su ppose t hat show ip igmp listed an IGMP gr oup addre ss of 224.0.1 .2[...]

10- 17 Monit oring an d Ana lyzing Switch Op eration Status an d Counter s Data Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion VLAN Information The switch uses the CLI to display the following VLAN statu s: For examp le, suppose that your switc h has the follo wing VLANs: Ports VLAN VID 1 - 12 DEFA UL T_ VLAN 1 1, 2 V LAN-33 33 3, 4 V LAN-44 44 The n[...]

10- 18 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Stat us and Co unter s Data Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion Listing th e VLAN ID ( VID) an d Status fo r Spec ific Port s. Figure 10-14. Example of VLAN Listing for Specific Ports Listing Ind ividual VL AN St atus. Because ports 1 and 2 are not m embers of VLAN-44 , it does no t a[...]

10- 19 Monit oring an d Ana lyzing Switch Op eration Status an d Counter s Data Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion W eb Browser Interface Stat us Information The “h ome” scre en for the web b rowser inter face is th e Statu s Overv iew screen, as shown be low . As the title imp lies, it provides an overview of the status of the switch[...]

10- 20 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Port Mon itoring Fea tures Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion Port Monitoring Features Port Mo nitori ng Features Y ou can design ate a po rt for m onitor ing tra ffic of one or more o ther por ts or of a single VLAN configu red on the switc h. The switch mon itors the network activi[...]

10- 21 Monit oring an d Ana lyzing Switch Op eration Port M onitor ing F eatur es Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion Menu: Configuring Port Monitoring This proced ure descr ibes co nfigurin g the switch f or monito ring when mon i- toring is disabled . (If monitoring has already been ena bled, the screens w ill appear differently than sho[...]

10- 22 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Port Mon itoring Fea tures Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion Figure 10-17. How T o Select a Monitoring Port 5. Use the Space ba r to select t he port to use f or monitori ng, the n press the downarrow key to select t he Monitor par ameter . (The default set ting is Ports , whi ch yo[...]

10- 23 Monit oring an d Ana lyzing Switch Op eration Port M onitor ing F eatur es Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion iv . Press [Ente r], then press [S] (for Save ) to sa ve you r changes and exit fro m the scre en. Figure 10-18.Exa mple of Selecting a VLAN to Monitor 7. Return to the Main Menu. CLI: Configuring Port Monitor ing Port Mo n[...]

10- 24 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Port Mon itoring Fea tures Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion Figure 10-19.Exa mple of Monitored Port Listing Configuring the Monitor Port. This co mmand assign s or remo ves a mon- itoring port, and m ust be ex ecute d from th e global conf igurati on level. Rem ov- ing the m onitor[...]

10- 25 Monit oring an d Ana lyzing Switch Op eration Port M onitor ing F eatur es Monitor ing and Analyz ing Switch Opera tion Figure 10-21. Examples of Remo ving Ports and VLANs as Mo nitoring Source s W eb: Configuring Port Monitori ng T o enab le port monit oring: 1. Cli ck on th e Configur ation tab. 2. Cli ck on [M onito r Po rt]. 3. D o eith [...]

10- 26 Monit oring and An alyzin g Sw itc h Op erat ion Port Mon itoring Fea tures Monitor ing and Anal yzing Switch Opera tion[...]

11-1 Troubl eshooting 11 T roubleshoo ting This chapte r addresse s perfor mance- relat ed networ k pro blems that can be caused by top ology , switch config uration , and the e ffects of other devic es or their config uration s on switch operatio n. (For switch-spe cific info rmation on hardware problems in dicated by LED behav ior , cab ling requ[...]

11- 2 Trou blesh ooting Troub lesho oting App roach es Troubl eshooting T rou bleshooti ng Approaches Use th ese appr oaches t o diagnose switch pr oblems: ■ Check the switch LEDs f or indicatio ns of prope r switch oper ation: • Each swit ch port has a Link LED th at should light w henever a n acti ve network dev ice is conn ected to the por t[...]

11-3 Trou blesh ooting Brow ser or Co nsole A ccess P roble ms Troubl eshooting Browser or Console Access Problems Cannot a ccess the we b browser interfa ce: ■ Access ma y be disabled by the Web Agent Enabl ed paramete r in the switc h console. Ch eck the setting on t his parame ter by selec ting: 2. Switch Con figuratio n . . . 1. Sy stem Infor[...]

11- 4 Trou blesh ooting Brows er or Cons ole Acce ss Prob lems Troubl eshooting Cannot T elne t into the switch consol e from a station on the netwo rk: ■ T elnet ac cess may be di sabled by the Inbound T elnet Enabled parame ter in the System Informa tion screen of the menu interfac e: 2. Switch Config uration 1. Sy stem Information ■ The swit[...]

11-5 Trou blesh ooting Unus ual Net work Activi ty Troubl eshooting Unusual Networ k Activity Network acti vity that exc eeds acce pted norms ma y indicate a hardware problem w ith one or mo re of the networ k compo nents, possibly including the switch. Unusual ne twork activit y is usually indicated b y the LEDs on the fr ont of the sw itch or mea[...]

11- 6 Trou blesh ooting Unusua l Netw ork Ac tivit y Troubl eshooting IP addresses that will exp ire after a limit ed duration. One sol ution is to configure “reservat ions” in the DHCP server for specific I P addresses to be assigned to devices having specific MAC addresses. F or more information, refer to the docu mentation for the DHCP se rv[...]

11-7 Trou blesh ooting Unus ual Net work Activi ty Troubl eshooting Problems Relat ed to Sp anning-T ree Protocol (STP) Caut ion If you en able ST P , it is reco mmended that you l eave the r emainde r of the STP paramet er settings at th eir defaul t values u ntil you ha ve had an opp ortunit y to evalua te STP pe rforma nce in your network. Be ca[...]

11- 8 Trou blesh ooting Unusua l Netw ork Ac tivit y Troubl eshooting VLAN-Related Prob lems Monitor Po rt. When using the monitor po rt in a multip le VLAN environ - ment, it can be useful to know how broa dcast, mul ticast, and un icast tra ffic is tagg ed. The f ollowi ng tabl e descr ibes the ta gging to expe ct. None of the devi ces assigned t[...]

11-9 Trou blesh ooting Unus ual Net work Activi ty Troubl eshooting 1. If VLA N_1 (VID=1 ) is configur ed as “Un tagged” on po rt 3 on switch “X”, then it must also be con figured as “U ntagg ed” on port 7 o n switch “Y” . Make sure tha t the VLAN ID (VID) is th e same on both switches. 2. Sim ilarly , if VLAN_2 (VID=2) is config ur[...]

11- 10 Trou blesh ooting Using t he Even t Log T o Iden tify Probl em Sou rces Troubl eshooting Using the Event Log T o Identify Problem Sources The Event Log recor ds operating events as single-line en tries listed in chrono - logical order , and serv es as a tool fo r isolating prob lems. Each E vent Log en try is compose d of five fields: Severi[...]

11- 11 Trou blesh ooting Using the Event Log To Identify Problem So urces Troubl eshooting T able 11-1. Event Log Sy stem Modules Menu: Entering and Navigating in the Event Log Fro m the Mai n Menu , se lect Event Log . Figure 11-2. Example of an Event Log Display Modu le Event De scription Mo dule Ev ent Desc ripti on addrMg r Addre ss table mgr C[...]

11- 12 Trou blesh ooting Using t he Even t Log T o Iden tify Probl em Sou rces Troubl eshooting The log status line at the bo ttom of the d isplay id entifies whe re in the sequen ce of event messag es the display is cu rrently po sitioned. T o displ ay va rious port ions of the Event Log , ei ther prece ding or fol low ing the curren tly visible p[...]

11- 13 Trou blesh ooting Diagno sti c Tools Troubl eshooting Diagnostic T ools Diagnostic Feature s Ping and Link T ests The Ping te st and the Link test are point -to-point t ests between yo ur switch and anot her IEEE 8 02.3-co mplian t device o n your net work. Thes e tests can tel l you w hether the sw itch is com muni cating prope rly wi th an[...]

11- 14 Trou blesh ooting Diagno stic T ools Troubl eshooting W eb: Executing Ping or Link T ests Figure 11-12. Link and Ping T est Screen on the W eb Browser Interface Successes indi cates the number of Ping or Link pa ckets that su ccessfull y compl eted th e m ost re cent te st. Failures indica tes the numbe r of Ping or Link packets tha t were u[...]

11- 15 Trou blesh ooting Diagno sti c Tools Troubl eshooting Numb er of Pac kets t o Send i s the n umb er of times y ou wa nt the s wit ch to attempt to test a con nection. T imeout i n Secon ds is th e nu mber of s ec ond s to a llo w pe r at temp t to te st a connect ion befor e determi ning th at the curr ent atte mpt has fail ed. T o halt a Li[...]

11- 16 Trou blesh ooting Diagno stic T ools Troubl eshooting Link T ests. Y ou ca n issue single or m ultiple link test s with varying repititi ons and time out perio ds. The default s are: ■ Repetit ions: 1 ( 1 - 9999) ■ T imeout: 5 seconds ( 1 - 256 seconds) Synta x: link < mac-addr ess > [repetitions <1 - 999>] [timeout <1 - 2[...]

11- 17 Trou blesh ooting Diagno sti c Tools Troubl eshooting Displaying th e Configuratio n File The complet e switch config uration is contained in a file that yo u can browse from ei ther the w eb browser in terface or the CLI. It may be us eful in som e troubles hooting sce narios to view the switch c onfigurat ion. CLI: Vi ewing the Configurati[...]

11- 18 Trou blesh ooting Diagno stic T ools Troubl eshooting CLI Administ rative and T roubleshooti ng Commands These comm ands pr ovide inf ormatio n or perfo rm actions t hat you may find helpful in tr oublesh ooting op erating pr oblems wit h the switch. Note For more on the C LI, re fer to c hapt er 3, “ Using t he Com mand L ine Ref eren ce [...]

11- 19 Trou blesh ooting Restor ing t he Factory- Defa ult C onfig ura tion Troubl eshooting Restoring the Factory-Default Configuration As part of your troublesh ooting pr ocess, it may be come nece ssary to retur n the switch configur ation to th e factory defa ult settings. Th is process m omen- tarily interr upts the swi tch operat ion, clea rs[...]

11- 20 Trou blesh ooting Restor ing t he Factor y-De fault Con figur atio n Troubl eshooting[...]

A-1 Transfe rring an Operatin g Syste m or St artu p A T ransferri ng an Operating System or Startup Configurat ion Fil e Y ou can downloa d new switch soft ware (oper ating system— OS) and uploa d or downloa d switch conf iguration files. These feat ures are use ful for acqu iring periodic switch softw are upgr ades a nd for sto ring or retr iev[...]

A-2 Transf errin g an Op eratin g Sys tem or Sta rtu p Config urat ion Fi le Downl oading an Op eratin g System (OS) Transfer ring an Operatin g System or Sta rtup Using TF TP T o Download the OS Fi le from a Se rver This proced ure assu mes that: ■ An OS file for the switch has been stored on a TF TP server accessible to the switch . (The OS fil[...]

A-3 Transf errin g an Op eratin g Sys tem or Sta rtu p Config urat ion Fi le Downlo ading an Ope rating System (OS) Transfe rring an Operatin g Syste m or St artu p Menu: TF TP Download from a S erver 1. In th e console Main Menu, selec t Dow nloa d O S to di spla y th is scr een : Figure A-1. Ex ample of the Down load OS Scree n (Default V alues) [...]

A-4 Transf errin g an Op eratin g Sys tem or Sta rtu p Config urat ion Fi le Downl oading an Op eratin g System (OS) Transfer ring an Operatin g System or Sta rtup A “prog ress” bar i ndicates the progre ss of the dow nload. When the e ntire operating system has be en rece ived, all a ctivity on the switch halts and you will see V a lidating an[...]

A-5 Transf errin g an Op eratin g Sys tem or Sta rtu p Config urat ion Fi le Downlo ading an Ope rating System (OS) Transfe rring an Operatin g Syste m or St artu p 2. Ensure that the Method par am ete r is se t to TF TP (the de fault). 3. I n th e TF TP Server field, ente r the IP address of the remot e SMC6624M switch containi ng the OS y ou want[...]

A-6 Transf errin g an Op eratin g Sys tem or Sta rtu p Config urat ion Fi le Downl oading an Op eratin g System (OS) Transfer ring an Operatin g System or Sta rtup Using Xmodem to D ownload the OS Fi le From a PC This proced ure assu mes that: ■ The switc h is connec ted via the Consol e RS-232 port o n a PC opera ting as a term inal. (Re fer to [...]

A-7 Transf errin g an Op eratin g Sys tem or Sta rtu p Config urat ion Fi le Downlo ading an Ope rating System (OS) Transfe rring an Operatin g Syste m or St artu p For examp le, to downloa d an OS file named F_01_0 3.swi from a PC: 1. Ex ecut e th e f ollo wing com mand in t he CLI : 2. Execu te the t ermin al emulato r com mands t o begin the Xm [...]

A-8 Transf errin g an Op eratin g Sys tem or Sta rtu p Config urat ion Fi le Trou blesh ootin g TFTP Dow nload s Transfer ring an Operatin g System or Sta rtup T rou blesho oting TF TP Downloads If a TF TP download fails, the Down load OS screen indi cates the failure. Figure A-4. Example of Message for Download Fail ure T o find more inf ormatio n[...]

A-9 Transf errin g an Op eratin g Sys tem or Sta rtu p Config urat ion Fi le Tran sferri ng S witch Con figurat ion s Transfe rring an Operatin g Syste m or St artu p ■ Anothe r console session (t hrough e ither a direct connec tion to a term inal device or throug h T elnet) wa s alread y runnin g when y ou started the session in whi ch the downl[...]

A-10 Transf errin g an Op eratin g Sys tem or Sta rtu p Config urat ion Fi le Tran sferr ing Sw itch Co nfigur ations Transfer ring an Operatin g System or Sta rtup TF TP: Copyi ng a Configur ation to a Rem ote Ho st. Synta x: copy star tup-confi g tftp < ip-addr > < remote-file > This comm and cop ies the swi tch’ s st artup co nfigu[...]

A-11 Transf errin g an Op eratin g Sys tem or Sta rtu p Config urat ion Fi le Tran sferri ng S witch Con figurat ion s Transfe rring an Operatin g Syste m or St artu p Xmodem: Co pyin g a Conf igurat ion fro m a Serial ly Co nnected PC or Unix W orkstation. T o use this method, the sw itch must be co nnected via the ser ial por t to a PC or Unix w [...]

A-12 Transf errin g an Op eratin g Sys tem or Sta rtu p Config urat ion Fi le Tran sferr ing Sw itch Co nfigur ations Transfer ring an Operatin g System or Sta rtup[...]

B-1 MAC Address Ma nagemen t B MAC Address Management The switch assigns MAC addresses in these area s: ■ For managem ent func tions: • One Ba se MAC addre ss ass ign ed to th e defa ult VL AN (VI D = 1) • Additional MA C address(e s) corres ponding to ad ditional VL ANs you configure in the swi tch ■ For intern al switch ope rations: One M[...]

B-2 MAC Ad dress Ma nagem ent Determin ing MAC Addre sses MAC Address Man agement Menu: Viewing the Swi tch’ s MAC Addresse s The Management Address Inf ormation screen lists the MAC addresses for: ■ Base switch (default VLA N; VID = 1) ■ Any add itional VLANs co nfigur ed on th e switch. Also, the Base MA C address appe ars on a lab el on th[...]

B-3 MAC Ad dress M anag ement Determin ing MAC Add resses MAC Address Ma nagemen t CLI: Vi ewing t he Por t and VLA N MAC Addr esses The M AC ad dress assi gn ed to e ach s witc h por t is u sed i nter nall y by su ch featu res a s Fl ow Con trol a n d th e Span ning T ree Prot ocol. De term inin g the MAC add ress assign ments fo r individu al por[...]

B-4 MAC Ad dress Ma nagem ent Determin ing MAC Addre sses MAC Address Man agement[...]

C-1 Switch M emory and Conf igurat ion C Switch Memory and Conf iguration This appendi x describe s the foll owing: ■ How switch memory ma nages config uration changes ■ How t he CLI imp lemen ts config urat ion ch ange s ■ How the men u interf ace an d web brow ser interf ace imp lemen t configu- ration change s Overview of Configuration Fil[...]

C-2 Switc h Memory an d Con figur atio n Overvi ew o f Con figurat ion F ile Mana gement Switch Me mory and Configura tion ■ Startup-co nfig File: Exists in flash (non-v olatile) me mory and is used to preser ve the m ost recent ly-saved conf igurat ion as th e “perman ent” config uration. Rebooting the switch re places the cur rent running -[...]

C-3 Switc h Memor y and C onfig urati on Using the CL I To Im pleme nt Co nfigur atio n Chan ges Switch M emory and Conf igurat ion The above c omman d dis ables por t 5 i n the r unni ng-co nfig file , but not in t he startup-c onfig file. Por t 5 remains disabl ed only until the switch re boots. If you wa nt port 5 to remain d isabled t hrough t [...]

C-4 Switc h Memory an d Con figur atio n Using the CL I To Impl ement Conf igurat ion Ch anges Switch Me mory and Configura tion 2. Use the appropr iate show co mman ds to verif y th at you ha ve c orrec tly made the de sired change s. 3. Observe the switch’ s performan ce with th e new para meter set tings to veri fy th e effe ct of your chan ge[...]

C-5 Switc h Memor y and C onfig urati on Using the CL I To Im pleme nt Co nfigur atio n Chan ges Switch M emory and Conf igurat ion If you use the CL I to chang e a parame ter settin g, and then e xecute th e boot comm and wi thout first exec uting the w rite memory command to sav e the chan ge, th e sw itch prompt s yo u to sp ecify whet her t o s[...]

C-6 Switc h Memory an d Con figur atio n Using t he Men u and We b Brow ser In terf aces To Imple ment Config urati on Cha nges Switch Me mory and Configura tion How T o Reset the startup -config and running-conf ig Files to the Factory D efault C onfigurati on. This comma nd reboots the switch, replacing the conte nts of the c urren t startup-con [...]

C-7 Switc h Memor y and C onfig urati on Using the Men u and W eb Brows er Int erfac es To Im pleme nt Co nfigur atio n Chan ges Switch M emory and Conf igurat ion Note The only exc eption to this op eratio n are two VLA N-rela ted pa rameter chang es that r equire a reboo t—descr ibed u nder “Re boot ing T o Activ ate C onfigur ation Chan ges?[...]

C-8 Switc h Memory an d Con figur atio n Using t he Men u and We b Brow ser In terf aces To Imple ment Config urati on Cha nges Switch Me mory and Configura tion face, th e switch disc ards the config uration change s made while us ing the CL I. T o ensure that changes m ade while u sing the CLI are saved, ex ecute write memory in the CLI bef ore r[...]

C-9 Switc h Memor y and C onfig urati on Using the Men u and W eb Brows er Int erfac es To Im pleme nt Co nfigur atio n Chan ges Switch M emory and Conf igurat ion (T o access these pa rameters, go t o the Main me nu and select 2. Switch Conf igurat ion , then 8. V LAN Menu , then 1. VL AN Supp ort .) If confi gurat ion ch ange s requ irin g a rebo[...]

C-10 Switc h Memory an d Con figur atio n Using t he Men u and We b Brow ser In terf aces To Imple ment Config urati on Cha nges Switch Me mory and Configura tion[...]

D-1 Daylight Savings Time D Daylig ht Savi ngs T ime The S MC66 24M swit ch pr ovid es a w ay to auto mat ically ad just th e sy stem clock fo r Daylight Sa vings Time (DST) chang es. In addition t o the value “n one” (no time changes), ther e are fi ve pre-d efined settin gs, named: ■ Alaska ■ Canada an d Cont inental US ■ Middle Eur ope[...]

D-2 Daylig ht Savi ngs Time Daylight Savings Time Figure D-1. Menu Interface with “Use r -Defined” Daylight T ime Rule Option Before c onfiguring a “User defined” Daylight T ime Rule, it is impo rtant to understand how the switch treats the entries. The switch knows which dates are S unday s, and uses a n al gorit hm to de term ine on whi c[...]

Inde x – 1 Index Numerics 802.1Q V LAN sta ndard … 9- 99 802.3u auto neg otiati on sta ndard … 6- 2 A access mana ger … 8-5 ope rato r … 8-5 access le vels, authorized IP manage rs … 7-29 Action s line … 2-8 – 2-10 location on scre en … 2 -8 active pa th … 9-99 addres s authorized for port security … 7-8 addre ss table, port ?[...]

2 – In dex Index quick … 2 -7 restori ng fac tor y defau lts … 1 1-19 savi ng from men u in terf ace … 2-9 serial lin k … 5-15 SNMP … 8- 3, 8 -5 spanning tre e … 9-99 span ning t ree pr oto col … 9- 105 startup … 2-9 system … 5-2 0 Telnet access configu ratio n … 5- 15 transferring … A-9 trap r eceiv ers … 8 -9 viewi ng ?[...]

Inde x – 3 Index G GARP See GV RP gatewa y … 5-2, 5- 4 gatewa y (IP) ad dress … 5- 3, 5-5 GVRP advert isemen t … 9-75, 9-87 advert isemen t, d efined … 9 -74 adverti semen t, resp onses to … 9-76 advert isemen ts, g ener ating … 9 -80 auto … 9- 79 bene fit … 9-7 4 block … 9 -78 BPDU … 9-75 CLI, co nfiguri ng … 9- 83 common V[...]

4 – In dex Index configu ration … 5-2 DHCP/Bootp … 5-2 dupli cate addr ess … 11-5 dupli cate addr ess, DHCP ne twork … 11-5 effect when add ress not u sed … 5- 9 gatewa y … 5-2 gatewa y (IP) ad dress … 5- 3 glob al assign ment … 5-14 glob ally as signed addres sing … 5-14 menu ac cess … 5- 4 stacki ng … 5-4 subnet mask … 5[...]

Inde x – 5 Index mult icas t grou p See IGMP multimedia See IGMP multiple VL AN … 8-1 multi-po rt bridge … 5-1 N navig ati on, co nsol e int erfa ce … 2-8 – 2-9 navig ati on, eve nt lo g … 1 1-12 Netscape … 4-4 netwo rk m anag emen t func tion s … 8- 4 networ k mana ger addr ess … 8-3 network monitor ing traf fic ov erload … 1 0[...]

6 – In dex Index oper atin g notes … 7- 26 overvi ew … 7-7 port trunk r estri ction … 6- 10 prio r to … 7- 27 prox y web se rver … 7- 27 tru nk rest ricti on … 6- 14 port tru nk … 6-9 bandw idth capa city … 6-9 cauti on … 6-10 , 6 -15 , 6-2 2 CLI acce ss … 6-17 default trunk type … 6-16 enabl ing d yna mic L ACP … 6- 21 FE[...]

Inde x – 7 Index authorized IP m anagers … 7- 28 per po rt … 7 -7 securi ty viol ations noti ces of … 7- 20 Sel f Te st L ED beh avior duri ng fac tory def ault r eset … 11 -1 9 serial num ber … 10-4 server access fa ilure … 9-100 Time p … 5-5 setting a password … 7-3 setup scree n … 5-3 seve rity code, ev ent lo g … 1 1-10 sl[...]

8 – In dex Index traffic analysis … 8-1 traffic monito ring … 8-1, 8 -4 traffic, moni toring … 10-20 traffic, port … 1 0-7 transc eiver, f iber-o ptic … 6-3 transc eiver, spe ed ch ange … 6-3 trap auth enticat ion … 8-9 authentication trap … 8-11 CLI acce ss … 8-10 event le vels … 8- 9 limit … 8-9 receive r … 8-9 SNMP … [...]

Inde x – 9 Index prima ry, CLI com mand … 9-61, 9-63 primar y, select in menu … 9-56 prima ry, web co nfigure … 9-66 prim ary, w ith DHCP … 9-5 4 reboot requir ed … 2-7 restrictions … 9-73 See GV RP spanni ng tre e oper ation … 9 -10 7 stacki ng, pri mary VLAN … 9-52 static … 9-4 8, 9-52 , 9-5 5, 9-6 0 suppor t enable/d isable ?[...]

10 – Inde x Index[...]

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