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SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide 35 Industrial Way Rochester, NH 03866 USA (603) 332-9400 Part Number 04-0049-0 1 Rev. A Order Number 9032628[...]

ii SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide NOTICE Cabletron Systems reserves the right to m ake changes in specifications and o ther information contained in this document without prior notice. The r eader should in all cases consult Cabletron Systems to d etermine whether any such changes have been made. T he hardware, firmware, and software described in thi[...]

SmartSwitch 9A10 0 User Guide iii FCC CLASS A NOTICE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operatio n is subject to the following two cond itions: (1) this device may not c ause harmful interf erence, and (2) this device must accept any interference r eceived, including interference that may cause undesired operation. 2 p›F 0…ˆÃ[...]

iv SmartSwitch 9A10 0 User Guide DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY ADDEN DUM Application o f Council Directive(s): 89/336/EEC 73/23/EEC Manufacturer’ s N ame: Cabl etro n Syst ems , Inc. Manufacturer’ s Address: 35 Indust rial W ay P . O. Box 5005 Rocheste r , NH 03866 Product Name: SmartSwitch 9A100 European Re presentative Name: Mr . J. So lari Euro[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide v SAFETY INFORMA TION CLASS 1 L ASER TRANSCEIVERS The 6A-IOM-29 -4, 6A-IOM-29-4-IR, 6A-IOM-29-4- LR, 6A-IOM-39-1 and 6 A- IOM-39 -1- LR c onnectors use Class 1 Laser transceivers. Read the fol low ing safety informati on before installin g o r operating the 6A-IOM-29-4. The Class 1 Laser transceivers use an op tical fe[...]

vi SmartSwitch 9A10 0 User Guide FIBER OP TIC PROTECTIVE CAPS % "¤›apm READ BEFO RE REMOVING FIBER OP TIC PROTECTIV E CAPS . Cable assemblies and MMF/SMF ports are shipped with protective caps to prevent contamination. T o avoid contamination, replac e port caps on all fiber optic devices when not in use. Cable assemblies and MMF/SMF ports [...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide vii REGULA TOR Y COMPLIANCE SUMMARY SAFETY The SmartS witch 9A100 meets the safety requirements of UL 1950, CSA C22.2 No. 950, EN 60 950, IEC 95 0, and 73/23/ EEC. EMC The SmartSwitch 9A100 meets the EMC requirements of FCC Part 15, EN 55022, CSA C108.8, VCCI V-3/93.01 , EN 50082-1 , and 89/336/EE C.[...]

viii SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide REVISION HISTORY Document Name: Smar tSw itch 9A10 0 Us er Guide Document Part Number: 04-0049 -01 Rev . A Document Or der number: 9032628 Author: Carre Gibs on Editor: A yesha Maqsood Illustrator: Michael Fornalski Date Revision Desc ription May 1998 04-0049-01 Rev . A Initial Release[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide ix T A BLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introductio n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 2 Switch In stallation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.1 Unpacking the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

x SmartSwitch 9A100 U ser Guide TA BLE O F C ONTE NTS 4.5 PVC Connection s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11 4.5.1 Point-to-Point PVCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide xi TABLE OF CO NT ENTS C.3 Electronic Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1 C.4 Placing A Suppo rt Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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SmartSwitch 9A100 Us er Guide xiii LIST OF FI GURES Figure 2-1 SmartSwitch 9A100- 04 front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Figure 2-2 Installin g th e Sm artSwit ch 9 A1 00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

xiv SmartSwitch 9A100 U ser Guide List of F igures[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 Us er Guide x v LIST OF T ABLES Table 2-1 I/O module ID nu mbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Table 2-2 DS3 and E3 mod ule settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide 1-1 1 INTRODUCTION W elcome to the SmartSwitch 9A10 0 User Guid e. The SmartSwitch 9 A100 A TM sw itch is a module that fits into the SmartSwitch 900 0 chassis . Y o u can install u p to seven Sm artSwitch 9A100 switches in to a 14-slot Sm artSwitch 9000 chassis; or up to three switches into a 6 -slot chassis. The modul[...]

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SmartSwitch 9A 100 User Guide 2-1 2 SWITCH INSTAL LATION AND SETUP After you read this chapter , you will b e able to perform the following tasks: U Install the SmartSwitch 9A10 0 switch module into the Sm artSw itch 9000 chassis U Complete the in itial configur ation U Use the console interface U Install the SmartS witch A TM Administrator graphic[...]

2-2 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Inspecting the Swi tch S witch Installation and Setup 2.2 INSPECTING THE SWITCH Depending on the confi guration ordered, your sw itch look s simil ar to the un it in Figure 2-1 . The SmartSwitch 9A10 0-04 has fo ur I/ O mod ules . Figure 2-1 SmartSw itch 9A1 00-04 fr ont panel Inspect the switch and make certain tha[...]

SmartSwitch 9A 100 User Guide 2-3 Switch Installation and Setup Inspecting the Switch If the hardware configuration is incor rect, contact Cabletron customer support im mediately . 2.2. 1 DS3 and E3 I/O Mo dule Con figura tion T able 2-2 shows the pre-configu red values for both the DS3 ( 6 A-IOM-67-4) and E3 (6A-I OM-77-4) I/O mod ules. These valu[...]

2-4 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Installing the Switch S witch Installation and Setup 2.3 INSTALLING THE SWITCH The SmartSwitch 9A100 is hot swappable, meaning that you can install and remove it with ou t turning off or unplugging the SmartSwitch 9000 chassis. The following list shows how many switch modules can be installed in each chassis: U Y ou[...]

SmartSwitch 9A 100 User Guide 2-5 Switch Installation and Setup Installing the Switch Figure 2-2 Installing the Sm artSwitch 9A 100 Rotate ejector to lock in place Metal Backpanel Card Guides Circuit Card[...]

2-6 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Configuring the Swi tch S witch Installation and Setup 2.4 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Initial configurat ion of your SmartSwitch 9A10 0 switch consists of setting the name, Ethernet IP address , and subnet mask. Once these tasks are complete, the switch can be reached through your Ethernet network for additional configu[...]

SmartSwitch 9A 100 User Guide 2-7 Switch Installation and Setup Configuring the Switch Figure 2-3 SmartS witch 9A1 00 conso le and netw ork con nections –• Start the dumb terminal or PC and its terminal emulation softw a re. •• When power is applied to th e SmartSwitch 9A100, the module emits a series of diagnostic messages. If you inserted[...]

2-8 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Using the Console S witch Installation and Setup n• Next, the switch prompt s for the inf orma tion n ecessary to m ake the s witch accessible through y ou r Ether net ne tw or k U Switch name U IP address U Subnet ma sk s¬• After you enter th ese parameters and reboot the switc h, log of f the local cons ole c[...]

SmartSwitch 9A 100 User Guide 2-9 Switch Installation and Setup Using the Console All console commands use the synt ax: operator switch-attribute [<parameter 1> <parameter 2>... <parameter n>] Where the operator is on e of the following: show ( display ): Show the current values used b y a switch-attribute. add ( create ): Add a n[...]

2-10 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Using the Console S witch Installation and Setup If you don’ t specify parameters with the comman d, the console prom pts you for an inp ut value and provides a defau lt valu e display ed in parenthe sis. F or exam ple, if you ente r show portconfig withou t specifying a port (as a parameter), the following appea[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 2-11 Switch Installation and Setup Using the Console The above example creates an alias ( traffic ) that can be entered in place o f the command set SwitchTrafficCongestion . For example: SmartSwitch # traffic Queue1EFCIThreshold(4096) : Queue2EFCIThreshold(4096) : Queue3EFCIThreshold(4096) : Queue4EFCIThreshold(4096) [...]

2-12 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide SmartSwitch ATM Administrator S witch Installation and Setup 2.5.5 Console He lp The console pro vides several levels of help for console commands. For example, to list the switch attributes that can be used with a particular operator , enter the word help (or ? ) fol l owed by the operator . SmartSwitch # help add[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 2-13 Switch Installation and S etup SmartSwitch ATM Administrator U Alarm management U Switch dis covery Additionally , the Sm artSwitch A TM Administrator pro vides the following capabilities that are not available from the console interface: U Use a graphical interface U Perform d rag and drop operat ions U Manage al[...]

2-14 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide SmartSwitch ATM Administrator S witch Installation and Setup SmartSwi tch A TM Administrato r can be installed on a PC runni ng W indows NT 4.0, W indows NT 3.51, or W i ndows 95, and requires the follo win g PC hardware configur atio n: U Pentium 133 Mhz o r faster processor U 20 MB disk space U 32 MB R AM U Monit[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 2-15 Switch Installation and S etup SmartSwitch ATM Administrator 2.6.2 Starting S ma rtSwitch A TM A dm inistrato r th e First T ime When you use SmartS witch A TM Adm inistrator for the first time, you should chang e the default passwo rds to prevent unauthorized access to the application. The application arrives wit[...]

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SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide 3-1 3 IP OVER A TM AND LANE This chapter describes working wit h the SmartSwitch 9A100 IP over A TM VLAN and emulated LAN capabilities. At the end of this chapter you will be able to use your Sm artSwi tch 9A100 swit ch to • Create an IP over A TM VLAN • Create an emulated Ethernet LAN ( L AN E) 3.1 CREATING AN IP O[...]

3-2 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide % •F"›am V˜"m˜ ,6 ˜p¦F• ˜ ":1 ˜ =/" 2 ˜˜ ,6 ˜ 3 ¦F•˜ ":1 ˜" m=˜ /"2' 3. Enter the show client command to ma k e sure the client is operational and to obt ain the 20-byte A TM address of the ARP server . For instance, if you u sed the client number (client [...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide 3-3 ,6 ˜ 3 ¦F•˜ ":1 ˜"m=˜ /"2' % •F"› amV˜ "m˜ ' h¤d"›F=˜ /"2 ˜˜ Note If configured devices fail to join the VLAN, see Chapter 4, Sectio n 4.2.2, “UNI Routes.” Also, see Chapter 5, Section 5.1, “T roubleshooting IP Over A TM.” Y ou ha ve completed t[...]

3-4 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide % •F"›am V˜"m˜ ' h¤d "› F=˜ /"2 ˜˜ ,6 ˜ 3 ¦F•˜ ":1 ˜"m=˜ /"2' 1. Enter the start LECS command to activate LANE server services on this switch. SmartSwitch # start lecs NOTICE - 'LECS' ***** LECS started ***** SmartSwitch # 2. Create an ELAN on[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide 3-5 ,6 ˜ 3 ¦F•˜ ":1 ˜"m=˜ /"2' % •F"› amV˜ "m˜ ' h¤d"›F=˜ /"2 ˜˜ 4. Enter the show client command to make certain that the client is operatio nal. SmartSwitch # show client 1 LANE Client 1 ====================================================================[...]

3-6 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide % •F"›am V˜"m˜ ' h¤d "› F=˜ /"2 ˜˜ ,6 ˜ 3 ¦F•˜ ":1 ˜"m=˜ /"2' 3.2. 1 A TM Addressi ng for LAN Em ulation The SmartSwitch 9A100 provides a defau lt format for A TM addresses used by LAN emulation. The default for mat is constr ucted as fo llows: netprefi[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide 3-7 ,6 ˜ 3 ¦F•˜ ":1 ˜"m=˜ /"2' % •F"› amV˜ "m˜ ' h¤d"›F=˜ /"2 ˜˜ 3.2. 3 Switch Client s It is important to und erstand the concept of Sm artSwitch 9A100 switch client connections. A client connection is actually a connection between the VLA N and the SmartS[...]

3-8 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide % •F"›am V˜"m˜ ' h¤d "› F=˜ /"2 ˜˜ ,6 ˜ 3 ¦F•˜ ":1 ˜"m=˜ /"2'[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide 4-1 4 SWITCH ADMINISTRATION This chapte r contai ns sof tware and hardware procedur es that you mig ht need t o perf orm on your Smart Switch 9A100 switch. These procedures include • Backing up switch configur atio n • Creating rou tes and connecting switches • Using swi tch events and alar ms • Creating PVC con[...]

4-2 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide ATM Routing Switch Administration The switch stor es the IP address of the TF TP server , the path, and th e backup fi le name. The next time yo u enter the backup or restore commands, these values are presented as the default IP address and path. For example, when you enter the restore co mmand, the fol lowing dis [...]

SmartSwitch 9A 100 User Guide 4-3 Switch Administration ATM Routing 4. Enter the add ATMRoute command to create a static rout e to the IISP device: SmartSwitch # add atmroute PortNumber(A1) : b2 AtmAddress() : 52:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:14:51:80 PrefixLength(104) : Index(0) : Type(Internal) : exterior Scope(0) : MetricsTag(0) : SmartSwitch # Not[...]

4-4 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide ATM Routing Switch Administration Note Dotted lines in the diagrams belo w represent one-wa y routes to the devices pointed to by the arr owheads. E ach route is defined on the device fro m which the dotted line orig in ates. Figure 4-1 IISP rou te across PNNI do main A second II SP device (S witch D) is add ed behi[...]

SmartSwitch 9A 100 User Guide 4-5 Switch Administration ATM Routing 4.2.2 UNI Routes Use the add ATMRoute command to create UNI routes. For examp le, connect an end station adapter (with MAC address 00:1 1:22:33: 44:55) to port A2 of the S martSwitch 9A100. If t he adapter does n ot supp ort ILMI or its ILMI i s incompatible with the SmartSwitch 9A[...]

4-6 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide ATM Routing Switch Administration 4.2.3 Route Metrics Route metri cs are assigned to routes us ing a metric tag (o ne of the input paramet ers for add ATMRoute ). The metric tag specifies a particular pair of incoming and outgoing metrics contained within a list of metrics. Metrics are created using the add PNNIMetr[...]

SmartSwitch 9A 100 User Guide 4-7 Switch Administration IP Routing Enter show PNNIMetric to view the newly created metric pair: SmartSwitch # show pnnimetrics Metrics(ALL) : Metrics Metrics Tag Direction Index GCAC CLP Admin Wt Service Categories ================================================================================ 1 0x9 Incoming 0x10 CL[...]

4-8 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide IP Routing Switch Administration Note SmartSwitch 9A100 IP routing performance is in adeq uate for routing between VLANs. If you need to create routes between VLANs on your SmartSwitch 9A100, use a router eq uipped with an A TM interface. Consult Cabletron Customer Suppor t for recommended ro uters. For example, •[...]

SmartSwitch 9A 100 User Guide 4-9 Switch Administration Events and Alarms Figure 4-3 IP routi ng throug h SW1 for c onnectiv ity to the Etherne t network 4.4 EVENTS AND ALARMS The SmartSwitch 9A100 switch records and reports its operation in real-time through the use of events and alarms. An event is an occurren ce of a significant activity . For i[...]

4-10 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Events and Alarms Switch Administration 4.4. 2 Vi ewin g Even ts and A larms Use the show events command to view a list of the curr ently logged events. For example, SmartSwitch # show events Index(ALL) : 0 MINOR EVENT 000:00:08:410 --------------------------------------------------- SAAL connection has become acti[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 4-11 Switch Administration PVC Connections Use the show alarms command to view a list of the currently logged alarms. For example, SmartSwitch # show alarms Index(ALL) : 0 000:00:31:164 --------------------------------------------------- LECS Operational --------------------------------------------------- Failed to re-[...]

4-12 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide PVC Connections Switch Adminis tra tion 4.5. 1 Point-t o-Poi nt PVCs The procedu re for set ting up a PVC co nnectio n between t wo end nodes through t he SmartSwitch 9A100 consi sts of specifying the ports and the virtual path and v irtual channel iden tifiers (VPI and VCI). 1. Use add trafficdescriptor to define [...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 4-13 Switch Administration PVC Connections 4.5. 2 Point-t o-Mu ltipoi nt PVC s Instr uctions in t his section de scribe how to set up a point- to-multi point conn ection thr ough your S martSwitch 9A100. Example: Create a point-to- m ultipoint connection between a broad casting workstation on p ort A1 and three ot her [...]

4-14 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide PVC Connections Switch Adminis tra tion 3. Use add pvc to successively cr eate point-to-multipoint PVCs for po rts B2, B3, and C1. SmartSwitch # add pvc ConnType(PTP) : pmp LowPortID() : a1 LowVPI() : 0 LowVCI() : 101 HighPortID() : b2 HighVPI() : 0 HighVCI() : 101 FwdTrafficDescriptorIndex() : 6 BkwTrafficDescript[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 4-15 Switch Administration PVC Connections 4.5. 4 Non-z ero VPIs The SmartSwitch 9A100 uses 12 bits to defi ne VPI/VC I pairs. The vccmask determ ines how many of t he 12 bi ts are used for the VPI and h ow many are used for th e VCI. The vccmask uses a 2-bit r egister to hold fou r dif ferent VPI /VCI 12-bit comb i na[...]

4-16 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide PVC Connections Switch Adminis tra tion 3. Use the set portconfig command to recon figure a port to use the new values for VPI and VCI. For example, to set up a PVC on port A1 using the new VPI/VCI bit ran ges (3/9), en ter SmartSwitch # set portconfig a1 PortAdminStatus(up) : IlmiAdminStatus(enable) : IlmiAddressR[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 4-17 Switch Administration Traffic Managem ent 4.6 T RAF F IC MANAGEMENT This sect ion desc ribes how the SmartS witch 9A100 manages ban dwidth an d congesti on. It br iefly d escribes co nsole commands that affect how the SmartSwitch 9A1 00 manages traffic. This section also prov id es guidelines for settin g some tra[...]

4-18 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Traffic Management Switch Administration Use the trafficdescriptor commands to view , create, and delete traf fic descriptors. For example, enter t he show trafficdescriptor command to view all currently d efined traf fic descriptors. SmartSwitch # show trafficdescriptor ============================================[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 4-19 Switch Administration Traffic Managem ent A user-defined PVC must have u ser-defined traf fic descriptors. For instance, if a video link o ver a PVC requires a constant data flow of 5000 kb/s and a peak cell rate of 8000 kb /s , create a traffic descrip t or for CBR traf fic that s pecifies 5000 as the sustained c[...]

4-20 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Traffic Management Switch Administration Use the command show CACEqBwAllocScheme to view the current CAC policies used by each port for each QoS and referenced by VPI . SmartSwitch # show caceqbwallocscheme PortID(ALL) : Vpi(0) : =========================================================== Port# VPI Alloc Scheme for[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 4-21 Switch Administration Traffic Managem ent For example, enter t he show porttrafficcongestion comman d to view current buf fer utilization. SmartSwitch # show porttrafficcongestion PortNumber(ALL) : Port ID Queue 1 Queue 2 Queue 3 Queue 4 Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max =============================================[...]

4-22 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Traffic Management Switch Administration Quality of Servic e Queue Allocation Guidel ines The following v alues are recommend ed settings for the Min and Max thresholds for the Qo S queues under sp ecific sustained traffic conditions. Us e t he settings in T able 4-3 as guidelines for th res hold settings. * Use th[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 4-23 Switch Administration Upgrading and Changing Software Along with EFCI and backward R M cell marking, the SmartSwit ch 9A100 us es standard R M cell marking. The switch disca rd thres hold ( show switchtrafficcongestion ) corresponds to total shared buffer utilization an d represents th e point at which the switch [...]

4-24 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Upgrading and Changing Software Switch Administration 4.7. 2 Boot Lo ad Commands The following table d escribes the com mands available from the b o ot load prompt, their use, and their associated parameters. T a ble 4-4 Boot l oad comm ands Command Action Parameters chpi Chan ge defa ult boot load i ma ge: Sets on[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 4-25 Switch Administration Upgrading and Changing Software Figure 4-4 Memory location s affected by the boot lo ad com mands 4.7. 3 Upgradin g Boot Lo ad Software T wo images of the boot load software reside in flash RAM. The two images are identified as boot load image 0 and boot lo ad image 1. Bot h boot load imag es[...]

4-26 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Upgrading and Changing Software Switch Administration 5. Set up the TF TP/Bootp s e rver tables (or equivalent file) with: - SmartSwitch 9A100 MAC address - IP address of the SmartSwitch 9A100 Ethernet interface - path to the image file on the TF TP/Bootp server 6. From the terminal connection, enter the reboot com[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 4-27 Switch Administration Upgrading and Changing Software Changing the Defaul t Boot Load Image Continuing with the example above, p erform the following steps to set boot load imag e 0 back to being the default. 1. Reboot the SmartSwit c h 9A10 0. 2. When the following message appears “Preparing to run Default Prim[...]

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SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 4-29 Switch Administration Upgrading and Changing Software ........................................................................... ................................................... Validity checks of the Switch Software Downloaded file... All Validity checks OK Programming downloaded image into Switch Software se[...]

4-30 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Saving Core Dumps Switch Administration If the prob lem is corrected, enter the update firmware command to contin ue with the upgrade process. Ho wever , if you are unable to correct the problem, use the df (download flash ) comman d and a TF TP/Bootp server to repla ce the operating software on y our S martSwitch [...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide 4-31 Switch Administration Savi ng Core Du mps Enter the set CoreDump command to enab le the core dump f eat ure. For example, SmartSwitch # set coredump EnableCoreDump(n) : y < “y” to enabl e core du m p feat ure ServerIP() : 204.95.77.240 < IP address of my TF TP serve r CoreDumpFile() : /tftpboot/bobr/core[...]

4-32 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Saving Core Dumps Switch Administration If a system failure occurs while the core dump feature is enabled, the SmartSw itch 9A100 console appears similar to the example below . The SmartSwitch 9A100 then begins sending images of its memory to the core d ump files on the TF TP server . Illegal access. Bus Error. IP:[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide 5-1 5 T ROUBLESHOOTING This chapte r provides basic trou bleshooting for diag nosing and fixing problems with VLAN, emulated LANs, and A TM t raff ic congestion. 5.1 T ROUBLESHOOTING IP OVER A TM Y ou ha ve configur ed an IP over A TM VLAN, but y our network appl ications are n ot working. Use these question s and tests[...]

5-2 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Troubleshooting LAN Emulation Troubleshooting 4. Check ILMI, UNI routes, and PVCs (if applicable). • If usi ng SVCs, use show ATMRoute to check whether static UNI routes are correct and whether dynamic UNI routes are established and correct. If dyn amic routes are inco rrect or missing, try creating static routes [...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide 5-3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting PNNI Links 5. Check whether BUS is connected. • Use show busclient to check whether devices are registered with th e B US. If clients are registered, check end no de config uration. If not r egister ed, check mul ti-point signaling. • Use set leselan to tu rn of f multi-point s ig[...]

5-4 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Troubleshooting Congestion Troubleshooting 5.4 T ROUBLESHOOTING CONGESTION If the b andwidth of your SmartSwitc h 9A100 begins to decrease, and if connections are being lost o r packets are bei ng dropped at a high rate, it’ s possibl e that your s witch i s becoming congested. Conges tion ca n occur on the port l[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide 5-5 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Congestion 8. Is the num ber of cells being dropped by all other port s decreasing s omewhat? • If no, go back to step 6 . • If yes, co ntinue. 9. Enter the set caceqbwallocscheme command and s et call admission control fo r this port to a more conservative policy ( moderate or co[...]

5-6 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Troubleshooting Congestion Troubleshooting[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide A-1 APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS This appendix de scribes the SmartSwitch 9 A100 switch hardware, prod uct features, technical specifications, and adapter pin-o ut de scrip tions. " •s )832: ˜ 6"2'/ This section des cribes th e hard ware components of the Sm artSwitch 9A100 A TM switch. . 2 p›F The ‘M[...]

A-2 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Front Panel Specifications Figure A-1 illustrates the fron t panel of the SmartSwitch 9A100 s w itch . Figure A -1 SmartSw itch 9A1 00 front pa nel NO SYNC D ATA NO SYNC D ATA Console T erminal (RJ-45) Ethernet Port (10Base-T) F AIL ST A TUS POWER RX DA T A TX DA T A Reset Button Ejector Ejector[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 Us er Guide A-3 Specifications Technical Specifications " •¢ : '%+2,%"/ ˜ 96'%,),%":,329 T a ble A-2 Hardwa re specif ications Specification V al ue Processo r i960 CF , 33 MHz Switchin g engine 2.5 Gbps, non -blocki ng Max I/O por ts 45 for 6-s lot ch assis; 1 05 for 14- slot chassis Switch la tenc y [...]

A-4 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Technical Specifications Specifications T a ble A-4 A TM port spe cification s Media Port Speed Framing Connector Max. Tx Power Min. Tx power Max. Rx power Min. Rx power Range SMF-I R 15 5 Mbps or 622 Mbps STS-3 or S TM-1 STS-12 or STM- 4 SC -8 d Bm - 15 dBm -7 dB m -2 8 dBm 15 Km SMF- LR 622 Mb ps STS-12 or STM-4 S[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 Us er Guide A-5 Specifications Technical Specifications T a ble A-6 Manage ment stand ards an d specif ications Management Protocol Supported MIBs SNMPv1/SNMPv2c MIB II (RFC 1 213) Interface T able MIB (RFC 1573) A T oM MIB (RFC 1695) A T oM2 MIB (pre-standard) LANE MIB (A TM Forum) ILMI 4.0 MIB (A TM Forum) IP over A TM MIB (pre-[...]

A-6 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Technical Specifications Specifications[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 Us er Guide B- 1 APPENDIX B AGENT SUPPORT This append ix briefly descr i bes the supp ort prov ided for m anaging the SmartS witch 9A100 usin g Simple Network Management Prot ocol (SNMP). B.1 MIB, SMI, MIB FILES AND INTERNET MIB HIERARCHY A MIB (Management Information Base) is the term used to represent a virtual store of manageme[...]

B-2 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide MIB, SMI, MIB Fi les and Internet MIB Hierarchy Agent Support Fig ure B-1 I n ternet MIB hi erarch y B.1.1 ZeitNe t Cabletr on Pro prietary MIBs The location of some of ZeitNet prop rietary MIBs in the Internet hiera rchy is shown in Fig ure B-2. All nodes starting with “zn” represent Zeitnet objects. The priv a[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 Us er Guide B- 3 Agent S upport MIB, SMI, MIB Files and Internet MIB Hierarc hy . Figure B -2 ZeitNet Pr ivate MIB s In Figur e B-2, the ZeitNet prop rietary group is identified by 1.3.6.1.4.1. 1295; it s subgr oup, calle d znProdu cts, is identified by 1; and the first variable is znManagedObjects with a value of 2. Therefore, th[...]

B-4 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide MIB, SMI, MIB Fi les and Internet MIB Hierarchy Agent Support : Figure B -3 ZeitNet C abletron SmartSwi tch 9A10 0 MIB obj ect id entifier example B.1.3 Supp orted p rotoc ols The SmartSwitch 9A100 supports Simple Network Manag ement Protocol (SNMP). Both the SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c formats of the protocol are support ed[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 Us er Guide B- 5 Agent S upport MIB, SMI, MIB Files and Internet MIB Hierarc hy B.1.5 Zeitnet Cabletron Prop rietar y MIB Gr oups The follo wing table o f Zeitnet prop rietary MIB g roups lists group name, object i dentifier , and grou p function. T a ble B-1 Zeitnet proprietar y MIB grou pings Name Object Identifier Function zeit[...]

B-6 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide MIB, SMI, MIB Fi les and Internet MIB Hierarchy Agent Support B.1.6 Sma rtSwi tch 9A100 MIB S upport The SmartSwitch 9A100 is shipped wit h the follo win g MIBs: • MIB II (RF C 1213) • Interface T able MIB (RFC 1573) • A T oM MIB (RFC 1695) • A T oM2 MIB (p re-standard) • LANE MIB (A TM Forum) • ILMI 4. [...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 Us er Guide B- 7 Agent Support Managing the SmartSwitch 9A100 Not Support ed The following MIB objects are not sup ported. If used, these objects return either the value zero or the message, “Not suppor ted.” • atmInterfaceMaxVpcs • atmInterfaceConf Vpcs • atmInterfaceDs3PlcpT able • atmInterfaceTCT able • atmVplT ab[...]

B-8 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Managing the SmartSwitch 9A100 Agent Support B.2.1 Console Command s that Affe ct the Agent The following is a list of the console commands that af fect the operation of the SmartSwitch 9A100 SNMP agent. For detailed descriptions of these command s, see the SmartCell 6A 000/ZX-250 Reference Manual. • Community : S[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide C- 1 APPENDIX C T ECHNICAL SUPPORT This appendix tells you what to do if you need tech nical support for your SmartSwi tch 9A1 00 switch. Cabletron offers sev eral supp ort and s ervice pr ograms that pr ovide hi gh-qual ity supp ort to our customer s. For technical support, first contact your place of purchase. If you [...]

C-2 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Hardware Warranty Technical Support • Detailed d escription of t he issu e (inclu ding his tory , what you've t ried, and conditio ns under wh ich you see this occur) • 6 >À` Ý>À iÊ “œ`i•Ê ˜Ö“LiÀ ]Ê ÃœvÍÝ>À iÊ ÜiÀÈœ˜]Ê >˜`Ê Ã݈ÍV…Ê Vœ˜vˆ}ÖÀ>Í ˆœ?[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide D- 1 APPENDIX D ACRONYMS A B AAL A TM A dap tation Laye r AAL1 A TM Ada p tation Laye r T ype 1 AAL2 A TM Ada p ter La yer T yp e 2 AAL3/4 A TM Adapter Layer T ype 3/4 AAL5 A TM Ada p ter La yer T yp e 5 AALM A TM Ada p tation Laye r Mu x ABR A vailable Bit Rat e AFI Auth ority an d F orm at Id e ntif ier ANSI Ame r ica[...]

D-2 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Acronyms C BOOTP Boot Protoc ol BUS Broadcast and Unkno wn Server CAC Call Admission Control CAN Campus Area Net work CA T-3 Category 3 unsh i elded twisted pair cabl e CA T-5 Category 5 unsh i elded twisted pair cabl e CBR Constant Bi t Rate CCITT Comite Consul tatif I nternat ionale de T elegraphi que et T elephon[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide D- 3 Acronyms D E DCC Digital Cross Connec t , gene ric DACS or Di rect Conn ect Card, d ata interface module DF Download Flash DS-0 Digi tal Si gna lin g 0 DS-1 Digi tal Si gna lin g 1 DS-3 Digi tal Si gna lin g 3 DTE Data T erminal Equipmen t DTL Designate d T ransit List DVT Dela y V ariati on T ole rance E-1 Europea[...]

D-4 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Acronyms F G H I FCS Frame Che ck Sequence FIFO Firs t In Fir st Ou t FT P File T ransfer Protocol GB/S Gigabits per second GCAC Generic Cal l Admissio n Contro l GCRA Generic Cel l Rate Alg orith m GFC Generic Fl ow Control HEC Header Err or Check IEEE Inst itute of Elect rical an d Electron ic Enginee rs ICMP Inte[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide D- 5 Acronyms J K L ILMI Integ rated Loca l Manage ment Interfa ce I/O Input/Out put IOM Input/Out put Modul e IP Interne t Protocol IP/A TM Inter net Prot ocol over A TM IPX Interne twork Packet Exchan ge protocol ITU-TSS Interna tional T elecommunications Union-T eleco mmunicati ons Standa rds Sector ISDN Int e grat e[...]

D-6 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Acronyms M N LECSELA N LAN Emulation Co nfiguration Server Emulated LAN LES LANE Server LESELAN LANE Server Emulated LAN LIS Logical I P Subnet work LLC Logical Li nk Control LMI Local Manage me nt Int er fa ce MAC Media Access Contro l MAN Metropolita n Area Netw ork MB/S Megabits per s econd MBS Maximu m Burs t Si[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide D- 7 Acronyms O P NETBEUI NetBI OS E x tens io n Us er Inte rfa ce NFS Network File Syst em NIC Netwo rk In terf ac e Con troll er/Ca rd NLS Natural La nguage S yntax NMS Network Manage ment System NNI Netwo rk No d e Inte rfa ce or Ne tw ork- to- N et work Inter face NRT-VB R Non Real T ime - V ariabl e Bit Rate NRZ No[...]

D-8 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Acronyms Q R PDU Protocol Data Unit PGL Peer Group L eader PMD Physic al Media Dependent Su b-layer PMP Point- to-Multi point P-NNI Private Network Nod e Interf ace or Pri vate Networ k-to-N etwork Int erface PPD Partia l Pack e t Disc ard PROM Program mable Read-Onl y Memory PTI Payload T ype I ndicator PTP Poin t-[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide D- 9 Acronyms S RM Resource Mana gement RMA Return Me rchandis e Authorization RQU Receive Que ue Underrun RS-# Recommended Standard d efined by Electr onic Indus tries As sociatio n RT-VBR Real T ime - V ariable Bit Rat e RW Read-W rite Acces s SAAL Sign ali ng A TM Ada pta ti on L a yer SAR Segmenta tion An d Reassemb[...]

D-10 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Acronyms T U SVC Switch ed V irtual Circ uit SVCC Swit ched V irtual Channe l Connec tion T-1 T ransmission System 1 T-3 T ransmission System 3 TA X I Tr ansparent Asynchr onous T ransmit ter/ Receiver I nter face TCP T ransmission Cont rol Proto c ol TD T raff ic Descri ptor TDM T ime-Divi sion M ultip lexing TF T[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide D- 11 Acronyms V W VBR/RT V ari abl e B i t Rate /R eal Time VBR/NRT V a ri abl e Bit Ra te/No n-re al Time VC V irtual Circuit VCC V irtual Channel Connectio n VCI V irtu a l Chan nel Id enti fier VCL V irtual Channel Link VLAN Vi r t u a l L A N VP V irt ual Path VPC V irtual Path Co nnection VPI V irtual Pa th Iden t[...]

D-12 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide Acronyms[...]

SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide I-1 INDEX Numerics 6A-IOM-21-4 ............................ ............... 2-3 6A-IOM-22-4 ............................ ............... 2-3 6A-IOM-29-4 ............................ ............... 2-3 6A-IOM-29-4 -IR .............. ........................ 2-3 6A-IOM-29-4 -LR ...................... ............... 2-3 [...]

I-2 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide In dex affect ing th e agent . .................. .......... B-8 alia s ....................... .................. ........... 2-9 cre ate ..................... .................. ........... 2-9 delete ..................... .................. ........... 2-9 display ................... .............................[...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide I-3 Index G go .. ........................... ............................... 4-24 H hard ware speci fications ...................... ..... A-3 hard ware warran ty .............................. ..... C-2 he .................... .................................... .... 4-24 help ................. .....................[...]

I-4 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide In dex P parall el routes ................................ ........... 4-7 partia l commands .......................... ......... 2-11 PC seria l port ada pter pin- out ........ .......... A -5 peak cell ra te ......................... .................. 4-17 physica l specif ications . ............................ [...]

SmartSwitch 9A1 00 User Guide I-5 Index ATM ports .......................... .............. A-4 front p anel ........................... .............. A-1 management s tandards ...................... A-5 physica l ............................... .............. A-3 protoco ls standards ........................... A-4 star t ........................[...]

I-6 SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide In dex VPI non-z ero value s ................................ 4-15 VPI bits ........................ ........................... 4-15 VPI/VCI pairs ................................ ......... 4-15 Z ZeitNet Cabletron propri etary MIBs ....... B-2[...]