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SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide[...]

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v SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide T abl e of Contents 1. Introduction 1 MIB Suppo rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. Installat ion 5 Package Con tents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installa tion Procedur e . . . . . . . . . . [...]

vi SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Frame Co nversion Confi guration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 TCP/IP Con version Statu s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 TCP/IP Con version Parame ters Change . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Novell Conversion Statu s . . . . . . . .[...]

vii SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide List of Figu res Figure 1. SSIM-H2- 02 Switch S martStack Inte rface Modul e . . . . . 1 Figure 2. Removi ng the Expan sion Slot Co ver . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Figure 3. Install ing the SSIM -H2-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Fig[...]

viii SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide List of T ab les Table 1. Features a nd Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Table 2. LEDs at the Left on the Front Pane l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Table 3. LEDs at the Right of E very Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10[...]

1 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Introduction 1. Intr oduct ion The Cabletron Systems SmartStack SSIM-H2 -02 2-port Trans lational Switch SSI M (Sm artS tack S SIM -H 2-0 2) pro vides conne cti vity to 10/1 00 Mb ps Fast Ethernet f or the S mart St ack S TS 16- 20R M Token Ri[...]

2 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Introduction The modul e support s translat ional swi tching for all ke y n etwork protocol s (such as IP , IPX, SN A, NetBios) and gen eric conv ersion: F eature Description SR T and SRB Support for SR T and SRB br idging. IEEE 802.1Q This st[...]

3 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Introduction SNMP SNMP is sup port ed via the h ost processor (the processor on the SmartS tack STS16-20RM). This makes it possible to configure the device in a standards-bas ed way and as an inte grated part of the LAN switch. Can serve multi[...]

4 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Introduction MIB Suppor t • RFC 12 13: MIB I I • RFC 1493: Bridge MIB • RFC 1525: SR Brid ge MIB • RFC 1573: E valuation of Inter faces Group of MIB II • RFC 1650: Dot3 MIB • RFC 1757: RMON MIB • STS16 MIB • FEUplink MIB[...]

5 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Installation 2. Installation This chapter describes h ow to install, connect, and start using the SSIM- H2-02. The following main topics are cov ered: • Packa ge Contents • Installation Procedure • Hardware Installation • Software Inst[...]

6 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Installation Insta llation Procedure The SSIM-H2-02 is packaged with the software for both the module itself and the SmartStack STS16-20RM Token Ring Switch. The switch is also supplied with both software images. To en s ure comp ati bility be[...]

7 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Installation Har dware Inst allation ➽ Wa r n i n g : Expans ion modu les are no t hot-sw appable. If you i nstall or r emove expa nsion modu les while the po wer to the switc h is on, d amage may o ccur to the switch and to the module. ➽ [...]

8 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Installation 4. Carefully insert the mod u le into the rails on each side o f the expa nsion slot, sliding it b ack until the connecto r on the module is seated into the co nnector at the back of the slot. See Figure 3. When the module is full[...]

9 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Installation The console will display the d o wnload activity while the software is transferred over the network b y counting received blo cks . When the software has been transferred, you will see th e following messages: Network down load co[...]

10 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Installation Cabling The modul e uses st andard or cr ossed-over UTP-5 co pper cables. The maximu m cable leng th is 100 m ( 328 feet). 1. Insert the mod ular RJ-45 jack from either end o f a standard o r crossed-o ver UTP-5 cab le into one o[...]

11 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Installation P ower - On S el f T es t When you st art the switch, it will run a power-on self-test to ensure that all the devices are w orking correctly. During th is test, the switch will detect and start any module fou n d in an expansio n[...]

12 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Installation Configuration The SSIM-H2-02 can b e configured in t wo ways: • From the switch console, directly with a VT100 terminal emulator on the RS- 232 po rt or via T eln et. • By a SNMP based graphi cal management application. Conso[...]

13 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration 3. Configuration This chapter explains h o w to view and edit the configuration of the SSIM-H2-02 using a VT100 ter minal emulator attached directly to the Smar t Stack STS16-20 RM Token Ring s wi tch. The SSIM-H2-02 con figurat[...]

14 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Introduction Each SSIM-H2-02 has two 100 Mbps Fas t Ethernet ports. In the console configur ation, port n umbers are u sed to refer t o ports, wi th ordinar y Token Ring ports numbered 1 to 20. If a module is inserted into th[...]

15 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration TS Vir tual P orts and VLAN T agging Unlike ord inary Token Ri ng port s, Translatio nal Switch ( TS) por ts can functi on as trunk ports, which means they can carry traffic belonging to all of the 63 VLANs it is possible to con[...]

16 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Bridging Modes Sour ce Routed Switching (SRS) Operation Mode SRS is th e default mod e of oper ation. This m ode is also res tored after NV RAM reset of the SmartStack STS16-20RM switch. In this mode, all ports of the switch [...]

17 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration Source Routed Bridgi n g (SRB) Mode ➽ Note: SR T is the sug gested mode o f operation. If multiple CRFs are used on a switch, all tran slatio nal links to the same Ethernet cloud should b e grouped into o ne CRF. If a CRF i s [...]

18 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Redundant Connection s to Fast Ethernet Netw or k A connection to the Eth ernet cloud can be made using several translation al links from multiple swi tches. Translational links connected from one switch to the same Ethernet [...]

19 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration In a pure To ken Ri ng ne twor k, an A ll Rou tes Ex plor er (AR E) fra me gen erat ed fro m Station A traverses all r in gs only one time based on a Routing Inform ation Field (RIF) expanded by each sour ce-routed bridg e. In t[...]

20 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n This loop can be resolved b y maki ng sure that only one translational lin k is in the forwarding s tate or by using the same LAN s egment number f or all translational links. Using two different LAN segment numbers has some [...]

21 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration For each CRF of translation al links connected to t he same Ether net cloud, a connection attribute can b e assigned: — Primary connection – fo r a main conne ction to the Ethernet cloud (def ault v alue for each CRF). This [...]

22 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Figure 10 illustrates a network with two physically disjoint Ethernet cloud s. Each SmartStack STS16-20R M switch in the config uration has one primary conn ection to one of the two Ethernet clouds and one secondary connec ti[...]

23 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration T echnical Bac kg r ound For each CRF with a transl ational link, spannin g tree should be en abled. For SRT CRF, the default STP algor ithm is IEEE 802.1D. Only this spanning tree algorithm can be used fo r translational lin ks[...]

24 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Figure 11. S TP Cost Modification In Figure 1 1, TR Switch 2 and Ethernet Switch 2 know that the cost of the Secondary link is 20,000 higher than the cost of t he primary link seen by T R Switch 1 and Ethern et Switch 1. This[...]

25 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration Gene ra l G uid elines This section describ es g uidelines for work within the conso le menu s. • T o select a menu item, use the arrow ke ys to highlight it, then p ress ENTER . • If you need to specify additional inform at[...]

26 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Navigating Within the Menus Use the arrow keys (cursor keys) to highligh t a selection. If the selection is a menu , pressi ng the ENTER key displays a new screen of information; if the se lectio n is a command, such as Reset[...]

27 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration Configu ration O ver view Execute the following general step s to configure a SSIM-H2-02: • Determine w hich V LANs the TS po rts should conn ect. • Determine which VLAN, if any , s hould be unt agged. • Configure the TS V[...]

28 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n VLAN Configuration For general informatio n about the configuration of VLANs, refer to the SmartStack STS16-2 0RM/STS16-20FRM Token Ring Swi tch Ins tallatio n and U ser Guide . Only issues relating to th e configuration of T[...]

29 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration Status Display onl y. Shows the current st atus of the port. T able 4. T ranslation al Switch Ph ysical P or t Status Address Demand Aging Le v el Sets the thres hold on the number of entries in the add ress table on which entri[...]

30 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Status Disp lay onl y. Show s the cu rrent s tatus of the vi r tual po rt. MTU You can use o nly one value as MTU. Default: 1500 Max B r oad cast Rate (f rames/sec) Sets the maximum bro adcast frame rate; possible va l ues ar[...]

31 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration VL AN T agging M od e Sets the VLAN tagging mode of the virtual port; possible valu es ar e Tagged and Untagged . As explained p reviously, only o ne virtual port on each TS port can be untagged. Al l other virtual port s must b[...]

32 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Explorer RIF Aging Time On output, the Translational Switch UEM quickly deletes ad dresses known only from forwarded explorer frames . The session starts with an explorer frame followed by a specifically ro uted frame. The ex[...]

33 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration IP: Ethernet For mat Sets the format of IP f rames on Ethernet. Default: Ethernet II Sour c e Routing Enables or disables Source Routing in I P frames transmitt ed to To ken Ring. Default: SR Fo r m a t M e a n i n g 802.3 SN AP[...]

34 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Explorer Frames T ype Sets the type of explorer that should be used for ARP/RARP traf fic. From the set of IP pro tocols e xplorer frame t ype can be chos en only for ARP/ RARP frames . Othe r IP pr otoco ls can gene rate on [...]

35 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration Novell Con version P aramet ers Chang e To change Novel l conversion parameters select NOVELL conversion parameters change on the Fra me Conv e r si o n Confi gu ration me nu of the TS port. NO VELL Fr ames Con version Determine[...]

36 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Sour ce Routing Enables or disables Sou rce Routing in Novell frames transm itted to Token Ring. Default: noSR Explorer Frames T ype Sets the type of exp lorer for IPX traffic. Default: STE IPX Address T ran slatio n Enables [...]

37 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration Dis abled . If the state is set to Disabled , NetBios traffic will be dropped. Default: Enabled NetBios: T oken Ring Format Sets the format of NetBios frames o n Token Ring. NetBios: Ethernet Format Sets the format of NetBios fr[...]

38 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Explorer Frames T ype Sets the type of exp lorer that shou ld be used fo r NetBios traffic. Default: STE TR Functional Address The TR Functional Address is entered in the MAC address format. Default: C00000: 000080 Ethernet G[...]

39 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration SNA: Ethernet Format Sets the format of SNA frames on Ethernet. Default: 802.3 Sour c e Routing Enables or disables Sour ce Routi ng in SNA f rames tran smitted to Token Ring. Default: SR F ormat Meaning 802.3 Frame in the IEE E[...]

40 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Explorer Frames T ype Sets the type of exp lorer that shou ld be used fo r SNA traffic. Default: ARE Other Frames w/SNAP Con ver sion Status Display only. Shows the curren t status of the Other Frames With SNAP Conversion. Po[...]

41 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration Other Frames w/SNAP: Ethe rnet Format Sets the format of Other Frames w/SNAP frames on Ethernet. Formats available: Default: Ethernet II Sour c e Routing Enables or disables Source Routing in Other Frames w/SNAP frames transmitt[...]

42 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n Conversion. Po ssible values are Enabled and Dis abled . Other Frames w/o SNAP Con ver sion Pa rameters Change To change Other Frames w/o SNAP conversion pa rameters select Other Fra mes w/o SNAP conversion parameters change [...]

43 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration Sour c e Routing Enables or disables So urce Routing in Other Frames w/o SNAP frames transmitted to To ken Ring . Default: SR Explor er Frames T ype Sets the type of exp lorer that should be used for Other Frames w/o SNAP traffi[...]

44 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Co nf iguratio n[...]

45 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Statistics 4. Statistics A wide range of statistics is available for the SmartStack Token-Ring Switch. The following top ics are dis cus sed in this chapter: • Port Status • Port Statistics • General Statis tics • Discarded Frames •[...]

46 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Statistics Statist ics Men u When Statistics is selected from the m a in men u, the follo win g op tions are listed: — S witch Statistics — P o wer Su pply Information — P ort St atus — P ort Statistics — A ddr e ss T a bl es — Cu[...]

47 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Statistics Po r t S t a t u s Besides the or dinary Token-Ri ng ports, th e table contains an en t ry for each TS virtual port , along with its current status. When Port Status is selected on the St atisti cs menu, the following items are dis[...]

48 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Statistics Po r t S t a t i s t i c s When Po rt Statistics is selected and the port num ber of a TS port is entered, the following opti ons are listed: — G eneral Statistics — 80 2.3 Statistics — V irtu al Po rt Statistics The availabl[...]

49 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Statistics SRF Frames Number of Specifically Routed Fram es . STE Fra mes Number of Spanning Tree Explorers. ARE Fr ames Number of All-Routes Expl orers. Unicas t Frames Number of frames with a unicast MAC address as d estination. Broa dcast [...]

50 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Statistics T able Filter ed by Address Filter The frame by discard ed because of a MAC address filter. T able Filtered by DSAP Filter The frame by discard ed because of a protocol ( DS AP or pro tocol type) filter. Locall y Filtered The frame[...]

51 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Statistics • T ranslational Switch receiv ed frame with RIF but, for this pro tocol, the noSR flag is used d uring con versions. If you ha ve the def ault configuration t his can happen for IPX frames (clear and s et flag us eSR for Nov ell[...]

52 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Statistics Err or Count er s Single Collisions Number of frames transmitted by this port after si ngle collision. Mult iple C o llisi o ns Number of frames transmitted by this port after mul tip le collision. Excessiv e Collisions Number of f[...]

53 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Statistics Virtu al P or t Statistics When Virtual Port Statistics is selected from the Port Statistics menu for a TS port, coun ters for the virtual port are di splayed. I f more than on e virtual port is defined for the TS port, the request[...]

54 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Statistics NetBios Number of fram es dropped because NetBios translation is disabled or inbound frames are received from Ethern et in a format different than that specified in the TS configuration d ialog. SNA Number of frame s dropped becaus[...]

55 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Statistics Outbound (No T ranslation) TCP/IP Number of frames dropped b ecause TCP/IP translation is d isabled. IPX Number of frames d ropped because IPX translation is disa bled or outbound frames received from Tok en Ring in format differen[...]

56 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Statistics Generic w/ o SNAP Number of frames dro pped because of trans lation errors for gen eric frames without SNAP. Fragmentation E rror (TCP/IP only.) Number of frames dropped becau se IP fragmentation finished with an error or an IP fra[...]

57 SSIM-H2-02 Fast E thernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module I nstallation and User Guide Getting in T ouch with T e chnical Support 5. Getting in T ouc h with T ec hnical Suppor t For addi tional supp ort related to this dev ice or docu ment, contact C abletron Systems u sin g on e of the following methods: Before calli ng Cabl[...]

58 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Getting in T ouch with T e c hnical Support[...]

59 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Abbreviations Appendix A. Abbre viations AC Access Control ARE All-R outes E xpl or er ATM As ynchronous Transfer Mod e BRF Bridge R elay Functio n CFI C anon ical Format Indicator CRC Cyclic Redund ancy Check CRF Concen t rator R elay Funct [...]

60 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Abbre viations RIF Route Information Field RX Receive Data SA Source Address SAP Service Access Point SNA Systems Netwo rk Architecture SNAP Sub-Network Acces s Protocol SNMP S imple Network Man agement Protocol SR Source Routing SRB Source R[...]

index-1 Index SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - T ranslational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide A abbrev iations 59 B Bridging Mod es 16 Source Ro ut ed B ridging (SRB) 17 Source Ro ut ed Swi tching (SRC) 16 Source Routed Tran sparent B ridgi ng (SRT) 1 6 C cabling 10 configu ra ti on 12 default 12 console c onfiguration 13 c[...]

index-2 SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and Us er Guide Inde x V VLAN configur ation 28 BRF c onfigu rati on 28 local VLA N po rt configur ation 28[...]

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