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® http://www.3com.c om/ Device View User Guide Cor eBuilder 9000 Ent erprise Switch Transcend Network Control S ervices Version 5.0.2 for UNIX Part No. 09-1504- 000e Publ ish ed Augu st 1999[...]

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C ONTENTS A BOUT T HIS G UID E Convent ions 7 Related Docume ntation 8 Help S ystem s 8 Y ear 2000 Com pliance 8 T echnical S upport 8 1 A BOUT D EVICE V IEW About D evice View 10 New in This Relea se 11 Managem ent Support Mat rix 12 2 U SING D EVICE V IEW Preparing D evices for Manageme nt 16 Preparing t he Mana gement P latfo rm 17 Starting De v[...]

Mana ging Power Sy stems 31 Managin g the Co reBuilder 9000 Sw itch Po wer Suppl y 32 4 A DVAN CED M ANAG EME NT T ASKS View ing Pe rform ance St atist ics 3 8 Mana ging Virt ual L ANs 39 VLANs on t he CoreBuild er 9000 41 Featur es 43 IEEE 802.1 Q and Pe r -por t T agg ing 45 VLAN IDs 46 T ermin ology 46 Procedural Gu ideline s 47 Select ing VL AN[...]

A BOUT T HIS G UIDE About This Guid e provi des an ov ervi ew , d esc ribes conv entio ns, tells you wher e to look for specif ic info rmatio n, and lists ot her publ icatio ns that may be useful. This vers ion of the De vice View User Gu ide des cribes how to mana ge the 3Com Co r eBuilder 9000 Enterprise Switch usi ng Device Vie w software . This[...]

6 A BOUT T HIS G UIDE For detaile d informati on on the CoreBuilde r 9000 Enterprise Swi tch and its modul es, see the docume ntation sup plied wit h your har dware, especial ly the Cor eBuilde r 9000 Impl ementati on Gui de . This guide is intende d for netwo rk admini strators who u nderstand networ king tech nologie s and ho w to i ntegrate netw[...]

Conve ntions 7 Conv entions T a ble 1 an d T a ble 2 lis t conven tions th at are used througho ut this gu ide. T able 1 Notice Icons Icon Notice Type Description Informatio n note Informati on that de scribes important f eatures or instruction s Caution Inform ation that al erts you to potent ial loss of data or potential damage to an ap plicati o[...]

8 A BOUT T HIS G UIDE Relat ed Docum entation This guid e is comple mented by othe r 3Com documents and compr ehensiv e help systems. Most u ser gui des and release notes are availa ble i n Adobe Acr obat Reade r Portabl e Docume nt Format (PDF ) or HTML on t he 3Com Wor ld W id e We b si te : http://www.3com.com/ Help Systems Each T ranscend appl [...]

1 A BOUT D EVICE V IEW Transcend ® Device View ena bles you to m onitor an d set up the 3Com hubs , switc hes, bridge /rou ters, an d rem ote ac cess devi ces in your enterprise-wi de network. This versio n of th e Device View User Guide supplemen ts the informa tion provid ed in the De vice Vi ew User G uide incl ude d in T ransce nd Ne twor k Co[...]

10 C HAPTER 1: A BO UT D EVICE V IEW About Device View Device Vie w provides an eas y-to-use SNMP -based in terface for man aging the conn ectivity dev ices in your network. T ranscend N etwork Contr ol Service s customi zes the networ k manageme nt pla tform to add meaningf ul symbols to the net work map, an d associate the symbols that r epr esen[...]

New in T his Relea se 11 New in This Rel ease T ransce nd NCS v5 .0.2 for UN IX inclu des Device V iew fun ctionality t hat enab les yo u to m anage the C oreBuil der 90 00 En terpr ise Sw itch an d the Cor eBuilder 9400 Gigabi t Ethernet Switc h. Managemen t support is shown in T abl e 3 T able 3 Device View Support for the CoreBuilder 9000 E nter[...]

12 C HAPTER 1: A BO UT D EVICE V IEW Manage ment Support Matri x This section describes the managem ent featur es that are availab le for Smal l Office and Enterpris e Switc hes, inc ludin g the CoreBuil der 900 0 Enterpr ise Switch and t he Cor eBuilder 9400 Gigabi t Ethernet Switch . T o find i nformati on about oth er 3Com device s, see the Devi[...]

Manage ment Suppo rt Matrix 13 In additi on to the ma nagement func tions shown in T able 4, you can also use Devi ce View to perform th e followi ng tasks: ■ Manage power supplies (Co reB uilder 900 0 Switch) ■ Enable 80 2.1Q ta gging (Cor eBui lder 900 0 Switch) ■ Set up roving a naly sis po rt (CoreBui lder 9000 Switch and CoreBuild er 940[...]

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2 U SING D EVICE V IEW This chapt er descri bes the Device Vi ew interfa ce and explai ns how to run the appl icatio n and use it to set up manageabl e devices. This versio n of th e Device View User Guide supplemen ts the informa tion provid ed in the De vice Vi ew User G uide incl ude d in T ransce nd Ne twor k Contro l Services, v5.0 . See “Ab[...]

16 C HAPTER 2: U SING D EVICE V IEW Preparing Devices for M anagem ent The abil ity to set up dev ices fr om the SNMP manage ment statio n is an impor tant pa rt of your con figura tion ma nage ment stra tegy . T o prepare to mana ge de vices on your netwo rk, yo u nee d to pe rform the foll owin g key tasks: 1 Discover dev ices and cr eate netwo r[...]

Prepa ring th e Manag ement Platfo rm 17 4 Defi ne gr oups and man age devices — T o help yo u organiz e managed devices, Device View enables you to cr eate SuperStack gr oups. Y ou can then select one symbol t hat r epresents the devi ces, and manage all th e devices in a single window . 5 Set u p IP ad dr ess of ma nagement st ation — Each de[...]

18 C HAPTER 2: U SING D EVICE V IEW If you add the name of the dir ectory containi ng the Device Vi ew applica tion to your pa th, you can l aunch the D evice View simpl y by entering : dv hostname If the device re cognizes t he communi ty stri ng and can be r eached o n the network, Device Vie w displays the device. Othe rwise, ente r: dv -c commu[...]

Viewing Network Devices 19 Figure 1 M anaging a C oreBuilde r 9000 Switch Ports — Select on e or mor e ports with the left mouse button , and click the ri ght mouse butto n to access a shortcut m enu. Power Supp ly/Fan (left) — Color indi cates status. EME (right ) — E nterprise Manage ment Engine Media and Sub Group — Enables y ou to highl[...]

20 C HAPTER 2: U SING D EVICE V IEW Managi ng Med ia, Modu les, Segments, and Ports Device View enables you to set up all aspects o f the devi ces you mana ge. Y ou can select and work with: ■ Devices ■ Consol e ports ■ Modules ■ Tr a n s c e i v e r s ■ Segment s ■ Ports ■ Virtual LANs ■ Tr u n k s In many cases, you can choose mul[...]

Managin g Media , Modules , Segm ents, an d Ports 21 Using M edia Selectio n Lists Device Vie w also pr ovides two media sele ction li sts called Med ia and Sub Group which hel p you to choo se the featur es you want to manage. For example, this makes it easy t o work with all Fast Ethernet port s, find out which po rts belon g to VLAN 2, or choose[...]

22 C HAPTER 2: U SING D EVICE V IEW View ing a nd Changi ng Sett ings Y ou can access man agement i nformat ion abou t device s, segment s, ports , and vir tual LANs by high lighti ng the fe ature yo u want t o work with and clicking the righ t mouse button to access a shortcut menu. Fo r modul ar chassis such as th e Cor eBuild er 9000 Switch , yo[...]

Managin g Media , Modules , Segm ents, an d Ports 23 different secti on, the ta b labels at the top of the pa ge cha nge automati cally to show which opti ons ar e availabl e within that sect ion. The i nterface fo r Cor eBuilde r 5000 and ONlin e device s use s a sing le tabbe d page fo r most modu le and po rt config urat ion forms . Device View [...]

24 C HAPTER 2: U SING D EVICE V IEW Usin g Onli ne H elp This guid e intr oduces yo u to using De vice View t o manage 3Com enterprise n etwork e quipment in your netwo rk. For de tailed inform ation about t he settings tha t you can r ead and set, what fields and contro ls mean, and how you should use them , re fer to the c omprehe nsive onl ine h[...]

3 M ANAGING D EVICES Device View pr ovid es manageme nt setti ngs th at ar e appr opri ate to the featur e set of t he managed r esour ce. For example, you ma y need to set up cascaded seg ments on segmen table hubs, vi rtual LAN s (VLANs) on switches, or ISDN br idging on r emote access devices. Device View customiz es the in terface t o match t h[...]

26 C HAPTER 3: M ANAGING D EVICES Mana ging CoreBuilder 9 000 Switches This secti on describes the man agement f eatur es that Devic e View pr ovide s for Cor eBuilder 9000 Swi tches in your networ k. This sectio n con tains : ■ Chassis Manageme nt ■ Module Man agement ■ Ether net Port Setu p Chass is Mana gemen t T o manag e a Cor eBuilde r [...]

Managi ng CoreBui lder 9 000 Swi tches 27 ■ Back plane Conn ection s — D ispla ys a ta ble sh owin g the current backplan e conne ctions ( switch fa bric modu le to interf ace module) and the sta tus of each conne ction. ■ T runk Setup — Display s a table show ing the trunk s, and membe r ports, currently de fined on the device. IP Confi gu[...]

28 C HAPTER 3: M ANAGING D EVICES ■ T emperat ur e — Allows you to view t emperatur e info rmation for a chassis. ■ Fabric — Allows you to view informatio n for the Gigabi t Ethern et (GEN) Switch Fabr ic Modu le (or modu les) op erating i n the chassis. Module Manag ement T o ma nage Cor eBuilder 9 000 S witch mo dules: 1 View the front of[...]

Managi ng CoreBui lder 9 000 Swi tches 29 ■ Backplan e Connect ions — For switch fabric modul es, displa ys a table showing t he curr ent backpl ane connect ions (swit ch fabric mod ule to interfa ce modul e) and the status of each connecti on. Brid ge Sett ings The Bri dge se ctio n con tains the fo llowi ng setti ngs: ■ General — Allows y[...]

30 C HAPTER 3: M ANAGING D EVICES ■ ARP Cache — Al lows you to r emove or flu sh the Addr ess Resolution Pr otocol (ARP) cach e. The ARP cache is a tabl e of IP ad dr esses learned by the devi ce and their corresp onding MA C addre sses. ■ Interfaces — Allows you to create, edit, a nd dele te IP in terfaces. Y ou define inter faces to e sta[...]

Managi ng Powe r Systems 31 Figure 6 M anaging Ethernet Ports on High-Function Switches 3 Click Apply after maki ng changes to any sett ings. The Ports sec tion c ontain s the follo wing settin gs: ■ Ethernet — Enable s you to enabl e, disable, and configu re Ethe rnet ports on a de vice. ■ Spannin g T ree — Allows you t o view and confi gu[...]

32 C HAPTER 3: M ANAGING D EVICES Mana ging the CoreBuilde r 9000 Switch Power Supp ly Device Vi ew provid es you with the f ollowing power management features for th e CoreBuild er 9000 Switch: ■ Y ou can find out the status of powe r supplie s and fan units, and temperat ur e data for the ch assis. ■ Y ou can set Admin Statu s to Fa ult T ole[...]

Managi ng Powe r Systems 33 ■ The EME may shut down selected in terface mod ules in an atte mpt to brin g inst alled modu le po wer con sum ption u nder the no w-reduce d power bud get. In power fault-tolerant mode, power equivalen t to one power suppl y is held in reserve . This reserve powe r is n ot avai lable to in stalled mod ules unless a p[...]

34 C HAPTER 3: M ANAGING D EVICES The f ollowing events occur duri ng an o verheat cond ition: 1 The Master EME character displ ay shows the wor d TEMP 2 If an SNMP age nt is pr esent in the chassis, power management informs the SN MP ag ent of the ove rhe at con ditio n. 3 A 1-mi nute de lay is pr ovided, d uring which the Master EME and ext ernal[...]

Managi ng Powe r Systems 35 The EME canno t automati cally power off a mod ule that is assi gned a power class setting of 10. For exampl e, if a powe r supply fail ur e causes a power def icit (or if a chassis over heat condi tion develo ps), a modul e that is assign ed a power class setti ng of 10 contin ues to run un til you order it to power off[...]

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4 A DVAN CED M ANAGEMENT T ASKS Device View pr ovid es you wi th advanced manag ement capab iliti es for devices that have special featur es. For exampl e, you can set up r esilient links to safeguar d impo rtant inte r -switch or back bone connect ions, use the T ranscend Loa d Balancin g T ool to optimize the effi ciency of PS H ub segments, and [...]

38 C HAPTER 4: A DVANCED M ANAGEMENT T ASKS Vie wi ng Perform ance Statistics Device Vie w enables you to displa y a variety of activity an d error statistics at devi ce, segment, a nd port lev el. The st atistics t hat ar e availabl e depend on the t ype of por t or device that you select . Y ou can view sta tistics for the following 3 Com de vice[...]

Managin g Virtual LANs 39 Mana ging Vi rtual LANs T ranscend Ne twork Mana gement Sof twar e pro vides an easy-to-understa nd gra phical interfa ce for setti ng up a nd managin g virtual LANs (VLANs), all owing network managers to vie w VLANs within the netwo rk, fin d out ab out parti cular VLAN segme nts, move individu als or gr oups betwee n seg[...]

40 C HAPTER 4: A DVANCED M ANAGEMENT T ASKS AutoSelect VLANs are supported b y agent so ftware versi on 2.1 and ver sion 3. 1 and above. The kinds of VLAN you can implement are determi ned by VL AN suppor t in the d evices you ma nage. For mo dular hu bs, the type of VLAN yo u can implemen t depends on the install ed switching mod ule. For more inf[...]

Managin g Virtual LANs 41 Switch 3 900, and Su perStack II Switch 930 0 devices di ffer fro m other 3Com devic es. See th e Devic e Vi ew on line Help to resolve t hese differenc es. For the Cor eBuilder 9000 Switch, 3Com str ongl y rec ommends that you r ead t he Core Builde r 9000 Imple menta tion G uide fo r informa tion on VL ANs and o ther fea[...]

42 C HAPTER 4: A DVANCED M ANAGEMENT T ASKS interf ace modules di re ctly; you conf igur e them thr ough the switch fabric module . T o cr eate VLANs in th e Cor eBui lder 9 000 e nvir onment, you c onfigur e these comp onents: ■ Layer 2 an d Lay er 3 s witch ing m odule s — Y o u conn ect to these indivi dually t hrough the EME (Ente rprise Ma[...]

Managin g Virtual LANs 43 port s. For exampl e, to cr eate a VL AN for a GEN in terface mo dule that r esides in chassis slot 6 (when the switch fabri c module is insta lled i n slot 8), yo u coul d con figure the switch fabr ic modu le to cr eate a VLAN on backplan e ports 11 an d 12. Featur es Y our Core Builder 9000 suppor ts the VL AN feat ur e[...]

44 C HAPTER 4: A DVANCED M ANAGEMENT T ASKS Ignore S TP mode No Yes, in allC losed mode Ignores the bloc king S panning T ree Proto col (STP) mode fo r the ports of a designa ted VLAN. (One i nstance o f STP run s on the module, but you can disable i t on a per-V LAN ba sis.) This mode, o nly avai lable in allCl osed mode , is dis- abled by default[...]

Managin g Virtual LANs 45 IEEE 802. 1Q and Per -port T agg ing IEEE 802. 1Q is a standar d for VLA Ns. It aims to: ■ Defi ne an ar chitectur e to logical ly parti tion bri dged LANs and prov ide services t o define d user gr oups, inde pendent of physical l ocation ■ Allow interoperabi lity betwe en multiv endor equipme nt. IEEE 80 2.1Q defines[...]

46 C HAPTER 4: A DVANCED M ANAGEMENT T ASKS ■ For bac kpla ne ports and s witch fa bric m odule ports, you mu st use taggi ng when these por ts are shar ed by multiple VLA Ns. (Only one VLAN’ s backplane por ts can be unt agged; i n all othe r VLANs defi ned acr oss the b ackplane, the backpl ane port s must be tagged.) If you t ag the backp la[...]

Managin g Virtual LANs 47 ■ Layer 3 addr ess — On Layer 3 module s, the netwo rk or subnetwo rk addr ess that is associ ated with a net work-based IP VLAN. ■ Port memb ersh ip — The bridge por ts that you assign to be part of the VLAN. If you have cr eated trunks, you must spec ify the ancho r port (lo west-num bered) port i n the t runk wh[...]

48 C HAPTER 4: A DVANCED M ANAGEMENT T ASKS the low er -n umbe red backpl ane port. (E xamp le: On a 10 -port La yer 2 switchi ng module, you config ure port 11; on a 12-port Layer 3 module, you config ur e port 13.) When you ha ve multiple V LANs, ta g the backp lane po rt. (In a sub sequent step, you mu st tag the associat ed switch fabric module[...]

Managin g Virtual LANs 49 Device Vi ew does not pr ovide a sing le dialog box, listing all ports on al l modules i n the ch assis, thr ough which you ca n cr eate a p ort-based VLAN that spans mul tiple mo dules. T o do this, you must fo llow these gene ral steps: 1 Access each module th at contains ports you wa nt to includ e in th e VLAN. 2 Cre a[...]

50 C HAPTER 4: A DVANCED M ANAGEMENT T ASKS Ports in th e VLAN a re highlig hted. 3 View VL AN informati on about the high lighted po rts by clicking the right mouse bu tton, c hoosi ng Config ure from the sho rtcut m enu, an d cli cking the VLAN tab. Creating, Editing , or Deleting VLANs T o cr eate, edi t, or de lete a VLA N: 1 Sele ct a switch m[...]

I NDEX 51 I NDEX C CoreBuild er 2500 stat istics 38 VLA Ns 39 3500 stat istics 38 VLA Ns 39 5000 VLA Ns 39 6000 VLA Ns 39 9000 mana gement features 12 mana gement options 26 power manag ement 32 stat istics 38 suppor t 12 suppo rted modu les 11 VLA Ns 39 9400 stat istics 38 suppor t 12 VLA Ns 39 D Dev ice Vie w access ing onli ne H elp 24 new fe at[...]

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