HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP J3178A manual

Insta llati on an d Refere nce Gui de HP J3178A HP AdvanceStack S witch 208/224 Management M odule YUMAMOD.BK : 0_ymfcvr.fm5 Page 1 Thursday, February 20, 1997 12:54 PM[...]

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v Contents 1 Inst al lin g th e Ma nagemen t Modu le Incl ud ed P a rt s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 2 In st a l l a ti o n S te ps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Remov ing th e Mod u le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

vi SNMP Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 Tr ap Re ceiver s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 14 Serial Link C onfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 15 Console Config urat ion . [...]

vii Tes ting th e Switc h and M anagement M odule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 Testing the Switch’s Ports and the Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 5 Resettin g the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 7 Cl earin g Passw ords on th e Switch Cons ole . .[...]

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1-1 In st al li ng t he M anag ement Modul e Instal li ng the Manage ment Module 1 Installi ng the Ma na gem ent Mo dul e The HP J3178A Adva nceStack Switch 2 08/22 4 Management M odule is instal led in to the front of the HP AdvanceStac k Switch 208T or 224T. In this manual , this m odule w ill be ca lled the Switch M anagement M odule. Figu re 1-[...]

1-2 Ins tal ling the Man ageme nt Mod ule Incl ud ed Par ts Instal li ng the Manage m e nt Module In cluded Pa rts Verify that these parts we re includ ed with the produc t: • Switch 208/224 Manag ement Module • HP A dvan ceStack Switc h 2 08/224 M anag ement Module Installation and R eferen ce Guide (5966-522 8), this m anual • Cons ole cabl[...]

1-3 In st al li ng t he M anag ement Modul e Ins ta llati on St ep s Instal li ng the Manage ment Module Fig ure 1- 2. Rem o ve t he cov e r p lat e 3. Insert t he Management Module i nto the switch. Line up the sides of the modul e with the rails on the sides of the swit ch ’s slot, then push the modul e in to the slot unti l it is firmly seated[...]

1-4 Ins tal ling the Man ageme nt Mod ule Rem oving the Modu le Instal li ng the Manage m e nt Module 5. Tur n on the powe r to the switch by plug ging in the pow er cord. During power-on, the foll owing oc curs : If the modul e Fault LE D stays on or fla shes, refer to chapter 7, “ Trouble- shooting” in thi s guide. You have n ow compl eted i [...]

2- 1 2 Mana geme nt Mo dule Descr ipt ion Ov erv iew The HP AdvanceStack Sw itch 208/2 24 Manageme nt Module is install ed in the Manageme nt Slot in the front of either the HP Switch 208T or HP S wit ch 224T. The Switch M anagement Module has the physical elements shown in the f igure below. ■ Reset Bu t ton - used to r eboot the Managemen t Mod[...]

2-2 Man ageme nt M od ule D escr ipti on Over vi ew Manage ment Module Desc ri pti on • When pres sed with the Re set button in a specific pattern, clears any configu r atio n ch ang es you may have made through the switch con sole and SNMP management, and restores the fac to ry default configurati on to the switch and the modu le. See “Restor-[...]

2-3 Mana gemen t M odul e Descript ion Modu le F eatures Manage ment M odule Desc ri pti on Modu le Fea tures When you install the Switc h 208/224 Managem ent Module in yo ur Switc h 208T or 224T , yo u get these en h an ced sw itch cap ab il ities: ■ Full-duplex port operation. By default, the 1 0 Mbi t/s and 100 Mbit/ s ports on th e S wi tch 2[...]

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3- 1 The Switc h C onsol e 3 The Swit ch Co ns ole Ov ervi ew About th e C onsole In ter face. Th e co nsole interface enables yo u to recon- figure the swi tch and to m onitor th e switch s tatus and pe rformanc e. It consists of a ser ies of man agement s creens access ed thro ugh a menu-d riven screen str u ctu r e that begi n s at the Main Menu[...]

3-2 The Switch Co nsole Conne cting a Conso le to the Sw i t ch The Switc h C onsol e Co nne ct in g a Co ns ole to the Sw itch The Switch 208/ 224 Manage ment Module offers t wo methods of access to the cons ol e in ter fac e: ■ Out- of-band co nso le acces s: • Di rectly co nnected to the Con sole RS-232 por t, usi ng a serial cable and a PC [...]

3-3 The Sw itch Con sole Connect ing a Consol e to the Swit ch The Switc h C onsol e Direct Console Connection, Using A Serial Cable and a PC Term inal Emulato r or Terminal You can use either a PC emu lating a VT-100 terminal (such a s the t erminal application included with M icrosoft Window s 3.1) o r a VT-1 00 termina l. To dire ctly co n n ect[...]

3-4 The Switch Co nsole Conne cting a Conso le to the Sw i t ch The Switc h C onsol e Remo te Console C onnection Using a Modem and a P C Term inal Emulato r or Terminal Note For remote console management, use a pair of full-duplex, asynchronous (charac ter-m ode) modem s as shown in figure 3-2. 1. Be fore i nstalli n g the modems, make s ure they [...]

3-5 The Sw itch Con sole Connect ing a Consol e to the Swit ch The Switc h C onsol e 4. When you see this m ess age: Waiting for speed sense. Press enter to continue. Pres s [Enter ] . You will th en see the s w itch co nsole Mai n Menu. See “Star ting and End ing a Console Sess ion” on page 3-6. 5. If you want to contin u e wit h consol e mana[...]

3-6 The Switch Co nsole Star ting and End ing a Consol e Session The Switc h C onsol e St artin g and Ending a Console Sessio n Note This section assumes tha t you have alr ea d y confi gured and connec ted a termin al device to your switch ( as described earl ier in this chapte r) or that you have alr eady enabl ed Telnet acc ess to the switch . ([...]

3-7 The Sw itch Con sole S tar tin g and Ending a Cons ole Sessi on The Switc h C onsol e Figu re 3-3. The Main Menu F or a des cription of Ma in Menu features, re fer to “Main M enu Features” on page 3-8. How T o En d a Con sole Session :. 1. If you ha ve not made c onfiguration chang es in the curre nt session, retur n to the Ma in Me nu, hig[...]

3-8 The Switch Console Main Menu Features The Switch Console Main Menu Features The Main Menu (figure 3-3 on page 3-7) gives you access to these console interface features: • Status and Counters: Displays information on the switch, individual ports, the address tables, and Spanning Tree Protocol settings. (Refer to chapter 5, “Monitoring Switch[...]

3-9 The Sw itch Con sole Scre en Struc ture an d Navigat ion The Switc h C onsol e Scre en S tru ctu re a nd Na vi gat ion Cons o le screens in clu d e th ese three elements : ■ Paramet er fields and/ or r ead-only informa tion s uch a s sta tistics ■ Navigati on and configur ation actions, such as S ave, Edit , and Canc el ■ Help line to des[...]

3-10 The Switch Co nsole Scre en Struc ture an d Navigat ion The Switc h C onsol e Table 3-1. How T o Navigat e in the Con sole Task: Act ions: Execut e an act ion fr om an “Ac tions -[>] li st: Use eit her of t he followi ng metho ds: ■ Use the ar row keys ( [< ] , or [> ] ) to hi ghlight the act i on you want to ex ecute, th en press[...]

3- 11 The Sw itch Con sole Using Pa ssword Sec urit y The Switc h C onsol e Using Pass word S ecurity Ther e ar e two levels of console acc es s: M an ager and Operat or. For secur it y, you can set a pass wor d on each of these leve ls. To us e password s ecurity: 1. Set a M anager p assword (and a n Oper ator passwor d, if appl icable for y our s[...]

3-12 The Switch Co nsole Usin g Passwor d Securi ty The Switc h C onsol e Note If there is onl y a M anager pass word set (w ith no Operator pa ssword ), and the Manager password is not enter ed corr ectly when the console s ession begins , the swi tch cons o le ope ra t es on the Operator level . If there is both a Manager pass word and an Operato[...]

3- 13 The Sw itch Con sole Using Pa ssword Sec urit y The Switc h C onsol e 2. To s et a n ew pa ssword: a. Sel ect Set Manager Password or Set Operator Password . You will then be promp ted with Enter new password . b. Type a p as s word of up to 16 charact ers and press [Enter] . (Rem em ber that passwords are case- sensitive. ) c. Whe n prom pte[...]

3-14 The Switch Co nsole Usin g Passwor d Securi ty The Switc h C onsol e To R ecov er fr om a Lo st Ope rat or Passw ord: To re cover fr om a lost Op erator password , delete al l pas swords as describ ed above, then re-enter new passwor ds. If y ou have ph ysical acc ess to the switch, press the Clear button on the Man agement M odule to cl ear a[...]

3- 15 The Sw itch Con sole Rebooti ng the Swit ch The Switc h C onsol e Reboo ting the Switch Rebooting the switch term inates the curr ent console session and perform s a reset o f the operati ng s ystem. Som e of the reason s for pe rformi ng a r eboot include: ■ Activating certain c onfiguration changes that r equire a reboot ■ Resett ing st[...]

3-16 The Switch Co nsole Reboo ting the Sw i t c h The Switc h C onsol e Rebo oting To Ac tiva te Co nf i gur a t ion Ch an ges. Config uratio n change s for s ome parame ters b ecome effec tive as soon as y o u sav e them. However, you must reboot the s w itch in order to implement any changes to any param eters in the follo w ing areas : ■ IPX [...]

3- 17 The Sw itch Con sole Advance d Commands The Switc h C onsol e Adva nced Comma nds Sel ecti n g Advan ced Commands fr o m the Main Menu pres en ts a command prompt fr om which yo u can enter th e fol lo w ing system manageme nt com- man d s: To get a definition of these c omm an ds and their syntax , enter Help at the command prom pt. W hen yo[...]

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4- 1 Conf iguring the S witch Fro m the C onsole 4 Conf igu rin g t he Sw itch From t he Co nsole Ov ervi ew This chapter provides an overview of the Switch 208/ 224 Management Module configuration fe atures . D efa ul t Co nfig ura tio n. In its fac to ry default c o nfiguration, the Switch 208T and 224T with a Swi tch M anagement M odule installe[...]

4-2 Conf iguring the Switch From the Consol e Over view Conf iguring the S witch From the Cons ole To g et H e l p o n i n div idu a l par ame t e r desc r ip t i on s . In a ll screens except the Advance d Commands scree n there is a Help option in the Actions menu. Wh enever th e Actions menu is active, you can display Help for that screen’s pa[...]

4-3 Conf iguring t he Switch From t he Console Confi gurable Featur es Conf iguring the S witch Fro m the C onsole Config urab le Features How To Access the Switch Conf iguration: 1. Be gin at the Ma in Menu and sel ect Configuration and the C onfigura- tio n menu ap pears as shown in fi gure 4-2. Figu re 4-2. The Confi guration Menu 2. Use t h e a[...]

4-4 Conf iguring the Switch From the Consol e Conf igura bl e Featur es Conf iguring the S witch From the Cons ole S yst em Co nf ig ur ati on This scree n co nfigures basic swit ch ma nagement i nforma tion, includ ing sys- tem identi fication informati on, addre ss aging, the port LED be havior, and time zon e parame te rs : Figu re 4-3. The Syst[...]

4-5 Conf iguring t he Switch From t he Console Confi gurable Featur es Conf iguring the S witch Fro m the C onsole Port Co nf igur ation This screen conf igures the oper ating st ate (enabled or dis abled) an d mode for each p ort. The avai labl e m o des f o r each p o r t typ e a r e li s te d an d descr ib ed i n the onli ne help for the screen.[...]

4-6 Conf iguring the Switch From the Consol e Conf igura bl e Featur es Conf iguring the S witch From the Cons ole IPX S ervice The Swi tch M anagement M odule, b y default, has IPX com muni cation enabled. This allo w s the switch to be managed from an SNMP network managemen t station in an IPX ne twork. The Swi tch Man agement M odule autom atica[...]

4-7 Conf iguring t he Switch From t he Console Confi gurable Featur es Conf iguring the S witch Fro m the C onsole (Op tiona l) H ow To Co nfig ure I PX f or Ma na ge men t fro m a R e mot e IP X Net w or k. To enable management fr o m a remote IPX netwo rk, you must confi gure the gateway enca p sulatio n type . 1. Fr o m the Configura tion s cree[...]

4-8 Conf iguring the Switch From the Consol e Conf igura bl e Featur es Conf iguring the S witch From the Cons ole Int e rn et (IP) Serv i c e For managing the Sw itch 208/224 from an SNMP network m anageme nt station over an IP n etwork, or for using the switch cons ole throug h a T elnet session, use the IP Service scree n to configur e: ■ IP a[...]

4-9 Conf iguring t he Switch From t he Console Confi gurable Featur es Conf iguring the S witch Fro m the C onsole To ma nua lly con figur e t he s w i tch fo r I P: 1. Fr om th e Conf iguration sc r een, s elect Internet (IP) Service to di splay the above scree n. 2. Pr ess [E] (for E di t ). 3. Sel ect th e IP Config field and use the Spa ce ba r[...]

4-10 Conf iguring the Switch From the Consol e Conf igura bl e Featur es Conf iguring the S witch From the Cons ole When you reboot the switch with Bootp enabled, it w ill do one of the following: ■ Receive a m inimal config uration (IP addres s an d subnet m ask) . ■ If the repl y pr ovides inform ation for do wnloadin g a confi guration file [...]

4-11 Configuring the Switch From the Console Configurable Features Configuring the Switch From the Console An entry in the Bootp table file /etc/bootptab to tell the switch where to obtain a configuration file download would be similar to this entry: switch208224: ht=ether: ha=080009123456: sm=255.255.248.0: lg=11.22.33.44: hn: ip=55.66.77.88[...]

4-12 Conf iguring the Switch From the Consol e Conf igura bl e Featur es Conf iguring the S witch From the Cons ole SN MP Comm uni tie s This screen enables you to add, edit, or del ete SNMP commu nities. Use t his featu r e if you expect to manage th e Swit ch 208/22 4 from an SNMP manage- ment stati on . You can configu re up to five SNMP communi[...]

4- 13 Conf iguring t he Switch From t he Console Confi gurable Featur es Conf iguring the S witch Fro m the C onsole Figu re 4-8. The SNMP Commu nities Add or Ed it Scree n Note If you c ho ose to not restrict the use of a community to specific network manageme nt stati o ns, yo u do not need to list th e ma n ager a d dresses o n th is screen. You[...]

4-14 Conf iguring the Switch From the Consol e Conf igura bl e Featur es Conf iguring the S witch From the Cons ole Trap Rece ivers This screen enables you to configure up to ten IP and/ or IPX manageme nt stati o ns (tra p rece ivers ) to recei ve SNMP trap packets sent from the s wi t ch . Trap packe ts describe speci fic event types. (The se eve[...]

4- 15 Conf iguring t he Switch From t he Console Confi gurable Featur es Conf iguring the S witch Fro m the C onsole Serial L ink C onfi gur ati on Use the s eria l l i nk con fi gur atio n s creen to adju st the console RS- 232 configu- ration to customize the connection w ith the PC, terminal, or mode m you a re usin g fo r console acces s. Refer[...]

4-16 Conf iguring the Switch From the Consol e Conf igura bl e Featur es Conf iguring the S witch From the Cons ole Conso le Conf igu rat ion This screen lets you enable or disable inbo und Telnet access and control the type s of events displayed in the event l og. Als o specifi es the termi nal typ e and the co n sole s cree n re fr esh inter val [...]

4- 17 Conf iguring t he Switch From t he Console Confi gurable Featur es Conf iguring the S witch Fro m the C onsole Spann ing T ree Config ur atio n Use this scree n to activa te the IEE E 802.1d S panning Tree Protoco l (STP) on the s witch a n d to adj ust spannin g tree pa rameters, i f necessa r y. In t h e factor y default, STP is off. If t h[...]

4-18 Conf iguring the Switch From the Consol e Conf igura bl e Featur es Conf iguring the S witch From the Cons ole Figu re 4-12. Example of the STP C onfigurat ion Screen 5. If the remain in g STP parame ter setti ngs are adequate fo r your ne twork , go to step 8. 6. Use [Tab] or the arro w k eys to select the next param eter you w ant to change [...]

4- 19 Conf iguring t he Switch From t he Console Confi gurable Featur es Conf iguring the S witch Fro m the C onsole Netw or k Mo nit orin g Por t You can d esignate a port for monitoring traffic on an y one of the othe r ports on the switch . This is acco mpl i she d by copyin g all traff ic fr o m the specifi ed port to the desi gn ated mon itor [...]

4-20 Conf iguring the Switch From the Consol e Conf igura bl e Featur es Conf iguring the S witch From the Cons ole Figu re 4-14. Example of Select ing a Monitori ng Port 5. Press the Sp ace bar or type th e port numbe r to s elect which por t to use for the monitoring p ort 6. Pr ess [v] to m ove to the Moni tored Port field and pres s the Sp ace [...]

4- 21 Conf iguring t he Switch From t he Console Savin g Configur atio ns Conf iguring the S witch Fro m the C onsole Sa vi n g Co nf ig ur ati o ns Once you h ave c o mpleted al l your switc h configu r ation changes , it is a goo d id ea t o save th e confi guratio n in a secur e locati o n. The con figurati on is contai ned in a file that can be[...]

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5- 1 Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he Cons ole 5 Monit orin g S wi tch Ope r at ion From t he Console Ov ervi ew Th e Main Men u in the switch ’ s console interf ace gives you access to the fol low ing sources of read -o n ly d ata fo r hel pin g yo u to monitor, anal yz e, and troubleshoo t switch operation: Table 5 -1 . Read -Only Monit [...]

5-2 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on From the Cons ole Stat us a nd Coun ters Men u Moni toring S witch Operati on From t he Cons ole Sta t us and C o un te r s Me nu Select Status a nd Counters from the M ain Menu to display th e Status and Counters menu: Figu re 5-1. The Statu s and Counters Menu Each of the ab ove menu items acces ses the read-o [...]

5-3 Moni to ring Swi tch O per ation From t he Consol e Statu s and Count er s M enu Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he Cons ole Switch I nf ormation Figu re 5-2. Example of Switch In formation This scr een tell s you the follo wi ng inf orm ation about the switc h and the Switch M anagem ent Modul e: ■ the version of the OS (operati ng syst[...]

5-4 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on From the Cons ole Stat us a nd Coun ters Men u Moni toring S witch Operati on From t he Cons ole Po rt S tat us Figu re 5-3. Example of Port Stat us For eac h port, this screen provi d es you the foll o wi n g info rmatio n : ■ Port -- the port number ( note that even if a tr an sceiver module is not ins t a ll[...]

5-5 Moni to ring Swi tch O per ation From t he Consol e Statu s and Count er s M enu Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he Cons ole Po rt Co un te rs Figu re 5-4. Example of Port Count ers This screen enab les you to determine the traffic patterns for each port. Port Counter fea tures incl ude: ■ Dynamic dis play of counters summa ri zi ng the [...]

5-6 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on From the Cons ole Stat us a nd Coun ters Men u Moni toring S witch Operati on From t he Cons ole Port Co un ter s - Sh ow De tails Figu re 5-5. Example of Po rt C ounters - Show Detai l s This scree n show s yo u addition al counter s for the s electe d port. F or de fini- tions of these counters, use the Help ac[...]

5-7 Moni to ring Swi tch O per ation From t he Consol e Statu s and Count er s M enu Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he Cons ole Addr ess Tab le Figu re 5-6. Example of the Addres s Table This screen lets you easily de termine which sw itch port is being u sed to acce ss a s p ecific device on the network. The li st ing includes: ■ The MAC a[...]

5-8 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on From the Cons ole Stat us a nd Coun ters Men u Moni toring S witch Operati on From t he Cons ole Port Address Table This screen lets you easily determin e whi ch devices are attach ed to the sele cted s witch p ort by li sti ng all of the M AC addr esses detect ed on that port . You can use the S earch action at [...]

5-9 Moni to ring Swi tch O per ation From t he Consol e Statu s and Count er s M enu Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he Cons ole Figu re 5-8. Example of a Port Addres s Table for a S pec ific Port In t his exa m ple, se veral MAC add r esse s acce ssed t hro ugh p ort 1 6 appe ar in t he ini tial listi ng. To view a ny addi tion al addr e sses[...]

5-10 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on From the Cons ole Stat us a nd Coun ters Men u Moni toring S witch Operati on From t he Cons ole Spann ing T ree (STP) In for m atio n Use this sc ree n to determin e current switch-lev el STP parameter sett ings and stati stics. Figu re 5-9. Example of Spanni ng Tree Informa tion YUMAMOD.BK : 5_ymmntr. fm5 Page[...]

5- 11 Moni to ring Swi tch O per ation From t he Consol e Statu s and Count er s M enu Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he Cons ole You can use the S how ports action at the bottom of the screen to display port-l evel in formation and parame ter setti ngs for eac h port i n the switch (including por t type, so urce M AC addr ess, cost, priori t[...]

5-12 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on From the Cons ole Event Log Moni toring S witch Operati on From t he Cons ole Event Lo g The Event Log records operatin g events as single-l ine entries listed in c h rono- lo gical o rder. Each entry is comp osed of five fiel ds: Severity is one of the fol lo w ing codes: I (inform ation) indicates routine even[...]

5- 13 Moni to ring Swi tch O per ation From t he Consol e Eve nt L og Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he Cons ole Enter ing and Navigati ng in the Ev ent Log Display. To enter the event lo g, se lect Event Log from the Main M enu. Figu re 5-11. Example of an Eve nt Lo g D ispl ay When you fir st di splay the even t log, t he first even t of th[...]

5-14 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on From the Cons ole Event Log Moni toring S witch Operati on From t he Cons ole The ev ent log hold s up to 100 lines in ch r onologica l order, fr o m the o ldest to the newest. Each line consist s of one complet e even t message. On ce the log has r eceived 100 entries, it d isca rds the curr ent ol dest li ne e[...]

6- 1 Usi ng SNM P To Monito r and Manage the S witch 6 Using SNM P To Monito r an d Mana ge t he Swit ch Ov ervi ew You ca n ma na ge th e S w itch 20 8/224 tha t has a Managemen t M odule install ed from a network managem en t stati on. Included wi th your Switc h 208/224 Management Module is a CD- ROM containing a copy of HP Ad van ce St ac k Ass[...]

6-2 Usin g SNMP To M onito r and Manage t he Switch SNMP Man agement Fe ature s Usin g SNM P To Monito r and Manage the S witch SN MP Man a ge men t Fea t ure s SNMP man agement f eatures prov ided by the Switch 2 08/224 M anagement Module include: ■ Securi ty via conf igu r ation of SNMP communi ties ■ Event re porting via SNMP traps and RMON [...]

6-3 Using SNM P To Monit or and M anage the Swit ch SNMP Co nfigu rati on Proces s Usi ng SNM P To Monito r and Manage the S witch SNMP Config urat ion Proc ess If you are us ing I P, you must ei ther co nfig ure the s witch w ith t he appr opriate IP addr ess or, i f you are u si ng Bootp to co n fig ure the switc h, en s ure that th e Bootp proce[...]

6-4 Usin g SNMP To M onito r and Manage t he Switch Advan ced Managem e nt: RMON and EAS E Support Usin g SNM P To Monito r and Manage the S witch Adv an c ed Man a gem en t: RMON an d EASE Sup port The Management Module supports RMON (Remote M onitoring) and EASE on all network segments c onnected to the switch. Thi s allows for tro ubleshooting a[...]

7- 1 Troubles hooting 7 Trouble shoo ti ng This chapter des cribes how to tro ubleshoot y our Switch M anageme nt Modul e. This chapte r covers these top ics : ■ checking th e Switch M anageme nt Modul e LEDs ■ using the proble m/solution tabl e ■ checking fo r IP configuration errors ■ usin g di agn o stic tes t s ■ resetti ng the swi tc[...]

7-2 T roubl eshoot ing Check ing the Mod ule LEDs Troubles hooting Chec king the M odule LEDs The fo l lowing t ab le lists Sw itch Managem ent Mo dul e LED b eh avio r sho wi n g error condi tions. Table 7 -1 . Swit ch Management Module LED Beha vior LED Status De scripti on Se lf Tes t ON The modu le is be ing sel f t ested as a res ult of bei ng[...]

7-3 Troubl eshooti ng Probl em/Solut i on T able Troubles hooting Proble m/S olut ion Table Use the fol lowi n g tab le to di agn o se the probl em with your Management Module: Table 7 -2 . Typi cal Switc h Problems and Their S olut ions If the an swer to your q u estion is not in this ta b le, read the I P configur ation and diag nostic test infor[...]

7-4 T roubl eshoot ing IP Conf igurat ion Err ors Troubles hooting IP Confi guration Er rors If you are us ing IP com munications, m ake sur e your IP configuration param- eters are set prope rly. Use the switch consol e’s IP Configur ation function as descr i bed in chap ter 4. Inco r rect IP confi guration on the Sw itch Management Modul e wil [...]

7-5 Troubl eshooti ng Diagno stic T ests Troubles hooting Testing the Swi tch’s P orts and t he Links To test the switch’s ports and the attached network links, follow these procedures : 1. Check fo r link beat d et ec tion on t h e port. When the switch fir st dete cts the li n k beat sign al ( also calle d “lin k test pul se signal”) comi[...]

7-6 T roubl eshoot ing Diag nostic Tes ts Troubles hooting • Sel ect IPXping Test . This is a netw ork la yer test that you can run o n Novel l N etWare IP X net works. T he swi t ch s ends IPX t est packets to a speci fied net w ork devic e. This wor ks with d e vices that h ave an IP X address and a re able to resp ond to an IPX test packe t. M[...]

7-7 Troubleshooting Resetting the Switch Troubleshooting Resetting the Switch Resetting requires physical access to the Switch Management Module. There are two levels of reset: ■ Hardware reset: Momentarily interrupts switch operation, performs a complete hardwa re self test, clears the switch event log, and reboots the switch. To execute this te[...]

7-8 Troubleshooting Clearing Passwords on the Swit ch Console Troubleshooting Clearing Passwords on the Switch Console You can use the Clear button to clear a forgotten con sole password that was previously configured on the switch. To clear the password, follow these steps: 1. Verify the switch has powered-up, and passed self test. 1. Press the Cl[...]

7-9 Troubl eshooti ng HP Custo mer Suppor t Serv i ces Troubles hooting HP Customer Suppo rt Se rvices If you ar e still having trouble with your s witch or Switch Management Module, Hewlett-Packard offers s upport 2 4 hour s a da y, sev en days a wee k th rough the use of automated el ectronic servi ces, incl uding: ■ the World Wi de Web ■ HP [...]

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A-1 Specif icatio ns A Spec if icat ions Physical ( in clu des bulkhead and connector ) : Environm ent al: Conn ectors: The R S-232-C console port con forms to V. 22 bis . Electrom agnetic: Emis sions : FCC part 1 5 Clas s A CI SPR- 22 Class A/EN 55022 Cl ass A VCCI Level 1 Immu nity: ( See the Declaration of Conformity at the end of the Safety and[...]

A- 2 Sp ecifi cati ons Specif icati ons Safety: Compl ies with IE C 950: (1991 )+A1,A2/. EN60950 I ( 1992)+A1, A2 Acoustic Noise: Not a p plicabl e Managemen t Protocol s Suppor ted MIBS Com municat ion Protocols RFC 115 7 SNMP RFC 190 1-190 8 SNMPv2C RFC 142 0 SNMP over IPX RFC 149 3 Bridge M IB IETF Enti ty MIB RFC 121 3 MIB-II RFC 151 5 Etherne [...]

A-3 Spe cifi catio ns Specif icatio ns Regula to ry St atem en ts FCC Stat ement (For U. S.A. Only) Fe deral C ommu nications Commi ssion Rad io Frequ en cy In terferen ce S t ate m ent Note: Th is equipment has been tes ted and found to compl y with the l imits for a Clas s A digit al devi ce, purs uant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules . These li m it [...]

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B-1 Modem Con figurati on B Mo dem C onf igur at ion Before installing the mode ms (one attached to the Swi tch M anagement Modul e’s console po rt and one attached at the use r end t o the termi nal/PC) , configure them by this procedure: 1. Connect them, o n e at a time, to the PC or termi nal and issu e the ap pro- priate AT comm and, as desc [...]

B- 2 Mod em Conf ig urati on Modem Conf igurati on US Robotics Courier V.FC /V.34 Megahertz XJ2288 PCMCI A card m odem Practical P eripherals PM 288MT II V .34 At th e swit ch end: I ssue th e foll owing AT co mmand: AT&F&C0S0 =1&W0 At th e user end: Iss ue the fo llowi ng AT co m m and: AT&F&W At th e user end : Issu e the foll[...]

C-1 File Tran sfers C File Tr ansfers Ov ervi ew You ca n dow nload new Swi tch M anagement M odu le software ( opera ting system— OS) and uploa d or dow nloa d Sw itch 208/224 c onfigura tion files . These features a re useful for acqu iring peri o dic sw itch softw are upgr ades and for stori ng or retrievi ng a s witch c onfigura tion. Down lo[...]

C- 2 Fil e Transfer s Dow nl oading an Oper ating Sys tem File Tran sfers Usi ng TF TP To D own load the O S Fi le Before y ou use thi s proce dure, m ake sure of the followi ng: ■ The switc h is properly c onn ected to the netwo rk and is configure d fo r eith er I P or IPX servi ce, whichever you nee d to communica te with the TFTP server used [...]

C-3 Fil e Transfer s Dow nloadi ng a n Oper atin g Syst em File Tran sfers 2. Pr ess [E] (for E dit ). 3. With t h e Prot ocol field hig hlighte d, use the Space bar to select eit her IP or IP X, dependi ng o n the p rotocol in use in your network . 4. High ligh t the TFTP Server field and type in t he IP or IP X address of the TFTP serv er in wh i[...]

C- 4 Fil e Transfer s Dow nl oading an Oper ating Sys tem File Tran sfers Using the SNM P-Ba se d HP Downlo ad M anage r Incl u d ed with your Switch Managem ent Module is the HP Advance Sta ck Ass istant CD ROM. I nc lu d ed in th e softw are on t ha t CD is a utili t y cal led HP Download M anager . You can use t h at u tility to download th e OS[...]

C-5 Fil e Transfer s Dow nloadi ng a n Oper atin g Syst em File Tran sfers Using the Zm ode m to Downl oad the OS File This procedur e assum es that th e fo llowing ite m s have been done: ■ The PC i s seriall y conne cted to the Switc h Manageme nt Module Co nsole RS- 232 p o rt. ■ The PC c an suppo rt the Zm odem file tran sfer protocol. T hi[...]

C- 6 Fil e Transfer s Trou blesh ootin g TFT P Downl oads File Tran sfers Trouble shooting TFTP Dow nload s If a TFTP download fail s, the Download OS scree n indi cates the failur e. Figu re C-3. Example of Message for Download F ailure To find more information on the cause of a download failure, examine the mess ages in the switch’s Even t Log.[...]

C-7 Fil e Transfer s Troubl eshooti ng TFTP Downloa ds File Tran sfers ■ One or more of the Sw itch Mana gement M odule’s IP or IP X con figuration param eter s are incorr ect. Try pinging the server to test the connectivi ty. ■ For a Unix TFTP serv er, the file perm issions for the OS file do not a llow the file to be copied. ■ Another con[...]

C- 8 Fil e Transfer s Tran sferri ng Switch Conf igurati ons File Tran sfers Tr an sf e rr i ng Sw it c h Co n f ig u r at i o ns You can use the foll owing commands to trans fer switch co n f igu r ations between th e switch an d a PC or Unix workstati o n. Using Get and Put To Transfer a C onfigu rat ion Between the Sw itch and a Net worked P C o[...]

C-9 Fil e Transfer s Tra nsferri ng Switch Conf igurat ions File Tran sfers 1. Fr om the M ain M enu sele ct Advanced Commands 2. At the co mmand pro mpt, execute one of the fo llowing commands: To upload a con figurat ion to a fi l e on a PC or U nix workstation : put IP_address CONF IG remote_file put IPX_address CON FIG remote_file To downl oad [...]

C-10 Fil e Transfer s Tran sferri ng Switch Conf igurati ons File Tran sfers 3. At the co mmand pro mpt, execute one of the fo llowing commands: To upload a con figurat ion to a fi l e on a PC or U nix workstation : zput config remote_ file [overwrite] [dos/unix] To downl oad a configurati on from a file on a PC or Un ix works tation: zget config r[...]

D-1 Spanni ng Tree Operat ion D Span ning T ree Oper ation Span nin g Tree Protoc ol (STP) The Switch 208/224 Manage m ent Modul e uses the IEEE 802.1d Spanni ng Tree Prot oc ol (STP) to ensu re that only one path at a time is acti ve between any two node s on the ne twork. In networks whe re there i s mo re than o ne phys ical path betwee n any tw[...]

D-2 Spanning Tree Operation Spanning Tree Protocol (S TP) Spanning Tree Operation Figure D-1. Example of Logical and Redundant Paths Between Two Nodes node A switch A node B switch D switch B switch C 1 path cost: 100 3 path cost: 1 00 4 path cost: 20 0 • Active path from no de A to node B: 1—> 3 • Backup (redund ant) path from node A to n[...]

Index – 3 Index Index A Acti ons menu di s pl a yi ng he l p f o r com ma nd s … 4 -2 loca tion on screen … 3-9 a cti ve path, STP … D-1 addre ss aging descr iption … 2- 3 from Sys tem Configura tion screen … 4-4 addre ss tabl e for ea ch port … 5-8 for th e s w it ch … 5- 7 purpos e of … 5-1 Ad va n c eSt ac k A s si st a nt man [...]

4 – Index Index consol e RS-232 confi gurat ion of … 4-16 descr iption … 2- 2 copyr ight scr een di splay ing … 3-6 cras h inf ormati on wh en it d is p la ys … 3 -6 cu st omer support servi ces … 7-9 D date format for ev ent log … 5-12 date paramet er set tin g … 4 -4 DEFAULT_CONFI G about this prompt … 3-17 as s y st e m n am e [...]

Index – 5 Index Get command for a con figurati on download … C-8 requi rement s for … C-8 H hardw are re set e ffect on s witch … 7-7 ho w to p erform … 7-7 Help disp layin g for i ndividual para meters … 4-2 for actions or d ata f ields … 4-2 Help l ine about … 3 - 9 loca tion on scr een s … 3-9, 4- 2 His t o r y co m m and to di[...]

6 – Index Index memory amo unt of … 5-3 mes sag e buffer s defi niti on of … 5-3 MIB list of s upported o nes … 6-2, A- 2 mode , por t confi g uri ng … 4-5 disp lay … 5-4 mode m confi gurat ion of … B-1 connec ting to swit ch … 3-4 mode m cable pin-out … 3-5 modu le feat ures adde d to sw i t ch … 1-1 feat ures summar y … 2-3 [...]

Index – 7 Index R reboo t See al so reset SNMP communi ty and tr aps … 6-3 sw itch, reasons t o … 3-1 5 rec o nf i g u ri n g a p ar a m e te r … 3 - 10 redun dant path … D-1 spanni ng tree … 4-17 rem ote c onsole connec ting to … 3-4 rem oving th e m odule … 1-4 Reset descr i p ti on of butto n on mod ule … 2-1 res et ef fe c t o[...]

8 – Index Index sys te m n a me whe n non e is spec ifie d … 3-17 T Telne t disa bl e or enab l e … 4-16 inbou nd … 4-16 outbo und … 4-16 step s to connect to swi tch … 3-6 term ina l m od e VT-10 0/ANSI … C-9 tes tin g port s and links … 7- 5 Switc h and Management Modu le … 7-4 TFTP proce dure for OS download … C-2 TF TP serv [...]

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