Perle P841 manual

Perle P840 Bridge/Router Reference Manual All So ftw are Versio n s Pa rt numb er 5500084-12 © cop yright 2002 b y P erle System s Ltd.[...]

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1 1 Introduc tion Th e P840 rou te r Th e P 840 ro ut er p ro vide s I P an d I PX r o utin g c om b in ed with a pr ot o co l tr ansp ar en t brid ge. This br idge /r out er com b in atio n is ofte n the bes t sol u ti on to li nk i ng re motel y l oca ted LANs w here mos t of the tra f fi c i s IP or IPX w i th sma l le r amou nts of traf fi c fr[...]

Introduction 2 ARP —Addr es s Re sol ut ion Prot ocol A protocol cal l ed ARP (Addres s R es olu ti on Protoc ol) i s u sed to dete rmine the MAC a dd res s of a pa rti cu l ar IP ad dres s . The MAC (Medium Acces s Control) address i s u niq ue predefi ned number for each devi ce on the LAN. The manu factu rer of the devi ce assi gns MAC a ddres[...]

Introduction 3 • Lo cal ro ut er will r eceiv e the data fra me and strip off the MAC portion. The resu lting IP frame w ill be e xam in ed to determ ine th e destination IP address. • Lo cal ro ut er will lo ok in its ro uting t able t o fin d t he I P add re ss o f th e r o ute r t o sen d th e I P fr ame to nex t. Th e loc al ro uter will se[...]

Introduction 4 Protocol The protocol se cti on i s u se d to i ndi ca te the protoc ol be i ng u s ed by the trans port l ay er. Thi s cou l d be TC P, U DP , or som et h ing else . Time to live The time to liv e secti on is u sed to prevent a fr ame from traver sin g the networ k forever. Th is field c ontai ns a nu mbe r (m axim um 255) t h at is[...]

Introduction 5 ICMP Messages Internet Control Mess ag e P rotocol (ICMP ) mess a ge s a re u se d to perf orm sta ti on a nd rou ter protocol pa rtic ipa ti on. ICMP me ssages are p a ssed be twe en r o uter s, or b etwe en ro uter s an d stat ion s. Th er e ar e seve ral differe nt m essages, as discussed bel ow. Unr eac ha bl e The “ unre ac ha[...]

Introduction 6 RIP— Rou ti n g Inf orm a ti on Pr otocol The most importa nt func tion of the IP protocol i s routi ng . IP route rs c onsta ntl y exc hang e i nforma ti on k eepi ng the ir rou ti ng tabl es up to d ate . A method o f com m un ica tion is requi red t o en sur e co mpatib ility b etween all IP routers in the n etwork . RIP is the [...]

Introduction 7 IPX Rou tin g and Th e P840 route r Th e P 840 ro ute r may b e use d t o r out e be twe en differ e nt I PX ne t wor ks. Nove ll Netwa re uses a su i te of protocols f or LAN commu ni ca ti ons. The Nov el l protoc ol s i ncl u de IP X, S PX , R IP, SAP , pl u s others, and opera te a t la ye rs 3 a nd a bove . Thes e protocol s , t[...]

Introduction 8 Node Addres se s The Node Nu mber identifi es th e indivi dua l stations in a Network. In IPX devi ces, this a ddress i s a ssi gned au toma ti cal l y a nd i s i de ntic al to the MAC a ddr ess . Th i s mean s that the Node Numb er i s se l f-con f ig ur in g, and will be uni q u e w i thin the Ne twork be ca us e the MAC a ddr ess [...]

Introduction 9 Est ablishing an IP X Connec tio n Th e N etwar e m odel is Clie nt /Ser ver , wh ere C lien ts in itiat e c alls t o Se rve rs fo r var io us p urp o ses . T he Clie n ts are made aware of the presenc e of S erv ers by l is teni ng for S erv ic e Adv erti s ement P rotocol (SAP ) broa dca sts . S erv ers s end SAP broad ca sts regu [...]

Introduction 10 SAP Reques ts So m et ime s C lien t s will n eed to find o ut if a sp ec ific S er ver is available. Th is m ay o ccur im med iate ly aft er a Clie n t is brought up, and before i t h as receiv ed any SAP bro adcas ts. The Cli ent (o r a new Serv er) sends out a SAP Req ues t br o adc ast as king f or a sp ec ific S er ver . T h at[...]

Introduction 11 RIP /X Requests A Cl i ent may al s o req ue st a rou te to a gi v en netw ork or serv er. To d o so, the Cli ent g ene rates a R ou te Re q ue st br o adc ast th at th e ro ute r s h ear , an d r o ute rs th at kno w of the ro ute reques te d will re s pond to the ori g ina ti ng sta ti on. In this wa y a new Cli ent may fi nd rou [...]

Introduction 12 The I nitia l Bridg ing Pro c ess Eac h t i me a P840 r out er is p owe r ed up , it will p er fo rm ex t en sive h ardware an d soft ware test s to en sure th e int egr ity of the unit and it s att ache d LA N and L ink int erf aces. U pon successful complet io n of the pow er-u p diag nos ti cs, th e P840 r oute r wil l foll ow ru[...]

Introduction 13 Forw arding Unk now n De stinatio n Addre sse s When a frame is receiv ed from a LAN segment with an unk nown destination address (an address that does not yet ex ist in th e filt er ta ble ) , t he br idge will f or ward t he fr ame t o t he o t he r segm e nt , lo gging th e addr ess , an d m ar king t he loc ati on a s “ u nk n[...]

Introduction 14 Agin g E xce pt ion “Perma nent” address entries are an exception to the agi ng rul e. A permanent address i s one that is not subj ect to th e aging tim er an d will rem ain in t he filt er t able fo r an in defin ite p er io d of tim e. A tabl e i s res erv ed for perma nent ad dres s entri es , s epara te f rom the ta ble tha[...]

Introduction 15 P840 rou ter Fe atu re De fin iti ons Tel n et A T eln et LA N stat io n or anot h er P840 r out er h as th e abilit y t o c o n ne ct t o t he Op erat or I nt er face o f an y P840 r o ute r su pporti ng the Tel net f ea ture . W ith the T eln et f eat ure , a ll of yo ur P840 ro uter s may be manage d fr o m a singl e point. Once [...]

Introduction 16 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Graphic Database Post Script ASCII C Source Spreadsheet Binary Pre-compressed Fi le Ty pe Compres sion Ratio Fi gu re 1 — 5 Typ ica l C omp ressio n Rati os b y F ile Type Dat a co m p re ssion will give a 56/64 Kbp s link an effec tive t hr oughp ut ran ge fro m 112/128 Kb ps whe n tr ansfer rin g binar y files, t[...]

Introduction 17 WAN T op olo gies Th e P840 ro ut er m ay b e c o n ne ct ed to ot h er P840 r out er s in two co nfigurat io n s: M ultip o int or PPP M ultilin k. The WAN routing method used is set in the Re mote Site profile def ined in t he Remo te Site Set-Up Menu. Mult ilink In a Mult ilink co n figurat ion, two P840 ro ut er s are connected [...]

Introduction 18 To set u p a Ba ndw id th on Dema nd i ns tal l a tion, you mus t choos e the throu g hput l ev el tha t w ill be r e quire d fo r act ivatin g the st and -b y link. Th e th ro ughput level is m eas ure d in p er ce n t age o f use o f t h e p r imar y link. Th is per cen tage level is def ine d by th e Up Thr esh old p arame ter in[...]

19 2 ISD N Conne cti on M ana gem ent P840 ISD N Co nnectio n Manag ement In t h e wo r ld o f IS DN th e ab ility t o de cr ease connection t ime is a finan cial bonu s in th e LA N in terconnecting marketpl ace. If ISDN connec ti ons ca n be contr oll ed so tha t a mini mu m am ount of cos t i s in cu rre d w hi le f ull LAN in terconne c ti ng f[...]

ISDN Connection Management 20 Aut o-Call (Tim e- of-Day Conn ect ions) An Aut o -C all con n ect ion is an I SD N co n ne ct io n t hat is est ab lishe d eac h time t h e P840 att em p ts to start th e li nk. This start ing o f the lin k s oc c urs each ti me a P 840 po wers up o r when the lin k go es thro u gh a re st art or at th e tim es sp eci[...]

ISDN Connection Management 21 Address Conn ect An Add res s Connec t connec tion i s a n ISDN c onnecti on tha t i s es tabl i s hed to a s peci fi c des ti na tion P 8 40 dependent u pon the desti na tion net work address cont a ined w ithin traf f ic r eceive d fr om t he l ocal L A N. When a devi ce on the local LAN wi shes to establi sh a ses s[...]

ISDN Connection Management 22 Com binat ion A combi na ti on of the Addre ss Con nect an d A uto-C all opt io ns m ay be c o nf i gur ed whe n a se mi-per manent conne c ti on is req ui red to one remote site an d a dyn amic conne c tio n is r e quired to mul ti ple sites. A dyna mic connect ion i ndica t e s th at th e r e m ot e sit e f or t he s[...]

ISDN Connection Management 23 Protocol A waren es s For Co nn ection M anagement to be effective, each of the P840s must be aware of th e pro tocols used within the data being transferred over the ISDN call s between them . IP an d IPX C lien t- Se rve r se ssion s are es tablis hed b etw ee n devi ces loca ted o n t he LA Ns t hat are ro uted by t[...]

ISDN Connection Management 24 P840 Session Pa rtici pation ( Spoofing) Whi le an IS DN cal l i s up an d connected , a ll tra ff ic w ithin the s es s ions will be c o ns idere d interes ting a nd will be tr an sfer re d t o th e par tn er P840 acr oss t h e I SD N call. Wh en t h e P840 det erm ine s th at th e I SD N call i s to b e suspe n ded ,[...]

ISDN Connection Management 25 Term inat ion Proces s Whe n th e P840 has de te rm in ed t hat t here are no ses sion s acti ve on a n ISDN call, the P 840 will att e mpt to clo se the ca l l. I f the partner P 840 st ill ha s s e ssions assign ed to t hat call , t he call will be m ain tain ed unt il each sid e h as determ ined t hat there are no a[...]

ISDN Connection Management 26 IP X Spec ifics RIP/IPX and SA P/IPX P840 ISD N r out er s in co rp orat e a 3 sec on d sett lin g tim e fo r IP X RIP and SAP upd ate s. T his m eans th at a P840 will wait fo r th ree se co nds aft er an in itial ch ange in t he n et wo rk is re p or t ed b efor e tr an sm itt in g th at ch an ge o n to the re main i[...]

27 3 Interfaces Reference Pino ut I nfo rm ati on Conso le Connec to r Th e con so le c on nect or o n th e P840 is a DC E in t er fac e o n a RJ 45 pino ut . T he supp lied DB 9 t o RJ 45 con ver te r sh ould b e us ed t o co n ne c t t o t he D B9 c o nn ect or of a D TE te r min al. Th is co nne ct ion will t hen p ro vide a ccess to the bui l t[...]

28 4 Event Logs Th e P 840 ro ut er gen er ates eve n t lo gs fo r vario us fun ct io ns p erfo rm ed by t he b ridge /r o ute r. All o f t h e e ven t logs are sto r ed in the internal ev ent log fi l e, whi ch is acces si ble throug h the Network Ev ents menu. Certain event logs are classi fi ed as alarms becau se they are deemed to b e of higher[...]

Event Logs 29 Compl eted BCP neg oti ati on w i th <re mote s i te a li a s > Genera ted w hen the Bri d gi ng Control Protoc ol negoti a ti on has been c omple ted w i th the remote s i te dev i ce ass ociated with t he stated rem ote site profile. Once BCP neg otiations a re comp lete, IP routi ng may tak e place betw een th e two routers. [...]

Event Logs 30 Error executing: XXXXXX Genera ted whe n an error i s d etec ted loa di ng bac k a c onfi g ur ati on. The inv a li d com man d i s sp ec i fie d. Idle timeout expired, dis conected ISDN link has ha d no t raffi c for longer than specifi ed by the idle ti mer and has been disconnected. Incorrect pa ss w ord f rom < IP ad dres s >[...]

Event Logs 31 LCP X a u thenti ca ting pe er wi th PAP Generated when th is devi ce is u sing PAP to authenticate the peer (rem ote) device. LCP X esta bl i shi ng Gen er ated wh en th e Lin k Con tr ol Pr ot oco l of a PPP link o r re mo te site is est ablishing betwe en th is device and t he r em ot e site PPP device. LCP X no rep ly to Y Echo-Re[...]

Event Logs 32 Res tori ng boot DNLDSEG config u ra tion Genera ted u pon ente ring Netw ork Load Mode to i ni ti al i z e s peci fi c c onfi g ura ti on i nforma ti on re qu i red for retriev i ng new code i mag e. Generated upon enter ing operat i onal afte r a successful c od e bur n into fl ash . Res tori ng boot EEP RO M confi gu ra ti on Gener[...]

Event Logs 33 Sta rting IPX CP neg oti ati on w i th <re mote s i te a li a s> Genera ted when the Internet P ac ke t Excha ng e Control Pr otocol neg otia ti on has bee n ini ti a ted w i th the remote site device a ssoci ated wi th th e stated remote site profile. St atio n ad dr ess t able h as bee n fille d Ge n er at ed whe n th e stat i[...]

Event Logs 34 Ala rm log s: * Bad i nternal block check su m detected Ge n er at ed wh en power up diag nos tics fi nds a fault in th e in te rn al b lock of t he EEPRO M. * Clos i ng remote s i te X (ca l l l im it) Generated when the specified nu mber o f cal ls has been exceeded. * Clos ing r em o te sit e X (c allb ack failur e) Generated when [...]

Event Logs 35 * Cl osi ng re mote si te X (su s pens ion ti meou t) Genera ted d ue to rea ching m ax imum t ime th at the connection ma y b e suspe nded. * Clos ing r em o te sit e X ( usage lim it) Genera ted d ue to reachin g u s ag e limit fo r t his 24 hour pe rio d. * Co n fig. er ase faile d Ge n er at ed wh en, dur ing a sof twar e updat e,[...]

Event Logs 36 * DH CP s erv er – ou t of a ddre ss es in IP pool Genera ted w hen the la s t add res s f rom the DHCP IP Ad dres s pool has been as s ig ned to a de vi ce . * Dow nl oad a borted – Incomp lete f ile Ge n er at ed wh en a T FT P do wn load is ab or ted b efor e t h e file t ran sfer is co m ple t e * Download abor ted – Invalid[...]

Event Logs 37 * FTP server added t o firewall The IP addres s of the FTP serv er added to the table of s ervi ces a va il a ble through the firew al l. * FTP serv er removed from fire wa ll Th e I P addre ss of th e FTP server re m oved fr o m t he ta ble of servi ces available throu gh the f ire w a ll. * IS DN BRI interfa ce dea cti va ted Genera[...]

Event Logs 38 * Li nk X Di sconne ct: Y Genera ted w hen the d i sconne ct of a n ISDN c al l i s c omple ted. This ev ent i s g ene rate d on both si de s of the IS DN ca ll. T he cause will b e o ne o f t he cause s as spec ified in the CCIT T Reco mme nd atio n Q.931. Cause s of “ normal ca ll cl eari ng ” , “ U ser bu sy ”, and “Nu mb[...]

Event Logs 39 Code De sc ri ption 055 056 057 058 063 065 In com in g calls b ar red w ith in CUG Call wa itin g n ot s ub scr ibed Bearer cap ab ility no t a uth orized Bearer ca p ab ility n ot p res ent ly a vaila ble Serv i ce or option not available, unsp ecified Bearer cap abilit y no t im plemen ted 06 6 C hanne l type not impl e mente d 067[...]

Event Logs 40 * Lin k X do wn Gen erated when a WAN link goes down. * Li nk X dow n to < remote si te a l i as > Genera ted whe n a P PP ISDN c al l to a remote si te is dropped . * Li nk X dow n to < remote si te a l i as > Generated when a W AN li nk connect ion to th e specif ied remote site goes down. * Li nk X Incomi ng Data Ca l l[...]

Event Logs 41 * Local DNS ser ver added to firewal l The IP addres s of the Local DNS server a dded to th e table of servi ces av ai la ble throug h the firewa ll . * Local DNS serv er removed from f irewa l l Th e I P addr ess of th e L oc al DNS ser ver r e mov ed fr om t he ta ble of se rvices availabl e throu gh the f ir ew a ll . * NAT UDP flo[...]

Event Logs 42 * Old down load m et h od ! L o ad in ”*. all” file Ge n er ate d wh e n an at te m pt is made to lo ad a *.f cs o r *.lda f or m at p rogr am file in to har dwar e whic h will on l y a ccept *.all fo r mat co de . * O l d forma t confi g ura ti on, u si ng de fa u lt Generated when the sa ved co nf ig ur ation doe s not match t[...]

Event Logs 43 * R u nni ng i n Sys tem Load mode Ge ne r ate d wh en e nt er i ng Sy ste m Lo ad Mod e in p re para t ion for a downloa d of code to be burn e d into f las h. * SECU RITY ALER T: SNMP commu ni ty < X> ha s wr ite access enabled to “AL L ” hosts The SNMP comm unity di spla yed has had w rite access enabled to all hosts on t[...]

Event Logs 44 * U nabl e to bind UD P Boot P ser ver port Generated as a resul t of an internal dev ice error. Try resetti ng the devi ce. If this i s u nsu ccess ful , contact a s ervi ce representativ e. * U na ble to bind UDP DHCP ser ver port Generated a s a resu lt of an i nternal de vi ce error. Try reset tin g the dev ice. If th is is uns u [...]

Event Logs 45 PPP Secu rity logs: CHAP a uthe ntica ti on fa i lu re s o termi nate l i nk . Genera ted when the CHAP au thenti ca tion sent by this router i n res ponse to a re qu es t f rom a remote si te i s rejected. CHA P failed for < re m ot e sit e alias> Ge n er ate d when t he re m ot e site r oute r fa iled a C HA P aut he n tic at [...]

46 5 Programmable Filtering Pro gra mm ab le filt er in g gives t he ne tw ork manag er t he a b ility to control und er wh at con ditions Et her ne t fra me s are forwa rded acros s bridg e or bridg e/ rou ter ports. There are many rea sons why this mi g ht need to be ac compl is hed , s ome of w hi ch a re sec uri ty, protocol d is cri mi na tion[...]

Fil ter in g 47 Se curity—“ Filt e r if Des tinat ion” Filt er if De st in atio n is a funct i on th at allo ws yo u to filter an Et h er n et fr ame b ased o n t h e d est in atio n of its addr es s. If th e destinati on a ddress equal s the address that th e Fil ter if Destination function has been appli ed to, th e frame is fil tered. Exam[...]

Fil ter in g 48 Se curit y—“ Filter if S ource ” Fil ter if So urce is a function th at al low s you to fi lter an Ethernet frame if the source a ddress of the fra me equa ls the ad dres s tha t the F ilter if So urce fun ctio n has bee n a ppl ied t o. Exam pl e: Ass u me tha t a P ers onal Compu ter is l oca ted on s eg ment 1 on the l oca [...]

Fil ter in g 49 8 Th e b r idge/ r out er will pr o m pt yo u fo r th e L AN th at th e stat io n is loc at ed on ; en te r t he n am e o f the p ar tn er br idge/r out er L AN ( LA N345678, fo r e xam p le) . No t e t h at t h e St at us of th e ad dr ess is m arke d as [ p re sen t] , th e lo cat ion is updat ed t o LA N345678 and the Permanent e[...]

Fil ter in g 50 5 From the MAC ADDR ESS F ILTERS ME NU, enter a 1. Th is will p lace y ou a t the fir st EDIT MA C AD DRES S F IL TER MENU screen. At the prompt enter the MAC addre ss for which yo u w ant to sp ecify th e filter . 6 Enter the 1 2 -di gi t Etherne t ad dres s of the hos t sy stem i n the f ol low i ng forma t: 000001020304 (enter a [...]

Fil ter in g 51 4 From the MAC AD DRESS FILTERS MENU , make s ure that the Fil ter Operation is currently s et to “nega tiv e”. Th is will c ause t he M AC Ad dr ess Filt er s sp ec ifie d t o be use d fo r fo rwar ding fr am es wit h th e spe cif ied M AC addresse s. 5 At this menu, enter a 1. Th is will p lace y ou a t the fir st EDIT MA C AD[...]

Fil ter in g 52 Patt ern F ilter Oper ato rs Th e f ollo wing op erat o rs are use d in cr eat ing Pat te r n f ilte r s an d will b e d iscuss ed furt her in th e follo wing page s. Fo r ad di ti onal i nforma ti on ref er to the octe t loc ati ons di a gra ms at the ba ck of this ma nua l . Ea ch octet l oca ti on may contai n a HEX val ue. - off[...]

Fil ter in g 53 In Local Area Netw ork s there ma y be many d i ff erent Netw ork a nd Tra nsport l a yer protocol s tha t coexi s t on the sa me phys i cal medi a . TCP/IP , DECNET, and XNS are j u s t a f ew of the c ommon protocol s i n u se toda y. E ach of thes e protocol s is encapsul ated within an Ethern et frame, and th erefore is transpar[...]

Fil ter in g 54 In th is cas e, whenever a frame i s recei v ed, the frame w ill be f ilte re d if th e p rot oco l ty pe is NO T e qual to 0800 (I P) . Onl y one f i lte r patte rn may be u s ed tha t conta i ns the NOT opera tor.[...]

Fil ter in g 55 Transp ort Cont rol Prot ocol / In te rne t Prot ocol (TCP/IP) The previ ou s exa mple s how ed how to fi lte r a l l Ethernet f rame s that conta ine d a n IP protocol pa ck et. H ow ev er, IP is us ed as the Netw ork -l aye r protocol for more tha n 4 0 di ff erent Tra nsport-l a yer protoc ols , TCP bei ng onl y one of them. Ther[...]

Fil ter in g 56 DEC DE C uses pro t oc o l ty pe s 6000 to 600F , and alth ough som e are un de fine d, a sim p le filter m ask can b e c re at ed t o filte r all DE C t raf fic. Filt er all DE C Th e m ask to filt er all DE C t raffic wo uld be : 1 2-600X The X is a var iable r ep r ese n tin g t he last fo ur bit s (a nib ble) o f t he t yp e. Th[...]

Fil ter in g 57 General Restric tio ns Bridg e Fi lter Ma sk s may be crea ted to generall y restri ct acces s for v ari ous pu rposes. Some of these purposes may be to fi lter spec if i c combin at ions of inform atio n. T h is s ect io n will gen era lly d epic t m a sks tha t may be create d to co ntro l tr af fic a cross t he brid ge d LAN netw[...]

Fil ter in g 58 Mask Co mbin ati on s Mask com binations may be requ ired to ensu re th at a f rame is suf fi ciently q ua li fi ed before the decisi on to fi lter is mad e. Th e qualifica tion a f r ame must go thro u gh befor e a fil ter d e ci si o n is mad e depe nds on the re as on for t he filter . Nonethel es s, a few ex ampl es bel ow hav e[...]

Fil ter in g 59 IP Ro uter P att ern Fi lt ering Pa ttern fi lte ring ma y be u s ed on a ny porti on of the IP f ra me. IP pattern f i l teri ng be hav es the s ame as bri dg e pa ttern fi l teri n g, except the start of the IP frame is off set 0 , becaus e the IP router functi on of the bridge /router handles only the IP f rame its elf. IP pa tte[...]

60 6 Frame Formats This a ppendi x prov i de s octe t loc ati ons for the v a ri ou s porti ons of three of the common Etherne t fra mes . Whe n c rea ting pat ter n filte r s t he se diagr ams will assist in th e cor rect defin itio n of th e pat t er n s. Th e off set num be r s are indic at ed by th e numbers a bove the frame representations. No[...]

Frame Format s 61 ETHERNET TYPE CODES Type Code Descr ipti on 0800 DOD I P 0801 X.75 I nt ernet 0804 Ch aos net 0805 X.25 Lev el 3 0806 A RP 0807 XN S C om pati b ility 6001 DEC M OP Dum p/Load 6002 DEC M OP Rem ote Con s ol e 6003 DEC DE C NET Phase IV Ro ute 6004 DEC LA T 6005 DEC D ia gnostic P rotocol 6006 DEC Cu sto mer P rotocol 6007 DEC LA V[...]

Frame Format s 62 Octet Locations on an IPX Route d Novell Netwa re Frame Octet Location s on a Bridged X NS Frame[...]