Enterasys VH-8G-L3 manual

Vertical Horizon VH-8G-L3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch USER GUIDE 9033705-01[...]

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1 9033705-01 Table of Contents PREFACE ................................................................................ 3 Purpose .......................................................................... 3 Audience ....................................................................... 3 Conventions ................................................[...]

9033705-01 2 Inspecting Your Shipment .......................................... 20 Installation................................................................... 20 Desktop or Shelf Installation ...................................... 21 Rack Installation ......................................................... 21 Power on .......................[...]

3 9033705-01 Preface Purpose This guide provides information about the features and applications of the Enterasys Networks Vertical Horizon VH-8G-L3 layer 3 switch. Audience This guide is intended for Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) administrators and Management Information Systems (MIS) personnel with the following background: • Working knowle[...]

9033705-01 4 Keyboard Entries This guide uses the following conventions for keyboard entries: • When you read “enter”, type the text and press the [Enter] key. • Example: Enter the Gateway IP address and press the [Enter] key. • When you read “select”, highlight the menu item and press the [Enter] key. Other Conventions This guide use[...]

5 9033705-01 mounting instructions. Instru ctions for making connections and powering up the Switch are provided as well. Chapter 3. Connecting the Sw itch: This describes how to connect the VH-8G-L3 to your Ethernet network, including connecting the Switch to an end node and connecting the Switch to hub or switch. Appendix A. Technical Specificati[...]

6 9033705-01 Product Overview This chapter provides the following information: • Product Description • Features • Front and Rear Panel Component Descriptions • Feature Summaries • Application Example Description This section describes Layer 3 functionality and Layer 2 and Layer 3 features of the VH-8G-L3. Some background information about[...]

7 9033705-01 The VH-8G-L3 can be thought of as eight Gigabit Ethernet Layer 2 switching domains with a wire-speed router between each domain. It can be deployed in a network between a traditional router and the intranetwork. The traditional router and its associated WAN interf ace would then handle routing between the intranetwork and the WAN (the [...]

9033705-01 8 traditional collapsed backbone router. The VH-8G-L3 Layer 3 switch communicates with a WAN router using a standard Gigabit Ethernet port. Multiple VH-8G-L3 switches can also be linked. Features The VH-8G-L3 was designed for easy installation and high performance in an environment where traffic on the network and the number of users inc[...]

9 9033705-01 • 8K active MAC address entry t able per device with automatic learning and aging (10 to 9999 seconds). • 512 KB packet buffer per device. • Broadcast and Multicast storm filtering. • Supports Port Mirroring. • Supports Port Trunking – up to four trunk groups may be set up. One trunk group can have from two to eight ports. [...]

9033705-01 10 • Supports PIM Dense Mode (dra ft-ietf-pim-v2-dm-03.txt). • Supports DVMRP (draft-ietf-idmr-dvmrp-v3-09.txt). • Supports Username to IP address mapping. • Supports IP multi-netting. • Supports IP packet de-fragmentation. • Supports Path MTU discovery. • Supports 802.1D frame support. Traffic Classification and Prioritiza[...]

11 9033705-01 • Built-in SNMP management:  Bridge MIB (RFC 1493)  RMON MIB (RFC 1757) – 4 groups  MIB-II (RFC 1213)  Interface MIB ext. (RFC 2233)  CIDR MIB (RFC 2096) – excluding the IP Forwarding Table.  802.1p MIB (RFC 2674). • Supports Web-based management. • TFTP support. • BOOTP support. • IP filtering on the m[...]

9033705-01 12 theoretical throughput over 100Mbps Fast Ethernet and a one hundred-fold increase over 10M bps Ethernet. Since it is compatible with all 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet environments, Gigabit Ethernet pr ovides a straightforward upgrade without wasting a company ’s existing investment in hardware, software, and trained personnel. Front P[...]

13 9033705-01 • The AC power connector is a standard three-pronged connector that supports the power cord. Plug-in the female connector of the provided power cord into this socket, and the male side of the cord into a power outlet. Supported input voltages range from 100 ~ 240 VAC at 50 ~ 60 Hz. Side Panels The right side panel of the Switch cont[...]

9033705-01 14 Figure 1-4. The LED indicators • Pow er This indicator on the front panel will light green approximately 2 seconds after the Switch is powered on to indicate the r eady state of the device. The LED will blink green while downloading new software for the Switch, or if the system’s configuration has changed and will light yellow whe[...]

15 9033705-01 network administrator can manage, control and monitor the switch from the console program. The VH-8G-L3 contains a CPU, memory for data storage, flash memory for configuration data, operational programs, and SNMP agent firmware. These components allow the switch to be actively managed and monitored from either the console port or the [...]

9033705-01 16 primary link. Once the Spanning Tree Protocol is configured and enabled, primary links are established and duplicated links are blocked automatically. The reactivation of the blocked links (at the time of a primary link failure) is also accomplished automatically – wi thout operator intervention. Port Trunking Port trunking is used [...]

17 9033705-01 Broadcast storms c onsist of broadcast packets that flood and/or are looped on a network causing noticeable performance degradation and in extreme cases, network failure. Broadcast storms c an be caused by malfunctioning NICs, bad cable connections and applications or protocols that generate broadcast traffic, among others. Broadcast [...]

9033705-01 18 Configuration File Name None Firmware File Name None Out-Of-Band Baud Rate 9600 RS232 Mode Console IP Address 0.0.0.0 Subnet Mask 0.0.0.0 Default Gateway 0.0.0.0 BootP Service Enabled TFTP Server IP Address 0.0.0.0 IGMP Time Out 260 secs IGMP Disabled Partition Mode Enabled Address table lock Disabled Device HOL Disabled Port HOL Enab[...]

19 9033705-01 19 9033705-01 Backpressure Disabled Port Lock Disabled Broadcast Storm Rising Action Do Nothing Broadcast Storm Falling Action Do Nothing Broadcast Storm Rising Threshold 128Kpps Broadcast Storm Falling Threshold < 128Kpps Community String “public”, “private” VLAN Mode IEEE 802.1Q Management In A VLAN All SNMP VLAN(802.1Q) [...]

9033705-01 20 2. Installation Inspecting Your Shipment Open the shipping carton of the Switch and carefully unpack its contents. The carton should contain the following items: • One VH-8G-L3 8-port Gigabit Ethernet Layer 3 Switch. • Mounting kit: 2 mounting brackets and screws. • Four rubber feet with adhesive backing. • One AC power cord. [...]

21 9033705-01 Desktop or Shelf Installation When installing the Switch on a desktop or shelf, the rubber feet included with the device should first be attached. Attach these cushioning feet on the bottom at each corner of the device. Allow adequate space for ventilation between the device and the objects around it. Figure 2-1. Installing rubber fee[...]

9033705-01 22 Figure 2-2B. Installing the Sw itch on an equipment rack Power on The VH-8G-L3 can be used with AC power supply 100-240 VAC, 50 - 60 Hz. Simply connect the power cord to the AC power connector located on the rear panel of the Switch and to AC power outlet. The Swit ch’s power supply will then adjust to the local power source automat[...]

23 9033705-01 3. Connecting The Switch This chapter describes how to connect the VH-8G-L3 to your Ethernet network. Switch to End Node A PC can be connected to the Swit ch via a fiber optic cable. The PC can be connected to any of the eight ports of the Switch. Figure 3-1. Example of the Sw itch connected to a PC or Workstation The LED indicators f[...]

9033705-01 24 Figure 3-2. Example of Sw itch to sw itch connection[...]

9033705-01 25 Appendix A. Technical Specifications General Standards: IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.1 P/Q VLAN IEEE 802.3x Full-duplex Flow Control ANSI/IEEE 802.3 auto-negotiation Protocols: CSMA/CD Data Transfer Rates: Gigabit Ethernet Half-duplex Full-duplex n/a 2000Mbps Topology: Star Network Cables: Fiber Optic: IEC 793-2:1[...]

9033705-01 26 9033705-01 26 Storage Temperature: -40 to 70 degrees Celsius Humidity: Operating: 10% to 85% RH non-condensing Dimensions: 441 mm x 210 mm x 43 mm (1U), 19 inch rack-mount width Weight: 2.61 kg EMI: FCC Class A, CE Class A, VCCI Class A, BSMI Class A, C-Tick Class A FCC Part 15/IECES-003 (Canada), VCCI Class A ITE, EN55022/EN50082-1 o[...]

27 9033705-01 Performance Transmission Method: Store-and-forward RAM Buffer: 16 MB per device Filtering Address Table: 8K MAC address per device Packet Filtering/ Forwarding Rate: Full-wire speed for all connections 1,488,000 pps per port (for 1000Mbps) MAC Address Learning: Automatic update. Forwarding Table Age Time: Max age:10–9999 seconds Def[...]

28 9033705-01 Appendix B. Flow Control Flow control is a mechanism t hat allows you to protect the switch from overload conditions and to keep additional traffic off the network when excessive congestion will result. Flow Control for Half- and Full-Duplex Applications Each port of the switch has a transmit queue which buffers frames to be sent out [...]

9033705-01 29 Appendix C. Acronyms and Abbreviations Term Definition 10BASE-T 10 Mbps twisted-pair Ethernet 100BASE-TX 100 Mbps twisted-pair Fast Ethernet 100BASE-FX 100 Mbps fiber option Fast Ethernet 1000BASE-T 1000 Mbps twisted-pair Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-SX 1000 Mbps fiber option short-wavelength Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-LX 1000 Mbps fiber [...]

9033705 30 9033705 30 MDI Media Dependent Interface MDI Media Device Interface MIB Management Information Base RFC Request for Comment RMON Remote Monitoring RXD Receive Data.38 SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TXD Transmit Data UTP Unshielded Twisted [...]

9033705-01 31 Index AC inputs ................................ 25 AC power cord........................ 20 Accessory pack ....................... 20 Auto polarity detection ............. 8 Bridge MIB (R FC 1268) ......... 11 Broadcast dom ains .................. 16 Broadcast storm s ..................... 17 Connections Switch to En d Node .........[...]