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Intel ® Expr ess 520T Switch User Guide 717285-0 02 500.book P age i T hursday, September 2, 1999 1:17 PM[...]

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iii Contents C h a p t e r 1 Intel Ex press 520T Switch 1 Introduction to the product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

iv CONTENTS C h a p t e r 3 Standard Configuration 41 Changing the Setu p of the Switch or Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Internet P[...]

v CONTENTS Tools for t he Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Stack Synchronization Man ager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Switch Position Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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vii Inf or mation sour ces f or this s witch This User G uide is o ne of three sources of inf ormation deliver ed with this switch. Quic k Star t desc ription A printed guide t hat describes these basic steps: • Connect th e switch • Start the swit ch (using the defa u lt settin gs) • Start Intel Device View • Change the setup • Save a ne[...]

viii PREFACE viii Wa r n i n g Elect ros ta tic Se nsi tive De vice Product s cov ered This User Guid e gives you instructi ons on how to use: • Intel Ex press 520T Swit ch • Intel Device V iew Prerequisit e know ledge This Use r Guide is intend ed for personnel authorized to configure and manage local ar ea networks. We assume that the person [...]

ix ix PREFACE Access to submenus You access submenus using a menu hierarchy. These are shown by use of angle brackets and the courier ty peface. For example, File>Configuration>Setup shows that to select the Setu p sub- menu you must first click Fi le and then Conf iguration. Acr onyms AR P Add r ess R eso lu tion Prot oco l ASIC Application-[...]

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1 In this c hapter This chap ter covers the fo llowing topics. 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Switch T opic See P ag e Introd uction to the p roduct 2 Front Pan el 3 Rear Panel 5 Installati on 5 500.book Page 1 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:17 PM[...]

2 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch 2 Intr oductio n to the pr oduct Purpose of the s witch The Inte l Express 520T Switch use s your exist ing network cab les to integrat e switching techn ology into your co mputer network. Each device in a workgrou p or a network segment can commun icate at a full wire-speed of 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps to pr[...]

3 3 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch Softwa re fea tures The switc h offers the following features: • Intel Devic e V iew for W indows* 95, W indows* 98 and W indows NT* or Intel Device V iew for W eb • Adaptive fo rwarding mode • Local Managemen t via a direct terminal connection or via T EL- NET • SNMP Managemen t support • B[...]

4 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch 4 Front panel por ts These ports are on th e front panel: Slots f or module s After removi ng one or both of t he cover plates, the modules can be inserted t o expand the func tionality of t he switch. F r ont pa nel LED f unc tions The LEDs on t he front panel hav e the followin g functions: Buttons Th[...]

5 5 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch Rear P anel Introducti on The rear panel has a cooling fa n outlet and the main suppl y cable, so you should posi tio n the switch with the rear panel f aci ng away fro m you. View of rear panel The rear pa nel of th e switch is sh own b e low: Rea r pane l pa r t s The switch’s r ear panel has the [...]

6 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch 6 Bef ore Installat ion Contents of the pac k Unpack the switch carefu lly and check that these p art s are present: Chec k the pac kage contents I f you have not rece ived all of t he parts, or any of the parts are dam- aged, cont act your dealer immedi ately. Keep all the packaging materials in case y[...]

7 7 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch P ositio ning and In stalling the Switch Allow adequate v entilati on The switch contai ns t wo fans to air-cool the in ternal circuitry. The air is drawn i n from the le ft of the unit and expelled thr ough the outlet grills on t he right side and the r ear. To ensure correct ai rfl ow, leave 1 00 mm[...]

8 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch 8 • Customer-supp lie d screws for securi ng the swit ch in the ra ck. Mountin g screws are not provided because the requi r ed sizes may vary from r ack to rack. In an equi pment rac k To mount the switch in a standard equipment rack: 1 Attach the mounting brack et marked “Left” t o the le ft-han[...]

9 9 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch Installing a Mod ule Introducti on You can increase the connecti vity options of your switch by installing a module. Wa r n i n g Modules are n ot designed to be installed in , or removed from, the switch whil e it is in operati on. Y o u must powe r off the switch be fore atte mpti ng to inst all or [...]

10 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch 10 Remo ving the mo dule To remove a modul e: 1 If the switch is a lready operational , disconnect it from th e main power supply . 2 Follow th e instruc ti ons in “A voiding da mage to the circui t board” abo ve. 3 Unscrew the screws securing the module. 4 Pull th e module gently to dise ngag e th[...]

11 11 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch RJ-45 conn ector pin assignm ents The RJ-45 ports on the front of the switch have the fo llowing pin as- signments: Connec ting a de vice to the RJ-45 por ts To connect a workstat ion compatible with IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet Ver- sion 1.0 an d 2.0) or a fast access device (su ch as a server) to the swit[...]

12 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch 12 Connecting th e P ower Introducti on After connecting the d evi ces to the switch, con nect th e power cabl e. There are certain practical and safety considerat ions to be made be- fore poweri ng the switch on. The P ower Cable Ground w ar ning The switch is delivered with a power cable that fits th[...]

13 13 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch P ower up Power ing up t he switch Follo w th ese steps to p ower up th e switch: 1 Push the female end of t he power cabl e int o the ma in socket (i n the rea r p anel); pl ug the o ther end into th e power su pp ly ou tle t. 2 Make sure th at the Powe r L ED (on th e fr on t panel) is g reen. If [...]

14 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch 14 Def a ult se ttin gs afte r st art- up Once the switch has start ed successfull y, installatio n is complete and the switch is using it s def aul t set ting ( al so known as default confi gu- ration): • All ports are enable d. • All port s operate in auto-neg otiati on mod e. • Spanning Tree i[...]

15 15 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch Follow t he instructions i n Chapter 2 t o change the conf iguration while the swit ch is ope ra tin g. Other LE Ds on the front panel Introducti on There are thre e other LEDs and one but ton on the front pa nel that show how the switc h is operating: • Status L ED • T emperature LED • Redund[...]

16 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 520T Swi tch 16 P or t Status b utton To see the spee d and dup lex setting s of all t he ports, press t he Port Status button. The funct i on of th e port L EDs change s for a period of 5 seconds, where the y have the following meaning: LED Color Meaning Left (Speed) G reen Of f: 10Mbps Solid: 100Mbps Right (Duple[...]

17 In this c hapter This chap ter covers the fo llowing topics. 2 Intel Device V iew T opic See Page System Requiremen ts 18 Installat ion and Removal 19 Using Intel Device V iew 20 Installi ng and Managing Swi tches 26 Device T ree 29 Device V iew (Main Display) 31 Explor er 36 Diagnosti cs Wi ndow 37 T rap W indow 38 System W indo w 39 Errors W i[...]

18 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 18 System Re quire m e nts Requiremen ts for Inte l De vice View under Wind ows You need a PC with the followi ng minimum requirements to run Intel Device View: • Microsoft W indows NT workstatio n or server , version 4.0, or Microsoft Wi ndows 95 or Micro s oft W indows 98. (W indows NT 4.0 English language [...]

19 19 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Web ser ver rest ri ction s To manage the switch from a web server connected directly t o the switch, the web server must not use fr ame tagging. To manage the switch from a web server with IEEE 802. 1Q tagged fra mes, manage- ment must b e through a device whi ch untags the frames. Requiremen ts for Inte l [...]

20 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 20 T o install Intel D evic e View for Wi ndows Clic k Install Windows and follow th e on-screen instru ctions. When the installatio n is complete , Intel Devic e View will start auto- matically when “L aunch Intel Device View” i s selected. T o install Intel D evic e View fo r We b Click Install Web and fo[...]

21 21 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Navig ating through Intel Device View Many commands are avai l able from within Intel Devi ce View. These are best accessed using mouse actio ns. However, Windows users can also access most of t hem through the menu bar. The Inte l Devi ce View window There are three sections: • Device Tree — di splays t[...]

22 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 22 • A list of IP addresses — contains the last eight switches success- fully contac te d from Intel Device V iew. These can be used t o manage the swit ch. View m enu — fo r Wind ows use rs on l y The View menu allows y ou to customize the Intel Devi ce View dis- play to you r own preferences: the Toolba[...]

23 23 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View After a Switch or Stac k is Contacted Comman ds When Intel Device View cont acts a switch, the basic commands are supplem e nted with : • Local Managemen t access — provides T elnet access to monitor- ing funct ions embedded in the switch. • RMON facilit y — gathers information a bout the network t r[...]

24 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 24 Setting the Preferences Setting the polling interval s The polli ng intervals determi ne how often Intel Device View cont acts the switch or stack and update s the status and informa tion displayed. To change the polling parameters: 1 Select Monitoring>Pref erences . 2 Click Polling or Monitor . 3 If you [...]

25 25 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Setting the timeout paramet ers fo r SNMP The t imeout dete rmines t he in terva ls bet ween pollin g an d the num ber of times the request is retried i f a device i s not respo nding. To change the timeo ut par ame t ers: 1 Select Monitoring>Pref erences . 2 Click Timeouts . 3 Change th e values. 4 Click[...]

26 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 26 Installing and Ma naging Switches F ollowing installatio n of Intel De vice Vie w After instal ling Intel Dev ice View, you can add new switches, estab- lish or expand stacks of switches, an d manage exi st ing switches and stacks. Adding ne w s witches To add new switc hes (that have not be en assigned an I[...]

27 27 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Matrix Mo dule connected to a ne w switc h When the Insta ll wizard detects that a new switch is connected to a Matri x Module, a message infor ms that you must decide how to man- age the switch. If you wa nt to m anage i t sepa rately, th e instal lation is comp leted an d the switch is di splayed in th e I[...]

28 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 28 3 Select the b ox if you want to ope n the switch in a n ew Intel Device V iew window . 4 Click OK . Estab lishing and ex panding a s tack If you connect switch es that already have IP addresses assigned to- gether via a M atrix Module, you can ma nage them as a st ack. To cr e- ate or expand an existing sta[...]

29 29 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View De vice T ree Introducti on The Device Tree disp lays the separate subnets on your LAN as branches in a tree. This includes a branch that shows all the unconfig- ured dev i ces on the LAN. Identifyi ng dev ices The Devi ce Tree uses several icons to repres ent the indivi dual devic- es: Icons Device Descript[...]

30 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 30 Installin g and manag ing swi tc h es Double clicking the switch’s IP address or MAC address o pens exist- ing switch e s in the I ntel Devic e View window, or start s the Instal l Wizard for new swit ches. Right mous e button command s By position ing the mouse pointer in the Devi ce Tree and clicki ng th[...]

31 31 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View De vice Vie w (M ain Disp la y) Switch cont acted When Intel Dev ice View cont acts the switch o r stack, the front (inter- face side) of the switch or stack is displayed. This view p rovides a real-time v iew of the switch, or stack and ports, which behav e in the same way as the physical swit ch. For examp[...]

32 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 32 Right mous e button command s f or a single swi tc h Right cl ick a single switc h and Intel Devic e View offers : Functions Description Device Setu p Displays comp rehensive informati on about the switch ’ s overall setup. VLAN Setup Provides an overview of existing VLANs and the op portunity t o add new [...]

33 33 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Right mous e button command s f or a stac k border When managin g a stac k of switches, r i ght cl ick the stack border and Intel Device View offers: Functions Description Stack Setup Displ ays com prehen s ive info rmation about the switch ’ s overall setup. VLA N/R o utin g Se tu p Provide s an ov erv ie[...]

34 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 34 Right mous e button command s f or a s witch in a stac k When managing a stack of switche s, right click a switch and Intel De- vice View offers: Config uration Ensures t he stack’ s conf iguration is safe by saving i t to the flash memory , by ba ck- ing up to di sk and by being abl e to restore it again [...]

35 35 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Right mous e button command s f or a por t Right clic k a single port and Int el Device View offers: Color coding The switch and ports are displaye d in different col ors: Functions Description Port Setup Displays the po rt status, the speed and duplex set t in gs, an d spa nni ng tree settings. Add Port to [...]

36 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 36 Explor er Intel De vice Vie w Explor er The Explor er within Int el Device Vie w displays manag ement infor- mation, fo r example VLANs on this switch a nd other switches. If a switc h is disabled or not operational, it is displayed with a red cross through it. General mana gement in formation for the switch[...]

37 37 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Diagnos tics Windo w Intel De vice Vie w Diagnos tics The Diagnostics wi ndow helps you troubl eshoot the swit ch/stack to get it working properly i n case of prob lems. The Diagnosti cs window lists any p roblems detected by t he switch/ stack and n otes the level o f the pr oblem (fatal err or, error or no[...]

38 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 38 Dia gnost ic de tail s wind ow This win dow provides compreh ensive detail s of the error. T rap Windo w T raps win dow The Traps window disp lays all traps gener ated by the switch. Color coding Traps a r e generated by the switch fo r many events, both normal and errors. Traps di splayed in Intel Device Vi[...]

39 39 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View System Wind ow System windo w The Syst em window contains a log of all t he major switch event s with date and times (for example, retu rn to factory default, filter entry set- tings, mo du les inserted in slots). Right mous e button command s Right click a message and Intel Device View offers: Err or s Wind[...]

40 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 40 Right mous e button command s Right click a message and Intel Device View offers: Functions Description Refresh R eloads and up dates all th e informati on in this window . Clear Clears all the messages di splayed. Pause Pauses th e normal updating of information in this wind ow . 500.book P age 40 Thur sday[...]

41 In this c hapter Configurat i on i s th e way we chan ge the setup of the switc h or sta ck. In this ch apter you will find all the instructions you need to chang e setups that affe ct the switch, or stack, and the p ort s. In chapter 4 you will find instructions to integrate VLANs int o your setup. 3 Standard Configuration T opic See P age Chan[...]

42 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 42 Changing the Set up of the Switch or Stack Impr oving switch secu r ity To restrict the use of the switch or stack, you can: • Change t he administrator password for local management. • Change the use r password for local man agement. • Limit access to Loca l Managemen t via the Console port and/o[...]

43 43 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration System Identif ying the s witch To assist with switch id e ntific a tio n and admi nistrati on, you c a n change certa in switch details (name, lo cation and contact pe r son). With a switch o r stack in the Device V iew window: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup. 2 Click System . 3 Change th e detail[...]

44 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 44 Internet Protocol Changin g IP details To change the main IP address and net work mask: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click IP . 3 Change th e details. 4 Click OK . This is u s ed to cont act the switc h via IP (T FT P, SNM P, T EL- NET etc.) prot ocols. 500.book P age 44 Thur sday, September[...]

45 45 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Local Time Setting the date and cloc k to local time To chang e the clock in the switch to you r lo cal tim e: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Date/Time . 3 Click Insert Current PC Date/Time to show the present setting s. If this is satisf actor y, c lic k OK . Note The cloc k displays th[...]

46 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 46 Security The authentication s list defines the hosts that can ca rry out SNMP , TF TP or T elnet management on the switch, have read-wr ite or read- only rights and a ccess to communities. You can: • Add a new entry to the list • Delete an ent ry • Edit exi sting en tr ies Adding a de v ic e To ad[...]

47 47 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 9 Click OK . Tr a p s Purpose A trap alerts you of eve nts occurring in the switch. T he traps list shows where SNMP t r aps (generated by the switch) are sent. You can: • Add a new entry to the list • Delete an ent ry • Edit exi sting en tr ies Adding a tr ap Note If there are no ent ries in the [...]

48 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 48 P ermanent Entries Purpose Enables you t o allocate a port to a device t hat does not sen d out device information. These devices are not removed from t he switch’s ad- dress tab le, regardless of how l ong they are quiet. This is useful f or connecti ons to printers an d other simila r devices. You c[...]

49 49 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Link Aggr egat ion Purpose Combines two or four adjace nt ports to increase the bandwi dth be- tween two switc hes or stacks. You can: • Add a new entry to the list • Delete an ent ry Adding an Aggr eg ate Link To set up and a dd an aggregate l ink: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Lin[...]

50 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 50 P or t Mirr oring Purpose Pr ovide s a facilit y t o deb ug o r moni tor traffic on a sp ecific po rt, by duplica t ing th e traffi c and sending it to a specified po r t. Only one pair of ports can be mirrored per switch. W ithin Port Mirroring, yo u can: • Add a new entry to the list • Delete an e[...]

51 51 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Local Managem ent Changin g pass word detail s The administrator has read-write access at all leve ls. The user can read the monitoring screens, but can not change t he configurat ion, up- date software or rese t th e stat ion. T o pre vent unaut horized person nel changing confi gur at i ons: 1 Select [...]

52 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 52 TFTP Changin g pass word detail s T o give added security , you can li mi t the number of staff authorized to tran sf er TFTP file s by changing th e TFTP password. To change the pass wor d: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click TFTP . 3 T ype the old password. 4 T ype the new password. 5 Retyp[...]

53 53 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Changin g the flow c ontrol Flow contr ol prevents the lo ss of frames during busy periods. Note that the i ndividual por t settings overrul e the default setting. To change the default flow mechanism on all ports: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Switching . 3 Click Default Flow Control .[...]

54 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 54 Adap tive Fo rwar ding Mode Purpose You can: • Change the Sampl e Time • Define the minimum an d maximum errors acceptable b efore changing t he forwardin g mode Note While CR C errors and ru nts are the mo st l ikely pa ra meters to cause th e switching mod e to change, t hey are not t he only ones[...]

55 55 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 4 Click the required para meter . 5 T ype the percentage of errors or run t s. 6 Click OK . Spanning T ree Purpose You can change the: • Prior ity given to the s witch • Maximu m lengt h of time i nformatio n is reta ined by th e switch • T ime between tra n smitted C onfigu r a ti on BPDUs • T [...]

56 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 56 Changin g the spanni ng tree priority The higher the value, the lower the chance of the switch being used as the root bridge. To chang e the priority value: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Spanning Tree . 3 Click Priority . 4 T ype the requi red value. 5 Click OK . Changin g the message a[...]

57 57 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 5 Click OK . Changin g the f orward dela y e xpir y time To change the ti me between port st ates while the bri dge attempts to become the ro ot: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Spanning Tree . 3 Click Forward Delay Timer Expiry . 4 T ype the requi red number of seconds. 5 Click OK . Chan[...]

58 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 58 • Specify t he spanning tree Using t he mouse There are two ways to access the Port Se tup window: • Double -click the por t • Right-c lick on the port, and click Port Setup General Ch ang es Renami ng a port To give a port a new name, for example, its use or the user(s) connec t- ed: 1 Click the [...]

59 59 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Po r t M o d e Disab ling the p or t If yo u disable the port, the dev ices attached to it cannot use the switch. The MAC address of t hose devices are removed from the switch’s address table. If those addresses are defined as pe rmanent entries, they are not purged but are unabl e to use the switch. [...]

60 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 60 5 Click OK . Changin g duple x mode To ch ange the port’s dupl ex mode (when aut o-negotiation is dis- abled): 1 Click the port you want to change. 2 Select Port Setup . 3 Click Port Mode . 4 Click Half Duplex or Full Duplex . Half allows either tran smission or receipt of the data and Full allows bot[...]

61 61 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Changin g the flow c ontrol on a por t Flow control prevents the loss of frames during busy periods. To change the flow mechanism on a port: Note This feat ure is over-rid den by disabli ng the flow contro l set- ting in Device Setup>Switching . 1 Click the port you want to change. 2 Select Port Setu[...]

62 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 62 3 Click Spanning Tree . 4 Click Enable spanning tree on this port . If ther e is a check mark in the box, the por t is used in STP . If the box i s empty , the port is not u sed in STP . 5 Click OK . Changin g the cost of the path The h igher the cost, the lower the chance of this port bein g used for f[...]

63 63 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 5 In Priority , type the required val ue. If there are two ports with the same v alue, the port with the lowest port number is chosen. 6 Click OK . 500.book P age 63 Thur sday, September 2, 1999 1:17 PM[...]

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65 In this c hapter In this chapt er you wi ll le arn how to use Advanced Configu ration ef - fectively. This chapter covers the V i rtual LAN (VLAN) features. Y ou can create l ogical network gr oups (VLANs) by segment ing the switch; for ex ample, accordi ng to t he subnett ing scheme wi thin yo ur network. Each VLAN is an isol ated group and the[...]

66 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 66 • Allocate net work resources (such as servers) to groups For a more comprehens i ve explanation of the VLAN concept, refer to the on line h elp. W ar ning whe n using STP It is important to be aware of problems t hat may arise when using Spanning Tree and VLANs. The Spa nning Tree can use a lternativ[...]

67 67 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration Adding a VLAN The task of addi ng VLANs is simplified by using the VLAN Wizard . VLANs are not switch speci fic when managing a stack. Therefore, right-click the stack borde r to access VLAN Setup. To add a VLAN: 1 Select VLAN Setup . 2 Click Add , and foll ow the instructions i n the W izard windows. D[...]

68 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 68 Changin g VLAN mode To ch ange the mode of operati on of a VLAN: 1 Select VLAN Setup . 2 Click Advanced . The VLAN mode is shown. 3 Click the VLAN mode to see the full range of choices. 4 Click the new mode and make sure the rest of the det ails are correct. 5 Click OK . Y our switch may tur n blue (for[...]

69 69 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration P or ts with IP l ear ning IP learning must be e nabled when using IP po licies. (IP learni ng is enabled on all ports by default.) I f you want to change t he settings fo r individu al ports, for example if you ar e using protocols other tha t IP protocol s and don’t want these st ations to be le arn[...]

70 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 70 Enabl ing IGMP pruning IGMP pruning impl ements a system where on ly the necessar y amount of I P multicast packet s are bridged . To enable IGMP pruning: 1 Select VLAN Setup . 2 Click Advanced>IP Routing>IGMP . 3 Check Enabled . 4 In Pruning timeout , type the n ew value. 5 Click OK . 500.book P [...]

71 In this c hapter This chap ter covers the fo llowing topics. 5 Managing the Switch T opic See P age Mana ge m en t us in g I ntel Dev i ce V ie w 72 Moni toring th e Swit c h’ s Performa nce 73 Moni tor i n g th e Sta ck’ s P erfor ma nce 78 Monitoring VLANs 83 Monitorin g the Port’ s Performance 86 T ools fo r the Sw itch 90 T ools for th[...]

72 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 72 Management using Intel De vice Vie w Wh y use Intel De vice View ? Intel Device View al lows you to: • Configure sy stem, switching, IP , spanning tree, au thentication, and tr ap p aramete rs fo r the switch . • Configure port-related p arameters. • V iew traps, logs, trace s, and reports gene rated [...]

73 73 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Hardwa re details To see the MAC address, h ardware version and memory size: 1 Click Monitoring>Hardware Information . 2 T o update the informat ion, click Refresh . Monit oring th e Switch ’ s P er for mance Monitoring th e total pac ket activity T o view th e total ac tiv ity of th e packe ts on all [...]

74 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 74 Monitoring th e total activity of transmi tted pa cke ts T o vi ew the to tal activ ity of th e pack e ts bein g t ransmi tte d on all the ports: 1 Select Device Activity >Tx Packets . Each co lu mn represe n ts the activ ity level on t hat port. 2 T o see the exact value , hold the mouse poin ter over a[...]

75 75 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitorin g the spanning tree statis tics To view the spanni ng tree statistics for the w hole switch, select Spanning Tree Statistics . Ov er vie w of all the por ts To view the se t u ps of all the ports on th e switch: 1 Select Port Overview . 2 Double-cli ck a port to get the specific de tails for that [...]

76 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 76 Stations o n the s witch To view the IP addresses of t he devices that have accessed manage- ment on th e swit ch: 1 Click Monitoring>Access Overview . 2 T o change the order of t he information, click the app ropriate title ba r . Monitoring using RMON Purpose The switch contains several RMON functions.[...]

77 77 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch RMON Alar ms Alarm is a useful RMON feature; it en ables you to set your own threshol ds for when th e network a c tivity req uires som e at te ntion. 1 Right-cli ck a switch and select Monitoring>RMON Alarms >Confi gure . The Alarm Table window ope ns, which li sts all alarms. 2 Click Add to add an a[...]

78 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 78 Monitoring the Stac k’ s P erformance Monito ri ng the health o f the s tack The St ack Heal th Monito r provides a n overal l status fo r the switches in the stack. To view the health of the stack: Right-click the stack bor- der and select Stack Health Monitor . If the condit i on of any of the switches [...]

79 79 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitoring In traStac k activity T o view the total activity of the packets between t he switches in the stack, or across the Matrix Module: 1 Right-cli ck the stack borde r and select IntraStack Traf- fic Each column represents a Matri x Module port and i ts activity level. 2 T o see the exact value , hold[...]

80 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 80 Monitoring th e total pac ket activity pe r por t T o vi ew the to tal activ ity of th e pack e ts on all th e port s: 1 Right-cli ck the stack borde r and select Stack Activ- ity>Total Packets per Port . Each co lumn repr e sents a po rt and its a ctivit y level. 2 T o see the exact value , hold the mou[...]

81 81 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 3 Click View and change the presentati on style: 3D- to 2D- Graph, with or without a peak v alue indicator and vertical to horizon tal bars. Monitoring th e total activity of transmi tted pa cke ts T o vie w the to ta l activit y of the packets b eing t r a nsmitted o n all the switches: 1 Right-cli ck the [...]

82 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 82 Ov er vie w of all the por ts To view the setup s of all the ports in the stack : 1 Right-cli ck the stack borde r and select Port Overview . 2 Double-cli ck a port to get the specific de tails for that port: port performanc e, faults, distr ibution and sp anning tree inf ormation. Monitorin g the spanning [...]

83 83 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Stations o n the s witch To view the IP addresse s of the devic es on the switch: 1 Select Monitoring>Acce ss Overview . 2 T o change the order of t he information, click the app ropriate title ba r . Monit oring VLANs Gen eral i nfor m ati on T he information pr ovided in this sect ion is switch specifi[...]

84 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 84 Ov er vie w of the VLANs on a s witch To view the VLAN s on the switc h : 1 Select VLAN>Monitoring . This shows a fu ll list of VL ANs a ct iv e on the switch o r in the domain (if di stributed VLAN or st and-alone for a stack). T o view this wind ow from the Explorer , right-click t he VLAN name and sel[...]

85 85 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Inf or mation about the domain T o view the VLAN mode and Domain name: 1 Select VLAN>Status . 2 T o change the informati on, see “Changing VLAN mode” in “VLANs (V irtual LANs)”, p. 68. Inf or mation abo ut VLAN configur ation To see if another user is configurin g the VLANs, view the version numb[...]

86 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 86 Inf or mation about the server Thi s provides status inf ormation about the se rver: Note This information is on ly available from switches i n a stack or from switches in a distribut ed VL AN. 1 Select VLAN>Status . 2 Click Server Information VLAN links to o ther swi tc h es To view the links between sw[...]

87 87 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitorin g the perf or mance of a port To monitor the performance of a spec ific port: 1 Right -click the po rt. 2 Select Port Details>Pe rformance . This ta b le shows the total nu mber of fram e s and b y tes, utili z a- tion of the ports a nd the number of packets transmi tted and received. 3 T o cha[...]

88 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 88 Monitorin g the di strib ution on a por t To mo ni tor the distribu tion pe rcentage s o f unica s t, m ultic a st and broadcast frames on a specific port: 1 Right -click the po rt. 2 Select Port Details>Di stribution . Monitorin g the spanning tree statis tics on a p or t To monitor the spanning t ree s[...]

89 89 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitoring th e VLANs on a port To view the VLANs on the p ort: 1 Right-cl ick and select VLAN Port Monitoring . 2 Click ei ther of th e tabs to vie w d etails of th at port: RMON Interf ace statistics To access a rang e of subnet management statistic s: 1 Right-cl ick a port and select RMON Statistics . 2 [...]

90 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 90 T ool s f or th e Swi tch T oo l s avai l a ble The switch has various tool s to help with management: Ping Pinging a de vice Use Ping to ensu re a device is attached to t he network. If the device is on a r emote network, you m ay need to adjust t he timeout in order to receive the respo nse. 1 Select Tool[...]

91 91 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 3 Change the set tings in the fie lds if req uired, and clic k Ping . Repor t Manage r Using th e Report Manager To view a log or report: 1 Click Tools>Report Manager . If you are managing a stack, select th e IP Address of the indivi dual switch. 2 Double-cli ck IP Address , and type the co r re ct IP a[...]

92 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 92 • Log file s (to pinpoint t rouble sources) t o provide diagn ostic information fo r tro ubleshooti ng • Detaile d sy ste m informa ti on and o p eration a l statistics What does it do? This f acility is divi ded into four parts: • Configur ation Allows y ou to change th e basic configurat ion paramet[...]

93 93 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch • Software Update lets you: - L oad new so ftware to the swit ch - Reset the switch if necessary - Mon itor the software st atus Acce ss to the Lo cal Managem ent applicat ion Instructions on how t o access the applica tion have been ment ioned earlier: • Access from the CONSOLE port Details are i n Qui[...]

94 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 94 Recovery Manag er Purpose Use the Recovery Manager if the software in your switch is corrupted or a software download to the switch failed, or you have moved a con- figured switch from a nother net , forgotten the switch’ s IP address, o r simply lost c ontrol o f th e switch. Note The Recovery Mode Manag[...]

95 95 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 4 Click Close. T ool s f or th e Sta c k T o ols av a ila ble f o r a s tack When managing a sta ck, the followi ng tools are avail able: Stack Sync hronization Manager Purpose Before switches connected toge ther via a Matrix Modul e can be man- aged as a stack , their configurations must be synchronized. T[...]

96 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 96 Switch P osition Organizer Using t he Switch P osition Organiz er This to ol enabl es you to reposi tion th e switches d isplay ed on scre en, so they have t he same relative position to each other as the physical switches in th e sta ck. To rep o sition a swit c h: 1 Select Tools>Switch Po sition Organi[...]

97 97 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch • Port 3 – da rk yellow • Port 4 – da rk cyan • Port 5 – purple • Port 6 – cy an • No connecti on – dark gray 500.book P age 97 Thur sday, September 2, 1999 1:17 PM[...]

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99 In this c hapter This chap ter covers the fo llowing topics: 6 T echnical Specifications T opic See Page Physical Specifi cat ions 100 Power Specifi cations 102 Performance Speci fications 102 500.book P age 99 Thur sday, September 2, 1999 1:17 PM[...]

100 C H A P T E R 6 Technica l Specifications 100 Ph ysic al Speci ficat ions Approv als The switch has t he following approv als: Phy s ical The switc h has the following physi cal specificati ons: Appr ov a l for Standar d Safety UL 1950 CSA-C22.2 No. 95 0 IEC 950 EN 60950 Emission FCC 47 CFR par t 15 Class A EN 55022 Cl ass A CISPR 22 Class A VC[...]

101 101 C H A P T E R 6 Technica l Specifications Enviro nmental The switc h has the following envi ronmental specificat ions: LEDs The switch has t he following number o f LEDs: Connec tions The switch has the following number of connections: Operating tempe rature +41°F to +10 4°F (+5°C to +40°C ) Storage t emperature –13°F to +158°F (–[...]

102 C H A P T E R 6 Technica l Specifications 102 P ower Spec ificati ons Consumpti on Power consumption : 100 W maximum P ow er supply The power supp ly has: P erf ormance Specif ications MA C addresses The n umber of MAC addresses: Throughput I nternal backplane bandwidth: 2. 1Gbps CPU IDT 79R 3041 (16 MHz) Nominal p ower supply voltages 100 t o [...]

103 103 C H A P T E R 6 Technica l Specifications Memo r y siz es The memory sizes are as follows: Supported protocols This switch supports the fol lowing protocols: Memory Swit ch Flash Mem ory (M B ) 2 CPU RAM (MB) 1 Buf fer RAM (MB) 4 Subject Document Re ference Bridge /Spanning T ree IEEE 802.1d Ethern et IEEE 802.3 Fast Ethernet IEE E 80 2.3u [...]

104 C H A P T E R 6 Technica l Specifications 104 RMON RFC 1757 IGMP version 2 RFC 1 1 12 RSVP version 1 R FC 2205 Subject Document Re ference 500.book Page 104 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:17 PM[...]

105 In this c hapter This chap ter covers the fo llowing topics: 7 Console Port Use and T r oubleshooting T opic See Pa g e Use of the Consol e Port 106 T roubleshoot ing T ools 1 1 1 T roubleshoot ing Procedure 1 1 1 T ypical Probl ems and Causes 11 2 Reportin g the Pro b lem to In te l Customer Su pport 115 500.book Page 105 Thursday, September 2[...]

106 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 106 Use of the Cons ole P or t Purpose of Console P or t If you lose c ontact with the swit ch and the R ecovery Manager i n Intel Device View or Local Management over the LAN cannot conta ct it, then th e foll owin g is po ssible via th e C onsole p ort on th e fron t of th e switch. Local[...]

107 107 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting Upgra din g So ftwar e If a working switch software nee ds to be upgraded, it is recommen ded to use the Software U pgrade Wizard in In tel Device View rather than the ma intena nce mod e com mands. Th is is ea sier an d the e xisting con- figuratio n is retaine d . Switch Con figuratio[...]

108 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 108 Reco vering from Start-up Failure Network boo t process The network boot p rocess is as follows: 1. The switch sends a BOOTP request over the network. The boot request contains the switch’ s MAC address. The boot server contains a bootptab file with an entry for the switch which is de[...]

109 109 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting BOOTP request and the name of the boot softwa re to a specified boot server . This is useful i f the boot server being used does not support th e use of a bootp tab file. • It runs test s on hardware and prov ides diagnosti c information. Note Loading software to th e switch in M aint[...]

110 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 110 Commands allow ed in Maintena nce Mode The following c omm and is a v ailable fo r the switch in Maint enance Mode: bootptab fi le entry The entry fo r the switch in the bootptab should contain a line sim- ila r to: :bf=/intel/switch/es520_x.xx: This instru ct s th e switch to lo ad the[...]

111 111 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting T r oubleshoot ing T ools T roubl eshooting to ols available The tools av ailable for tr oubleshooting on the switch are: The LED indicator s These are locat ed on the front pan el of the swit ch. The LEDs indicate the overall switch st atus, and the status of each of t he switch’s po[...]

112 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 112 3 Check for any r elevant messages in the Trap window. Use of this t ool is described in “T ra p W i ndo w”, p. 38. 4 Check for any r elevant messages in the System window . The System L og gives detail s about system event s that occur during star t-up and oper ation and also t he [...]

113 113 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting Star t-up Pr oblems I’v e for gotten m y pass word Explan ation: Y ou are prompted for a password on the Login screen. Action: Enter Mai ntenance Mode, a nd type: run defparm . Conseque nce: This resets th e configurat i on to the default v a lu es so you can assi gn a new password. W[...]

114 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 114 I have poor perf ormance and high number s of second port drops Explan ation: There may be a loop in the network and Spanni ng T ree is not en abled. Action: A void loo ps, or alternatively , either enable STP on all the ports (using Device Setup ) or specific ports (using Port Setup ).[...]

115 115 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting Repor t ing the Pr oblem to Intel Customer Su ppor t Introducti on If you are un able to so lve the pr oble m and wa nt to rep ort the proble m to Intel C ustomer Support, the r e are certai n things that you can do , to enable us t o begin solving your problem q uickly. Intel Devi ce V[...]

116 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 116 Retrieving Info rma tion for Customer Suppor t T wo meth ods av ailab le If Intel Device View i s still func tioni ng, this info rm a tion can be o b- tained usi ng the Report Manager. If the Report Manager is not acces- sible, use TFTP procedures. Files su itable f or TFTP transf er Yo[...]

117 117 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 5 If the TF TP access is password protected, type: get<password>/<filename> . (For example, get edin- burgh/report .) 500.book Page 117 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:17 PM[...]

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A 119 Limited Hardwar e W arranty Limited Har dware W arranty Inte l warrants to the orig inal owner that the hardware pr oduct deliv ered in th is package will be fr ee from d efects in ma terial and workmansh ip for three (3) yea rs following t he latter of : (i) the d ate of purc hase onl y if you regi ster by retu rning th e registr at ion card[...]

120 120 APPENDIX A Limite d Hardware Warranty If the C ustomer Support G roup ve rifies th at the product is defec tive, th ey wi ll have t he Return Materia l Author ization D epart me nt issue you an R MA nu mber t o place on the outer packa ge of t he pr oduct. Intel cannot accept any product witho ut an R MA n umber on the package . LIMITATION [...]

121 121 APPENDIX A Limite d Hardware Warranty Country Number Language France +33 (0) 1 41 91 85 29 French German y +49 (0) 69 9509 6099 Germ an Italy +39 (0) 2 696 332 76 Ital ia n UK +44 (0) 87 0 607 2439 English If the C ustomer Support G roup ve rifies th at the product is defec tive, th ey wi ll have t he Return Materia l Author ization D epart[...]

122 122 APPENDIX A Limite d Hardware Warranty Federal Communi cations Commission (F CC) Statement This equi pment ha s been tested and foun d to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device , pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. The s e limits are de signed t o pr ovide re ason able pro tection a gainst ha rm ful interfe re nc e when the eq[...]

123 123 APPENDIX A Limite d Hardware Warranty A VER TISSEMENT Le système a été conçu pour fonc ti onn er dans un cad re de travail norm a l. L’em pl aceme nt choisi doit Ítr e: • Propre e t d épourvu de poussière en suspensi on (sa uf la poussièr e nor male). • Bien a èrè e t loin des source s de chal eu r , y com pr is du soleil di[...]

124 124 APPENDIX A Limite d Hardware Warranty Prima di ri muovere il cop erchio del tela io, assicurarsi c he il sistema sia sc ollegato dall ’alimentazi one, da tutti i co llegamen ti di comuni ca zion e, ret i o line e di mode m. Non avvi a re il sistema senza av er prima me sso a post o il cop erchi o. ADVER TENCIAS El sistema está dise ña d[...]

I 125 Index Numerics 10/100B ase-TX port, 4 A Acc ess rest ric t ions to L o ca l Mana g em ent, 14 to Lo c al M a nage ment , 93 to SNMP, 45 Acronyms , ix Add a Aggregate Link , 49 a mirro red port, 50 a Permanen t Entry, 48 a tra p, 47 a VLAN, 67 device to auth entication list, 46 new switch es, 26 Air flow , 7 Alarms, RMON, 77 Altitude, 10 1 App[...]

126 INDEX Intel® Express 520T Sw itch flow c ontr ol on a po r t, 61 forward delay expiry time, 57 forwar ding mod e on a port, 60 hello expiry time, 56 IP details, 44 MAC address ageing time, 52 message age exp iry time, 56 pass word , 51 priority of the port in the spanning tree, 62 spanning tree priority , 56 speed, 60 state of the p ort, 57 ST[...]

INDEX Intel® Express 520T Sw itch 127 transfer using TFTP, 116 Flow contro l change on a port, 61 change on switch, 53 defa ult, 14 Forward delay expiry tim e chan ge, 57 For w ard ing m ode on a po rt chan ge, 60 Frequen cy, 102 Front p anel LED, 4 ports, 4 view, 3 G Getting st arted, vii H Har dware details, 73 features, 2 Hello expiry time chan[...]

128 INDEX Intel® Express 520T Sw itch Local Management, 23 access, 93 over view, 92 Location for a po rt, 58 M MAC addresses ageing tim e, 14 change ageing time, 52 numbe r per por t , 102 permanent entr i es, 14 Main power connection, 102 Main window color codi ng , 35 commands for a port, 35 comma nd s for a sing le switch, 32 commands for a swi[...]

INDEX Intel® Express 520T Sw itch 129 CONSOLE, 4 DB-9, 4 disa ble, 59 disa bl ed b y ma na gem en t , 14 dist r ibu t ion of fr a me s , 88 link pulse active, 13 link pulse active, collision detected, 14 location name, 58 monitor packets transmitted , 88 monitor performance, 87 monitor received packets, 88 monitor STP statistics, 88 monitor the fa[...]

130 INDEX Intel® Express 520T Sw itch change priority, 56 port specific, 61 Specifications, 99 Stack Health Monitor, 78 Stack Sy nchronization Manag er, 23 Start -up proce dure, 13 Start- up problems troubleshooting, 11 3 State of the ports chan ge, 57 Static-free work ing, 9 Stations on the switch, 76 , 83 Statistics alarms, RMON, 77 coun ter s, [...]

INDEX Intel® Express 520T Sw itch 131 U Uni nstal l unde r Windows NT 4. 0 or Window s 95, 20 V Ventilatio n, 7 VLAN add, 67 delete, 67 information, 85 links to other switches, 86 over view, 65 , 84 policy hierarch y, 66 polic y-based, 66 purpo se, 65 Voltage of supply, 102 W Warnin g, 69 Electrostatic Sensitive Device, viii power cable, 12 when u[...]

132 INDEX Intel® Express 520T Sw itch 500.book Page 132 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:17 PM[...]

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