SMC Networks SMC6709L2 manual

T igerSwitch 10/100 8-P ort F ast Ether net Switch ◆ 8 10B ASE-T/1 00B ASE-TX ports , 1 1000B A SE-T port ◆ Optional 10 0B ASE-FX or 1000BASE-X modules ◆ 5.6 Gbps aggregate bandwidth ◆ Spanning T ree Protocol ◆ Up to four port trunks (stati c or dynam ic) ◆ Port mirroring for non-i ntrusi ve analysis ◆ QoS support wi th two priority q[...]

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38 T esla Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (9 49) 679-8000 T igerSwitch 10/100 Mana gement Gui d e From SM C’ s T iger line of feature-rich wor kgroup LAN solut ions May 2003 Pub. # ?[...]

Information fu r nished b y SMC Netw orks, Inc. (SMC ) is believ ed to be acc u rate a nd reliable . How e ve r, no respon sibility is assumed by SMC fo r its use, nor fo r any infring emen ts of patents or other rig hts of third parties w hich may re s ult f rom its use . No license is grante d by implic ation or otherwi se under any pat ent or pa[...]

v C ONTENTS 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Key Featu res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Descripti on of Softw are Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 System Defa ults . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

C ONTENTS vi Configuri ng Dynamic Tru nks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16 Aggreg ator Settin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17 Aggreg ator Informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18 State Activit y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

C ONTENTS vii Status and Cou nters Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Displaying C onnectio n Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7 Showing Port Sta tistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Displaying Sy stem Inform ation . . . . . . . . . [...]

C ONTENTS viii Link Acce ss Contro l Protocol Me nu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47 Configuri ng the Aggregato r Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48 Setting th e State Acti vity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49 Displaying A ggregator Info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50 Reboot S[...]

1-1 C HAPTER 1 I NTRODUCTION This sw itch provides a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching . It include s a management agent t hat allows you to conf igure the featu res listed in this manual. The default configuration can be used for most of t he featu res provid ed by thi s switch. H o weve r, ther e are many op tions that you s hould con[...]

I NTR ODU C TIO N 1-2 Descri ption of Softwa re Featu res IEEE 802.1D Bridge – T he switch supports IEEE 802.1D t ransparent bridgin g . The address table facil itates d ata switchin g by lear ning a ddresse s , and then filtering or forward ing traf fic base d on this infor mat ion. T he address table supp orts up to 6K add resses . Store-and-F [...]

D ESCRIPTION OF S OFTWARE F EAT UR ES 1-3 • Simp l if y network m anagement for node chang es/moves by remotely confi g uring VLAN membership for any port, ra ther than havi ng to manua lly ch ange the networ k connec tion . • Provide data security by restricting all traffic to the originatin g VLAN. P ort Mi rror i ng – T he sw itch can uno [...]

I NTR ODU C TIO N 1-4 Multicast Filteri ng – Specific multicast traffic can be assigned to its own VLAN to ensure that it do es not inte rfere with normal netw ork traffic and to guarantee real-time delivery by setting the required priority leve l fo r the desi gnated VL AN . Th e switch u ses IGMP Snoop ing and Qu er y to ma nage multicast g rou[...]

S YSTEM D EFAULTS 1-5 Note: To reset the switch default s, use the Re set System co mmand (page 3-45 ). Spanning Tree Protocol Status Enabled (Defaults: All valu es based on IEEE 802.1D) Address Table Aging Time 300 seconds Forwarding a nd Filtering Static ad dresses: none Filter addresses : none Multicast Filtering IGMP Sno oping Disabled IGMP Q u[...]

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2-1 C HAPTER 2 I NITI AL C ONFIGURATI ON Connect ing to the Switch Configuration Opt ions The switc h includes a built-in ne twor k m anagemen t agent. The agent offer s a variety of m anage ment opt ions, including SN MP , RMON , and a W eb-based in terface. A PC may als o be connecte d directly to the switc h for conf iguratio n and mo nitoring v[...]

I NI TIA L C ONFIGURATION 2-2 The switch’ s console men u, W eb Interface , and SNMP agent allo w you to perfor m the fo llowing mana geme nt function s: • Set user nam e and pa ssw ord • Set a n IP interface for managem ent access ( console me nu only) • Con fig ure S NMP p aram eter s • Enable/d isable any E thernet port • Set the s p[...]

C ONNECTING TO THE S WITCH 2-3 2. Connect the other end of the ca b le to the RS-232 serial port on the switch. 3. Make sure the ter minal emulation software is set as follows: • Select t he appropriate serial port ( COM port 1 or COM port 2). • Set the data rate to 9600 baud. • Set the data form at to 8 data bits , 1 stop b it, and no pa rit[...]

I NI TIA L C ONFIGURATION 2-4 Basic Configuration Console Connection Access to the consol e menu i s controlled by a user name and pass word . The defa ult setting is “admin” for both th e user name and passw ord. T o log into th e console m enu, per for m these steps: 1. Enter “admin” at th e user nam e prompt . 2. Ente r “admi n” at t[...]

B ASIC C ONFIGURATION 2-5 4. Sel ect “Change P assw ord” and pre ss <Enter >. • Type t he old pa ssword and pr ess <Enter >. • Type the new passw o rd an d press <Ent er>. • Then re-ent er th e new pas swor d for ve rificat ion, pr ess <En ter>. Setting an IP Address Y ou must establis h IP address infor mation for[...]

I NI TIA L C ONFIGURATION 2-6 T o assign an IP addr ess to the switch, comple te the following ste ps: 1. Naviga te from the Main Menu to – Switch Static Config uration, Adminis tration Confi guration, an d then IP Configuration. 2. Select <Edit>, type i n the IP Addr ess , Subn et Mask, and G atew ay . Press < Enter> after each it em[...]

B ASIC C ONFIGURATION 2-7 Enabling SNMP Management Access The swi tch can be config ured to accept management com mands from Simple Ne twork Manage ment Prot ocol (S NMP) applica tions such as SMC’ s EliteView . Y ou also can configure t he switc h to gener ate SNMP traps . When SNM P management stations send request s to the sw itch (ei ther to [...]

I NI TIA L C ONFIGURATION 2-8 4. Use the sc roll-bar to tog gle the W rite Ac cess Fi eld to “Restricted ” or “Unr estric ted. ” 5. Pres s <Ctrl-A> to return to the actio n bar at the bo ttom of the s creen. Select <Save > and press an y key to co ntinue . (The comm unity string shown below is a n examp le.) TigerSw itch 1 0/100[...]

3-1 C HAPTER 3 C ONFIGU RING THE S WITCH Using the We b Interface This sw itch provides an embedded HTTP W eb ag ent. Using a W eb bro wser you can configure the s witch and view statistics to monitor netw ork acti vity . The W eb agent can be accessed by any computer on the network us ing a stan dard W eb br owser ( Inter net Expl orer 5 .0 or abo[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-2 Navigati ng the Web Br owser Interfac e T o acce ss the W e b-browser in terface you must first enter a user name and passw ord. The administrator h as Read/W rite access to all co nfiguration parameter s and stati stics . The default user name and pa ssword for the administrator is “ admin.” Home Page When y our W[...]

P ANEL D ISPLAY 3-3 Configuration Opt ions Configur able param eters hav e a dialog box or a drop-down l ist. Once a config urati on chang e has be en made on a pa ge, be sur e to click on th e “ Apply” but ton to co nfir m th e new sett ing . T he following table summariz es the W eb pa ge c onfigura tion button s . Notes: 1. To en sure prope [...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-4 Main Menu Using the onboard W eb agent, y ou can defi ne system p aramete rs, ma nage and contro l the switch, or monito r network conditions. The following tabl e briefly descri bes the sel ectio ns available from th is prog ram. Menu Des cription Page Home Main Menu 3-2 Port Status Displays port connection status 3-1[...]

M AIN M ENU 3-5 VLAN Confi gurati on 3-2 7 Basic Configures VLAN grou ps, inclu ding name , identifier, and if limited to a specific protoco l 3-28 3-29 Port VID Sets port VID and ingress filters 3-32 Spanning Tree Configure s global bridge and port settin gs for STP; also di splays current port st atus 3-34 Port Sniffer Sets the source and target [...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-6 Basic System Information Use the Swi tch Sett ings page to dis p lay basic infor mation on the switch, including hardware/fir mware versio n numbers f or the main board an d managem ent software . Field Attributes • Description – Switch mo del number. • MAC Addr ess – The physical layer address for this switch.[...]

G LOBA L S WI TCH S ETTINGS 3-7 • Broadcast S torm Co ntrol – B road cast storms may occur when a device on your network is malfunctionin g, or if application programs are not well designed or pro perly configured . If there is too much b roadcast traffi c on you r netw ork, per formanc e can be seve rely degr aded or everythin g can come to a [...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-8 Class of Se rvice Configuratio n Class of Ser vice (C oS) allows you to specify which data packets hav e greater pr ecedence when traf fic is buff ered in the swit ch due to cong estion . Th is switch suppo rts CoS with two prior ity queu es for each por t. Data pa ck e ts in a por t’ s high-prio rity queue a re tran[...]

C ONSOLE P ORT S ETTINGS 3-9 bound for low-priority packets if required, select the priority tags that will be pro cessed by th e high-pr iority qu eue, and th en click Apply . Console Port Settings If you have acce ss to the W e b inter face, but are having proble ms connec ting to t he console p or t, y ou can displ ay the current connectio n par[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-10 Port Configura tion Displaying Connection Status Use th e P o rt Statu s page to displa y the current connection stat us, i ncluding link state, auto-neg otiation, speed/ duplex mode, and flow control. Notes: 1. T o se t the po rt s tatus, use the Port C ontrol pag e as describe d under “Con figuring Int erface Conn[...]

P ORT C ONFIGURATION 3-11 Configuring I nterface Connections Use the P or t Cont rols pages to en able/disable an interface , set auto-ne g otiatio n , or m anually s et the speed and duplex mode , and flow contr ol paramete rs . Field Attributes • State – Allows you to man ually disable an interface. You can disa ble an interface due to abnorm[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-12 Showing Port Statistics Y ou can d isplay stand ard statisti cs on netw ork traffic from the Interfaces Group MIB , Ethe r net-like MIB , and RMOM MIB . These stat i sti cs display errors on th e traffic p assing throug h each port. T his in for mation can be u s e d t o i d e n t i f y p o t e n t i a l p r o b l e m[...]

T RUN K C ONFIGURATION 3-13 We b – Clic k P or t Stat i sti cs. Y ou can use th e Rese t button at the bottom o f the pag e to u pdate the scr een. Trunk Co nfiguration The swi tch sup por ts bo th static trunki ng and dynami c Link Agg regation Contro l Protocol (LA CP). Y ou can crea te multiple links between devices that work as one v ir tua l[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-14 • The port s at both ends of a t runk must be configured in a n identical manne r, including communicati on mode (i. e., speed, dup lex mode and flow co ntro l), VLAN a ssignm ents, and C oS se ttings. • All the ports in a trunk h ave to be treated a s a whole w hen moved fr om/ to, a dded or delet ed from a VLAN.[...]

T RUN K C ONFIGURATION 3-15 We b – Click Administrato r => Tr u n k i n g => Ag greg ator Set ting . Select t he group ID an d click the G et button to displa y the setti ngs for the specified group . Se t LA CP to “ Disable . ” Use th e Add a nd Rem ove butto ns to assi gn port members , and then clic k Apply . Click Administrator =>[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-16 Configuring Dynami c Trunks P orts configur ed for LA CP can a utomatically n eg otiate a tr unked link with LA CP-conf igured ports on another dev ice. Command Usa ge • To avo id cre ating a lo op in the networ k, be sure you ena ble LACP before conne cting the port s; als o discon nect th e por ts befo re disab li[...]

T RUN K C ONFIGURATION 3-17 Aggregator Setting Field Attributes • System P riority – A value used to selec t the device that init iates an LACP trunk . The d evice with t he low est val ue ha s the high est pr iorit y and will be selected as the active LACP partner. • Gro up ID – Sp ecifie s the LA CP tru nk gro up. • LACP – Set thi s f[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-18 Aggre gat or Info rmat ion Field Attributes Stat ic Tr unks • Group Key – Disp lays stat ic trunk s. • Port No – Th e port memb ers assign ed to the tru nk. Dyna mic Trunks • Acto r – Th e device that initiated the trunk. • Partner – The de vice that respo nded to a link initialization request. • Pri[...]

T RUN K C ONFIGURATION 3-19 We b – Click Administrato r => Tr u n k i n g => Ag greg ator Information to disp lay currently config ured tr unks and group me mbers .[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-20 State Activity Set the po rt members to actively or pas siv ely initiate a n LA CP tr u nk. Field Attributes • Port – Lists all ports that ca n be configur ed as LACP trunk m embers. • LACP State Activity – When set to Ac tive, a port can a utomatica lly initiate a trunk if an LACP partner is d etected at the [...]

F ORWA R DING AND F ILTE RIN G 3-21 Forwarding and Filtering This sw itch suppor ts the following type s of traffic filtering: • Multicast Filtering – This switch c an forward multicast traffic to host devices that request to j oin a multicast service, and filt er multicast traffic for all other ports which do not require multicast services. ?[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-22 The pu rpose of multicast filtering is to optimize a switched network’ s perfor mance, so multicast p ack e ts will only be forwarded to thos e ports conta ining multicast g roup host s or multicast routers /switches, instead of flo oding traffic to all por ts in the subnet. Y ou can enable IGMP Snooping and Quer y [...]

F ORWA R DING AND F ILTE RIN G 3-23 Click Administrator => Filtering Database => IGMP Sn ooping.[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-24 Setting Static Addresses A stati c address can b e assigned to a specific interface on th is switch . T raffic sent from devic es listed in the stat ic address table will only be accepted on t he specified in terface. I f any pack ets with a s o urce address listed in this t able enter another interface, they wil l be[...]

F ORWA R DING AND F ILTE RIN G 3-25 Configuring P ort Security If you en able po rt secur ity , the switch wil l stop l ear ning n ew addr esses o n the sp ecified port. Onl y incoming tr affic with s ource address es already stored in the d ynamic address table will be accepted. T he MAC addres ses already in the address table will be retained and[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-26 Configuring A ddress Filtering Y ou can drop traffi c from un wanted st ation s based on the so urce MAC address ( and associated VLAN if t ag g ed VLANs are enabled). Field Attributes • MAC Addr ess – S ourc e MAC a ddres s. •V l a n I D – ID of configured VLAN (1-4094). This o ption is only available if IEEE[...]

VLAN C ONFIGURATION 3-27 VLAN C onfig urat ion Overview In la rg e netw orks , router s are used to is olate broadc ast traffic fo r each subnet into se parate domains . T his switch provides a similar ser vice at Layer 2 by usin g VLANs to org anize any g ro up of n etwork nodes int o sepa rate broa dcast d omains . VL ANs con fine broa dcast tra [...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-28 Port-base d VLANs P ort-based VLANs a re typically used t o reduce broadcas t traffic and t o increa se security . A group of ne twor k users assig ned to a VL AN for m a broadc ast doma in that is separ ate fro m other V LANs con figured on the switc h. P acket s are forw arded only be tween p or ts tha t are design [...]

VLAN C ONFIGURATION 3-29 Tag-based V L ANs An IEEE 802.1Q VLAN is a g roup of ports located anywhere in the network, but communicate as though they belo ng to the sa me physical segment by using fr ame tags to indi cate VLAN membershi p. T ag g ed VLANs ca n help to simp lify network ma nageme nt by allowing you to move d evices to a new VLAN w ith[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-30 not o verlap , but still ne ed to communi cate, you can conn ect them by usin g a Laye r-3 router or swit ch. Proto col VLA N s – This switch a lso suppor ts VLANs ba sed on spe cific protoc ol t ypes, such as IPX a nd Ap pleTalk. Whe n a protocol is b ound to a VLAN , the switch will only forward packets carr ying [...]

VLAN C ONFIGURATION 3-31 Creating Tagged VLANs We b – Click Administrato r => Switch Settings => Adv anced . Set VL AN Operation Mode to 802.1Q w ith or withou t GVRP , then click Apply . Click Administrator => VLAN Configuratio n => Basic . Clic k Add to creat e a group. E nter the VLAN Name (1-15 characters) a n d Group ID (2-4094).[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-32 Set ea ch por t to tran smit tag g ed or u ntag g ed frames, then cl ick Appl y . Configuring the PVID and Ingress Filters Y ou also nee d to config ure the default p or t VLAN I D (PVID), ingress filterin g, and acceptab le frame types . Field Attributes • PVID – VLAN ID assigned to untagged f rames received on t[...]

VLAN C ONFIGURATION 3-33 We b – Click Administrato r => VLAN C onfigura tion => P ort VID . Set th e PVID and Ing ress Filtering r ules , t hen click Apply .[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-34 Spanni ng Tree Pro tocol Confi guratio n The Spa nning T ree Prot ocol (STP) detects a nd disables netw ork loop s and pro vides back up links betw een switch es, b ridg es , and rout ers to ensure that onl y one rou te exists between any two sta tions on the network. Th e backup links automatically take ov er whe n a[...]

S PANNING T REE P RO TO CO L C ONFIGURATION 3-35 information (pro vided in the last conf iguration me ssage) become s the design at ed port for the atta ched LAN. If it is a root port, a new root po rt is sel ected from among t he device por t s att ached to the n etwork. -D e f a u l t : 2 0 - Minimum: The higher of 6 o r [2 x (Hello Time + 1)] - [...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-36 Displaying Information About t he Root Bridge The root br idg e of the spanning tree is selec ted whenev er the netw ork is reconfi gured. The root b ridge is uniquely identified in the spanning tree by its priority an d MA C address . T he maxim um ag e, he llo time, and forw ard delay cur r ently use d by all bridg [...]

S PANNING T REE P RO TO CO L C ONFIGURATION 3-37 Field Attributes • Priority – De fines the priorit y used for this port in the Spa nning Tre e Protoc ol. If the path cost f or all port s on a sw itch are th e same, the po rt with the highe st priority (i.e., lowest value) will be configured as an active link in the Spannin g Tree. This makes a[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-38 Displaying Port Status for STP Y ou can d isplay t he current STP sett ings and sta te for eac h port. Field Attributes • Port State – Displays th e current state o f thi s port i n the Spanning Tree: - Disabled - No lin k has be en establis hed on this port. Oth erwise, th e port ha s been disable d by the us er [...]

P ORT M IR R ORING 3-39 Port Mirroring Y ou can mirror tra ffic from any s ource port to a target port for real-time analysi s. Y ou can then at tach a logi c analyzer or RMON probe to the target po r t and st udy the traffi c crossing th e source port in a completely unobtrusiv e manner . Command Usa ge • Moni tor port sp eed should match or exc[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-40 Simple Netw ork Management Protocol The switc h includes an onboard ag ent that continuou sly monitor s the status of it s hardware, as well as th e traffic passin g through its por ts, based on the Si mple Network Man ageme nt Prot ocol (SNMP ). A network manageme nt statio n can access this in formatio n using softw[...]

S IMP LE N ETWORK M ANAGEME NT P RO TO CO L 3-41 Field Attributes • Community String – A community string ac ts as a password and permits acce ss to the S NMP pr otocol. • RO – Speci fies read-only a ccess. Authori zed managemen t stat ions are only able to retrieve MIB ob jects. • RW – Specifies read /write acces s. Authorized m anagem[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-42 User Aut henticat ion The administrator has write access for p arameters gove r ning the on board agent. Y ou should t heref ore assign a pass word as so on as possible , and s t o r e i t i n a s a f e p l a c e. ( I f yo u r p a s s wo r d i s l o s t , r e l o a d t h e s y s t e m f i r m w a r e as desc ribed in [...]

F IRMW ARE AND C ONFIGURATION S ETTINGS 3-43 Firmw are and Config uratio n Setting s Downloading System Software from a Server Y ou can do wnload fir mware fro m a TFTP ser ver . Field Attributes • TFTP Server IP Address – The IP address of a TFTP server. • Destina tion File Na me – The file n ame should not contain s lashes ( or /) , the [...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WI TCH 3-44 Saving or Restoring Configuration Sett ings Y ou c an upload /download configur ation sett ings to/f rom a TFTP ser ver . The conf iguration file can be later downloaded to res tore the switch’ s settings. Field Attributes • TFTP Server IP Address – The IP address of a TFTP server. • Destina tion File Na me ?[...]

R ESETTING THE S YSTEM 3-45 Resetti ng the System We b – Click Reset Sy stem. Click the Reset bu tton to rest ore the d efault config uration s ettings . Note: When restarti ng the system, it always runs the Power-On Self-Test. Rebooting the System We b – Click Rebo ot. Click the R eb oot butt on to re start the sw itch. Note: When restarti ng [...]

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4-1 C HAPTER 4 C ONSOLE I NTERF ACE This c hapter pr ovides a basic descri ption of t he console menus . F or a more detailed d escription about sp ecific features , please refe r to the approp riate sectio n in Chapte r 3, Configuring the Switch. Log-in Scr een Once a di rect connecti o n to t he serial port or a T elnet connectio n is established[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-2 Main Menu With th e system config uration program you can de fine system param eters , manage and control t he switc h and a ll its ports , or moni tor netw ork condi t ions . The screen below of the Main Me nu and t he followi ng table briefly d escribe the selections available from this prog ram. Notes: 1. Options fo r the[...]

M AIN M ENU 4-3 The syste m configuration prog ram is illustrated by the following menu map , and desc ribed in th e table on th e next page . Port S tatus Port Counters System Information Administration Configuration Port/Trunk Configuration Port Mirroring Configuration VLAN Configuration Priority Configuration MAC Address Configuration Misc Confi[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-4 Menu Des cription Page Status and Counters Displays co nn ection stat us an d stat istics 4-6 Port Status Displa ys port connection status 4-7 Port Counters Lists Ethernet statistics 4-8 System Informat ion Shows system model number, MAC address, hardware version, and firmware version 4-9 Switch Static Configuration 4-10 Adm[...]

M AIN M ENU 4-5 Filtering MAC Addre ss Filters speci fied addresse s 4-28 Misc Con figurati on 4-29 Port Security Enables and di sables addres s learning 4-30 MAC Age In terva l Sets the address aging time 4-31 Broadcast St orm Filtering Sets the threshold a bove which broadcas t traffic will be filtere d 4-32 Max bridge transmi t delay bound Sets [...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-6 Status and Counters Menu Use the Sta tus and Co unters me nu to display por t stat us , por t st atistics, and syste m infor matio n. TigerSw itch 10 /100 : Status an d Counters ======= ===== ======= == Port Statu s Port Count ers System Inf orma tion Main Menu Displa ys curr ent statu s of all the swit ch ports. Arrow/T AB/[...]

S TATUS AND C OUNTERS M ENU 4-7 Displaying Connection Status Use th e P o rt Statu s page to displa y the current c onnection stat us, i ncluding link state, auto-neg otiation, speed/ duplex mode, and flow control. Field Attributes • Type – Show s port type as: - 10/100TX 10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX - 100FX: 100BASE-FX - 1000FX: 1000BASE-SX or 1000BA[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-8 Showing Port Statistics Y ou can d isplay stand ard statisti cs on netw ork traffic from the Interfaces Group MIB , Ethe r net-like MIB , and RMOM MIB . These stat i sti cs display errors on th e traffic p assing throug h each port. T his in for mation can be u s e d t o i d e n t i f y p o t e n t i a l p r o b l e m s w i [...]

S TATUS AND C OUNTERS M ENU 4-9 Displaying System Information Use the System Information page to d isplay bas ic infor mation on the switch, including hardware/fir mware v ers ion numbers for the main board and managemen t software . Field Attributes • System Description – Switch model num ber. • MAC Addr ess – The physical layer address fo[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-10 Switch Static Configuration Menu Use the Swi tch Static Co n figuration menu to configure the items lis ted in the following table. TigerSw itch 10 /100 : Switch Co nfigurat ion ======= ===== ======= == Admin istra tion Conf igurati on Port/ Trunk C onfigur ation Port Mir rori ng Configu ration VLAN Con figu ration Prior it[...]

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-11 Administr ation Configuration Menu Use th e Administ rati on Config uratio n menu to conf igure device infor mation, the switch’ s IP address , and user name and passwo rd. TigerSw itch 10 /100 : Device Co nfigurat ion ======= ===== ======= == Device Inf orma tion IP Configu rati on Change Use rnam e Chan[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-12 Configuring Device Information Use th e Device Infor matio n page to identi fy the system b y prov iding a desc riptiv e name, location, and othe r infor mation . Field Attributes • Device Name – Na me assigned to the switch system. • Device Content – Lists the supp orted po rts or ot her i nformati on. • Device L[...]

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-13 Configuring the IP Address Use the IP Configurati on page to configur e the switc h’ s IP param eters . Field Attributes • IP Address – IP address of the switch. Valid IP a ddresses c onsist of four numbers, 0 and 255, separated by periods. Anything outside this format will not be accept ed by the con[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-14 Configuring the User Name Use th e Change Username page to c hange the user n ame used to auth enticate m anagement access . The default administrator name is “admin. ” Note that the user name and passw ord cont rol access t o bo th the W eb interface a nd the con sole menu. Console – Click Switch Stat ic Configuratio[...]

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-15 Configuring the Password Use the Change Pa sswor d pag e to c hange the pass word us ed to auth enticate m anagement access . The d efault admin istrator password is “admin.” Note that the user name and pas sword co ntrol access t o both the W eb inter face and the con sole menu. Console – Click Switc[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-16 Configuring I nterface Connections Use the P or t/T r unk Configur ation page to enable /disable an inter face, set auto-ne g otiatio n , or m anually s et the speed and duplex mode , and flow contr ol paramete rs . Field Attributes • Type – Show s port type (pa ge 4-7). • Enabled – All ows you to manua lly disa ble[...]

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-17 Console – Click Switch St atic Configuration => P ort/T r unk Co nfiguratio n. Modify th e required in terface se ttings, and save your settings . Tige rSwitch 1 0/100 : Por t Configu ration ==== ======= ======= === Port Type E nabled Aut o Spee d/Dupl ex Fl ow Gro up Neg otiate C onfig Cont rol ---- -[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-18 Configuri ng Port Mirrorin g Y ou can mirror tra ffic from any s o urce p or t to a ta rg et port for rea l-time analysi s. Y ou can then at tach a logi c analyzer or RMON probe to the target po r t and st udy the traffi c crossing th e source port in a completely unobtrusiv e manner . Command Usa ge • Moni tor port sp ee[...]

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-19 Field Attributes • Monitor ing en able – Enables /disables port mirroring. • Monitoring Port – The port that mirro rs traffic from the s o urce p o rt. • Monitored Ports – The ports whos e traffic will be monitored. • Type – Show s port type (page 4 -7). • Action – Mirrors sp ecified tra[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-20 VLAN Co nfiguration M enu Use the VL AN Co nfiguratio n menu to sp ecify th e VLAN type use d on this s witch, configure VLAN g roups , or set the default V LAN identifi er and ing ress filtering for e ach port. TigerSw itch 10 /100 : VLAN Conf iguratio n ======= ===== ======= == VLAN Conf igure Creat e a VLAN Grou p Edit/ [...]

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-21 Configuring Port-based VLANs Use th e VLAN Co nfigura tion menu t o create po rt- based VLANs . Console – Click Switch Stat ic Configuration => VLAN Config uratio n => VLAN Configu re. Set VLAN Mod e to “PortBase d, ” and s av e this setting. Click Switch Stat ic Configuration => VLAN C onfig[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-22 Configuring Tag-based VLANs Use th e VLAN Configur ation menu to create ta g-based VLAN s. Field Attributes When the VLAN mode is set “802.1Q” or “802.1QwithGVRP” (on the VLAN Con figure page), the fo llowing attributes ar e displayed. • PVID – VLAN ID assigned to untagged f rames received on the port. (Default:[...]

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-23 Console – Click Switch Stat ic Configuration => VLAN Config uratio n => VLAN Configure. Set VLAN Mode to “802.1Q” or “802.1QwithGVR P . ” Set the PVID and Ing ress Filte ring r ules , and sa ve your settings. Click Switch Stat ic Configuration => VLAN C onfigur ation => Create a VLAN G[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-24 Configuring Queue Priorities Use the Pri ority Configur ation page to sp ecify which data packets hav e g reater prec edence when t raffic is buffered in the switch due to congesti on. Th is switch has two prio rity qu eues fo r each por t. Data packets in a po rt ’ s high-pr iority queue is transmitt ed before thos e in [...]

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-25 Console – Click Switch Stat ic Configuration => Priority Configuration. Assi gn fram es tagg ed w ith pri ority 0- 7 to the low or high pr iorit y queue . Set the me thod of ser vicing the priorit y queues, and sav e your settin gs . Tige rSwitch 1 0/100 : Pri ority Con figurat ion ==== ======= =======[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-26 MAC Address Config uration Menu Use the MAC A ddress Configuration me nu to statically bind MA C address es to a specifi c port or to filter MAC addresses fr om the system . Note: Multicast filtering can on ly be configured from the Web interface. (See “Configuring Multicast Filte ring” on page 3-21.) Setting Static Add[...]

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-27 Field Attributes • MAC Addr ess – Physical address of a device mapped to this interface . •P o r t N u m – Port associat ed with the de vice assigned a static addr ess. •V l a n I D – ID of configured VLAN (1-4094). This o ption is only available if IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs are enable d (p age 4[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-28 Configuring Address Filtering Use the Fi ltering MA C Address page to d rop traffic fro m unwanted statio ns based on t he source MA C address (and associated VLAN if tagg ed VL ANs are en abled). Field Attributes • MAC Addr ess – S ourc e MAC a ddres s. •V l a n I D – ID of configured VLAN (1-4094). This o ption is[...]

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-29 Miscellaneous Con figuration Menu Use th e Misc Config uratio n menu to co nfig ure th e featu res li sted in th e foll owing t able. TigerSw itch 10 /100 : Misc Conf iguratio n ======= ===== ======= == Port Sec urit y MAC Age In terva l Broad cast St orm Filter ing Max brid ge tran smit dela y bound Previo[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-30 Configuring Port Security Use the P or t Securi ty page to lock the address ta ble for speci fied ports . If y o u enab le port security , the swi t c h will stop lea r ning new addresses o n the speci fied port. Only inco ming traffic with source add resses al ready stored in the dy namic address table will be accep ted. T[...]

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-31 Configuring Address Aging Use the MAC Age Inter v al page to set the address ag ing time. The switch store s the addresses of known devices. This i nformation i s used to ro ute traffi c direc tly betw een the in bound and out bound ports. Th e addre sses are lear ned by monito ring traffi c and stored in t[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-32 Configuring Broadcast Storm Co ntrol Use the Broa dcast Sto r m Filte ring pag e to set the broadc ast thresho ld. Broadc ast stor ms ma y occur when a d evice on your n etwork is malfunctioning, o r if application prog rams are no t well designed or proper ly configured. If there is too muc h broadcas t traffic on y our ne[...]

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-33 Configuring the Transmit Delay Bound Use the “M ax bridg e tran smit delay bou nd” pag e to se t the maxim um queuing delay . Field Attributes • Max bridge transmit delay bound – L imits the tim e packets can b e queued i n switch. I f enabled, packe ts queued beyo nd the speci fied time will b e dr[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-34 Protocol Re lated Conf igurati on Menu Use the Protocol Related Configuratio n me nu t o configure the items list ed in the following table. TigerSw itch 10 /100 : Protoc ol Relate d Configur ation ======= ===== ======= == STP SNMP GVRP LACP Previo us Menu Config ure the S panning T ree Protoc ol. Arrow/T AB/BK SPC = Move I[...]

P RO TO CO L R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-35 Spanning Tree Protocol Menu Use the STP menu to configure the Sp anning T ree Protocol . STP detect s and dis ables net w or k loops a nd provides ba ckup links be tween switche s , bridges , and r outers to ens ure that only one route exis ts betwe en any tw o statio ns on the ne twor k. The backup l[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-36 Enabling STP T o configure STP , first enable it using the STP Enable /Disable pag e . Console – Click Protocol Related Configuration => STP => STP Enable/ Disable. Ena ble th e STP Pr otocol, and s ave yo ur sett ings. Displaying Information About the Root Bridge Use th e System Config uration page to dis play the [...]

P RO TO CO L R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-37 If ther e is no root p ort, then th i s swit ch has been accepted as t h e roo t device o f the Spann ing Tree ne twork. • Maximum Age – The maximum time (in sec onds) a device can wait withou t receiving a configuratio n message b efore attempting to reconfi gure. All device port s (except for de[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-38 Configuring Global STP Settings Use the Sys tem Configurat ion page to conf i gure g lobal settings for STP which app ly to th e ent ire swit ch. Field Attributes • Priority – Bridge priority is use d in se lect ing the root devi ce, root port, and de signat ed port . The d evice with th e high est prio rity become s th[...]

P RO TO CO L R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-39 • Forward Delay Time – T he ma ximum time (in seco nds) the root device will wait be fore changing states ( i.e., listening to learning to forwar ding). This del ay is required b ecause every device must receive info rmation about to pology changes befo re it starts to forwa rd frames. In add i ti[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-40 Configuring Port STP Settings Use th e Perport Con figuration pa g e to se t STA a t trib utes for speci fic ports, including por t priority and path cost. Y ou can use a different priority or pat h cost for po r ts of th e same media ty pe to indi cate the preferred path. Field Attributes • Priority – De fines the prio[...]

P RO TO CO L R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-41 Console – Click Protocol Related Configuration => STP => Pe r p o r t Configuration. Modify the required attributes , and sav e your settings Tige rSwitch 1 0/100 : STP P ort Confi guratio n ==== ======= ======= === Port Po rtState P athCost P riori ty ----- ------ ------- ----- ------- ------[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-42 Simple Network Management P rotocol Menu Use th e SNMP menu to configure b asic information and m anagement access setting s for th e Simple Network Mana gement Prot ocol. T he s witch incl udes an on board ag ent that c onti n uously mon itors the st atus of its hardw are, as w ell as the traff i c pa ssing through its por[...]

P RO TO CO L R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-43 Configuring System Information Use the Sys tem Options page to identify t he system b y provid ing a descri ptive name, locat ion, and contact in for matio n. Field Attributes • System Name – Name assi gned to the s witch system . • System Location – Specifies th e system locatio n . • Syste[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-44 Setting Community Access Strings Y ou can u s e th e Community St rings page to confi g ure up to fiv e comm unity strings authorized for m anagement acces s. For security reasons, you shou ld cons ider rem oving the d efault s trings. Field Attributes • Community N ame – A co mmunity string acts as a passw ord an d per[...]

P RO TO CO L R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-45 Specifying Trap Managers Y ou can u se the T rap Managers page t o specify up to fiv e management stations that will re ceiv e authentica tion failure messages and other trap messages from the switc h. Field Attributes •I P – IP addr ess of trap manager. • Community Name – A communit y string [...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-46 GVRP Configurat ion GARP VLA N Registratio n Protoc ol (GVRP ) define s a metho d for switc hes to ex chan g e VLAN infor m ation in order t o register VLAN members on por ts acros s the net w o rk. VLANs a re dyna mically con figured based on join me ssag es issue d by host d evic es and p ropag ate d thro ugho ut the ne t[...]

P RO TO CO L R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-47 Link Access Control Protocol Me n u Use the LA CP menu to configure dynam ic tr unking whereb y the swit ch will automatically neg otiate a tr unked link with LA CP-co nfigured por ts on another d evice. Command Usa ge • To avo id cre ating a lo op in the networ k, be sure you ena ble LACP before co[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-48 Configuring the Aggregator Setting First use the Port Conf iguration page to create tr unk g roups (pag e 4-16), and th en use the Agg regator Settin g page to ena b le LA CP and speci fy the maximum n u mber of activ e por ts . Field Attributes • Group – Specifi es the LACP trunk g roup. • LACP – Set this field to [...]

P RO TO CO L R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-49 Setting the State Activity Use the State Ac tivity page to set the por t memb ers to ac tive l y or pass iv e ly initiate an LAC P tr unk. Field Attributes • Port – Lists all ports that ca n be configur ed as LACP trunk m embers. • State Activity - Acti ve – A port can auto matically initiate [...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-50 Di splayi ng Ag greg ator I nfor mati on Use the LA CP Status page to s how trunks and associated por ts , and to display detailed infor mation for dynamic links . Field Attributes Stat ic Tr unks • Group Key – Disp lays stat ic trunk s. • Port No – Th e port memb ers assign ed to the tru nk. Dyna mic Trunks • Act[...]

P RO TO CO L R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-51 Console – Click Protocol Related Configuration => LA C P => LA C P Sta tus to displ ay cur rent ly con figured tr unks and group member s. Click <Next P ag e> to dis play mu l tiple tr unk g roups. Tige rSwitch 1 0/100 : LAC P Group Sta tus ==== ======= ======= === Stat ic Trunki ng Grou[...]

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-52 Reboot Switch Menu Use the R eboot Swi tch men u to restore t he factory default configura tion settings an d rebo ot t he sw itch. Notes: 1. Whe n resettin g the swit ch to facto ry defaults (i.e., usin g the Default option), it will prompt you with a message to ver i fy whethe r or no t you want to con tinue. 2. Whe n reb[...]

S ET L OGO U T T IMER M ENU 4-53 Set Logout Timer Menu Use the Set Log out Time r menu to set the timeou t for detecting keyboar d input before ter minating the curr ent console session. The default is 120 seconds , and the range is 5-960 seconds . Note: The value of the lo gout timer is not saved in non-v olatile memory. This timer is reset to the[...]

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5-1 C HAPTER 5 C OMMAND L INE I NTERF ACE This ch apter prov ides a basi c descriptio n of the comma nd line interfac e. F or a more detailed descriptio n about specific features, please refer to the approp riate sectio n in Chapte r 3, Configuring the Switch. Access ing th e CLI The swi tch can be managed by entering a sequence of command k eyw or[...]

C OMMAND L IN E I NTE RFA CE 5-2 Minimum Abbrevi ation The CLI will acce pt a minimum number of c haracte rs that uniquely identi fy a command. F or example , the command “s how” can be enter ed as sh . If an entr y is ambiguous, the system will displ ay a h elp message. Getting Help on Commands Y ou can disp lay a brief des cription of t h e h[...]

C OMMAND G RO UP S 5-3 Comman d Groups The command li ne interface commands can be b roken dow n into the funct ional groups sho wn belo w . Command Group Description Page System IP configurat ion, broadcast sto rm control, display system in formation, ping and reb oot comm ands 5-4 Port Port connection setti ngs and security command 5-5 VLAN VL AN[...]

C OMMAND L IN E I NTE RFA CE 5-4 System Co nfiguration (advance) The syst em configurati on comman ds include th e following items . IP config ip X.X.X .X Sets the IP addr e ss for this devic e. config subne t X.X.X.X Sets the subnet mask f or this device. config gat eway X.X.X.X Sets the gateway for this device. show ip Displays I P address, subne[...]

P ORT C ONFIGURATION ( PORT ) 5-5 Port Configura tion (port) The por t config uration commands in clude the following items . Port Se ttings config ports <1~10> state [on|off] auto [on|off ] speed [10|100|1000] du plex [half|full] fctl [on|off] Configures connection param eters for the specifi ed port(s). state – Enable s or disables th e c[...]

C OMMAND L IN E I NTE RFA CE 5-6 VLAN C onfig urat ion (vlan) The VLA N configuration command s include the following ite ms . VLAN Commands add vlan <name> vid <nu mber> protocol <protocol id > ports <portlist> [tag| untag] Creates a VLAN group. name – ASCII st ring from 1 to 15 chara cters. number – VLAN ID from 1- 409[...]

VLAN C ONFIGURATION ( VLAN ) 5-7 Supported Protocols sho w vlanstat e Shows the configured VLAN mode of operation. show vlan pvid Shows the default VL AN ID for each port. show prtcl vlantbl Displays inf ormation on all configu red protocol-bas ed VLANs. Protocol Number Protocol Type 0 None 1I P 2A R P 3 Appletalk 4 Appletalk AARP 5 Novell IPX 6B a[...]

C OMMAND L IN E I NTE RFA CE 5-8 Filter Databa se Con figura tion (fdb) The Filter Datab ase configuration commands include th e following items . Static MAC Addresses add fdb <p> mac <ma c _addr> vid <number> port <number> Adds a static a ddress to t he specified VLA N and port. delete fdb <p> mac <mac_addr> vid[...]

T RU NK C ONFIGURATION ( TRKGR P ) 5-9 Trunk Co nfiguration (trkgrp) The T r unk configur at ion command s in clude the followi ng items . Trunk Commands add trkgrp <1~4> lacp <on|off> workports <1~8> ports <portlist> Creates a trunk group. lacp – Set “on” for dynamic trun ks or “off” for static trunks . ( Enabl e [...]

C OMMAND L IN E I NTE RFA CE 5-10 Spanni ng Tree Pro tocol Confi guratio n (stp) The STP configuration commands include the following items . STP Command s enable stp Enables the s panning tree proto col. disa ble stp Disables t he spanning tr ee protocol. show stpsta te Shows wheth er STP is e nabled or disabl ed. config stp he llotime <1~10>[...]

Q UALITY OF S ER VICE C ONFIGURATION ( QOS ) 5-11 Qualit y of Se rvice C onfigur ation (qos) The QoS config uration commands in clude the following items . IGMP Snoo ping Con figura tion (i gmp) Th e IGMP S nooping config uratio n co mmand s include the following items . QoS Commands enable qdlyb <1~255> Enables the delay bound for the low-pr[...]

C OMMAND L IN E I NTE RFA CE 5-12 Console Configuratio n (console) The consol e configurat ion commands i nclude the f ollowing i tems . Console Command s show console Displays the connectio n settings for the console po rt.[...]

A-1 A PPENDIX A S OFTWARE S PECIFI CATIONS Switch Features Spanning T ree Protocol Flow Cont rol Full Duplex: IEEE 802.3x Half Duplex : Back pressure Broadcast Stor m Suppression T raffic t hrottled abo ve a criti cal threshold VLAN Support Up to 255 gr oups; port-based or with 802.1Q VLAN tag ging, GVRP for automatic VLAN lear ning, Multicast Filt[...]

S OFTWARE S PECIFICATIONS A-2 Manageme nt Fe atures In-Band Management T elnet, W eb-b ased HTTP , or SNMP ma nager (EliteView Network Manageme nt software provided free) Out-of-Band Mana gement RS-232 DB-9 console port Software Loadi ng TFTP in-band or XModem o ut-of-band MIB Suppor t MIB II (RFC 1213), Bridge MI B (RFC 1493), F orwarding T a ble [...]

B-1 A PPENDIX B U PGRADING F IRMWARE Y ou can u pg rade system fir mware b y connecti ng your comp uter to the serial port on the s w itch and using a console in terface package that suppo r ts the XM odem protoc ol. (See “R equired Connection s ” o n page 2-2. ) 1. R estart th e system by usi ng the R eboot Switc h => R estart command, or b[...]

U PGRADING F IRMW ARE B-2 5. After the file has b een downloaded, the console screen w ill display infor mation simi lar to that shown below . Chang e the bau d rate back to 960 0 bps . Wh en usin g Windows HyperT er minal, d isconnec t , set the baud rate , and reconnect . 6. Then press Enter to ope n the Log-on screen. F or de tails on man aging [...]

C-1 A PPENDIX C T ROUBLESHOOTING Troubleshooting Chart Symptom Action Cannot con nect using Telnet, W eb browser, or SNMP software • Be sure you have config ured the agent with a valid IP address, s ubnet mask and default gateway. • If you are trying to connect to the ag ent via a tagged VLAN group, your management st ation must inc lude the ap[...]

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Glossary-1 G LOSSA RY Auto-negotiation Signalling method a llowing each node to select its optimum operational mo de (e.g ., 10 Mbps or 100 Mbp s and half or full d uplex) based on the capabilities of th e node to which it is connected. BOOTP Boot protocol us ed to load the operating s ystem for devices connected to the network. Dynamic Ho st Contr[...]

G LOSSAR Y Glossary-2 Group Attribute Regi stration Pr otocol See Generic Attribute Registration Protocol . IEEE 802.1D Specifies a g eneral method for the operatio n of MA C bridge s , incl uding the Spanning Tree Protocol. IEEE 802.1Q VLAN T a g ging—Defines Etherne t frame tags which car r y VLAN infor mation. It allows switches to assign ends[...]

G LOSSAR Y Glossary-3 Internet Group Management Protocol (I GMP) A protocol through which hosts can register wit h their local router for multicast ser vices. If there is more than one multicas t router on a given subnetwork, one of the routers is made the “qu erier” and assumes resp onsibility for keeping track of grou p membership. In-Band Ma[...]

G LOSSAR Y Glossary-4 Out-of-Band Management Manag ement of the network from a stat ion not attached to the network. Port Mirror ing A method whereby data on a targe t port is m irrored t o a monitor por t for troublesh ooting with a logic ana lyzer or RMON probe. This all ows data on the target port to be stu died unobtr usively . Port Trunk Defin[...]

G LOSSAR Y Glossary-5 Trivi al Fi le Tra nsfe r Pro tocol (TFTP) A TCP/IP protocol com monly used for software downloads. Virtual LAN (VLAN) A Virtual LAN is a collection of network nodes that share the same collisi on domain reg ardless of their physical location or con nection point in the network. A VLAN ser ves as a logical workg roup with no p[...]

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Index-1 A addres s aging 3-6 , 4-31 filtering 3-26 , 4-28 table 3- 6 , 3-2 4 , 3-25 , 4- 26 , 4-30 , 4- 31 aging tim e 3-6 , 4-31 B broadcast st orm control 3-7 , 4-32 C Class of S erv ice configuring 3-8 queue mapping 3-8 command l ine interface 5-1 community string 3-40 , 4-44 setting 2-7 configurat ion setting s, saving or restoring 3-44 connect[...]

I NDE X Index-2 manageme nt features A-2 options 2-1 menu map, cons ole interface 4-3 MIB sup port A-2 mirror port, conf iguring 3-39 , 4-18 multicast filtering, confi guring 3-21 P password, sett ing 2-4 , 3-42 , 4-15 port security 3-25 , 4-30 ports, config uring 3 -10 , 4-7 priority queue 3-8 , 4-24 problems, trou bleshooting C-1 Q quality of ser[...]

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