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1. Server IP Address IP address of a TFTP server Download Mode Downloads to permanent flash ROM File Name The binary file to download Start TFTP Issues request to TFTP server to download the Download specified file WEB INTERFACE Configuration Save and Restore Use the Configure screen to save the switch configuration settings to a file on a TFTP server The file can be later downloaded to the switch to restore the switch s settings The success of the operation depends on the accessibility of the TFTP server and the quality of the network connection Configuration Upload Management Use the Configuration Upload Management to save the switch configuration to a file on a TFTP sever Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the figure and table Server IP Address 0 0 0 0 File Name Start Configuration TFTP Upload Parameter Description Server IP Address IP address of a TFTP server File Name The name of the file to contain the switch configuration settings Start Configuration Issues a request to upload the configuration settings TFTP Upload to the specified file on the TFTP server 3 19 WEB INTERFACE Configuration Download Management 3 20 Use the Configuration Download Management to restore switch configuration settings from a file on a TFTP sever Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Server TIP Address 0 0 0 0 File Name
2. 4 2 6 Displaying Switch Version 0 0 0000 eee eee 2 7 Management Setup Menu 000 000 00e eee 2 8 Changing the Network Configuration 2 10 IP Configuration 0 ee 2 11 IP Connectivity Test Ping 2 0 0 00000008 2 13 HTTP Configuration 0 0 0 ee ee 2 14 Configuring the Serial Port 000004 2 15 Assigning SNMP Parameters 00000 2 17 Configuring Community Names 2 18 Configuring IP Trap Managers 2 19 Console Login Configuration 0 0000 2 20 Downloading System Software 00 2 22 Using TFTP Protocol to Download Over the Networks ove cic niles dice AO e a tpl hos 2 22 Saving the System Configuration 2 23 Configuring the Switch 0 ee 2 25 Configuring Port Parameters 000005 2 27 Viewing the Current Port Configuration 2 29 Using the Spanning Tree Algorithm 2 30 Configuring Bridge STA 0 005 2 31 Configuring STA for Ports 0000040 2 33 Viewing the Current Spanning Tree Information 2 35 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS iv Displaying the Spanning Tree Bridge State 2 35 Displaying the Spanning Tree Port State 2 37 Using a Mirror Port for Analysis 2 39 Configuring Port Trunks 0000005 2 40 IGMP Multicast Filtering 0 0 0 0 0000 2 42 Configurin
3. Parameter Default Description Password 3 Sets the password intrusion threshold Threshold which limits the number of failed logon attempts Range 0 65535 2 21 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 22 Parameter Default Lock out 0 Time Admin name admin password null Guest name guest password null Description Time in minutes the management console will be disabled Range 0 65535 Administrator has access privilege of Read Write for all screens Guest has access privilege of Read Only for all screens Passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric characters and are not case sensitive CONSOLE INTERFACE Downloading System Software Using TFTP Protocol to Download Over the Network Use the TFTP Download menu to load software updates into the switch The download file should be an SMC8606T binary file from SMC otherwise the switch will not accept it The success of the download operation depends on the accessibility of the TFTP server and the quality of the network connection After downloading the new software the switch will automatically restart itself Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt TFTP Download New Software gt Download Server IP Agent Software Upgrade ENABLED Download Filename Download Mode PERMANENT Process TFTP Download Download status Complete lt APPL
4. Refer to Configuring the Serial Port on page 2 17 for a complete description of configuration options Note If the default settings for the switch s serial port have been modified and you are having difficulty making a console connection you can display or modify the current settings using a Web browser as described under Configuring the Serial Port on page 3 6 SWITCH MANAGEMENT Remote Management via the Console Port Configure the Switch Site Connect the switch s DB9 serial port to the modem s serial port using standard cabling For most modems which use a 25 pin port you will have to provide an RS 232 cable with a 9 pin connector on one end and a 25 pin connector on the other end Set the modem at the switch s site to force auto answer mode The following is a sample initialization string ATQ1S0 1 amp D0 amp K0 amp W as defined below Q1 Inhibit result codes to DTE S0 1 Auto answer on first ring DO Don t care DTR KO Disables DTE DCE flow control W Write command to modem memory Configure the Remote Site At the remote site connect the PC s COM port COM 1 4 to the modem s serial port Set terminal emulation type to VT100 specify the port used by your PC i e COM 1 4 and then set communications to 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity 19200 bps and no flow control 1 3 SWITCH MANAGEMENT In Band Connections 1 4 Prior to accessing the switch via a network conn
5. Start Configuration TFTP Download Parameter Description Server IP Address IP address of a TFTP server File Name The name of the file that contains the switch configuration settings you wish to restore Start Configuration Issues a request to the TFTP server to download the TFTP Download specified file WEB INTERFACE Address Table Configuration The Address Table contains the unicast MAC addresses and VLAN identifier associated with each port that is the source port associated with the address and VLAN sorted by MAC address or VLAN You can also clear the entire address table or information associated witha specific address or set the aging time for deleting inactive entries The information displayed in the Address Table is indicated in the following figure and table Aging Time 10 415 300 seconds Dynamic Address Counts 107 Static Address Counts 0 Address Table Sort Key Address Address Table New Static Address qgqoooqooqo0qooeo0coaqaoqocoea 7 00024 532883 VLAN 1 Port 8 Dynamic O00E2 12F9F8 VLAN 1 Port 8 Dynamic O00E2 16C582 VLAN 1 Part 8 Dynamic O00E2 20C3D5 VLAN 1 Port 8 Dynamic MAC i 741 000E2 2174D0 VLAN 1 Port 8 Dynamic lt lt Add Address 000E2 2EFDF6 VLAN 1 Port 8 Dynamic HoR VLAN 000E8 000002 VLAN 1 Port 8 Dynamic 1 2048 000E8 000096 VLAN 1 Port 8 Dynamic Clear Table 000E8 000101 VLAN 1 Por
6. Apply button Refresh Immediately updates values from the SNMP agent Notes 1 To ensure proper screen refresh be sure that Internet Explorer 5 0 is configured as follows Under the menu Tools Internet Options General Temporary Internet Files Settings the setting for item Check for newer versions of stored pages should be Every visit to the page 2 When using Internet Explorer 5 0 you may have to manually refresh the screen after making configuration changes by pressing the browser s refresh button 3 3 WEB INTERFACE Panel Display The Web agent displays an image of the switch s ports showing port links and activity Clicking on the image of a port displays statistics and configuration information for the port Clicking on the image of the serial port labeled Mgmt displays the Console Configuration screen Clicking on any other part of the front panel displays Switch Information as described on page 3 9 Mgmt Es ee hh ah hh we Jl Link up f Link Down Port State Display Click on any port to display a summary or port status as shown below as well as Etherlike statistics page 3 53 and RMON statistics page 3 55 Type 1000Base T Admin Status Enabled Link Status Up Speed Status 100M Duplex Status Full Flow Control Status Disabled VLAN 1 Parameter Description Type Shows port type as 1000Base SX 1000Base T or 1000Base GBIC Admin Status Shows if th
7. The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding The number of the port on this switch that is closest to the root This switch communicates with the root device through this port If there is no root port then this switch has been accepted as the root device of the spanning tree network The priority and MAC address of the device in the spanning tree that this switch has accepted as the root device The path cost from the root port on this switch to the root device The number of times the spanning tree has been reconfigured The time since the spanning tree was last reconfigured The parameters shown in the following figure and table are for port STA Information Port 1 8 Port seams Transitions Core Designated Bridge P DES 1 No Link 2 23 1000 0010B5BB8483 128 1 2 No Link 0 23 1000 0010B5BB8 483 128 2 3 No Link 0 23 1000 0010B5BB8483 128 3 4 No Link 0 23 1000 0010B5BB8A83 128 4 5 No Link 0 23 1000 0010B5BB8 483 128 5 6 No Link 1 23 1000 0010B5BB8A83 128 6 7 No Link 1 23 1000 0010B5BB8483 128 7 8 Forwarding 2 19 32768 000000AAAA00 128 4 WEB INTERFACE Parameter Description Port Status Displays the current state of this port within the spanning tree No Link There is no valid link on the port Disabled Port has been disabled by the user or has failed diagnost
8. 2 41 CONSOLE INTERFACE Parameter Description Status Displays the current state of this port within the spanning tree Disabled Port has been disabled by the user or has failed diagnostics No Link There is no valid link on the port Blocking Port receives STA configuration messages but does not forward packets Listening Port will leave blocking state due to topology change starts transmitting configuration messages but does not yet forward packets Learning Has transmitted configuration messages for an interval set by the Forward Delay parameter without receiving contradictory information Port address table is cleared and the port begins learning addresses Forwarding The port forwards packets and continues learning addresses The rules defining port status are e A port on a network segment with no other STA compliant bridging device is always forwarding e If two ports of a switch are connected to the same segment and there is no other STA device attached to this segment the port with the smaller ID forwards packets and the other is blocked e All ports are blocked when the switch is booted then some of them change state to listening to learning and then to forwarding Designated The cost for a packet to travel from this port to the root Cost in the current spanning tree configuration The slower the media the higher the cost Designated The priority and MAC address of the device through Bridge
9. Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions The Bridge MIB includes extensions for managed devices that support Traffic Classes Multicast Filtering and Virtual LANs To configure these extensions use the Extended Bridge Configuration screen as shown below Bridge Capability Extended Multicast Filtering Services No Traffic Classes Yes Static Entry Individual Port Yes VLAN Learning SVL Configurable PVID Tagging Yes Local VLAN Capable No Parameter Description 3 32 Extended Multicast Indicates that the switch does not support the filtering Filtering Services of individual multicast addresses based on GMRP GARP Multicast Registration Protocol Note that this function is not implemented in the current firmware release Traffic Classes Indicates that the switch provides mapping of user priorities to multiple traffic classes Refer to the Priority menu on page 3 34 Static Entry Indicates that the switch allows the static filtering of Individual Port unicast and multicast addresses Refer to the Address Table Configuration on page 3 19 VLAN Learning This switch uses Shared VLAN Learning SVL whereby all ports share the same VLAN filtering database Configurable Indicates that the switch allows you to override the PVID Tagging default PVID setting Port VLAN ID used in frame tags and its egress status VLAN Tagged or Untagged on each port Refer to VLAN Port Configuration on page 3 41 Loca
10. Port Mirroring A method whereby data on a target port is mirrored to an analysis port for troubleshooting with a logic analyzer or RMON probe This allows data on the target port to be studied unobtrusively Glossary 2 GLOSSARY Port Trunk Defines network link aggregation and trunking standards which specify how to create a single high speed logical link that combines several lower speed physical links Remote Monitoring RMON RMON provides comprehensive network monitoring capabilities It eliminates the polling required in standard SNMP and can set alarms on a variety of traffic conditions including specific errors types Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP An application protocol offering network management services in the Internet suite of protocols Serial Line Internet Protocol SLIP A standard protocol for point to point connections using serial lines Spanning Tree Algorithm STA A technology that checks your network for any loops A loop can often occur in complicated network systems or systems with redundant links Spanning tree detects and directs data along the shortest path maximizing the performance and efficiency of the network Spanning Tree Protocol STP See Spanning Tree Algorithm Telnet Defines a remote communication facility for interfacing to a terminal device over TCP IP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP A TCP IP protocol commonly used for software downloads Glossa
11. WEB INTERFACE Port Statistics Use the Port Statistics menu to display Etherlike or RMON statistics for any port on the switch Select the required port The statistics displayed are indicated in the following figure and table Etherlike Statistics Etherlike Statistics display key statistics from the Ethernet like MIB for each port Error statistics on the traffic passing through each port are displayed This information can be used to identify potential problems with the switch such as a faulty port or unusually heavy loading Values displayedhave beenaccumulatedsincethelastsystem reboot Port Number E z Alignment Errors OlLate Collisions 0 Fes Errors 514069 Excessive Collisions 119434 Single Collision Frames OlInternal MAC Transmit Errors D Multiple Collision Frames 4043438 Carrier Sense Errors 0 SQE Test Errors O Frames Too Long 0 Deferred Transmissions 16979915 Internal MAC Receive Errors 21 Parameter Description Alignment Errors The number of frames received that are not an integral number of octets in length and do not pass the FCS check FCS Errors The number of frames received that are an integral number of octets in length but do not pass the FCS check Single Collision The number of successfully transmitted frames for Frames which transmission is inhibited by exactly one collision Multiple Collision A countof successfully transmitted frames for which Frames tr
12. lt NEXT PORT gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Description Drop Events The total number of events in which packets were dropped due to lack of resources Received Bytes Total number of bytes of data received on the network This statistic can be used as a reasonable indication of Ethernet utilization Received Frames The total number of frames bad broadcast and multicast received 2 70 Parameter Broadcast Frames Multicast Frames CRC Alignment Errors Undersize Frames Oversize Frames Fragments Jabbers Collisions 64 Byte Frames 65 127 Byte Frames CONSOLE INTERFACE Description The total number of good frames received that were directed to the broadcast address Note that this does not include multicast packets The total number of good frames received that were directed to this multicast address The number of frames received with CRC alignment errors FCS or alignment errors The total number of frames received that were less than 64 octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and were otherwise well formed The total number of frames received that were longer than 1518 octets excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and were otherwise well formed The total number of frames received that were less than 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and had either an FCS or a
13. Information contact information Switch Shows hardware firmware version numbers and Information power status of the switch CONSOLE INTERFACE Displaying System Information Use the System Information screen to display descriptive information about the switch or for quick system identification as shown in the following figure and table lt APPLY gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt System Information gt System Description SMC TigerSwitch 1000 SMC8606T System Object ID 7 1 3 6 1 4 15202 20 18 System Up Time 8302069 0 day 23 hr 3 min 40 sec Network Host Name System Contact System Location lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Parameter System Description System Object ID System Up Time Network Host Name System Contact System Location Description System hardware description MIB II object identifier for switch s network management subsystem Length of time the current management agent has been running Note that the first value is 1 100 seconds Name assigned to the switch system Contact person for the system Specifies the area or location where the system resides Maximum string length is 255 but the screen only displays 45 characters You can use the arrow keys to browse the whole string 2 7 CONSOLE INTERFACE Displaying Switch Version Use the Switch Informati
14. Not implemented in the current firmware release 2 53 CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring Traffic Classes 2 54 IEEE 802 1p defines up to 8 separate traffic classes This switch supports Quality of Service QoS by using two priority queues with Weighted Fair Queuing for each port You can use the 802 1P Configuration menu to configure the default priority for each port or to display the mapping for the traffic classes as described in the following sections SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt 802 1P Configuration gt 802 1P Port Priority Configuration 802 1P Port Traffic Class Information lt Ok gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select CONSOLE INTERFACE Port Priority Configuration The default priority for all ingress ports is zero Therefore any inbound frames that do not have priority tags will be placed in the low priority output queue Default priority is only used to determine the output queue for the current port no priority tag is actually added to the frame You can use the 802 1P Port Priority Configuration menu to adjust default priority for any port as shown below SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt 802 1P Port Priority Configuration gt Port Default Ingress Number of Egress User Priority Traffic Class BIA RWNE oo0oo0oo0oo0o0o00 NNNNNNNND lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move othe
15. Options 1 2 Sets the parity of the RS 232 port Options none odd even If no input is received from the attached device after this interval the current session is automatically closed Range 0 100 minutes 0 disabled 2 17 CONSOLE INTERFACE Assigning SNMP Parameters 2 18 Use the SNMP Configuration screen to display and modify parameters for the Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP The switch includes an SNMP agent which monitors the status of its hardware as well as the traffic passing through its ports A computer attached to the network called a Network Management Station NMS can be used to access this information Access rights to the switch are controlled by community strings To communicate with the switch the NMS must first submit a valid community string for authentication The options for configuring community strings and related trap functions are described in the following sections SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt SNMP Configuration gt Send Authentication Fail Traps ENABLED SNMP Security IP Trap Managers lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Space gt to scroll options Parameter Description Send Issue a trap message to specified IP trap managers Authentication whenever authentication of an SNMP request fails Fail Traps The default is enabled SNMP Security Assigns SNMP access based on specified stri
16. fixed as an untagged VLAN containing all ports on the switch and cannot be modified via this screen VLAN 1 z Name Status M Enable Parameter Description VLAN The ID for the VLAN currently displayed Range 1 2048 Name A user specified symbolic name for this VLAN String length 8 alphanumeric characters Status Enables disables the specified VLAN 3 39 WEB INTERFACE 3 40 Use the screens shown below to assign ports to the specified VLAN group as an IEEE 802 1Q tagged port Assign ports as tagged if they are connected to 802 1Q VLAN compliant devices If the port is connected to VLAN unaware devices frames will be passed to the untagged VLAN group to which this port has been assigned under the VLAN Port Configuration screen page 3 41 Egress Ports Members Non Members none lt lt Add Remove gt gt Forbidden Egress Ports Members Non Members none lt lt Add Remove gt gt Untagged Ports Members Non Members none lt lt Add Remove gt gt Parameter Description Egress Ports Adds ports to the specified VLAN Forbidden Egress Prevents a port from being automatically added to Ports this VLAN via GVRP Untagged Ports Adds untagged ports to the specified VLAN WEB INTERFACE VLAN Static Membership by Port Use the screen shown below to assign VLAN groups to the selected port To perform detailed port configuration for a specific VLAN use the V
17. 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 d 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 D D D a 1 1 1 1 D 1 6 o 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 D D D 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 Parameter Description Port Numeric identifier for switch port User Priority Shows that user priorities 0 3 specify the low priority queue and 4 7 specify the high priority queue 3 35 WEB INTERFACE Configuring Virtual LANs You can use the VLAN configuration menu to assign any port on the switch to any of up to 256 VLAN groups In conventional networks with routers broadcast traffic is split up into separate domains Switches do not inherently support broadcast domains This can lead to broadcast storms in large networks that handle a lot of IPX and NetBEUI traffic By using IEEE 802 1Q compliant VLANs and GARP VLAN Registration Protocol you can organize any group of network nodes into separate broadcast domains confining broadcast traffic to the originating group This also provides a more secure and cleaner network environment For more information on how to use VLANs refer to the Virtual LANs section of Chapter 4 in this Users Guide The VLAN configuration screens are described in the following sections VLAN Basic Information 3 36 The VLAN Basic Information screen displays basic information on the VLAN type supported by this switch VLAN Version Number 1 Maximum VLAN ID 2048 Maximum Number of Supported VLANs 256 Current Number of 802 10 VLANs Con
18. 34 The default priority for all ingress ports is zero Therefore any inbound frames that do not have priority tags will be placed in the low priority output queue Default priority is only used to determine the output queue for the current port no priority tag is actually added to the frame You can use the Port Priority Configuration screen to adjust default priority for any port as shown below Port Default Ingress Number of Egress User Priority Traffic Classes iif 2 2 b gt 2 alb 2 4 2 sif 2 s h 7 7I l 2 sib 2 Parameter Description Port Numeric identifier for switch port Default Ingress Default priority can be set to any value from 0 7 User Priority where 0 3 specifies the low priority queue and 4 7 specifies the high priority queue Number of Egress Indicates that this switch supports two priority Traffic Classes output queues WEB INTERFACE Port Traffic Class Information This switch provides two priority levels with weighted fair queuing for port egress This means that any frames with a default or user priority from 0 3 are sent to the low priority queue 0 while those from 4 7 are sent to the high priority queue 1 as shown in the following screen Port Priority Priority Priority Priority Priority Priority Priority Priority Class 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Range 1 0 0 0 a 1 1 1
19. All ports are assigned only to VLAN 1 by default CONSOLE INTERFACE 802 1Q VLAN Current Table Information This screen shows the current port members of each VLAN and whether or not the port supports VLAN tagging Ports assigned to a large VLAN group that crosses several switches should use VLAN tagging However if you just want to create a small port based VLAN for one or two switches you can assign ports to the same untagged VLAN page 2 61 The current configuration is shown in the following figure SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt 802 1Q VLAN Current Table Information gt Deleted VLAN Entry Counts 0 VID Creation Time Status 1 0 0 day 0 hr 0 min 0 sec Permanent Current Egress Ports Current Untagged Ports 11111111 11111111 Sorted by VID 1 Port1 Port 8 Show More lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Description Deleted VLAN Entry The number of times a VLAN entry has been Counts deleted from this table VID The ID for the VLAN currently displayed Creation Time The value of sysUpTime System Up Time when this VLAN was created 2 59 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 60 Parameter Status Current Egress Ports Current Untagged Ports Show More Description Shows how this VLAN was added to the switch Dynamic GVRP Automatically learned via GVRP Permanent Added as a static entry Shows the ports which hav
20. Port Security Configuration screen to enable and configure port security for the switch Port Security allows you to configure each port with a list of MAC addresses of devices that are authorized to access the network through that port SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Port Security Configuration gt MAC Address MAC Address Secure address count 0 Port 1 MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 Show More Add Delete Mode DISABLE Apply Clear lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Description MAC Address A list of the authorized MAC addresses that can access the network through the specified port Secure address The number of authorized MAC addresses for count the specified port Port Numeric identifier for switch port Show Displays authorized MAC addresses for the specified port More Displays more MAC addresses for the port CONSOLE INTERFACE Parameter Description Mode Port security can be set to three states Static Disable or Learning When set to Static the switch will drop packets from the port if the source MAC address does not match one of the addresses in the MAC Address list If set to Learning the switch will add the source MAC address of all packets received on the port to the authorized MAC Address list Apply Applies a change of Mode to the port MAC A specific MAC address to be added or deleted from the list
21. by a Telnet connection over the network in band The management agent is based on SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol This SNMP agent permits the switch to be managed from any PC in the network using in band management software such as SMC s EliteView The management agent also includes an embedded HTTP Web agent This Web agent can be accessed using a standard Web browser from any computer attached to the network The system configuration program and the SNMP agent support management functions such as e Enable disable any port e Set the communication mode for any port e Configure SNMP parameters e Configure VLANs or multicast filtering e Display system information or statistics e Configure the switch to join a Spanning Tree e Download system firmware e Restart the system 1 1 SWITCH MANAGEMENT Required Connections Console Port Out of Band Connections 1 2 Attach a VT100 compatible terminal or a PC running a terminal emulation program to the serial port on the switch s front panel Use the null modem cable provided with this package or use a null modem connection that complies with the wiring assignments shown in Appendix B of this guide When attaching to a PC set terminal emulation type to VT100 specify the port used by your PC G e COM 1 4 and then set communications to 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity and 19200 bps for initial configuration Also be sure to set flow control to none
22. first press the Enter key once to set the data rate and initialize the connection e Check that the null modem serial cable conforms to the pin out connections provided in Appendix B Forgot or lost the password e Contact SMC Technical Support for help TROUBLESHOOTING Upgrading Firmware via the Serial Port You can upgrade system firmware by connecting your computer to the serial port on the switch and using a console interface package that supports the XModem protocol See Required Connections on page 1 2 1 Restart the system by using the Restart System command or resetting the power by pulling out the power cord waiting five seconds and plugging it back in 2 When the system initialization screen appears as shown below press D to download system firmware and then indicate the code type 1 Runtime 2 POST 3 Mainboard c Copyright 2001 SMC Networks Inc SMC TigerSwitch 1000 SMC8606T LOADER Version V1 03 POST Version V1 04 Performing the Power On Self Test POST EPROM CHECKSUM SLES Ba ic ce neue serap Sus woes brid oleae ee Sib PASS Testing the System SDRAM 66 PASS CPU SQV EO Sites ge iad wae Satta oh Gel EAA a Go hee PASS EEPROM Ch cksum Test cs cece Skee ears eeees PASS SEEPROM Checksum TeSt cccseeeccccce PASS MAC Address 00 e0 29 52 28 00 D ownload System Image or S tart Application S Select the Fi
23. gt TigerSwitch 1000 Gigabit Ethernet Switch 6 auto MDIX 10 100 1000BASE T ports Two slots for hot swappable 1000BASE X GBIC modules 16 Gbps of aggregate switch bandwidth Support for redundant power unit Up to four port trunks per switch Port mirroring for non intrusive analysis QoS support for two level priority Full support for IEEE 802 1Q VLANs IGMP multicast filtering and snooping Manageable via console Web SNMP RMON C aR A A A A A A a aR SMC Management pee Networks TigerSwitch 1000 Management Guide From SMC s Tiger line of feature rich workgroup LAN solutions SMC Networks 6 Hughes September 2001 Irvine CA 92618 Phone 949 707 2400 Pub 150000004900A R02 Information furnished by SMC Networks Inc SMC is believed to be accurate and reliable However no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SMC SMC reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice Copyright 2001 by SMC Networks Inc 6 Hughes Irvine CA 92618 All rights reserved Printed in Taiwan Trademarks SMC is a registered trademark and EZ Switch TigerStack and TigerSwitch are trademarks of SMC Networks Inc Other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective hol
24. gt or arrow keys to move lt Space gt to scroll options Parameter Description IP Address IP address of the trap manager Community Name A community specified for trap management access Status Sets administrative status of selected entry to enabled or disabled CONSOLE INTERFACE Console Login Configuration Use the Management Setup Console Login Configuration to restrict management access based on specified user names and passwords or to set the invalid password threshold and timeout There are only two user types defined ADMIN Administrator and GUEST but you can set up to five different user names and passwords Only Administrators have write access for parameters governing the switch You should therefore assign a user name and password to the default Administrator as soon as possible and store it in a safe place f for some reason your password is lost or you cannot gain access to the system configuration program contact SMC Technical Support for assistance The parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Console Login Configuration gt Password Threshold eae Lock out Time in minutes 0 User Type User Name Password Confirm password T ADMIN admin kK KK KKK KKK 2 GUEST guest Be 4 5 lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes
25. hosts who want to receive a specific multicast service The switch looks up the IP Multicast Group used for this service and adds any port which received a similar request to that group It then propagates the service request on to any neighboring multicast switch router to ensure that it will continue to receive the multicast service For more information see IGMP Snooping on page 4 7 2 47 CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring IGMP This protocol allows a host to inform its local switch router that it wants to receive transmissions addressed to a specific multicast group You can use the IGMP Configuration screen to configure multicast filtering shown below SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt IGMP Configuration gt IGMP Status DISABLED IGMP Query Count eae IGMP Report Delay Seconds 10 lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Space gt to scroll options Parameter IGMP Status IGMP Query Count IGMP Report Delay Description If enabled the switch will monitor network traffic to determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic The maximum number of queries issued for which there has been no response before the switch takes action to solicit reports The time in seconds between receiving an IGMP Report for an IP multicast address on a port before the switch sends an IGMP Query out of that port and removes the entry from
26. hundreds of separate segments RMON is the only way to retain control of the network and analyze applications running at multi megabit speeds It provides the tools you need to implement either reactive or proactive policies that can keep your network running based on real time access to key statistical information This switch provides support for mini RMON which contains the four key groups required for basic remote monitoring These groups include Statistics Includes all the tools needed to monitor your network for common errors and overall traffic rates Information is provided on bandwidth utilization peak utilization packet types errors and collisions as well as the distribution of packet sizes History Can be used to create a record of network utilization packet types errors and collisions You need a historical record of activity to be able to track down intermittent problems Historical data can also be used to establish normal baseline activity which may reveal problems associated with high traffic levels broadcast storms or ADVANCED TOPICS other unusual events Historical information can also be used to predict network growth and plan for expansion before your network becomes too overloaded Alarms Can be set to test data over any specified time interval and can monitor absolute or changing values such as a statistical counter reaching a specific value or a statistic changing by a certain amount over the set int
27. is automatically closed Range 0 100 minutes where 0 indicates disabled Data Bits 8 bits Sets the data bits of the RS 232 port Options 7 8 Stop Bits 1 bit Sets the stop bits of the RS 232 port Options 1 2 Parity None Sets the parity of the RS 232 port Options none odd even Auto Refresh 5 second Sets the interval before a console session will Time auto refresh the console information such as Spanning Tree Information Port Configuration Port Statistics and RMON Statistics Range 0 or 5 255 seconds where 0 indicates disabled 3 6 Main Menu WEB INTERFACE Using the onboard Web agent you can define system parameters manage and control the switch and all its ports or monitor network conditions The interface screen includes the main menu on the left side the menu bar beneath the image of the switch and a list of commands beneath the menu bar The following table briefly describes the selections available from this program Function System Switch IP SNMP Security Upgrade Configure Address Table STA Bridge Extension Priority Description Provides basic system description including contact information Shows hardware firmware version numbers and power status of the switch Includes boot state IP address and Telnet session count Configures communities and trap managers and activates traps Sets password for system access Downloads new version of f
28. set the aging time for deleting inactive entries The information displayed in the Address Table is indicated in the following figure and table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Unicast Address Table gt Aging Time 300 Dynamic Counts 146 Static Counts 0 MAC VID Port Status MAC VID Port Status 00 00 24 B3 28 83 1 8 D 00 00 E8 00 00 02 1 8 D 00 00 E2 12 F9 F8 1 8 D 00 00 E8 00 00 05 1 8 D 00 00 E2 16 C5 82 1 8 D 00 00 E8 00 00 96 1 8 D 00 00 E2 20 C3 D5 1 8 D 00 00 E8 00 01 01 1 8 D 00 00 E2 21 74 DO 1 8 D 00 00 E8 07 12 5E 1 8 D 00 00 E2 2A 59 9A 1 8 D 00 00 E8 11 03 51 1 8 D 00 00 E2 2E FD F6 1 8 D 00 00 E8 11 11 33 1 8 D 00 00 E8 00 00 00 1 8 D 00 00 E8 12 12 12 1 8 D Sorted by MAC VID Cleared by MAC VID VLAN ID sr VLAN ID ee o MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 Show More Clear Clear Dynamic lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Aging Time Time out period in seconds for aging out dynamically learned forwarding information Range 10 65534 seconds Default 300 seconds Dynamic Counts The number of dynamically learned addresses in the table Static Counts The number of static addresses in the table MAC The MAC address of a node VID The VLAN s associated with this address or port 2 73 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 74 Parameter Port Status Show More C
29. sets parameters for hello time maximum message age switch priority and forward delay as well as port priority and path cost Displays full listing of parameters for the Spanning Tree Algorithm Sets the source and target ports for mirroring Specifies ports to group into aggregate trunks Configures IGMP multicast filtering 2 3 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 4 Selection BStorm Control Configuration Port Security Configuration Extended Bridge Configuration 802 1P Configuration 802 1Q VLAN Base Information 802 1Q VLAN Current Table Information 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration Network Monitor Menu Port Statistics RMON Statistics Unicast Address Table Description Allows you to enable disable broadcast storm control on a per port basis and set the packet per second threshold Allows you to enable and configure port security for the switch Displays configures extended bridge capabilities provided by this switch including support for traffic classes GMRP multicast filtering and VLAN extensions Configures default port priorities and queue assignments Displays basic VLAN information such as VLAN version number and maximum VLANs supported Displays VLAN groups and port members Configures VLAN groups via static assignments including setting port members or restricting ports from being dynamically added to a port by the GVRP protoc
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31. switch Enables disables broadcast control for the port When enabled the switch will employ a broadcast control mechanism if the packet per second threshold is exceeded This mechanism limits the amount of broadcasts passed by the port to half of the received packet per second count The control mechanism remains in effect until thenumberofreceivedbroadcasts falls back below the packet per second threshold Default is Enabled The packet per second threshold for broadcast packets on the port WEB INTERFACE Port Security Configuration Use the Port Security Configuration screen to enable and configure port security for the switch Port Security allows you to configure each port with a list of MAC addresses of devices that are authorized to access the network through that port Port Number 1 J Status Disabled MAC Address List New Address none lt lt Add Remove MAC Address Clear All Parameter Description Port Number The port number on the unit Status Port security can set to three states Static Disable or Learning When set to Static the switch will drop packets from the port if the source MAC address does not match one of the addresses in the MAC Address list If set to Learning the switch will add the source MAC address of all packets received on the port to the authorized MAC Address list MAC Address List A list of the authorized MAC addresses that can access the network throug
32. to this service This switch uses IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol to query for any attached hosts who want to receive a specific multicast service The switch looks up the IP Multicast Group used for this service and adds any port which received a similar request to that group It then propagates the service request on to any neighboring multicast switch router to ensure that it will continue to receive the multicast service For more information see the IP Multicast Filtering section in Chapter 4 of this Users Guide 3 43 WEB INTERFACE Configuring IGMP This protocol allows a host to inform its local switch router that it wantstoreceivetransmissionsaddressedtoaspecificmulticastaddress group Use the IGMP Configuration screen to set key parameters for multicast filtering as shown below IGMP Status Enable Act as IGMP Querier I Enable IGMP Query Count 2 10 2 IGMP Report Delay 5 30 10 minutes Parameter Description IGMP Status If enabled the switch will monitor network traffic to determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic Act as IGMP If enabled the switch can serve as the querier Querier which is responsible for asking hosts is they want to receive multicast traffic Not available for the current firmware release IGMP Query The maximum number of queries issued for which Count there has been no response before the switch takes action to solicit reports IGMP R
33. traffic passing through your switch IGMP Protocol The Internet Group Management Protocol GMP runs between hosts and their immediately neighboring multicast router switch IGMP is a multicast host registration protocol that allows any host to inform its local router that it wants to receive transmissions addressed to a specific multicast group A router or multicast enabled switch can periodically ask their hosts is they want to receive multicast traffic If there is more than one router switch on the LAN performing IP multicasting one of these devices is elected querier and assumes the responsibility of querying the LAN for group members ADVANCED TOPICS Based on the group membership information learned from IGMP a router switch can determine which if any multicast traffic needs to be forwarded to each of its ports At Layer 3 multicast routers use this information along with a multicast routing protocol such as DVMRP to support IP multicasting across the Internet Note that IGMP neither alters nor routes any IP multicast packets A multicast router switch must be used to deliver IP multicast packets across different subnetworks Class of Service CoS Support The TigerSwitch 1000 provides two transmit queues on each port with a weighted round robin scheme This function can be used to provide independent priorities for various types of data such as real time video or voice and best effort data Priority assign
34. 0 Local Management SMC8606T lt Port State gt Port Type Operational Link FlowControl Speed and InUse Duplex InUse 1 1000T YES DOWN 9 00 2 10007 YES DOWN 9 00 3 10007 YES UP NONE 100_FULL 4 10007 YES DOWN 9 00 5 10007 YES DOWN 9 6 1000T YES DOWN 7 GBIC YES DOWN 8 GBIC YES DOWN lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Description Type Shows port types as 1000T 1000BASE T 1000SX 1000BASE SX GBIC 1000BASE SX or 1OOOBASE LX transceiver Operational Shows if the port is functioning or not Link Indicates if the port has a valid connection to an external device FlowControl Shows the flow control type in use Flow control InUse can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations connected directly to the switch Back pressure is used for half duplex and IEEE 802 3x for full duplex 2 31 CONSOLE INTERFACE Parameter Description Speed and Displays the current port speed and duplex mode Duplex InUse used 2 32 CONSOLE INTERFACE Using the Spanning Tree Algorithm The Spanning Tree Algorithm can be used to detect and disable network loops and to provide backup links between switches bridges or routers This allows the switch to interact with other bridging devices tha
35. 1 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 512 1023 ByteFrames The total number of packets including bad packets 1024 1518 Byte Frames received and transmitted that were between 512 and 1023 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets The total number of packets including bad packets received and transmitted that were between 1024 and 1518 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets CHAPTER 4 ADVANCED TOPICS This TigerSwitch 1000 supports Layer 2 switching and other advanced features which are described in this chapter Layer 2 Switching When a frame enters a port its destination MAC address is checked in the address database to see which port leads to this destination If the destination address belongs to the incoming port the frame is dropped or filtered because it addressed to the local segment If the destination address if found on another port the frame is forwarded to that port and queued for output But if the destination address is not found in the address database the frame is sent to one or more output ports based on the rules for handling tagged or untagged VLAN frames If the source MAC address of the frame was not found in the address database it is recorded along with the incoming port number where it entered the switch This information is then used to make later decisions for frame forwardin
36. 20 18 Location DEFAULT SYSTEM LOCATION Contact DEFAULT SYSTEM CONTACT System Up Time 0 d0h5 min 11s Parameter Description System Namel Name assigned to the switch system IP Address2 IP address of the switch you are managing The switch s management supports SNMP over UDP IP transport protocol In this environment all systems on the Internet such as network interconnection devices and any PC accessing the switch must have an IP address Valid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers of 0 to 255 separated by periods Anything outside of this format will not be accepted by the configuration program Object ID MIB II object identifier for switch s network management subsystem Location Specifies the area or location where the system resides Contact Contact person for the system System Up Time Length of time the current management software has been running 1 Maximum string length is 255 but the screen only displays 45 characters You can use the arrow keys to browse the whole string 2 The default value is 10 1 0 1 3 9 WEB INTERFACE Switch Information Use the Switch Information screen to display hardware firmware version numbers for the switch as well as the power status of the system Main Board Serial Number 00 E0 09 09 00 01 Number of Ports 8 Hardware Version V1 0 850 CPU Firmware Version V2 04 03 07 POST ROM Version V1 04 Internal Power Status Ac
37. 3 Enabled Down 10M Half Disabled 4 Enabled Down 10M Half Disabled 5 Enabled Down 10M Half Disabled 6 Enabled Down 10M Half Disabled Z Enabled Down 10M Half Disabled 8 Enabled Up 1000M Full IEEE 802 3x Parameter Description Admin Status Link Status Speed Status Duplex Status Flow Control Status Note The port information displayed is not valid if the link status is down Shows if the port is enabled or not Indicates if the port has a valid connection to an external device Shows the port speed 1000M 100M or 10M Displays the current duplex mode Shows the flow control type in use Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations connected directly to the switch Back pressure is used for half duplex and IEEE 802 3x for full duplex Port Configuration Use the Port Configuration menus to configure any port on the 3 46 switch WEB INTERFACE Flow control mode _ Enable All Disable All Allows you to enable or disable flow control for all ports on the switch Port Admin Status Duplex Status Flow Control Status 1 F Enable 1000M FulDuplex gl enabled ie 2 enable AsoNegotaion W lEn il 3 M Enable Auto Negotiation Enabled 4 M Enable Auto Negatiation Enabled J 5 Menable Ano negaation W Erea i 6 F Enabie AsoNegotaton Jl Enebied i 7 enable AstoNegotaion Jl Enobied i Menabie AnoNegot
38. AD which this port must communicate to reach the root of the spanning tree 2 42 Parameter Designated Port AD CONSOLE INTERFACE Description The priority and number of the port on the designated bridging device through which this switch must communicate with the root of the spanning tree 2 43 CONSOLE INTERFACE Using a Mirror Port for Analysis 2 44 You can mirror traffic from any source port to a target port for real time analysis You can then attach a network sniffer or RMON probe to the target port and study the traffic crossing the source port in a completely unobtrusive manner When mirroring port traffic note that the target port must be configured in the same VLAN as the source port see Configuring Virtual LANs on page 2 55 You can use the Mirror Port Configuration screen to designate a single port pair for mirroring as shown below SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Mirror Port Configuration gt Mirror Source Port Port 1 Mirror Target Port Port 2 Status DISABLED lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Mirror Source Port The port whose traffic will be monitored Mirror Target Port The port that will duplicate or mirror all the traffic happening on the monitored port Status Enables or disables the mirror function CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring P
39. AUTO 3 1000T ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 4 1000T ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 5 1000T ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 6 1000T ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 7 GBIC ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 8 GBIC ENABLED DISABLED AUTO lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Description Allows you to enable or disable flow control for all ports on the switch Shows port types as 1000T 1000BASE T 1000SX 1000BASE SX GBIC 1000BASE SX or 1000BASE LX transceiver Allows you to disable a port due to abnormal behavior e g excessive collisions and then re enable it after the problem has been resolved You may also disable a port for security reasons 2 29 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 30 Parameter Flow Control Speed and Duplex Default DISABLED AUTO Description Used to enable or disable flow control Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations or segments connected directly to the switch when its buffers fill Back pressure is used for half duplex and IEEE 802 3x for full duplex Used to set the current port speed duplex mode and auto negotiation CONSOLE INTERFACE Viewing the Current Port Configuration The Port State screen displays the port type status link state and flow control in use as well as the communication speed and duplex mode To change any of the port settings use the Port Configuration menu SMC TigerSwitch 100
40. Add Adds a new MAC address to the current list Delete Removes a MAC address from the current list Clear Clears all the MAC addresses for the current port 2 51 CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions 2 52 The Bridge MIB includes extensions for managed devices that support Traffic Classes Multicast Filtering and Virtual LANs To configure these extensions use the Extended Bridge Configuration screen as shown below SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Extended Bridge Configuration gt Bridge Capability Read Only Extended Multicast Filtering Services NO Traffic Classes Static Entry Individual Port VLAN Learning Configurable PVID Tagging Local VLAN Capable Bridge Settings Traffic Classes GMRP GVRP lt APPLY gt lt OK gt YES YES SVL YES NO TRUE DISABLED DISABLED lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Space gt to scroll options Parameter Description Bridge Capability Extended Indicates that the switch does not support the Multicast filtering of individual multicast addresses based on Filtering GMRP GARP Multicast Registration Protocol Services Note that this function is not implemented for the current firmware release Traffic Classes Indicates that the switch provides mapping of user priorities to multiple traffic classes Refer to 802 1P Configuration Parameter Static Entry Individ
41. ERFACE Configuring Static Unicast Addresses Use the Static Unicast Address Table Configuration screen to manually configure host MAC addresses in the unicast table You can use this screen to associate a MAC address with a specific VLAN ID and switch port as shown below SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Static Unicast Address Table Configuration gt VID MAC Address Port Status Sorted by VID MAC VID od MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 VID 1 Port Hal MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 Status Permanent Show More Set lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Description VID The VLAN group this port is assigned to MAC Address The MAC address of a host device attached to this switch Port The port the host device is attached to 2 76 Parameter Status Show More Set CONSOLE INTERFACE Description The status for an entry can be set to Permanent This entry is currently in use and will remain so after the next reset of the switch DeleteOnReset This entry is currently in use and will remain so until the next reset Invalid Removes the corresponding entry DeleteOnTimeOut This entry is currently in use and will remain so until it is aged out Refer to Address Table Aging Time on page 2 70 Other This entry is currently in use but the conditions under which it will remain so differ from the preceding values Displays the sta
42. LAN Static Table page 3 39 Port Number fi 7 Member Non Member 3 lt lt Add Remove gt gt Parameter Description Port Number Port number on the switch selected from the upper display panel Add Remove Add or remove selected VLAN groups for the port indicated in the Port Number field VLAN Port Configuration Use this screen to configure port specific settings for IEEE 802 1Q VLAN features Port PVID 1 2048 Acceptable Frame Type Ingress Filtering GVRP Status GVRP Failed Registrations GVRP PDU Origin 1h A I Enable I Enable 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 2 h A I Enable I Enable 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 a fi All I Enable I Enable 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 4 fi A I Enable I Enable 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 5 fi A I Enable I Enable 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 ejf Al I Enable T Enable o 00 00 00 00 00 00 7 fh A I Enable I Enable 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 a fi Al I Enable I Enable o 00 00 00 00 00 00 Parameter Description PVID The VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on this port Use the PVID to assign ports to the same untagged VLAN 3 41 WEB INTERFACE 3 42 Parameter Acceptable Frame Typel Ingress Filtering GVRP Status2 GVRP Failed Registrations2 GVRP PDU Origin2 Description This switch accepts All frame types including VLAN tagged or VLAN untagged frames Note that all VLAN untagged frames received on this port are assigned to the PVID fo
43. LANs defined in each switch can work automatically over a Spanning Tree network Generic Attribute Registration Protocol GARP GARP is a protocol that can be used by endstations and switches to register and propagate multicast group membership information in a switched environment such that multicast data frames are propagated only to those parts of a switched LAN containing registered endstations Formerly called Group Address Registration Protocol Group Address Registration Protocol See Generic Attribute Registration Protocol Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP Commonly used to send echo messages i e Ping for monitoring purposes Glossary 1 GLOSSARY IEEE 802 1D Specifies a general method for the operation of MAC bridges including the Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Tagging defines Ethernet frame tags which carry VLAN information It allows switches to assign end stations to different virtual LANs and defines a standard way for VLANs to communicate across switched networks IEEE 802 3ac Defines frame extensions for VLAN tagging In Band Management Management of the network from a station that is attached to the network Link Aggregation See Port Trunk MIB An acronym for Management Information Base It is a set of database objects that contains information about the device Out of Band Management Management of the network from a station that is not attached to the network
44. M MM MM CCC cc S SS MM MM MM MM CCC cc SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MM MMM MM CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MMMM MMMMM MMMM CCCCCCCCCCCCCC TigerSwitch 1000 SMC8606T V2 04 03 07 08 01 2001 c Copyright 2001 SMC Networks Inc User name Enter Password If this is your first time to log into the configuration program then the default user names are admin and guest with no password The administrator has Read Write access to all configuration parameters and statistics While the guest has Read Only access to the management program You should define a new administrator password record it and put it in a safe place Select Console Login Configuration from the Management Setup Menu and enter a new password for the administrator Note that passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric characters and are not case sensitive CONSOLE INTERFACE Note You are allowed three attempts to enter the correct password on the third failed attempt the current connection is terminated Main Menu The Main Menu is the first screen seen after successfully logging into the system SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Main Menu gt About this product Management Setup Menu Switch Configuration Menu Network Monitor Menu Reset System Menu Quit Current Session Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Selection Description About this product System Information Provides basic
45. ODUCTS EVEN IF SMC OR ITS AUTHORIZED RESELLER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS WHICH MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE NOTHING IN THIS WARRANTY SHALL BE TAKEN TO AFFECT YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS SMC will provide warranty service for one year following discontinuance from the active SMC price list Under the limited lifetime warranty internal and external power supplies fans and cables are covered by a standard one year warranty from date of purchase SMC Networks Inc 6 Hughes Irvine CA 92618 TABLE OF CONTENTS Switch Management 1 1 Configuration Options osese seesi eee eee 1 1 Required Connections cin a oe See ee ee es 1 2 Console Port Out of Band Connections 1 2 Remote Management via the Console Port 1 3 Configure the Switch Site 00040 1 3 Configure the Remote Site 1 3 In Band Connections 00 0000 eee 1 4 Console Interface 0 0 ks cece ence eee ens 2 1 Login Screen y hetene a aniors e beia drarday e win Plame 2 1 Maine Menuet oan foe tithes ec rive ded ea te A DON Be celles Bae 2 2 System and Switch Information 0 0 00 00 ee 2 5 Displaying System Information
46. Y gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Download Server IP address of a TFTP server IP Agent Software Indicates that the switch is enabled for software Upgrade upgrades Download The binary file to download to the switch Filename Download Mode Downloads to permanent flash ROM Process TFTP Issues a request to the TFTP server to download Download the specified file 2 23 CONSOLE INTERFACE Parameter Description Download Status Indicates if a download is Complete or In Progress Saving the System Configuration Use the Configuration Save amp Restore menu to save the switch configuration settings to a file on a TFTP server The file can be later downloaded to the switch to restore the switch s settings The success of the operation depends on the accessibility of the TFTP server and the quality of the network connection Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Configuration Upload gt Upload Server IP Upload Filename Process TFTP Upload Upload status Complete lt Configuration Download gt Download Server IP Download Filename Process TFTP Download Download status Complete lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Descriptio
47. a SMC Mgmt Sd ee Jl Link up J Link Down SMC TigerSwitch 1000 SMC8606T Manager System Name DEFAULT SYSTEM NAME IP Address 10 2 13 15 Object ID 1 3 6 1 4 1 202 20 18 Location DEFAULT SYSTEM LOCATION Contact DEFAULT SYSTEM CONTACT System Up Time 0 d 0h 5 min 11s I Connect to textual user interface Send mail to technical support Contact Connect to SMC Web page WEB INTERFACE If this is your first time to access the management agent you should define a new Administrator password record it and put it in a safe place From the Main Menu select Security and enter a new password for the Administrator Note that passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric characters and are not case sensitive Note Based on the default configuration a user is allowed three attempts to enter the correct password on the third failed attempt the current connection is terminated See Console Login Configuration on page 2 22 Configuration Options Configurable parameters have a dialog box or a drop down list Once a configuration change has been made on a page be sure to click on the Apply button at the bottom of the page to confirm the new setting The following table summarizes the Web page configuration buttons Web Page Configuration Buttons Button Action Apply Sets specified values in the SNMP agent Revert Cancels specified values prior to pressing the
48. a much cleaner network environment This switch creates segregated broadcast domains based on easily configurable VLANs these are then linked as required via a router or Layer 3 switch An IEEE 802 1Q VLAN is a group of ports that can be located anywhere in the network but communicate as though they belong to the same physical segment VLANs help to simplify network management by allowing you to move devices to a new VLAN without having to change any physical connections VLANs can be easily organized to reflect departmental groups such as Marketing or R amp D usage groups such as e mail or multicast groups used for multimedia applications such as video conferencing VLANs provide greater network efficiency by reducing broadcast 4 3 ADVANCED TOPICS traffic but also allow you to make network changes without having to update IP addresses or IP subnets VLANs inherently provide a high level of network security since traffic must pass through a Layer 3 switch or a router to reach a different VLAN This switch supports the following VLAN features e Up to 256 VLANs based on the IEEE 802 1Q standard e Distributed VLAN learning across multiple switches using explicit or implicit tagging e Port overlapping allowing a port to participate in multiple VLANs e End stations can belong to multiple VLANs e Passing traffic between VLAN aware and VLAN unaware devices e Priority tagging e Port trunking with VLANs Assigning Po
49. ables disables access to the on board Web server HTTP Port Specifies the TCP port that will provide HTTP Number service Range 0 65535 Default Port 80 Telnet Port 23 is prohibited 2 15 CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring the Serial Port 2 16 You can access the on board configuration program by attaching a VT100 compatible device to the switch s serial port For more information on connecting to this port see Required Connections on page 1 2 The communication parameters for this port can be accessed from the Serial Port Configuration screen shown below and described in the following table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Serial Port Configuration gt Management Mode CONSOLE MODE Baud rate 19200 Data bits 258 Stop bits ame Parity NONE Time Out in minutes 2 1 0 lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Space gt to scroll options Parameter Default Description Management Console Indicates that the console port Mode Mode settings are for direct console connection Baud Rate 19200 The rate at which data is sent between devices Options 2400 4800 9600 19200 bps and Auto detection Data bits 8 bits Sets the data bits of the RS 232 port Options 7 8 Parameter Stop bits Parity Time Out Default 1 bit none 10 minutes CONSOLE INTERFACE Description Sets the stop bits of the RS 232 port
50. anent Added as a static entry 3 37 WEB INTERFACE Parameter Egress Ports Untagged Ports VLAN Static List Use this screen to create or remove VLAN groups 3 38 Current 1 Enabled Parameter Current New Status Add Remove Description Shows the ports which have been added to the displayed VLAN group Shows the untagged VLAN port members New vi 204 CO i 3 Enabled Add LAN ID 1 2048 A oo Status I Enable Description Lists all the current VLAN groups created for this system Up to 256 VLAN groups can be defined To allow this switch to participate in external VLAN groups you must use the VLAN ID for the concerned external groups Allows you to specify the name and numeric identifier for a new VLAN group The VLAN name is only used for management on this system it is not added to the VLAN tag Enables disables the specified VLAN Adds a new VLAN group to the current list Removes a VLAN group from the current list If any port is assigned to this group as untagged it will be reassigned to VLAN group 1 as untagged Note No VLANs are statically configured by default WEB INTERFACE VLAN Static Table Use this screen to modify the settings for an existing VLAN You can add delete port members for a VLAN disable or enable VLAN tagging for any port or prevent a port from being automatically added to a VLAN via the GVRP protocol Note that VLAN 1 is
51. ansmission is inhibited by more that one collision SQE Test Errors A count of times that the SQE TEST ERROR message is generated by the PLS sublayer 3 53 WEB INTERFACE 3 54 Parameter Deferred Transmissions Late Collisions Excessive Collisions Internal Mac Transmit Errors Carrier Sense Errors Frames Too Long Internal Mac Receive Errors Description A count of frames for which the first transmission attempt on a particular interface is delayed because the medium was busy The number of times that a collision is detected later than 512 bit times into the transmission of a packet The number of frames for which transmission failed due to excessive collisions The number of frames for which transmission failed due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error The number of times that the carrier sense condition was lost or never asserted when attempting to transmit a frame The number of frames received that exceed the maximum permitted frame size The number of frames for which reception failed due to an internal MAC sublayer receive error The reported values will always be zero because these statistics are not supported by the internal chip set RMON Statistics WEB INTERFACE RMON Statistics display key statistics for each port from RMON group 1 RMON groups 2 3 and 9 can only be accessed using SNMP managementsoftware The following screen displays overall statistics on traffic
52. ap Manager Capability Trap Manager IP Address Trap Manager Community String Add Remove Enable Authentication Traps Description Up to 5 trap managers may be used IP address of the trap manager A community authorized to receive trap messages Add remove strings from the active list Issues a trap message to specified IP trap managers whenever authentication of an SNMP request fails Default enabled 3 15 WEB INTERFACE Security Configuration Use the Security Configuration screen to restrict management access based ona specified password The Administrator has write access for parameters governing the switch You should therefore assign a password to the Administrator as soon as possible and store it in a safe place If for some reason your password is lost or you cannot gain access to the system s configuration program contact SMC Technical Support for assistance Change Password 3 16 Old Password New Password Confirrn Password This password is for the system Administrator with access privilege of Read Write for all screens Passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric characters and are not case sensitive User name admin default password switch WEB INTERFACE Firmware Upgrade Options You can upgrade system firmware by performing a Web upload ora TFTP download Note that you can also upgrade by a direct connection to the console port see Upgrad
53. at the lower the numeric value the higher the priority 2 34 Parameter Hello Time Max Message Age Forward Delay Default 2 20 CONSOLE INTERFACE Description Time interval in seconds at which the root device transmits a configuration message The minimum value is1 The maximum value is the lower of 10 or Max Message Age 2 1 The maximum time in seconds a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure All device ports except for designated ports should receive configuration messages at regular intervals Any port that ages out STA information provided in the last configuration message becomes the designated port for the attached LAN If it is a root port a new root port is selected from among the device ports attached to the network The minimum value is the higher of 6 or 2 x Hello Time 1 The maximum value is the lower of 40 or 2 x Forward Delay 1 The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states ie listening to learning to forwarding This delay is required because every device must receive information about topology changes before it starts to forward frames In addition each port needs time to listen for conflicting information that would make it return to a blocking state otherwise temporary data loops might result The maximum value is 30 The minimum value is the higher of 4
54. ddress Displays the ports that belong to each GMRP Registration Muticast group Table Parameter IP Multicast Registration Table Static Unicast Address Table Configuration Static Multicast Address Table Configuration CONSOLE INTERFACE Description Displays the ports that belong to each IP Muticast group Allows you to display or configure static unicast addresses Allows you to display or configure static GMRP multicast addresses Not implemented in the current firmware release 2 67 CONSOLE INTERFACE Displaying Port Statistics Port Statistics display key statistics from the Ethernet like MIB for each port Error statistics on the traffic passing through each port are displayed This information can be used to identify potential problems with the switch such as a faulty port or unusually heavy loading The values displayed have been accumulated since the last system reboot Select the required port The statistics displayed are indicated in the following figure and table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Port Statistics gt Port 1 Ether Like Counter Alignment Errors 0 Late Collisions FQ FCS Errors 2 0 Excessive Collisions 0 Single Collision Frames 0 Internal Mac Transmit Errors 0 Multiple Collision Frames 0 Carrier Sense Errors 20 SQE Test Errors 2 50 Frame Too Longs ame Deferred Transmissions 0 Internal Mac Receive Errors 0 Refresh Statistics Reset Cou
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56. e been added to the displayed VLAN group where 1 indicates that a port is a member and 0 that it is not If a port has been added to the displayed VLAN see Current Egress Ports its entry in this field will be 1 if the port is untagged or 0 if tagged Displays the members for the VLAN indicated by the Sorted by VID field Displays any subsequent VLANs if configured 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration Use this screen to create a new VLAN or modify the settings for an existing VLAN You can add delete port members for a VLAN or prevent a port from being automatically added to a VLAN via the GVRP protocol Also note that all ports can only belong to one untagged VLAN This is set to VLAN 1 by default but can be changed via the 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration screen on page CONSOLE INTERFACE Egress Ports Forbidden Egress Ports Untagged Ports Show More 2 61 SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt 802 10 VLAN Static Table Configuration gt VID VLAN Name Status 1 Active Egress Ports Forbidden Egress Ports 11111111 00000000 Untagged Ports 11111111 VID 1 Show More New lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description VID The ID for the VLAN currently displayed Range 1 2048 VLAN Name A user specified symbolic name for this VLAN String length Up to 8 alphanume
57. e port is enabled or has been disabled due to abnormal behavior or for security reasons See Port Configuration on page 3 46 Link Status Indicates if the port has a valid connection to an external device Speed Status Indicates the current port speed Parameter Duplex Status Flow Control Status VLAN WEB INTERFACE Description Indicates the port s current duplex mode Shows the flow control type in use Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations connected directly to the switch The VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on this port Use the PVID page 3 41 to assign ports to the same untagged VLAN 3 5 WEB INTERFACE Configuring the Serial Port If you are having difficulties making an out of band console connection to the serial port on the switch you can display or modify the current settings for the serial port through the Web agent Click on the serial port icon in the switch image to display or configure these settings as shown below Baud rate 9600 Time Out fo minutes Data bits a z Stop bits fi Parity None x Auto Refresh Time 5 seconds co Parameter Default Description Baud Rate 19200 The rate at which data is sent between devices Options 2400 4800 9600 19200 bps and Auto detection Time Out 10 minutes If no input is received from the attached device after this interval the current session
58. ection you must first configure it with a valid IP address subnet mask and default gateway using an out of band connection or the BOOTP protocol After configuring the switch s IP parameters you can access the on board configuration program from anywhere within the attached network The on board configuration program can be accessed using Telnet from any computer attached to the network The switch can also be managed by any computer using a Web browser nternet Explorer 4 0 or Netscape Navigator 4 0 or above or from a network computer using network management software such as EliteView Notes 1 By default BOOTP is disabled To enable BOOTP see IP Configuration on page 2 13 2 Use the Network Configuration menu to specify the maximum number of simultaneous Telnet sessions that are supported by the system up to four 3 The on board program only provides access to basic configuration functions To access the full range of SNMP management functions you must use SNMP based network management software such as SMC s free EliteView software CHAPTER 2 CONSOLE INTERFACE Log in Screen Once a direct connection to the serial port or a Telnet connection is established the log in screen for the onboard configuration program appears as shown below SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MMMMM MMMMM CCCCCCCCCCCCCC SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MM MM CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ss S MMM MMM CCC cc ss MMMM MMMM CCC SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MM MM MM MM CCC ss MM M
59. ed IP Configuration This is the default setting 3 11 WEB INTERFACE Parameter Default IP Address 10 1 0 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Gateway IP 0 0 0 0 Address MAC Address Maximum 4 Number of Telnet sessions 3 12 Description IP address of the switch you are managing The switch supports SNMP over UDP IP transport protocol In this environment all systems on the Internet such as networkinterconnectiondevicesand any PC accessing the switch are assigned an IP address Valid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers of 0 to 255 separated by periods Anything outside of this format will not be accepted by the configuration program Subnet mask of the switch This mask identifies the host address bits used for routing to specific subnets The gateway that the switch s agent uses to pass data to the management station Note that the gateway must be defined ifthe managementstation is located in a different IP segment Physical address of the switch Sets the number of concurrent Telnet sessions allowed to access the switch WEB INTERFACE SNMP Configuration Use the SNMP Configuration screen to display and modify parameters for the Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP The switch includes an SNMP agent which monitors the status of its hardware as well as the traffic passing through its ports A computer attached to the network called a Network Management Station NMS can be used to access t
60. ended Bridge Configuration The total number of failed GVRP registrations for any reason on this port The Source MAC Address of the last GVRP message received on this port 1 This control does not affect VLAN independent BPDU frames such as GVRP or STP However it does affect VLAN dependent BPDU frames such as GMRP 2 GVRP is not available for the current firmware release 2 65 CONSOLE INTERFACE Monitoring the Switch 2 66 The Network Monitor Menu provides access to port statistics RMON statistics IP multicast addresses and the static unicast address table Each of the screens provided by these menus is described in the following sections SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Network Monitor Menu gt Port Statistics RMON Statistics Unicast Address Table Multicast Address Registration Table IP Multicast Registration Table Static Unicast Address Table Configuration Static Multicast Address Table Configuration lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Description Port Statistics Displays statistics on network traffic passing through the selected port RMON Statistics Displays detailed statistical information for the selected port such as packet type and frame size counters Unicast Provides full listing of all unicast addresses stored Address Table in the switch as well as sort search and clear functions Multicast A
61. eport The time in seconds between receiving an IGMP Delay Report for an IP multicast address on a port before the switch sends an IGMP Query out that port and removes the entry from its list Note The default values are indicated in the sample screen 3 44 WEB INTERFACE IP Multicast Registration Table Use the IP Multicast Registration Table to display all the multicast groups active on this switch including multicast IP addresses and the corresponding VLAN ID VLAN ID fi Multicast IP Address 224 0 1 22 Learned by Dynamic Multicast Group Port List Parameter Description VLAN ID VLAN ID assigned to this multicast group Multicast IP IP address for specific multicast services Address Learned by Indicates the manner in which this address was learned dynamic or IGMP Multicast Group The switch ports registered for the indicated Port List multicast service 3 45 WEB INTERFACE Port Menus Port Information The Port Information screen displays the port status link state the communication speed and duplex mode as well as the flow control in use To change any of the port settings use the Port Configuration menu The parameters shown in the following figure and table are for the RJ 45 ports Port Admin Status Link Status Speed Status Duplex Status Flow Control Status 1 Enabled Up 1000M Full IEEE 802 3x 2 Enabled Down 10M Half Disabled
62. erval Alarms can be set to respond to either rising or falling thresholds Events Defines the action to take when an alarm is triggered The response to an alarm can include recording the alarm in the Log Table or sending a message to a trap manager Note that the Alarm and Event Groups are used together to record important events or immediately respond to critical network problems 4 11 ADVANCED TOPICS 4 12 APPENDIX A TROUBLESHOOTING Troubleshooting Chart Troubleshooting Chart Symptom Action Cannot connect using Telnet Web browser or SNMP software e Be sure to have configured the agent with a valid IP address subnet mask and default gateway e Check that you have a valid network connection to the switch and that the port you are using has not been disabled e Check network cabling between the management station and the switch e If you cannot connect using Telnet you may have exceeded the maximum number of concurrent Telnet sessions permitted Try connecting again at a later time Can t access the on board configuration program via a serial port connection e Be sure to have set the terminal emulator program to VT100 compatible 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity and 19200 bps e If the switch is configured for Auto baud rate detection the terminal emulator program mustbe set at 2400 19200 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity and flow control set to none Also you must
63. eton Bilferie i Parameter Default Description Flow Control Disabled Mode Admin Status Enable Duplex Status Flow Control status Auto Negotiatio n Disabled Allows you to disable a port due to abnormal behavior e g excessive collisions and then re enable it after the problem has been resolved You may also disable a port for security reasons Used to set the current port duplex mode or auto negotiation The default is auto negotiation Used to enable or disable flow control Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations or segments connected directly to the switch when its buffers fill Back pressure is used for half duplex and IEEE 802 3x for full duplex Note that flow control should not be used if a port is connected to a hub 3 47 WEB INTERFACE Port Broadcast Storm Protect Configuration Use the Port Broadcast Storm Protect Configuration screen to configure broadcast storm control for any port on the switch Broadcast Storm Protect mode _ Enable All Disable All 3 48 Fort Protect Status Threshold 1 M Enable po 2 M Enable 500 3 M Enable 500 4 M Enable 500 5 M Enable 500 6 M Enable 500 71 E Enable po 8 M Enable 500 Parameter Default Broadcast Storm Enabled Protect Mode Protect Status Enabled Threshold 500 Description Allows you to enable disable broadcast storm control for all ports on the
64. etting in NVRAM BootP values can include the IP address default gateway and subnet mask 2 13 CONSOLE INTERFACE IP Connectivity Test Ping Use the IP Connectivity Test to see if another site on the Internet can be reached The screen shown below is described in the following table Use lt TAB gt SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt IP Connectivity Test Ping gt IP Address Test Times 1 Interval 3 Success 0 Failure 0 Start lt OK gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter IP Address Test Times Interval Success Failure 2 14 Description IP address of the site you want to ping The number of ICMP echo requests to send to the specified site Range 1 9999 The interval in seconds between pinging the specified site Range 1 10 seconds The number of times the specified site has responded or not to pinging CONSOLE INTERFACE HTTP Configuration Use the HTTP Configuration screen to enable disable the on board Web server and to specify the TCP port that will provide HTTP service The screen shown below is described in the following table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt HTTP Configuration gt HTTP Server ENABLED HTTP Port Number 80 lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Space gt to scroll options Parameter Description HTTP Server En
65. ettings sesi pr ed pa eaea a Cadet ee ha Bn 3 30 PHONY aAa a oh ie Vee eee Bie el os ae AREA E 3 31 Port Priority Configuration 00005 3 31 Port Traffic Class Information 05 3 32 Configuring Virtual LANS 1 0 0 000 eee ee 3 33 VLAN Basic Information 0 0 0 0 000 e eee 3 33 VLAN Current Table oy tarian e ei A eee 3 34 VLAN Static List eenaness sadada aae ee ek pagent els 3 35 VLAN Static Table Sore ei ee bee i A 3 36 VLAN Static Membership by Port 3 38 VLAN Port Configuration 0 000 000 ee 3 38 IGMP Multicast Filtering 2 0 2 ee eee 3 40 Configuring IGMP 2 ee 3 41 TABLE OF CONTENTS IP Multicast Registration Table 3 42 PottesMenus Wu aes EEEE UB ee yee 3 43 Port Information var pn ee ee Re ee es 3 43 Port Configuration 0 0 0 0 e ee ee 3 44 Port Broadcast Storm Protect Configuration 3 45 Port Security Configuration 05 3 46 Using a Port Mirror for Analysis 2 00 0 0 0000005 3 47 Port Trunk Configuration 0 0 0 0 eee eee 3 48 Port Statisties x ny ariane dee Me ahd asd Meee Bae one eee EA 3 50 Eth rlike Statistics sesono o scoa raae EAMG PRE SS 3 50 RMON Statistics Sey aai eed wars Sah ha a Ve 3 52 4 Advanced Topics e cece eeeee 4 1 Layer Z Switching pisaca menaa Pan ee eed adda p aSa 4 1 Spanning Tree Algorithm 0 002 005 4 2 Virtual GANS io ca
66. f the port on the designated Port bridging device through which this switch must communicate with the root of the spanning tree 3 26 WEB INTERFACE Spanning Tree Configuration The following figures and tables describe Bridge STA configuration Switch Usage Enabled Priority 32768 Parameter Default Usage Enabled Priority 32 768 Description Enable this parameter to participate in an STA compliant network Device priority is used in selecting the root device root port and designated port The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device Remember that the lower the numeric value the higher the priority However if all devices have the same priority the device with the lowest MAC address will then become the root device Range 0 65535 3 27 WEB INTERFACE 3 28 When the Switch Becomes Root Hello Time le seconds Maximum Age 20 seconds Forward Delay fis seconds Parameter Hello Time Default Description 2 The time interval in seconds at which the root device transmits a configuration message The minimum value is 1 The maximum value is the lower of 10 or Max Message Age 2 1 Parameter Default Max Message Age 20 Forward Delay 15 WEB INTERFACE Description The maximum time in seconds a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure Alldev
67. figured 1 Parameter Description VLAN Version The VLAN version used by this switch as specified in Number the IEEE 802 1Q standard Maximum VLAN Maximum VLAN ID recognized by this switch ID Maximum Maximum number of VLANs that can be configured Number of on this switch Supported VLANs WEB INTERFACE Parameter Description Current Number The number of VLANs currently configured on this of 802 1Q VLANs switch Configured Note All ports are assigned only to VLAN 1 by default VLAN Current Table This screen shows the current port members of each VLAN and whether or not the port supports VLAN tagging Ports assigned to a large VLAN group that crosses several switches should use VLAN tagging However if you just want to create a small port based VLAN for one or two switches you can assign ports to the same untagged VLAN see VLAN Port Configuration on page 3 41 The current configuration is shown in the following screen VLAN Entry Delete Count 0 Egress Ports Untagged Ports VLAN ID 1 Up Time at Creation d O h 0 min 0 s Status Permanent Parameter Description VLAN Entry The number of times a VLAN entry has been deleted Delete Count from this table VLAN ID The ID for the VLAN currently displayed Up Time at The value of sysUpTime System Up Time when Creation this VLAN was created Status Shows how this VLAN was added to the switch Dynamic GVRP Automatically learned via GVRP Perm
68. g Switching involves the following steps VLAN Classification Learning Filtering Forwarding Aging CR a a E g 4 1 ADVANCED TOPICS Spanning Tree Algorithm The Spanning Tree Algorithm that is the STA configuration algorithm as outlined in IEEE 802 1D can be used to detect and disable network loops and to provide link backup This allows the switch to interact with other bridging devices including STA compliant switches bridges or routers in your network to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations on the network If redundant paths or loops are detected one or more ports are put into a blocking state stopped from forwarding packets to eliminate the extra paths Moreover if one or more of the paths in a stable spanning tree topology fail this algorithm will automatically change ports from blocking state to forwarding state to reestablish contact with all network stations The STA uses a distributed algorithm to select a bridging device STA compliant switch bridge or router that serves as the root of the spanning tree network It selects a root port on each bridging device except for the root device which incurs the lowest path cost when forwarding a packet from that device to the root device Then it selects a designated bridging device from each LAN which incurs the lowest path cost when forwarding a packet from that LAN to the root device All ports connected to designated bridging devices are a
69. g IGMP ic war oe eb ie date 2 43 Configuring Broadcast Storm Control 2 44 Port Security Configuration 000 2 45 Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions 2 47 Configuring Traffic Classes 0 0 0 0 00000 2 49 Port Priority Configuration 2 50 802 1P Port Traffic Class Information 2 51 Configuring Virtual LANS 0 0 00 0 00 ee eee 2 52 802 1Q VLAN Base Information 2 52 802 1Q VLAN Current Table Information 2 54 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration 2 55 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration 2 58 Monitoring the Switch ress faa eo ee eae ea eS 2 60 Displaying Port Statistics 00005 2 62 Displaying RMON Statistics 0005 2 64 Displaying the Unicast Address Table 2 66 Displaying the IP Multicast Registration Table 2 68 Configuring Static Unicast Addresses 2 69 Resetting the System inais hae kaeseg ge i ne Gale ee old Pees 2 71 Logging Off the System nsaan ae 2 72 Web Interface 4555 A as Saas E eee tate 3 1 Web Based Configuration and Monitoring 3 1 Navigating the Web Browser Interface 3 2 HomePage os as sakes aoe st ehh a ea E eee Rae bet 3 2 Configuration Options 0000 3 3 Panel Displays i shi tA wate se dat NON aa a Baas atere ane 3 4 Port Stat Display ceiid rieka n ee ENS 3 4 Configuring the Se
70. ge Baud Rate to 19200 and Press lt ENTER gt For details on managing the switch refer to Chapter 2 for information on the out of band console interface or Chapter 3 for information on the Web interface A 3 TROUBLESHOOTING APPENDIX B PIN ASSIGNMENTS Console Port Pin Assignments The DB 9 serial port on the switch s rear panel is used to connect to the switch for out of band console configuration The on board menu driven configuration program can be accessed from a terminal a PC running a terminal emulation program or from a remote location via a modem connection The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are provided in the following tables 9 Figure B 1 DB 9 Console Port Pin Numbers B 1 PIN ASSIGNMENTS DB 9 Port Pin Assignments EIA CCITT Description Switch s PC DB9 Modem Signal Circuit Signal DB9 DTE DTE DB25 Direction Pin Pin DCE Pin DTE DCE CF 109 DCD Data Carrier Detected 1 1 8 lt BB 04 RxD Received Data 2 2 3 lt BA 103 TxD Transmitted Data 3 3 a gt CD 108 2 DTR Data Terminal Ready 4 4 20 gt AB 102 SG Signal Ground 5 5 a CC 107 DSR Data Set Ready 6 6 6 lt CA 05 RTS Request to Send iL 7 4 gt CB 106 CTS Clear to Send 8 8 5 lt CE 25 RI Ring Indicator 9 9 22 Z Console Port to 9 Pin COM Port on PC Switch s 9 P
71. guration 802 10 802 802 802 Port GARP Configuration Port GMRP Configuration 802 SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Switch Configuration Menu gt Lp 1Q 1Q 1Q lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Configuration VLAN Base Information VLAN Current Table Information VLAN Static Table Configuration VLAN Port Configuration Selection Description Port Configuration Sets communication parameters for ports Port State Displays current port settings and port status Spanning Tree Configures the switch and its ports to participate in Configuration a local Spanning Tree Spanning Tree Displays the current Spanning Tree configuration Information for the switch and its ports Mirror Port Sets the source and target ports for mirroring Configuration Port Trunking Specifies ports to group into aggregate trunks Configuration 2 27 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 28 Selection IGMP Configu BStorm Configu ration Control ration Port Security Configu ration Extended Bridge Configu 802 1P ration Configu 802 1Q ration VLAN Base Information 802 10 Current VLAN Table Information 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Configu ration 802 1Q VLAN Port Configu ration Port GARP Configu ration Port GMRP Configu ration Description Configures IGMP multicast filtering Allows you to e
72. h the specified port New Address A specific MAC address to be added to the list Add Adds a new specified MAC address to the current list Remove Removes a MAC address from the current list Clear All Clears all the MAC addresses for the current port 3 49 WEB INTERFACE Using a Port Mirror for Analysis You can mirror traffic from any source port to a target port for real time analysis You can then attach a network sniffer or RMON probe to the target port and study the traffic crossing the source port in a completely unobtrusive manner When mirroring port traffic note that the target port must be configured in the same VLAN and be operating at the same duplex mode as the source port see VLAN Static List on page 3 38 You can use the port mirror configuration screen to designate a single port pair for mirroring as shown below Status f C Enable Mirror Source Part fi Mirror Target Port BA Parameter Status Mirror Source Port Mirror Target Port 3 50 Description Enables disables port mirroring The port whose traffic will be monitored The port that will duplicate or mirror all the traffic happening on the monitored port WEB INTERFACE Port Trunk Configuration Port trunks can be used to increase the bandwidth of a network connection or to ensure fault recovery You can configure up to four trunk connections combining 2 4 ports into a fat pipe between any two SMC8606T sw
73. his information Access rights to the switch are controlled by community strings To communicate with the switch the NMS must first submit a valid community string for authentication The options for configuring community strings and related trap functions are described in the following figures and table SNMP Community The following figure and table describe how to configure the community strings authorized for management access Up to 5 community names may be entered SNMP Community Capability 5 Current New public Riv lt Add Community String Remove Access Mode Read Only z Parameter Description SNMP Up to 5 community strings may be used Community Capability Add Remove Add remove strings from the active list Community String A community entry authorized for management access The maximum string length is 19 characters 3 13 WEB INTERFACE Parameter Description Access Mode Management access is restricted to Read Only or Read Write 3 14 Trap Managers WEB INTERFACE The following figure and table describe how to specify management stations that will receive authentication failure messages or other trap messages from the switch Up to 5 trap managers may be entered Trap Manager Capability 5 Current none lt lt Add Remove New Trap Manager IP address Trap Manager Community String Enable Authentication Traps M Parameter Tr
74. ice ports except for designated ports should receive configuration messages at regular intervals Any port that ages out STA information provided in the last configuration message becomes the designated port for the attached LAN If it is a root port a new root port is selected from among the device ports attached to the network The minimum value is the higher of 6 or 2 x Hello Time 1 The maximum value is the lower of 40 or 2 x Forward Delay 1 The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding This delay is required because every device must receive information about topology changes before it starts to forward frames In addition each port needs time to listen for conflicting information that would make it return to a blocking state otherwise temporary data loops might result Maximum value is 30 Minimum value is the higher of 4 or Max Message Age 2 1 3 29 WEB INTERFACE STA Port Configuration The following figure and table describe STA configuration for ports Fast forwarding mode _ Enable All Disable All 3 30 Port Priority Path Cost Fast Forward 1 fize a M Enable 2 hae a M Enable 3 hae a M Enable 4 he a M Enable 5 he a M Enable 6 jz a F Enable 7 hae a M Enable a ifize 4 M Enable Parameter Default Description Fast forwarding DISABLED Allows you t
75. ics Blocked Port receives STA configuration messages but does not forward packets Listening Port will leave blocking state due to topology change starts transmitting configuration messages but does not yet forward packets Learning Has transmitted configuration messages for an interval set by the Forward Delay parameter without receiving contradictory information Portaddress table is cleared and the port begins learning addresses Forwarding The port forwards packets and continues learning addresses The rules defining port status are e A port on a network segment with no other STA compliant bridging device is always forwarding e If two ports of a switch are connected to the same segment and there is no other STA device attached to this segment the port with the smaller ID forwards packets and the other is blocked e All ports are blocked when the switch is booted then some of them change state to listening to learning and then to forwarding Forward The number of times the port has changed to a forwarding Transitions state Designated The cost for a packet to travel from this port to the root in Cost the current spanning tree configuration The slower the media the higher the cost Designated The priority and MAC address of the device through which Bridge this port must communicate to reach the root of the spanning tree 3 25 WEB INTERFACE Parameter Description Designated The priority and number o
76. iled GVRP Last Frame Type Filtering Status Registrations PDU Origin 1 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 2 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 3 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 4 A All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 5 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 6 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 7 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 8 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description PVID The VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on this port Use the PVID to assign ports to the same untagged VLAN Acceptable Frame This switch accepts All frame types including Typel VLAN tagged or VLAN untagged frames Note that all VLAN untagged frames received on this port are assigned to the PVID for this port Ingress Filtering If set to True incoming frames for VLANs which do not include this port in their member set will be discarded at the inbound port Parameter GVRP Status GVRP Failed Registrations GVRP Last PDU Origin CONSOLE INTERFACE Description Enables or disables GVRP for this port When disabled any GVRP packets received on this port will be discarded and no GVRP registrations will be propagated from other ports Note that GVRP must be enabled for the switch before this setting can take effect See Switch Configuration Menu Ext
77. in CCITT Signal PC s 9 Pin Serial Port COM Port 1DCD DCD 1 2 RXD lt TXD 3 3 TXD RXD gt 2 DTR DSR gt 5S5SGND SGND 5 6DSR DTR 4 7 RTS CTS gt 8 8 CTS lt RTS P4 9 RI RI 9 Console Port to 25 Pin DCE Port on Modem Switch s 9 Pin CCITT Signal Modem s 25 Pin Serial Port DCE Port 1 8 2 9 3 2 4 20 5 7 6 6 7 4 8 5 9 22 B 2 PIN ASSIGNMENTS Console Port to 25 Pin DTE Port on PC Switch s 9 Pin Null Modem PC s 25 Pin Serial Port DTE Port T DCD T 1 8 DCD 2 RXD 2 3 3 TXD 3 TXD 3 2 2 RXD 4 DTR 4 8 20 DTR 5 SGND 5 20 7 SGND 6 DSR 6 7 POD 7 RTS 7 a 4 MARTS 8 CTS 9 5 5 CTS 9 RI 20 6 22 RI PIN ASSIGNMENTS GLOSSARY Bandwidth Utilization The percentage of packets received over time as compared to overall bandwidth BOOTP Boot protocol used to load the operating system for devices connected to the network GARP VLAN Registration Protocol GVRP Defines a way for switches to exchange VLAN information in order to register necessary VLAN members on ports along the Spanning Tree so that V
78. ine the best path between devices Therefore lower values should be assigned to ports attached to faster media and higher values assigned to ports with slower media Path cost takes precedence over port priority The default and recommended range is Ethernet 100 50 600 Fast Ethernet 19 10 60 Gigabit Ethernet 4 3 10 The full range is 0 65535 2 37 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 38 Parameter FastForwarding Default DISABLED Description This parameter is used to enable disable the Fast Spanning Tree mode for the port In this mode ports skip the Blocked Listening and Learning states and proceed straight to Forwarding FastForwarding enables end node workstations and servers to overcome time out problems when the Spanning Tree Algorithm is implemented in a network Therefore FastForwarding should only be enabled for ports that are connected to an end node device CONSOLE INTERFACE Viewing the Current Spanning Tree Information The Spanning Tree Information screen displays a summary of the STA information for the overall bridge or for a specific port To make any changes to the parameters for the Spanning Tree use the Spanning Tree Configuration menu SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Spanning Tree Information Menu gt Spanning Tree Bridge State Spanning Tree Port State lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Disp
79. ing Firmware via the Serial Port on page A 2 Web Upload Management Use the Web Upload Management menu to load software updates into the switch The upload file should be an SMC8606T binary file from SMC otherwise the switch will not accept it The success of the upload operation depends on the quality of the network connection After uploading the new software the switch will automatically restart itself Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Upload Mode Permanent File Name Browse Start Web Upload Parameter Description Upload Mode Uploads to permanent flash ROM File Name The binary file to download Use the browse button to locate the file on your local network Start Web Upload Starts uploading the file over the network 3 17 WEB INTERFACE TFTP Download Management 3 18 Use the TFTP Download Management menu to load software updates into the switch The download file should be an SMC8606T binary file from SMC otherwise the switch will not accept it The success of the download operation depends on the accessibility of the TFTP server and the quality of the network connection After downloading the new software the switch will automatically restart itself Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Server IP Address 0 0 0 0 Download Mode Permanent File Name Start TFTP Download Parameter Description
80. ion to the menu driven system configuration program this switch also provides an embedded HTTP Web agent Using a Web browser you can configure the switch and view statistics to monitor network activity The Web agent can be accessed by any computer on the network using a standard Web browser Internet Explorer 4 0 or above or Netscape Navigator 4 0 or above Prior to accessing the switch from a Web browser be sure you have first performed the following tasks 1 Configure it with a valid IP address subnet mask and default gateway using an out of band serial connection or BOOTP protocol 2 Set a user name and password using an out of band serial connection Access to the Web agent is controlled by the same user name and password as the onboard configuration program 3 1 WEB INTERFACE Navigating the Web Browser Interface To access the Web browser interface you must first enter a user name and password The administrator has Read Write access to all configuration parameters and statistics The default user name for the administrator is admin with no password Home Page SMC TigerSwitch S606T When your Web browser connects with the switch s Web agent the home page is displayed as shown below The home page displays the Main Menu on the left side of the screen and System Information on the right side The Main Menu links are used to navigate to other menus and display configuration parameters and statistical dat
81. irmware to update your system Saves the switch configuration to a file on a TFTP server This file can be later downloaded to restore the configuration Provides full listing or unicast addresses sorted by address or VLAN Enables Spanning Tree Algorithm also sets parameters for switch priority hello time maximum message age and forward delay as well as port priority and path cost Displays configures extended bridge capabilities provided by this switch including support for traffic classes GMRP multicast filtering and VLAN extensions Configures default port priorities and queue assignments 3 7 WEB INTERFACE 3 8 Function VLAN IGMP Port Mirror Trunk Statistics Description Configures VLAN group members automatic registration with GVRP and other port specific VLAN settings Configures IGMP multicast filtering Enables any port sets communication mode to auto negotiation full duplex orhalfduplex andenables disables flow control Sets the source and target ports for mirroring Specifies ports to group into aggregate trunks Displays statistics on network traffic passing through the selected port WEB INTERFACE System Information Use the System Information screen to display descriptive information about the switch or for quick system identification as shown in the following figure and table System Name DEFAULT SYSTEM NAME TP Address 10 2 13 15 Object ID 1 3 6 1 4 1 202
82. itches However before making any physical connections between devices use the Trunk Configuration menu to specify the trunk on the devices at both ends When using a port trunk note that e Ports can only be assigned to one trunk e The ports at both ends of a connection must be configured as trunk ports e The ports at both ends of a trunk must be configured in an identical manner including duplex mode and VLAN assignments e None of the ports in a trunk can be configured as a mirror source port or mirror target port e Allthe ports in a trunk have to be treated as a whole when moved from to added or deleted from a VLAN e The Spanning Tree Algorithm will treat all the ports in a trunk as a whole e Enable the trunk prior to connecting any cable between the switches to avoid creating a loop e Disconnect all trunk port cables or disable the trunk ports before removing a port trunk to avoid creating a loop 3 51 WEB INTERFACE Use the Port Trunking Configuration screen to set up port trunks as shown below Remember that you must Enable a new configuration before it will take effect Status List Trunk Status Member List Current New lt lt Add Trunk a a Remove Por hz Parameter Description Trunk Number A unique identifier for this trunk You can configure up to four trunks per switch Port The port members of this trunk Select from 2 4 ports per trunk 3 52
83. its list Note The default values are indicated in the sample screen 2 48 CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring Broadcast Storm Control Use the Broadcast Storm Control Configuration screen to enable broadcast storm control for any port on the switch as shown below SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Broadcast Storm Control Configuration gt Broadcast control on all ports Enable Disable Port Threshold Broadcast Control 1 500 ENABLED 2 500 ENABLED 3 500 ENABLED 4 500 ENABLED 5 500 ENABLED 6 500 ENABLED 7 500 ENABLED 8 500 ENABLED lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Description Broadcast control on all ports Threshold Broadcast Control Allows you to enable disable broadcast storm control for all ports on the switch The packet per second threshold for broadcast packets on the port Default is 500 pps Enables disables broadcast control for the port When enabled the switch will employ a broadcast control mechanism if the packet per second threshold is exceeded This mechanism limits the amount of broadcasts passed by the port to half of the received packet per second count The control mechanism remains in effect until the number of received broadcasts falls back below the packet per second threshold Default is Enabled 2 49 CONSOLE INTERFACE Port Security Configuration 2 50 Use the
84. ive Configuration BPDUs The priority and MAC address of the device in the spanning tree that this switch has accepted as the root device The path cost from the root port on this switch to the root device The number of the port on this switch that is closest to the root This switch communicates with the root device through this port If there is no root port then this switch has been accepted as the root device of the spanning tree network The number of times the spanning tree has been reconfigured The time since the spanning tree was last reconfigured CONSOLE INTERFACE Displaying the Spanning Tree Port State The parameters shown in the following figure and table are for port STA Information SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Spanning Tree Port State gt Port Type Status Designated Designated Designated Cost Bridge Port 1 1000T NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 1 2 1000T NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 2 3 1000T FORWARDING 0 32768 00E009090001 128 23 4 1000T NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 4 5 1000T NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 5 6 1000T NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 6 7 GBIC NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 7 8 GBIC NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 8 lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Description Type Shows port types as 1000T 1000BASE T 1000SX 1000BASE SX GBIC 1000BASE SX or 1000BASE LX transceiver
85. ked Ate Oy eG pa hak RE ae 4 3 Assigning Ports to VLANS 20 0000000 4 4 Pott Overlapping so cesses aanhuur 4 5 Forwarding Tagged Untagged Frames 4 5 Connecting VLAN Groups 0 20 000000 4 6 Multicast Filtering Gee ee tee Wale EE IG ek 4 6 IGMP SNOOPING ae acntod og ss duck aelals oe ale Sie eer oes 4 7 IGMP Protocol tire a4 Sed Bes Abs Ta Laden Re A 9 4 7 Class of Service CoS Support ceken es Kawas 4 8 Port Trinks 23 cast aaa OE Fea Pe Greed aaa 4 9 SNMP Management Software 0 0 0000 a 4 9 Remote Monitoring 0 pr OTIR ee ee 4 10 A Troubleshooting 0 eee eee A 1 Troubleshooting Chart 2 0 0 0 cee ee A 1 Upgrading Firmware via the Serial Port A 2 B Pin Assignments 6 s64 6344494645454 85468 B 1 Console Port Pin Assignments 00000000 eee eee B 1 DB 9 Port Pin Assignments 000 B 2 Console Port to 9 Pin COM Porton PC B 2 Console Port to 25 Pin DCE Port on Modem B 2 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Console Port to 25 Pin DTE Porton PC B 3 Glossary Index Vil TABLE OF CONTENTS viii CHAPTER 1 SWITCH MANAGEMENT Configuration Options For advanced management capability the TigerSwitch 1000 management agent provides a menu driven system configuration program This program can be accessed by a direct or modem connection to the serial port on the front panel out of band or
86. l VLAN Capable This switch does not support multiple local bridges that is multiple Spanning Trees Bridge Settings Traffic Classes Enable iGMRP T Enable GVRP I Enable Parameter Traffic Class GMRP GVRP WEB INTERFACE Description Multiple trafficclasses are supported by this switchas indicated under Bridge Capabilities However you can disable this function by clearing this checkbox GARP Multicast Registration Protocol GMRP allows network devices to register endstations with multicast groups Note that this function is not implemented in the current firmware release The Internet Group Management Protocol GMP is currently used by this switch to provide automatic multicast filtering GARP VLAN Registration Protocol GVRP defines a way for switches to exchange VLAN information in order to register necessary VLAN members on ports across the network This function should be enabled to permit VLAN groups which extend beyond the local switch Not implemented in the current firmware release 3 33 WEB INTERFACE Priority IEEE 802 1p defines up to 8 separate traffic classes This switch supports Quality of Service QoS by using two priority queues with weighted fair queuing for each port You can use the Priority menu to configure the default priority for each port or to display the mapping for the traffic classes as described in the following sections Port Priority Configuration 3
87. laying the Spanning Tree Bridge State The parameters shown in the following figure and table describe the current Bridge STA Information SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Spanning Tree Bridge State gt Bridge Priority 32768 Hello Time in seconds S02 Max Age in seconds 20 Forward Delay in seconds 15 Hold Time in seconds 1 Designated Root 32768 00E009090001 Root Cost 0 Root Port Hoan Configuration Changes 1 Topology Up Time 1221951 0 day 3 hr 23 min 39 sec lt OK gt lt Enter gt to select 2 39 CONSOLE INTERFACE Parameter Priority Hello Time Max Age Forward Delay Hold Time Designated Root Root Cost Root Port Configuratio n Changes Topology Up Time 2 40 Description Device priority is used in selecting the root device root port and designated port The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device However if all devices have the same priority the device with the lowest MAC address will then become the root device The time interval in seconds at which the root device transmits a configuration message The maximum time in seconds a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding The minimum interval between the transmission of consecut
88. lear Clear Dynamic Description The port whose address table includes this MAC address Indicates address status as D Dynamically learned or P Fixed permanently by SNMP network management software Displays the address table based on specified VLAN ID and sorted by primary key MAC or VID Scrolls through the entries in the address table Clears the specified MAC address Clears all dynamically learned MAC addresses in the table CONSOLE INTERFACE Displaying the IP Multicast Registration Table Use the IP Multicast Registration Table to display all the multicast groups active on this switch including multicast IP addresses and the corresponding VLAN ID VID Show Sorted by SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt IP Multicast Registration Table gt VID Multicast IP Dynamic Port Lists Learned by VID Multicast IP ood Multicast IP More lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter VID Multicast IP Dynamic Port Lists Learned by Show More Description VLAN ID assigned to this multicast group IP address for specific multicast services The switch ports registered for the indicated multicast service Indicates if the ports were learned dynamically or via IGMP Displays the address table sorted on VID and then Multicast IP Scrolls through the entries in the address table 2 75 CONSOLE INT
89. lignment error The total number of frames received that were longer than 1518 octets excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and had either an FCS or alignment error The best estimate of the total number of collisions on this Ethernet segment The total number of frames including bad packets received and transmitted that were 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets The total number of frames including bad packets received and transmitted that were between 65 and 127 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 2 71 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 72 Parameter 128 255 Byte Frames 1024 1518 Byte Frames Description The total number of packets Gncluding bad packets received and transmitted that were between 128 and 255 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets The total number of packets Gncluding bad packets received and transmitted that were between 1024 and 1518 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets CONSOLE INTERFACE Displaying the Unicast Address Table The Address Table contains the MAC addresses and VLAN identifier associated with each port that is the source port associated with the address and VLAN sorted by MAC address or VLAN ID You can search for a specific address clear the entire address table or information associated with a specific address or
90. ment to a packet in the TigerSwitch 1000 can be accomplished in any of the following ways e Priority can be explicitly assigned by end stations which have applications that require a higher priority than best effort This switch utilizes the IEEE 802 1p and 802 1Q tag structure to decide priority assignments for the received packets e A port may be manually configured as high priority In this case when any other port receives traffic from a high priority port that traffic is automatically placed in the high priority output queue ADVANCED TOPICS Port Trunks Ports can be combined into an aggregate link to increase the bandwidth of a network connection or ensure fault recovery You can group ports into trunks that consist of two three or four ports creating an aggregate bandwidth up to 8 Gbps Besides balancing the load across each port in the trunk the additional ports provide redundancy by taking over the load if another port in the trunk should fail When using port trunks remember that e Before removing a port trunk via the configuration menu you must disable all the ports in the trunk or remove all the network cables Otherwise a loop may be created e To disable a single link within a port trunk you should first remove the network cable and then disable both ends of the link via the configuration menu This allows the traffic passing across that link to be automatically distributed to the other links in the trunk wi
91. n Configuration Upload Upload Server IP IP address of a TFIP server Upload Filename The name of the file to contain the switch configuration settings 2 24 Parameter Process TFTP Upload Upload Status CONSOLE INTERFACE Description Issues a request to upload the configuration settings to the specified file on the TFTP server Indicates if an upload is Complete or In Progress 2 25 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 26 Parameter Description Configuration Download Download Server IP Download Filename Process TFTP Download Download Status IP address of a TFTP server The name of the file that contains the switch configuration settings you wish to restore Issues a request to the TFTP server to download the specified file Indicates if a download is Complete or In Progress Configuring the Switch CONSOLE INTERFACE The Switch Configuration Menu is used to control a broad range of functions including port configuration Spanning Tree support for redundant switches port mirroring multicast filtering and Virtual LANs Each of the setup screens provided by these configuration menus is described in the following sections Port Configuration Port State Spanning Tree Configuration Spanning Tree Information Mirror Port Configuration Port Trunking Configuration IGMP Configuration BStorm Control Configuration Port Security Configuration Extended Bridge Confi
92. nable disable broadcast storm control on a per port basis and set the packet per second threshold Allows you to enable and configure port security for the switch Displays configures extended bridge capabilities provided by this switch including support for traffic classes and VLAN extensions Configures default port priorities and queue assignments Displays basic VLAN information such as VLAN version number and maximum VLANs supported Displays VLAN groups and port members Configures VLAN groups via static assignments including setting port members or restricting ports from being dynamically added to a port by the GVRP protocol Displays configures port specific VLAN settings including PVID ingress filtering and GVRP Configures generic attribute settings used in the Spanning Tree Algorithm VLAN registration and multicast filtering Configures GMRP multicast filtering Not implemented in the current firmware release Configuring Port Parameters CONSOLE INTERFACE Use the Port Configuration menus to set or display communication parameters for any port on the switch Parameter Flow Control SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Port Configuration gt Default DISABLED mode of all ports Type Admin ENABLED Flow Control mode of all ports Enable Disable Port Type Admin Flow Control Speed and Duplex 1 1000T ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 2 1000T ENABLED DISABLED
93. ng bits but including FCS octets and were otherwise well formed 3 55 WEB INTERFACE 3 56 Parameter Oversize Frames Fragments Jabbers Collisions 64 Byte Frames 65 127 Byte Frames Description The total number of frames received that were longer than 1518 octets excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and were otherwise well formed The total number of frames received that were less than 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and had either an FCS or alignment error The total number of frames received that were longer than 1518 octets excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and had either an FCS or alignment error The best estimate of the total number of collisions on this Ethernet segment The total number of frames including bad packets received and transmitted that were 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets The total number of frames including bad packets received and transmitted that were between 65 and 127 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 128 255 Byte Frames The total number of packets including bad packets received andtransmitted that were between 128 and 255 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 256 511 Byte Frames The total number of packets including bad packets receivedandtransmitted that were between 256and51
94. ngs IP Trap Managers Specifies management stations that will receive authentication failure messages or other trap messages from the switch CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring Community Names The following figure and table describe how to configure the community strings authorized for management access Up to 5 community names may be entered SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt SNMP Security gt Community Name Access Status 1 public READ ONLY ENABLED D 3 4 5 lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Community A community entry authorized for management Name access Maximum string length 19 characters Access Management access is restricted to Read Only or Read Write Status Sets administrative status of entry to enabled or disabled Note The default community string is public with Read Only access 2 19 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 20 Configuring IP Trap Managers The following figure and table describe how to specify management stations that will receive authentication failure messages or other trap messages from the switch Up to 5 trap managers may be entered SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt IP Trap Managers gt IP Address Community Name Status Ia 20 100 23 public DISABLED 2 Fy 4 5x lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB
95. nters lt OK gt lt PREV PORT gt lt NEXT PORT gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Description Alignment Errors The number of frames received that are not an integral number of octets in length and do not pass the FCS check FCS Errors The number of frames received that are an integral number of octets in length but do not pass the FCS check 2 68 Parameter Single Collision Frames Multiple Collision Frames SQE Test Errors Deferred Transmissions Late Collisions Excessive Collisions Internal Mac Transmit Errors Carrier Sense Errors Frame Too Longs Internal Mac Receive Errors CONSOLE INTERFACE Description The number of successfully transmitted frames for which transmission is inhibited by exactly one collision A count of successfully transmitted frames for which transmission is inhibited by more that one collision A count of times that the SQE TEST ERROR message is generated by the PLS sublayer A count of frames for which the first transmission attempt on a particular interface is delayed because the medium was busy The number of times that a collision is detected later than 512 bit times into the transmission of a packet The number of frames for which transmission failed due to excessive collisions The number of frames for which transmission failed due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error The number of times that
96. o enable or disable fast mode forwarding for all ports on the switch Priority 128 Defines the priority for the use of a port in the STA algorithm If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same the port with the highest priority G e lowest value will be configured as an active link in the spanning tree Where more than one port is assigned the highest priority the port with lowest numeric identifier will be enabled The range is 0 255 Parameter Default Path Cost 100 19 4 FastForwarding DISABLED WEB INTERFACE Description This parameter is used by the STA algorithm to determine the best path between devices Therefore lower values should be assigned to ports attached to faster media and higher values assigned to ports with slower media The default and recommended range is Standard Ethernet 100 50 600 Fast Ethernet 19 10 60 Gigabit Ethernet 4 3 10 The full range is 0 65535 Note Path cost takes precedence over port priority This parameter is used to enable disabled the Fast Spanning Tree mode for the port In this mode ports skip the Blocked Listening and Learning states and proceed straight to Forwarding FastForwarding enables end node workstations and servers to overcome time out problems when the Spanning Tree Algorithm is implemented in a network Therefore FastForwarding should only be enabled for ports that are connected to an end node device 3 31 WEB INTERFACE
97. ol Displays configures port specific VLAN settings including PVID ingress filtering and GVRP Displays statistics on network traffic passing through the selected port Displays detailed statistical information for the selected port such as packet type and frame size counters Provides full address listing as well as search and clear functions Selection IP Multicast Registration Table Static Unicast Address Table Configuration Reset system menu Quit current session CONSOLE INTERFACE Description Displays all the multicast groups active on this switch including multicast IP addresses and corresponding VLAN IDs Used to manually configure host MAC addresses in the unicast table Restarts system with options to use POST or to retain factory defaults IP settings or user authentication settings Exits the configuration program Note that GMRP and GVRP are not implemented in the current firmware release 2 5 CONSOLE INTERFACE System and Switch Information Use the About this product menu to display a basic description of the switch including contact information and hardware firmware versions SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt About this product gt System Information Switch Information lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Selection Description System Provides basic system description including
98. on The simplest way to implement multicasting is to broadcast data to all nodes on the network However such an approach wastes a lot of bandwidth if the target group is small compared to overall the broadcast domain Since applications such as video conferencing and data sharing are more widely used today efficient multicasting has become vital A common approach is to use a group registration protocol that lets ADVANCED TOPICS nodes join or leave multicast groups A switch or router can then easily determine which ports contain group members and send data out to those ports only This procedure is called multicast filtering The purpose of multicast filtering is to optimize a switched network s performance so multicast packets will only be forwarded to those ports containing multicast group hosts or multicast routers switches instead of flooding to all ports in the subnet VLAN The TigerSwitch 1000 supports multicast filtering by passively monitoring IGMP Query and Report messages IGMP Snooping A Layer 2 switch can passively snoop on IGMP Query and Report packets transferred between IP Multicast Routers Switches and IP Multicast host groups to learn the IP Multicast group members It simply monitors the IGMP packets passing through it picks out the group registration information and configures multicast filters accordingly IGMP Snooping generates no additional network traffic allowing you to significantly reduce the multicast
99. on screen to display hardware firmware version numbers for the switch as well as the power status of the system SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Switch Information gt Main Board Hardware Version 4 V1 0 850 CPU Firmware Version V2 04 03 08 POST ROM Version v1 04 Serial Number 00 E0 09 09 00 01 Port Number 8 Internal Power Status Active Redundant Power Status Inactive lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Description Hardware Version Firmware Version POST ROM Version Serial Number Port Number Internal Power Status Redundant Power Status 2 8 Hardware version of the main board System firmware version in Flash ROM Power On Self Test version number MAC address associated with the main board Number of ports on the switch Power status for the switch Redundant power status for the switch CONSOLE INTERFACE Management Setup Menu After initially logging onto the system adjust the communication parameters for your console to ensure a reliable connection Serial Port Configuration Specify the IP addresses for the switch Network Configuration IP Configuration and then set the Administrator and User passwords Console Login Configuration Remember to record them in a safe place Also set the community string which controls SNMP access to the switch via in band management software SNMP Configuration The items pr
100. ons 1 4 Internet Group Management Protocol See IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol see IGMP IP configuration 2 11 3 11 Index 179 INDEX multicast filtering 2 42 L Layer 2 switching 4 1 link aggregation 4 9 log in console interface 2 1 Web interface 3 2 M MAC address of agent 3 12 main boad information 3 10 main menu 2 2 3 7 description 3 7 management firmware upgrades 3 16 options 1 1 software SNMP 4 9 using SNMP 3 13 MIB extensions configuring 3 29 mirror port configuration 3 47 modem connections 1 3 multicast filtering 4 6 multicast filtering configuring 3 40 N network management station access 3 13 O out of band connection 1 2 Index 180 P password configuration 3 15 pin assignments console port B 1 Ping 2 13 port configuration 3 44 3 45 information 3 43 mirror 3 47 overlapping 4 5 priority 2 49 statistics 3 50 trunk configuration 2 40 trunks 3 48 4 9 priority port configuration 3 31 traffic class 3 32 problems troubleshooting A 1 PVID 4 5 Q QoS configuration 2 49 Quality of Service QoS 3 31 R remote monitoring RMON 4 10 restoring switch configuration 3 19 RMON probes and mirror ports 3 47 S screen refresh 3 6 security configuration 3 15 serial number of main board 3 10 serial port configuring 3 6 connections 1 2 XModem downloads A 2 Simple Network Management Protocol See SNMP SNMP 4 9 community 2 18 3 13 configuration 3 13 managemen
101. or Max Message Age 2 1 2 35 CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring STA for Ports The following figure and table describe STA configuration for ports SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Spanning Tree Port Configuration gt Fast forwarding mode of all ports Enable Disable Port Type Priority Cost FastForwarding 1 1000T 128 4 DISABLED 2 1000T 128 4 DISABLED 3 1000T 128 19 DISABLED 4 1000T 128 4 DISABLED 5 1000T 128 4 DISABLED 6 1000T 128 4 DISABLED F GBIC 128 4 DISABLED 8 GBIC 128 4 DISABLED lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Default Description Fast forwarding DISABLED Allows you to enable or disable fast mode of all forwarding for all ports on the switch ports Type Shows port types as 1000T 1000BASE T 1000SX 1000BASE SX GBIC 1OOOBASE SX or 1O00BASE LX transceiver 2 36 Parameter Priority Path Cost Default 128 100 19 4 CONSOLE INTERFACE Description Defines the priority for the use of a port in the STA algorithm If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same the port with the highest priority G e lowest value will be configured as an active link in the spanning tree When more than one port is assigned the highest priority the port with lowest numeric identifier will be enabled The range is 0 255 This parameter is used by the STA algorithm to determ
102. ort Trunks Port trunks can be used to increase the bandwidth of a network connection or to ensure fault recovery You can configure up to four trunk connections combining 2 4 ports into a fat pipe between any two TigerSwitch 1000 switches However before making any physical connections between devices use the Trunk Configuration menu to specify the trunk on the devices at both ends When using a port trunk note that e Ports can only be assigned to one trunk e The ports at both ends of a connection must be configured as trunk ports e The ports at both ends of a trunk must be configured in an identical manner including duplex mode and VLAN assignments e None of the ports in a trunk can be configured as a mirror source port or mirror target port e All the ports in a trunk have to be treated as a whole when moved from to added or deleted from a VLAN e The Spanning Tree Algorithm will treat all the ports in a trunk as a whole e Enable the trunk prior to connecting any cable between the switches to avoid creating a loop e Disconnect all trunk port cables or disable the trunk ports before removing a port trunk to avoid creating a loop 2 45 CONSOLE INTERFACE You can use the Port Trunking Configuration screen to set up port trunks as shown below Remember that you must Enable a new configuration before it will take effect SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Port Trunking Configu
103. ovided by the Management Setup Menu are described in the following sections SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Management Setup Menu gt Network Configuration Serial Port Configuration SNMP Configuration Console Login Configuration TFTP Download New Software Configuration Save amp Restore lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Selection Description Network Includes IP setup Ping facility HTTP Web server Configuration setup Telnet configuration and MAC address Serial Port Sets communication parameters for the serial port Configuration including management mode baud rate console time out and screen data refresh interval 2 9 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 10 SNMP Configuration Console Login Configuration TFTP Download New Software Configuration Save amp Restore Activates traps and configures communities and trap managers Sets user names and passwords for system access as well as the invalid password threshold and lockout time Downloads new version of firmware to update your system in band Saves the switch configuration to a file on a TFTP server This file can be later downloaded to restore the configuration CONSOLE INTERFACE Changing the Network Configuration Use the Network Configuration menu to set the bootup option configure the switch s Internet Protocol AP parameters enable the on board Web server o
104. passing through each port RMON statistics provide access toa broad range of statistics including a total count of different frame types passing through each port Values displayed have been accumulated since the last system reboot Port Number 8 Drop Events O Jabbers 0 Received Bytes 0fCollisions 0 Received Frames 064 Bytes Frames 0 Broadcast Frames 0165 127 Bytes Frames 0 Multicast Frames 0128 255 Bytes Frames 0 CRC Alignment Errors 0 256 511 Bytes Frames 0 Undersize Frames 01512 1023 Bytes Frames 0 Oversize Frames 0 1024 1518 Bytes Frames 1 Fragments 0 Parameter Description Drop Events Received Bytes Received Frames Broadcast Frames Multicast Frames CRC Alignment Errors Undersize Frames The total number of events in which packets were dropped due to lack of resources Total number of bytes of data received on the network This statistic can be used as a reasonable indication of Ethernet utilization The total number of frames bad broadcast and multicast received The total number of good frames received that were directed to the broadcast address Note that this does not include multicast packets The total number of good frames received that were directed to this multicast address The number of frames received with CRC alignment errors FCS or alignment errors The total number of frames received that were less than 64 octets long excluding frami
105. r keys to make changes Parameter Description Port Numeric identifier for switch port Default Ingress Default priority can be set to any value from 0 7 User Priority where 0 3 specifies the low priority queue and 4 7 specifies the high priority queue Number of Egress Indicates that this switch supports two priority Traffic Classes output queues 2 55 CONSOLE INTERFACE 802 1P Port Traffic Class Information This switch provides two priority levels with weighted fair queuing for port egress This means that any frames with a default or user priority from 0 3 are sent to the low priority queue 0 while those from 4 7 are sent to the high priority queue 1 as shown in the following screen SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt 802 1P Port Traffic Class Information gt Port User Priority 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 i 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 i 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 T7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Description Port Numeric identifier for switch port User Priority Shows that user priorities 0 3 specify the low priority queue and 4 7 specify the high priority queue 2 56 CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring Virtual LANs You can use the VLAN configuration menu to assign any port on the switch to any of up to 256 LAN groups In conventional network
106. r this port If set to True incoming frames for VLANs which do not include this port in their member set will be discarded at the inbound port Enables or disables GVRP for this port When disabled any GVRP packets received on this port will be discarded and no GVRP registrations will be propagated from other ports Note that before this port setting takes effect GVRP must be enabled for the switch see Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions on page 3 32 The total number of failed GVRP registrations for any reason on this port The Source MAC Address of the last GVRP message received on this port 1 This control does not affect VLAN independent BPDU frames such as GVRP or STP However it does affect VLAN dependent BPDU frames such as GMRP 2 GVRP is not available for the current firmware release WEB INTERFACE IGMP Multicast Filtering Multicasting is used to support real time applications such as video conferencing or streaming audio A multicast server does not have to establish a separate connection with each client It merely broadcasts its service to the network and any hosts that want to receive the multicast register with their local multicast switch router Although this approach reduces the network overhead required by a multicast server the broadcast traffic must be carefully pruned at every multicast switch router it passes through to ensure that traffic is only passed on to the hosts that subscribed
107. r to set the number of concurrent Telnet sessions allowed The screen shown below is described in the following table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Network Configuration gt IP Configuration IP Connectivity Test Ping HTTP Configuration MAX Number of allowed Telnet sessions 1 4 4 Physical Address 00 00 11 11 43 21 lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select Parameter Description IP Configuration Screen used to set the bootup option or configure the switch s IP parameters IP Connectivity Screen used to test IP connectivity to a Ping Test specified device HTTP Screen used to enable the Web server Configuration MAX Number of The maximum number of Telnet sessions allowed Allowed Telnet to simultaneously access the switch Sessions Physical Address MAC address of the switch 2 11 CONSOLE INTERFACE IP Configuration 2 12 Use the IP Configuration screen to set the bootup option or configure the switch s IP parameters The screen shown below is described in the following table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt IP Configuration gt Interface Type Ethernet IP Address C1021 3529 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway IP State USER CONFIG lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parame
108. ration gt Trunk ID Status Member List 1 2 3 4 a Port Port rie POLE Ss Port gt SSC SSesSTss Port iS Part qoa POLE Ss Port yss So VSESRSSaS Port Port S Port Pont t s Trunk ID 1 Trunk ID 1 Member Port 1 Show More Enable Disable Add Delete lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Trunk ID Port Show More Enable Disable 2 46 Description Configure up to four trunks per switch AD of 1 4 Select from 2 4 ports per trunk Displays trunk settings where the first trunk listed is specified by Sorted by Trunk ID Scrolls through the list of configured trunks Enables disables the selected trunk CONSOLE INTERFACE IGMP Multicast Filtering Multicasting is used to support real time applications such as video conferencing or streaming audio A multicast server does not have to establish a separate connection with each client It merely broadcasts its service to the network and any hosts which want to receive the multicast register with their local multicast switch router Although this approach reduces the network overhead required by a multicast server the broadcast traffic must be carefully pruned at every multicast switch router it passes through to ensure that traffic is only passed on the hosts which subscribed to this service This switch uses IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol to query for any attached
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110. rial Port c ersssare setei eea tanp 3 6 Main Men sadas noona a a a Ae A dine AAAA 3 7 System Information a Aa O E AATE RERA ae 44 3 9 Switch Information eaaa Docs oo eee ES eg 3 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS Main Board ii os See Rt bh blatant ee ew 3 10 IP Configuration 2 0 eee 3 11 SNMP Configuration oesi sin ng gee eee A ea a ae 3 13 SNMP Community 0 0 0 0 0000000000 3 13 Trap Managers 0 ven ee A S AEE NEN 3 14 Security Configuration 2 2 0 ee 3 15 Change Password 0 0 0 0 eee ee 3 15 Firmware Upgrade Options 00040 3 16 Web Upload Management 004 3 16 TFTP Download Management 005 3 17 Configuration Save and Restore 0 0 0 0 000 eee 3 18 Configuration Upload Management 3 18 Configuration Download Management 3 19 Address Table Configuration 0 0 00 00 0000 eee 3 20 STA Spanning Tree Algorithm 0 00005 3 22 Spanning Tree Information 3 22 Spanning Tree is hie deg ge Phos eh he edict he TSS 3 22 POPS 3 5 ses ate he E O Dele Ge Bae E eee Fe 3 23 Spanning Tree Configuration 00 3 25 SWI e 44 paaie ete a aha eg a eda baseplate 3 25 When the Switch Becomes Root 3 26 STA Port Configuration 0 0 0 0 0 0 eee 3 27 Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions 00 3 29 Bridge Gapability 0 22 4 eg g gig pals ela eh oe Peet 3 29 Bridge S
111. ric characters Status Sets the current editing status for this VLAN as Not in Service Destroy or Active Set the entry for any port in this field to 1 to add it to the displayed VLAN or 0 to remove it from the VLAN Prevents a port from being automatically added to this VLAN via GVRP Set the entry for any port in this field to 1 to add it to the displayed VLAN as an untagged port Displays settings for the specified VLAN Displays consecutively numbered VLANs 2 61 CONSOLE INTERFACE Parameter Description New Sets up the screen for configuring a new VLAN Note No VLANs are statically configured by default 2 62 CONSOLE INTERFACE For example the following screen displays settings for VLAN 2 which includes tagged ports 1 4 and forbidden port 8 SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt 802 10 VLAN Static Table Configuration gt VID VLAN Name Status z Active Egress Ports Forbidden Egress Ports 11110000 00000001 Untagged Ports 00000000 VID 2 Show More New lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes 2 63 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 64 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration Use this screen to configure port specific settings for IEEE 802 1Q VLAN features SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration gt Port PVID Acceptable Ingress GVRP GVRP Fa
112. rmware Type to Download 1 Runtime 2 POST 3 Mainboard 1 For example if you select 1 for downloading agent firmware the system will display the following message D ownload System Image or S tart Application S Select the Firmware Type to Download 1 Runtime 2 POST 3 Mainboard 1 1 Your Selection Runtime Code Download code to FlashROM address 0x02880000 TROUBLESHOOTING 3 Change your baud rate to 115200 bps and press Enter to enable download mode From the terminal emulation program select the file you want to download set the protocol to XModem and then initialize downloading Notes 1 If you use Windows HyperTerminal disconnect B ana reconnect 2l to enable the new baud rate 2 The download file should be an SMC8606T binary file from SMC otherwise the agent will not accept it The file naming convention is Runtime program Agent Vx yz POST program Boot Vx yx and Mainboard program 8051 Vx yz 4 Afterthe file has been downloaded the console screen will display information similar to that shown below Press s to start the management interface change the baud rate back to 19200 and press Enter The Logon screen will then appear XModem Download to DRAM buffer area 0x00200000 SUCCESS Verifying image in DRAM download buffer 0x00200000 SUCCESS Update FlashROM Image at 0x02880000 SUCCESS D ownload another Image or S tart Application S s Chan
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114. rts to VLANs Before enabling VLANs for the switch you must first assign each port to the VLAN group s it will participate in By default all ports are assigned to VLAN 1 as untagged ports Add a port as a tagged port that is a port attached to a VLAN aware device if you want it to carry traffic for one or more VLANs and the device at the other end of the link also supports VLANs Then assign the port at the other end of the link to the same VLAN s However if you want a port on this switch to participate in one or more VLANs but the device at the other end of the link does not support VLANs then you must add this port as an untagged port that is a port attached to a VLAN unaware device Port based VLANs are tied to specific ports The switch s forwarding decision is based on the destination MAC address and its associated ADVANCED TOPICS port Therefore to make valid forwarding and flooding decisions the switch learns the relationship of the MAC address to its related port and thus to the VLAN at run time When the switch receives a frame it assigns the frame to the port s default VLAN if the frame is untagged determined by the PVID of the receiving port or maps it for output to the broadcast domain associated with the frame s VLAN tag Port Overlapping Port overlapping can be used to allow access to commonly shared network resources among different VLAN groups such as file servers or printers Note that if yo
115. ry 3 GLOSSARY Virtual LAN VLAN A Virtual LAN is a collection of network nodes that share the same collision domain regardless of their physical location or connection point in the network A VLAN serves as a logical workgroup with no physical barriers allowing users to share information and resources as though located on the same LAN XModem A protocol used to transfer files between devices Data is grouped in 128 byte blocks and error corrected Glossary 4 Numerics 802 1p port priority 4 8 802 1Q VLANs 4 3 A address table static unicast 3 20 Administrator password setting 3 15 aging time of address table 3 20 B baud rate configuring 3 6 BOOTP for IP configuration 1 4 BOOTP for IP configuration 3 11 BPDU 4 2 bridge capability 3 29 MIB extensions 2 47 3 29 Bridge Protocol Data Units See BPDU Broadcast Storm Control 2 44 2 45 C Class of Service 4 8 community strings configuring 3 13 connections modem 1 3 serial port 1 2 Web browser 1 4 console login configuration 2 20 console port configuring 3 6 connections 1 2 pin assignments B 1 INDEX D downloading software A 2 E EliteView 1 4 4 9 F firmware upgrades A 2 firmware upgrade TFTP download 3 17 Web upload 3 16 firmware version 3 10 H hardware version 3 10 HTTP configuration 2 14 server 2 14 I IGMP 3 40 multicast filtering 2 42 protocol 4 7 query 4 7 report 4 7 snooping 4 7 in band connecti
116. s with routers broadcast traffic is split up into separate domains Switches do not inherently support broadcast domains This can lead to broadcast storms in large networks that handle a lot of IPX and NetBEUI traffic By using IEEE 802 1Q compliant VLANs and GARP VLAN Registration Protocol you can organize any group of network nodes into separate broadcast domains confining broadcast traffic to the originating group This also provides a more secure and cleaner network environment For more information on how to use VLANs see Virtual LANs on page 4 3 The VLAN configuration screens are described in the following sections 802 1Q VLAN Base Information The 802 1Q VLAN Base Information screen displays basic information on the VLAN type supported by this switch SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt 802 1Q VLAN Base Information gt VLAN Version Number al MAX VLAN ID 2048 MAX Supported VLANs Haso Current Number of 802 1Q VLANs Configured 1 lt OK gt lt Enter gt to select 2 57 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 58 Parameter VLAN Version Number MAX VLAN ID MAX Supported VLANs Current Number of VLANs Configured Description The VLAN version used by this switch as specified in the IEEE 802 1Q standard Maximum VLAN ID recognized by this switch Maximum number of VLANs that can be configured on this switch The number of VLANs currently configured on this switch Note
117. ssigned as designated ports After determining the lowest cost spanning tree it enables all root ports and designated ports and disables all other ports Network packets are therefore only forwarded between root ports and designated ports eliminating any possible network loops Onceastable network topology has been established all bridges listen for Hello BPDUs Bridge Protocol Data Units transmitted from the Root Bridge If a bridge does not get a Hello BPDU after a predefined interval Maximum Age the bridge assumes that the link to the Root Bridge is down This bridge will then initiate negotiations with other bridges to reconfigure the network to reestablish a valid network topology ADVANCED TOPICS The following figure gives an illustration of how the Spanning Tree Algorithm assigns bridging device ports Root Bridging Device i oe Designated Port Designated Port Root Port Root Port z7 gipee Blockin i Designated Port yee eee Ns eee Designated Port Designated Port Root Port Root Port Root Port uaeuan Yuuuau Zanan Virtual LANs Switches do not inherently support broadcast domains which can lead to broadcast storms in large networks that handle a lot of IPX or NetBeui traffic In conventional networks with routers broadcast traffic is split up into physically separate domains to confine broadcast traffic to the originating group and provide
118. system description including contact information Switch Information Shows hardware firmware version numbers and power status of the switch Management Setup Menu Network Includes IP setup Ping facility HTTP Web Configuration server setup Telnet configuration and MAC address Selection Serial Port Configuration SNMP Configuration Console Login Configuration TFTP Download New Software Configuration Save and Restore Switch Configuration Menu Port Configuration Port State Spanning Tree Configuration Spanning Tree Information Mirror Port Configuration Port Trunking Configuration IGMP Configuration CONSOLE INTERFACE Description Sets communication parameters for the serial port including management mode baud rate console time out and screen data refresh interval Activates traps and configures communities and trap managers Sets user names and passwords for system access as well as the invalid password threshold and lockout time Downloads new version of firmware to update your system in band Saves the switch configuratin to a file on the TFTP server This file can be later downloaded to restore the configuration Enables any port enables disables flow control and sets communication mode to auto negotiation full duplex or half duplex Displays operational status including link state flow control method and duplex mode Enables Spanning Tree Algorithm also
119. t 1 4 software downloads A 2 sofware upgrades 3 16 Spanning Tree Algorithm see STA STA 2 30 3 22 4 2 statistics Etherlike 3 50 RMON 3 52 switch information 2 7 3 10 switching Layer 2 4 1 system information 2 6 3 9 T tagged ports 4 4 VLANs 3 34 3 37 4 5 Telnet sessions maximum number of 3 12 TFTP configuration for downloads 2 22 protocol 2 22 timeout console 3 6 traffic classes configuration 2 49 4 8 trap managers configuring 3 14 Traps enabling 3 14 troubleshooting A 1 trunks configuring 2 40 3 48 U untagged ports 4 4 VLANs 4 5 upgrading firmware 3 16 INDEX upgrading software A 2 vV Virtual LANs See VLANs VLAN configuration 2 52 3 33 static list 3 35 static membership by port 3 38 static table 3 36 static table configuration 2 55 tagged 3 34 VLANs 4 3 assigning ports 4 4 connecting 4 6 port overlapping 4 5 tagged 4 5 untagged 4 5 W Web access requirements 3 1 browser connection 1 4 Web interface configuration buttons 3 3 home page 3 2 panel display 3 4 passwords 3 3 Web server 2 14 Weighted Fair Queuing 2 49 X XModem downloads A 2 Index 181 INDEX Index 182 FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT CALL From U S A and Canada 24 hours 7 days a week 800 SMC 4 YOU 949 707 2400 949 707 2460 Fax From Europe 8 00 AM 5 30 PM UK Greenwich Mean Time 44 0 1189 748740 44 0 1189 748741 Fax INTERNET E mail addresses techsupport smc com european techsupport
120. t 8 Dynamic Pot ha 000E8 00E803 VLAN 1 Por 8 Dynamic 000E8 111133 VLAN 1 Port 8 Dynamic 000E8 18096B VLAN 1 Port 8 Dynamic Parameter Description Aging Time Time out period in seconds for aging out dynamically learned forwarding information Range 10 415 secs default 300 secs Dynamic Address Thenumberofdynamicallylearnedaddresses currently Counts in the table Static Address The number of static addresses currently in the table Counts Address Table All entries sorted by address or VLAN ID 3 21 WEB INTERFACE 3 22 Parameter Address Table Sort Key New Static Address Add Remove Clear Table Description The system displays the MAC address of each node and port whose address table includes this MAC address the associated VLAN s and the address status ie dynamic or static Use these fields to add or remove a static entry to the address table Indicate the address port and VLAN group when adding a new entry Adds removes selected address Removes all addresses from the address table WEB INTERFACE STA Spanning Tree Algorithm The Spanning Tree Algorithm can be used to detect and disable network loops andto provide backup links between switches bridges or routers This allows the switch to interact with other bridging devices that is STA compliant switch bridge or router in your network to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations on the network For a more de
121. t is an STA compliant switch bridge or router in your network to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations on the network For a more detailed description of how to use this algorithm refer to Spanning Tree Algorithm on page 4 2 SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Spanning Tree Configuration Menu gt Spanning Tree Bridge Configuration Spanning Tree Port Configuration lt OK gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Enter gt to select 2 33 CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring Bridge STA The following figure and table describe Bridge STA configuration SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Spanning Tree Bridge Configuration gt Spanning Tree Protocol On Bridge Priority 32768 Hello Time in seconds oy 32 Max Age in seconds 20 Forward Delay in seconds 15 lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Space gt to scroll options Parameter Default Description Spanning On Enable this parameter to participate in an Tree STA compliant network Protocol Priority 32 768 Device priority is used in selecting the root device root port and designated port The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device However if all devices have the same priority the device with the lowest MAC address will then become the root device Enter a value from 0 65535 Remember th
122. tailed description of how to use this algorithm refer to Spanning Tree Algorithm on page 4 2 Spanning Tree Information The Spanning Tree Information screen displays a summary of the STA information for the overall bridge or for a specific port To make any changes to the parameters for the Spanning Tree use the STA Configuration and STA Port Configuration screens Spanning Tree The parameters shown in the following figure and table describe the current bridge STA Information Spanning Tree State Enabled Designated Root 128 0000E800E800 Bridge ID 32768 000011114321 Root Port la Max Age 20 seconds Root Path Cost l4 Hello Time 2 seconds Configuration Changes 175 Forward Delay 5 seconds Last Topology Change 0 d 14 h 49 min 23 s Parameter Description Spanning Tree State Shows if the switch is enabled to participate in an STA compliant network Bridge ID A unique identifier for this bridge consisting of bridge priority plus MAC address where the address is normally taken from Port 1 Max Age The maximum time in seconds a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure Hello Time The time interval in seconds at which the root device transmits a configuration message 3 23 WEB INTERFACE 3 24 Parameter Forward Delay Root Port Designated Root Root Path Cost Configuration Changes Last Topology Change Ports Description
123. ter Default Description Interface Ethernet Indicates IP over Ethernet Type IP Address 10 1 0 1 IP address of the switch you are managing when accessing it over the network The switch supports SNMP over UDP IP transport protocol In this environment all systems on the Internet such as network interconnection devices and any PC accessing the switch must have an IP address Valid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers of 0 to 255 separated by periods Anything outside of this format will not be accepted by the configuration program Parameter Default Subnet 255 255 0 0 Mask Default Gateway IP State USER CONFIG CONSOLE INTERFACE Description Subnet mask of the switch This mask identifies the host address bits used for routing to specific subnets The gateway that the switch s agent uses to pass data to the management station Note that the gateway must be defined if the management station is located in a different IP segment Specifies whether IP functionality is enabled via manual configuration or set by Boot Protocol BootP Options include USER CONFIG IP functionality is enabled based on the default or user specified IP configuration BOOTP GET IP IP is enabled but will not function until a BootP reply has been received BootP requests will be broadcast 10 times once every second in an effort to learn its IP address If no response is received the switch will use the default IP s
124. the carrier sense condition was lost or never asserted when attempting to transmit a frame The number of frames received that exceed the maximum permitted frame size The number of frames for which reception failed due to an internal MAC sublayer receive error The reported values will always be zero because these statistics are not supported by the internal chip set 2 69 CONSOLE INTERFACE Displaying RMON Statistics Use the RMON Statistics screen to display key statistics for each port from RMON group 1 RMON groups 2 3 and 9 can only be accessed using SNMP management software The following screen displays the overall statistics on traffic passing through each port RMON statistics provide access to a broad range of statistics including a total count of different frame types and sizes passing through each port Values displayed have been accumulated since the last system reboot SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt RMON Statistics gt Port 1 Drop Events 4 Jabbers 40 Received Bytes 438387005 Collisions asd Received Frames 2470786 64 Byte Frames t 715132 Broadcast Frames 2180266 65 127 Byte Frames 868284 Multicast Frames 237352 128 255 Byte Frames 502964 CRC Alignment Errors 0 256 511 Byte Frames 379998 Undersize Frames 172 512 1023 Byte Frames 671 Oversize Frames so 1024 1518 Byte Frames 3565 Fragments 0 Refresh Statistics Reset Counters lt OK gt lt PREV PORT gt
125. thout losing any significant amount of traffic SNMP Management Software SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol is a communication protocol designed specifically for managing devices or other elements on a network Network equipment commonly managed with SNMP includes hubs switches bridges routers and host computers SNMP is typically used to configure these devices for proper operation in a network environment as well as monitor them to evaluate performance and detect potential problems SMC provides EliteView network management software for free with all of its manageable products EliteView contains a complete management platform including network discovery mapping event 4 9 ADVANCED TOPICS manager log manager MIB browser RMON analysis tools and device management modules SMC also provides optional plug in device management modules for HP OpenView Remote Monitoring 4 10 Remote Monitoring RMON provides a cost effective way to monitor large networks by placing embedded or external probes on distributed network equipment hubs switches or routers SMC s EliteView network management software can access the probes embedded in recent SMC network products to perform traffic analysis troubleshoot network problems evaluate historical trends or implement proactive management policies RMON has already become a valuable tool for network managers faced with a quickly changing network landscape that contains dozens or
126. tic address table sorted on VID as the primary key and MAC address as secondary key Scrolls through entries in the static address table Adds the specified entry to the static address table such as shown in the following example VID 1 MAC 00 00 00 e8 34 22 Port 1 Status Permanent 2 77 CONSOLE INTERFACE Resetting the System Select the Reset System Menu under the Main Menu to reset the switch The reset screen includes options as shown in the following figure and table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T lt Reset System Menu gt Restart Option POST YES Reload Factory Defaults NO Keep IP Setting NO Keep User Authentication NO Restart lt APPLY gt lt OK gt lt CANCEL gt Use lt TAB gt or arrow keys to move lt Space gt to scroll options Parameter Description POST Runs the Power On Self Test Reload Factory Reloads the factory defaults Defaults Keep IP Setting Retains the settings defined in the IP Configuration menu Keep User Retains the user names and passwords defined in Authentication the Console Login Configuration menu 2 78 CONSOLE INTERFACE Logging Off the System Use the Quit Current Session command under the Main Menu to exit the configuration program and terminate communications with the switch for the current session 2 79 CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 80 CHAPTER WEB INTERFACE Web Based Configuration and Monitoring In addit
127. tive Redundant Power Status Inactive Parameter Description Serial Number Serial number of the main board Number of Ports Number of ports on the switch Hardware Version Hardware version of the main board Firmware Version System firmware version in ROM POST ROM Management s Power On Self Test version Version Internal Power Power status for the switch Status Redundant Power Redundant power status for the switch Status 3 10 WEB INTERFACE IP Configuration Use the IP Configuration screen to set the bootup option configure the Ethernet IP address for the switch or set the number or concurrent Telnet sessions allowed The screen shown below is described in the following table TP State User Configured z TP Address fiozi3i5 Subnet Mask 55255 2520 Gateway IP Address foo MAC Address 00 E0 09 09 00 01 Maximum Number of Telnet Sessions 1 4 a Parameter Default Description IP State USER Specifies whether IP functionality is CONFIG enabled via manual configuration or set by Boot Protocol BootP Options include BOOTP Get IP IP is enabled but will not function until a BootP reply has been received BootP requests will be periodically broadcast by the switch in an effort to learn its IP address BootP values include the IP address default gateway andsubnet mask USER CONFIG IP functionality is enabled based on the default or user specifi
128. u implement VLANs which do not overlap but still need to communicate you can connect them using a Layer 3 switch or a router Forwarding Tagged Untagged Frames Ports can be assigned to multiple tagged or untagged VLANs Each port on the switch is therefore capable of passing tagged or untagged frames To forward a frame from a VLAN aware device to a VLAN unaware device the switch first decides where to forward the frame and then strips off the VLAN tag However to forward a frame from a VLAN unaware device to a VLAN aware device the switch first decides where to forward the frame and then inserts a VLAN tag reflecting this port s default VID The default PVID is VLAN 1 for all ports but this can be changed see page 2 63 or page 3 41 ADVANCED TOPICS VLAN aware VLAN aware VLAN 1 2 802 1Q tags VLAN 1 802 1Q tags trunk VLAN 1 2 802 1Q tags VLAN aware VLAN 1 2 802 1Q tags VLAN 3 untagged VLAN 3 untagged VLAN aware VLAN unaware Connecting VLAN Groups The switch supports intra VLAN communication using wire speed switching However if you have devices in separate VLANs that must communicate and it is not practical to include these devices in a common VLAN then the VLANs can be connected via a Layer 3 switch such as the SMC6724L3 or a router Multicast Filtering 4 6 Multicasting sends data to a group of nodes instead of a single destinati
129. ual Port VLAN Learning Configurable PVID Tagging Local VLAN Capable Bridge Settings Traffic Class GMRP GVRP CONSOLE INTERFACE Description Indicates that the switch allows static filtering for unicast and multicast addresses Refer to Network Monitor Menu Static Unicast Address Table Configuration and Static Multicast Address Table Configuration This switch uses Shared VLAN Learning SVL whereby all ports share the same VLAN filtering database Indicates that the switch allows you to override the default PVID setting Port VLAN ID used in frame tags and its egress status VLAN Tagged or Untagged on each port Refer to 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration This switch does not support multiple local bridges that is multiple Spanning Trees Multiple traffic classes are supported by this switch as indicated under Bridge Capabilities However you can disable this function by setting this parameter to False GARP Multicast Registration Protocol GMRP allows network devices to register endstations with multicast groups The Internet Group Management Protocol GMP is currently used by this switch to provide automatic multicast filtering GARP VLAN Registration Protocol GVRP defines a way for switches to exchange VLAN information in order to register necessary VLAN members on ports across the network This function should be enabled to permit VLANs groups which extend beyond the local switch

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